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« Reply #2445 on: 20:44:50, 25-06-2008 » |
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The poor old spud seems to fall in and out of favour every few years.One day it's the food of the Devil, the next it's the most healthy, vitamin packed food that you can eat (forgive my mix of timescale there). Possibly the worst accusation that has been hurled at the jacket pot is that because of the long cooking time (obviously not in a microwave  ), the starch turns to sugar. Shorter cooking time, equals release of less sugar. So, boiled spuds good, jackets bad. I'm with Martle here, Nonsense. Spuds are jolly good. Unless you choose to cook them in 42 gallons of oil 5 times a day. Every day. Let's hear it for  |
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« Reply #2446 on: 20:48:55, 25-06-2008 » |
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I know someone who thinks that glugging five glasses of smoothies a day fulfills his quota.  Ah, smoothies. The greatest contribution to honest nutrition, value for money and environmental responsibility since, er, bottled water  |
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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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« Reply #2447 on: 20:49:48, 25-06-2008 » |
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So, my accompaniment to my fillet of salmon which was potatoes, beetroot, onions, salad leaves and tomatoes only counts as two portions?!!! Because pots and beets are roots? And onions are in never-never land according to nutrionists?
Oh, shoots and leaves.
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« Reply #2448 on: 21:10:52, 25-06-2008 » |
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Back on the Jersey Royals. Just checked with DEFRA, seaweed and Jersey Cow manure is not banned in the fields, but more and more are being grown in polytunnels and greenhouses, with lack of manure, hence lost of flavour because the crop is being forced without Mother Nature nuturing it.
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« Reply #2449 on: 22:31:31, 25-06-2008 » |
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Possibly the worst accusation that has been hurled at the jacket pot is that because of the long cooking time (obviously not in a microwave ), the starch turns to sugar. Shorter cooking time, equals release of less sugar. So, boiled spuds good, jackets bad. I'm saying nothing  |
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« Reply #2450 on: 22:56:01, 25-06-2008 » |
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"Four potatoes good, two potatoes bad."
(Green potatoes very bad.)
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« Reply #2451 on: 22:57:25, 25-06-2008 » |
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I had an unexpected free curry tonight.
Cooking and freezing in progress to deal with leftovers. Going to Durham tomorrow.
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« Reply #2452 on: 23:28:10, 25-06-2008 » |
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Possibly the worst accusation that has been hurled at the jacket pot is that because of the long cooking time (obviously not in a microwave ), the starch turns to sugar. Shorter cooking time, equals release of less sugar. So, boiled spuds good, jackets bad. I'm saying nothing Did Roger Hargreaves do a Mr Smug? |
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Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.
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« Reply #2453 on: 01:14:30, 26-06-2008 » |
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Chez Fragment the beets are in: with carrot, onion, parsley greens, broccoli, and Tilapia fish. Salt, pepper and Maggie-brand chicken stock make it into a soup.
I don't call them "Beetroot" but simply beet - no need to distinguish from the greens as for some reason they are not so commonly eaten here.
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« Reply #2454 on: 09:09:21, 26-06-2008 » |
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« Reply #2455 on: 09:48:03, 26-06-2008 » |
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It's a shop brand with an e xtran e ous "E" -- Maggi, not Maggie.  (extraneous caption as well: do they really think we don't know what that's supposed to be?) |
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« Reply #2456 on: 15:09:52, 26-06-2008 » |
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I know this is only a small thing but it rather took me aback. I went to the local Greek shop which always has excellent quality fruit and veg and beautifully fresh big bunches of herbs, all at very reasonable prices - 4 avocados for £1, 8 lemons for £1, that kind of thing. I went to get my usual 8 lemons and found it is now 4 lemons for £1  A sign of times ahead I suppose, but I felt quite rattled. I know, I need to get a life. Sigh. I did get some gorgeous dark red cherries though and some fabulously fruity strawberries  |
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« Reply #2457 on: 15:16:01, 26-06-2008 » |
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Oh I'm addicted to strawberries at the moment. If I bring in a ton of melon and strawberries to pick at around 10.30am I can usually resist the chocolate and crisps on the trolley. This place is evil. The lift broke for a while and everyone lost about 7lbs.
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« Reply #2458 on: 17:46:46, 26-06-2008 » |
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I went to the local Greek shop which always has excellent quality fruit and veg all at very reasonable prices - 4 avocados for £1, 8 lemons for £1, that kind of thing. I went to get my usual 8 lemons and found it is now 4 lemons for £1 A sign of times ahead I suppose, but I felt quite rattled. I know, I need to get a life. Sigh. You're lucky Mort, around here you won't find an avocado for less than 70p and lemons are 33p each, so you are still getting a good deal. I guess you need 8 lemons at a time because you still have that Convent habit!  |
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« Reply #2459 on: 13:04:14, 27-06-2008 » |
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Last night I had some grilled Teriyaki salmon on a bed of crunchy salad leaves. It was ok but ... I am always left feeling rather underwhelmed by salmon. I find myself thinking 'Hmmm, I'm sure I'm missing something here' It's rather nice poached with lime leaves but somehow it just doesn't press my buttons |
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