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Marts,.... Ron will be able to tell us when those purple/black Shetland/Orkneys are coming in at Waitrose.
Only if he manages to visit their branch when in Edinburgh for the r3ok Caledonian meet-up session, Mort: the John Lewis Partnership have yet to extend their grocery chain further north, so it's the nearest we have. I'll have to check the local farm shops and the High St butcher, all of which stock local vegetable produce, too, though last year nobody round here grew them, with Roosters being the predominant variety by a long way. |
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Just had a slightly nostalgic experience while sitting down to a not terribly exciting dinner.
I was thinking what I wanted to drink, and finally realised that what I really wanted was a cup of tea.
Normally I don't have tea while I'm eating my dinner, but this is what I would be having if I was home with my parents.
Time to head off for choir practice now.
Hope I don't get a stitch.
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Aww!  That reminds me that between the ages of 5 and <ahem> about 28, I would always drink a glass of milk before going to bed. I then stopped. These days, it's more likely to be a glas of [indecipherable].  |
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I cannot drink tea with milk, only plain black or green tea. Just a foible. Can't stand the smell of it.
I did mention I may have lamb shoulder (rather than leg) shanks this weekend. Originally I thought with Puy lentils but I am warming to the idea of chickpeas instead. Due to the credit crunch the more cheaper cuts of meat are finding their way into the butchers again, like scrag, skirt and clod. However, the cost of fuel in slow cooking them probably outweighs the savings!!
As to seasonal, most of my apples I have left for the birds to feast on. My neighbour, who normally supplies me with plums has had a disastrous harvest.
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« Reply #3214 on: 21:50:11, 09-10-2008 » |
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I used to have a mug of milk before bed too. It was orange squash until I was about 5, then milk until around 26, then I seemed to have gone back to squash. I stopped drinking the milk because, at the time, my girlfriend used to tease me about my evening rituals, and I had just read something about the latest health scare connected to milk (I seem to remember it being something like men who drink a lot of milk when they are younger are more likely to get Alzheimers). Funny how you can suddenly stop a 21 year habit. However, the cost of fuel in slow cooking them probably outweighs the savings!!
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I stopped drinking the milk because, at the time, my girlfriend used to tease me about my evening rituals That was the reason I stopped, too!! (Well, it wasn't your girlfriend, obviously.  ) |
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« Reply #3216 on: 22:09:53, 09-10-2008 » |
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(I seem to remember it being something like men who drink a lot of milk when they are younger are more likely to get Alzheimers).
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« Reply #3217 on: 22:12:33, 09-10-2008 » |
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Teabags also cause Alzheimers allegedly. I can't remember why. Aluminium again I think.
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« Reply #3220 on: 22:28:12, 09-10-2008 » |
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Teabags also cause Alzheimers allegedly. I can't remember why. Aluminium again I think.
I avoid teabags like the plague, though not for any link to Alzheimers, but rather 'cos they don't produce a decent cuppa. I did used to employ an aluminium tea infuser though. These days it a cafetiere that is my tea-making vessel of choice. Sorry for having a go. I have no problem with messages about health and family problems. IIRC, some here have severe migraine problems, others suffer with ME, and still others suffer rude health. What I do have a problem with is the airing one person's problems being acceptable, but another's not be ing so. |
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Teabags also cause Alzheimers allegedly. I can't remember why. Aluminium again I think.
Sorry for having a go. I have no problem with messages about health and family problems. IIRC, some here have severe migraine problems, others suffer with ME, and still others suffer rude health. What I do have a problem with is the airing one person's problems being acceptable, but another's not be so. That's ok, and I'm sorry for being a boring old f**t.  |
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« Reply #3223 on: 00:04:31, 10-10-2008 » |
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I don't have any milk in the house to drink tonight anyway.
I've gone back to drinking it on occasion now.
I'm evidently regressing on all fronts.
Might crown the evening with a Highland Park tonight...
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And, as I understand it, even those researchers who think that there is some sort of link with aluminium only argue that there might be some connection with the way that the Alzheimers patients deal with the (standard) amounts of aluminium that are present in the body in the normal course of events. Even if there is a link, in other words, it is because of a physiological problem in dealing with the trace levels of aluminium that are inevitably present, and not because Alzheimers sufferers have been exposed to unusual levels of aluminium in the body. Following hh's lead I am just crowning the evening with trace levels of a Macallan 10 year old malt. |
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