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My kids are into Chinese Leaf salad. Preparing it tonight was fun as I used my brand new salad spinner - like one of those singing tops we had as children which spin when you press the knob in the centre down. Except it didn't sing. Which was slightly disappointing.  Now this really should be on the Sppooooooooky thread. My dinner host was demonstrating his last night. I was deeply envious.  It was from John Lewis but not their own brand. Their own was really odd - to spin it you had to pull a cord really hard, which meant you had to hold on tight with the other hand or the spinner would shoot across the kitchen.  Compared to all the other things you could envy (wealth, good looks, popularity, contentment, sex appeal, personal holiness, talent) a salad spinner strikes me as rather low down the list. Perhaps it was an exceptionally sexy, expensive, satisfying, stylish or holy salad spinner.
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I want to go to bed with Mabeljane's salad spinner!
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to spin it you had to pull a cord really hard, which meant you had to hold on tight with the other hand or the spinner would shoot across the kitchen. My god. Want. |
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I want to go to bed with Mabeljane's salad spinner!
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to spin it you had to pull a cord really hard, which meant you had to hold on tight with the other hand or the spinner would shoot across the kitchen. My god. Want. You've pulled!  |
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« Reply #3290 on: 21:48:33, 14-10-2008 » |
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I want to go to bed with Mabeljane's salad spinner!
Don B! One of these for you. Immediately. Or one of these:  |
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« Reply #3291 on: 23:14:28, 14-10-2008 » |
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I never have macaroni cheese, in fact I can't remember when I last bought some macaroni.
I rarely have leafy salads either, mine are usually crunchy and if there are any leaves I usually pat them dry with a tea towel. But when necessary, I put large numbers of wet leaves into a tea towel, grab all the loose ends and sort of whirl it around (in the garden of course), works a bit like MJ's spinner I should imagine.
Nibbling oatcakes with reduced salt Natex and cucumber now.
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« Reply #3294 on: 07:53:07, 15-10-2008 » |
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Ah but did you use Red Leicester?  No, mature cheddar. I've never tried it with Red Leicester - perhaps I will. They didn't eat all your macaroni cheese, did they, Milly? What did you eat then? Yes they did!  I managed to scrape a few spoonfuls out of the bottom of the dish and round the sides, but I ended up having a couple of sandwiches and a feta cheese snack. I'd done a very big bowl of macaroni as well. They're unfillable these two! The little one ate as much as the teenager. They had a sirloin steak each, with veg and chips as well. The teenager is as thin as a stick and little one although not thin in a bony way, is very slender. He's very active and sporty so I assume he just burns it up. He's very tall for his age, tallest in the class at the moment and without shoes he comes up to just above my chin and he's only just 8. He's going to be enormous! |
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« Reply #3295 on: 15:55:09, 15-10-2008 » |
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Well one of my freinds is 50 today and a whole load of us going to this rather good Inidan Restaurant down town. Should be rather good. Had bacon and eg sandwich for lunch, so not a good dietary intake today really.
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« Reply #3296 on: 17:19:06, 15-10-2008 » |
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Having failed to see one single solitary cob nut this year during their short season  today I saw, and hastily bought, the first of the wet walnuts  Nut bliss!I know I bang on about these but if you like walnuts and haven't tried these yet, DO! They'll only be around for a couple of weeks. |
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« Reply #3297 on: 18:04:06, 15-10-2008 » |
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I've never seen those for sale round here, but I would certainly buy them if I did. The Suffolk cottage we used to stay in had a huge walnut tree in the garden, but we were never there at the right time of year. The loose walnuts I can buy are very good, though.
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« Reply #3298 on: 18:13:45, 15-10-2008 » |
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Wet walnuts!! NOM to the nth degree, I must check the greengrocers. Like Mort I did not see any cobs this year, presumably because of the strange weather?
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« Reply #3299 on: 18:18:00, 15-10-2008 » |
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Busy day at work, and our ensemble in residence is giving a concert tonight, so it's a quick dash in and a very simple supper of poached haddock with steamed pak choi. Cooked in 15 minutes. Scoff and then have enough time to walk down to the concert without getting a stitch.
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