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I love tapioca, too. You can't even buy it in Tesco any more. My mother always used to put a little tapioca in the syrupy sauce that went with baked apples, and so did I - they seem incomplete without it.
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Mort, you got to have custard with Treacle Steam Pudding!! Nothing else will do, in my book. MrsBBM says that she puts cream on hers,yuk. Thankfully, this is done for her people at work, not at home!
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I love tapioca, too. You can't even buy it in Tesco any more. My mother always used to put a little tapioca in the syrupy sauce that went with baked apples, and so did I - they seem incomplete without it.
Oh Mary, baked apples! I love them, cored and then stuffed with dried fruit and runny honey and brown sugar sprinkled and then they burst open in the middle and are all fluffy and tart. NOM! This praise of rice puddings and baked apples should not really be on the GOR thread should it? More a celebration of British cookery. Andy D. did post a link somewhere to Jamie Oliver's appearance before the Commons Whatever Committee in which he pointed out (JO not AD) that people just do not know how to cook anymore. |
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Mort, you got to have custard with Treacle Steam Pudding!! Nothing else will do, in my book.
Quite right, BBM. I would call that syrup, not treacle. Treacle to me is black.  |
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« Reply #8434 on: 18:56:29, 06-11-2008 » |
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Mort, you got to have custard with Treacle Steam Pudding!! Nothing else will do, in my book.
Sorry bbm. I can't stand custard  Mind you, I'm not keen on cream either. |
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« Reply #8435 on: 19:06:28, 06-11-2008 » |
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Lyle's tins of Golden Syrup or Treacle are so iconic of a past Victorian age and values.
Abram Lyle had strong religious beliefs, which is why the Lyle's Golden Syrup trademark depicts a quotation from the Bible. In the Old Testament (Book of Judges 14:14) to be precise Samson was travelling to the land of the Philistines in search of a wife. During the journey he killed a lion, and on his return past the same spot he noticed that a swarm of bees had formed a comb of honey in the carcass. Samson later turned this into a riddle: "Out of the eater came forth meat and out of the strong came forth sweetness".
Golden Syrup on porridge is divine with a swirl of cream or Jersey milk.
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« Reply #8436 on: 20:29:22, 06-11-2008 » |
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'Golden Syrup on porridge is divine with a swirl of cream or Jersey milk.' Hi Antheil On cold mornings i have porridge with evoporated milk but think yr suggestion sounds even better  |
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« Reply #8437 on: 22:15:56, 06-11-2008 » |
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'Golden Syrup on porridge is divine with a swirl of cream or Jersey milk.' Hi Antheil On cold mornings i have porridge with evoporated milk but think yr suggestion sounds even better My dear Malapropism inclined Mother used to call it Exasperated Milk and dessicated coconut as Desecrated Coconut. I hated those Coconut Madeleines she used to bake btw. |
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« Reply #8438 on: 03:04:57, 07-11-2008 » |
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Did you ever get consecrated orange juice as well, Ant?
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« Reply #8439 on: 08:13:24, 07-11-2008 » |
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Sounds like a Del Boy expression!
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« Reply #8440 on: 10:08:10, 07-11-2008 » |
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'Golden Syrup on porridge is divine with a swirl of cream or Jersey milk.' Hi Antheil On cold mornings i have porridge with evoporated milk but think yr suggestion sounds even better My dear Malapropism inclined Mother used to call it Exasperated Milk and dessicated coconut as Desecrated Coconut. I hated those Coconut Madeleines she used to bake btw.  My ex's mother wasn't so much one for the Malapropism as mispronunciation. My favourite was when she called Matalan "matter land". To this day I call it "The Land of Matter." Hello, I'd like to buy some matter please.  |
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« Reply #8441 on: 10:32:27, 07-11-2008 » |
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I know someone who used to call "7 up", "Zup".
And due to a misreading, "Sprite" is now known as "Spurt" in my household.
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I know someone who used to call "7 up", "Zup".
And due to a misreading, "Sprite" is now known as "Spurt" in my household.
Tommo
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« Reply #8443 on: 12:32:07, 07-11-2008 » |
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Not a huge grump, more of a deep sigh of disappointment. On Wednesday I ordered Semele, to be delivered to work as a boxed set is too big for my letterbox. Postman arrives this morning with package. Hurrah! Looking forward to listening at the weekend, but on opening package .... I have been sent Serses :-( Contacted the seller (called Juan!) in Edinburgh, he was full of apologies for the mistake and will refund my postage of course and despatch the right one to me so should get it Monday
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« Reply #8444 on: 15:20:24, 07-11-2008 » |
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This is such a small grump, but it does grump me out. Why oh why, when you’re shopping with cash and your change comes in notes AND coins, do almost ALL cashiers put the coins on top of the notes in your outstretched hand? A) In the old days they did it the other way round. B) It should be the other way round – because having coins on top of notes in your hand means having to slide the note(s) from under the coins with your other hand, risking coin spillage. It’s crazy, inconsiderate and just plain dumb. I call for an end to the practice right now.  |
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