Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
> Chris <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> writes:
>
>> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>> In message <87il1ipdfr.fsf@golgonooza.co.uk> at Tue, 19 Mar 2024
>>> 13:18:48, Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> writes
>>>> "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> writes:
>>> []
>>>>> I remember in the '70s our school chaplain saying plaintively that he
>>>>> wished more "creatures great and small" would come to his evensong
>>>>> (which was voluntary).
>>>>
>>>> The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate...
>>>
>>> If you mean I (or my folks) was rich, it was a boarding school - and you
>>> wouldn't think that if you saw the dormitories, especially in Winter!
>>
>> Been there, done that. Had the blackout blinds in one dormitory. Wooden
>> shutters that let light in at another dormitory. Enid Blyton etc all
>> carried a flavour of some aspect or other girls point of view at boarding
>> school: even though my second was co-ed, we could appreciate the plots even
>> if others didn’t.
>
> As Evelyn Waugh said, anybody who has been to an English public school
> would be perfectly at home in prison.
>
> Rosie
>

At the age of nine, I arrived at my boarding school with my parents after
several hours and more of travelling by rail. My parents were immediately
taken off to meet the Headmaster and I was told I would see them later,
whilst ‘matron’ took me to see my dormitory and unpack my case. Within
minutes, my parents were told that they could now leave for home. “But we
wish to see our son again as we promised him!; Oh no, (said the Headmaster)
trust me, you leave now, it is the best way, I have done this many times
before!’ That particular head was sacked about a year later.

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

In message <l60h57FcogcU1@mid.individual.net> at Wed, 20 Mar 2024
16:28:23, BrritSki <rtilburyTAKEOUT@gmail.com> writes
>On 20/03/2024 15:45, Mike McMillan wrote:
>> Clive Arthur <clive@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote:
>>> On 20/03/2024 10:03, Jane Vernon wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> People seem to like [Jerusalem artichokes].  I wasn't sure but they
>>>>were never served at
>>>> home because Dad said they tasted of soot.
>>>
>>> That's what comes of growing them among those dark, satanic mills.
>>>
>> But only in Ancient Times Shirley?
>>
>Shirley is in Southampton. Dark satanic docks maybe ?
>
I've heard it said that the "dark satanic mills" in the hymn actually
referred to the universities, which churned out material that didn't
suit the political views of the lyricist, rather than the great stone or
brick buildings of the industrial revolution.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"... all your hard work in the hands of twelve people too stupid to get off
jury duty." CSI, 200x

In message <87sf0klssk.fsf@golgonooza.co.uk> at Wed, 20 Mar 2024
17:25:15, Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> writes
>Chris <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> writes:
>
>> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
[]
>>> If you mean I (or my folks) was rich, it was a boarding school - and you
>>> wouldn't think that if you saw the dormitories, especially in Winter!
>>
>> Been there, done that. Had the blackout blinds in one dormitory. Wooden
>> shutters that let light in at another dormitory. Enid Blyton etc all
>> carried a flavour of some aspect or other girls point of view at boarding
>> school: even though my second was co-ed, we could appreciate the plots even
>> if others didn’t.
>
>As Evelyn Waugh said, anybody who has been to an English public school
>would be perfectly at home in prison.
>
>Rosie

I'm hoping that gets taken into account.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"... all your hard work in the hands of twelve people too stupid to get off
jury duty." CSI, 200x

In message <utf04i$1igva$1@dont-email.me> at Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:42:11,
Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> writes
>Chris <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
[]
>>> If you mean I (or my folks) was rich, it was a boarding school - and you
>>> wouldn't think that if you saw the dormitories, especially in Winter!
>>
>> Been there, done that. Had the blackout blinds in one dormitory. Wooden
>> shutters that let light in at another dormitory. Enid Blyton etc all
>> carried a flavour of some aspect or other girls point of view at boarding
>> school: even though my second was co-ed, we could appreciate the plots even
>> if others didn’t.
>>
>> Mrs McT
>>
It puzzled me (it was a thought I heard someone else say, but I agreed)
how popular the Harry Potter series is, given that it's basically a
boarding-school story, and such were seen as somehow wrong by a lot of
people - Bunter, Jennings, some Blyton.
>
>Our dorms had ice on the windows in the winter - the ice was on the inside.
>
Ditto. (But probably common in many homes of the era, especially without
central heating [the school _did_ have heating, but not enough to deter
that ice. County Durham].)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"... all your hard work in the hands of twelve people too stupid to get off
jury duty." CSI, 200x

On 20/03/2024 17:41, Mike McMillan wrote:
> Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>> Chris <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> writes:
>>
>>> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>>> In message <87il1ipdfr.fsf@golgonooza.co.uk> at Tue, 19 Mar 2024
>>>> 13:18:48, Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> writes
>>>>> "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> writes:
>>>> []
>>>>>> I remember in the '70s our school chaplain saying plaintively that he
>>>>>> wished more "creatures great and small" would come to his evensong
>>>>>> (which was voluntary).
>>>>>
>>>>> The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate...
>>>>
>>>> If you mean I (or my folks) was rich, it was a boarding school - and you
>>>> wouldn't think that if you saw the dormitories, especially in Winter!
>>>
>>> Been there, done that. Had the blackout blinds in one dormitory. Wooden
>>> shutters that let light in at another dormitory. Enid Blyton etc all
>>> carried a flavour of some aspect or other girls point of view at boarding
>>> school: even though my second was co-ed, we could appreciate the plots even
>>> if others didn’t.
>>
>> As Evelyn Waugh said, anybody who has been to an English public school
>> would be perfectly at home in prison.
>>
>> Rosie
>>
>
> At the age of nine, I arrived at my boarding school with my parents after
> several hours and more of travelling by rail. My parents were immediately
> taken off to meet the Headmaster and I was told I would see them later,
> whilst ‘matron’ took me to see my dormitory and unpack my case. Within
> minutes, my parents were told that they could now leave for home. “But we
> wish to see our son again as we promised him!; Oh no, (said the Headmaster)
> trust me, you leave now, it is the best way, I have done this many times
> before!’ That particular head was sacked about a year later.
>

Did he go on to Maidwell Hall?

john

On 20/03/2024 15:34, Mike McMillan wrote:
> Serena Blanchflower <nospam@blanchflower.me.uk> wrote:
>> On 20/03/2024 10:03, Jane Vernon wrote:
>>> On 19/03/2024 20:28, Wenlock wrote:
>>>> Jane Vernon <spam@nopotteratthisaddress.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>> On 18/03/2024 18:29, Vicky wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I like sprouts. Unfortunately b won't eat them so we never have them.
>>>>>> I quite like ordinary ones but ones fried with bits of bacon are
>>>>>> especially nice.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are eating bacon, one of my weekend meals during the winter is
>>>>> often three slices of bacon, cut up and fried till crispy, plenty of
>>>>> sprouts, cut in half and cooked just right, and half a pack of whole
>>>>> chestnuts.  It's so delicious.  Not sure what other vegetable would
>>>>> substitute for sprouts but I recommend you try to find one and then you
>>>>> can just buy a small pack of ready-prepared sprouts for you and a
>>>>> different veg for B.  Worth the small effort, IMO.
>>>>
>>>> I’m going to radical and suggest Jerusalem artichokes as a sprout
>>>> substitute served up like that. Their mild bitterness complements the
>>>> sweet
>>>> of the chestnuts and the saltiness of the bacon.
>>>>
>>>
>>> People seem to like them.  I wasn't sure but they were never served at
>>> home because Dad said they tasted of soot.  Then he suddenly decided to
>>> like them.  I tasted them and said they tasted of soot.  They did. He
>>> scoffed.  (Probably where I got my scoffing ability from.)  I rarely
>>> miss an opportunity to pass this on to others, some of whom now think
>>> they taste of soot.
>>>
>>> AFAIK none of us has ever tried eating soot.
>>
>> I like them, very much, and wouldn't describe them as sooty but I do
>> think they have a slightly smokey flavour, which is probably the same thing.
>>
>
> And I suggest you leave Sweep alone too - people might start talking.
>

If they do you can Soo them for libel.

john

On 20/03/2024 15:31, Mike McMillan wrote:
> Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote:
>> john ashby wrote:
>>
>>> We wnet out for lunch in a pub in Chipping Norton (no sighting of any of
>>> the Set) recently and had crab sandwiches. Poorly flavoured filling and
>>> bread.which was dry from having been left in the open all morning.
>>
>> I have to say that we did once have absolutely delicious crab
>> sandwiches from a takeaway outlet.
>>
>> If I mention we were in Padstow, I think you can guess the name
>> over the door.
>>
>> Chris
>
> I didn’t know Mr. Stein )SP?) did takeaways.
>
Rick rolls with whatever turns a profit.

john

On 20-Mar-24 16:28, BrritSki wrote:
> On 20/03/2024 15:45, Mike McMillan wrote:
>> Clive Arthur <clive@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote:
>>> On 20/03/2024 10:03, Jane Vernon wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> People seem to like [Jerusalem artichokes].  I wasn't sure but they
>>>> were never served at
>>>> home because Dad said they tasted of soot.
>>>
>>> That's what comes of growing them among those dark, satanic mills.
>>>
>>
>> But only in Ancient Times Shirley?
>>
> Shirley is in Southampton. Dark satanic docks maybe ?

I was thinking of Haley Mills, but she's blonde and not particularly
satanic (AFAIK).

P.S. Does UMRA observe the distinction between blond & blonde?

--
Sam Plusnet

On 20-Mar-24 12:27, BrritSki wrote:
> On 20/03/2024 12:23, Chris J Dixon wrote:
>> john ashby wrote:
>>
>>> We wnet out for lunch in a pub in Chipping Norton (no sighting of any of
>>> the Set) recently and had crab sandwiches. Poorly flavoured filling and
>>> bread.which was dry from having been left in the open all morning.
>>
>> I have to say that we did once have absolutely delicious crab
>> sandwiches from a takeaway outlet.
>>
>> If I mention we were in Padstow, I think you can guess the name
>> over the door.
>>
> Waife trekked around St. Ives many years ago in search of a fresh crab
> sandwich on wholemeal while the rest of us had fish'n'chips.
>
> She'd had 1 bite when a seagull swooped down and scoffed the rest.
>
> She was not happy :/
>
The seagulls there do seem particularly troublesome.
Were your fish & chips safe?
Whenever we eat F&C from "The Balancing Eel" (round the corner from the
Sloop Inn) we keep everything covered except briefly when actually
transferring food from container to mouth.

--
Sam Plusnet

On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:28:23 +0000, BrritSki
<rtilburyTAKEOUT@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 20/03/2024 15:45, Mike McMillan wrote:
>> Clive Arthur <clive@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote:
>>> On 20/03/2024 10:03, Jane Vernon wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> People seem to like [Jerusalem artichokes].  I wasn't sure but they were never served at
>>>> home because Dad said they tasted of soot.
>>>
>>> That's what comes of growing them among those dark, satanic mills.
>>>
>>
>> But only in Ancient Times Shirley?
>>
>Shirley is in Southampton. Dark satanic docks maybe ?

I think they may have had Shirley, West Midlands, in mind. Dark
Satanic Golf Clubs, and all that.

Nick

On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:09:59 +0000, Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 13:11:34 +0000, Rosie Mitchell
><rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 12:15:06 +0000, Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 20/03/2024 10:00, Jane Vernon wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I used to love kidneys.  Then my mum (who for much of her life would
>>>>> have eaten anything apart from meat fat, which made her sick) said she
>>>>> had gone off them because of the smell of urine when preparing them.  I
>>>>> scoffed.  I bought kidneys.  When I was preparing them they smelled of
>>>>> urine.
>>>>>
>>>>> I did manage to prepare and eat them, but have never done so again.  I
>>>>> think I still like to eat them, though.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>My mother used to soak them in milk before cooking to get rid of the smell.
>>>
>>> An austrian dish my mother made using kidneys is sweet and sour. I
>>> liked the flavour and it was ok with liver but didn't like the
>>> kidneys. Too many icky tubes.
>>
>>The kidneys I eat don't have icky tubes. They have a core of suet but
>>that melts down in the cooking and contributes to the flavour. Are you
>>thinking of liver? The trick with liver of course is to have it sliced
>>very thinly and only briefly introduced to the frying pan.
>>
>>Rosie
>
>No I've never had liver with tubes in. I like Calves and chicken liver
>and lamb is ok. I used to make chopped liver and pate with chicken
>livers. I don't really cook now, not enough spoons, but am actually
>going to do omlettes tonight.

I suspect that regional differences might be involved here: in
Argentina they put all sorts of "bits" onto the parilla that wouldn't
even get a look in here. And all their cuts of meat are different too.

Here, any of the kidneys that I've bought have already been "cored" so
there are no funny tubes still attached and I chop off any remaining
gristly bits before cooking.

Nick

BrritSki <rtilburyTAKEOUT@gmail.com> writes:

> On 20/03/2024 15:45, Mike McMillan wrote:
>> Clive Arthur <clive@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote:
>>> On 20/03/2024 10:03, Jane Vernon wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> People seem to like [Jerusalem artichokes].  I wasn't sure but
>>>> they were never served at
>>>> home because Dad said they tasted of soot.
>>>
>>> That's what comes of growing them among those dark, satanic mills.
>>>
>> But only in Ancient Times Shirley?
>>
> Shirley is in Southampton. Dark satanic docks maybe ?

Also in Solihull, where they'd have palpitations at the thought of dark
satanic anything. Especially Birmingham.

Rosie

In message <J7HKN.133898$TSTa.1539@fx47.iad> at Wed, 20 Mar 2024
19:52:10, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> writes
[]
>P.S. Does UMRA observe the distinction between blond & blonde?
>
I think I do when I think about it.

My one blond joke (and not the usual sort): when Daniel Craig (I think
it was him) was going to be the first non-dark-haired person to play a
certain part, allegedly some people told him "you will dye, Mr. Bond"!
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"Bother," said the Borg, "we assimilated a Pooh."

Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> writes:

> On 20-Mar-24 12:27, BrritSki wrote:
>> On 20/03/2024 12:23, Chris J Dixon wrote:
>>> john ashby wrote:
>>>
>>>> We wnet out for lunch in a pub in Chipping Norton (no sighting of any of
>>>> the Set) recently and had crab sandwiches. Poorly flavoured filling and
>>>> bread.which was dry from having been left in the open all morning.
>>>
>>> I have to say that we did once have absolutely delicious crab
>>> sandwiches from a takeaway outlet.
>>>
>>> If I mention we were in Padstow, I think you can guess the name
>>> over the door.
>>>
>> Waife trekked around St. Ives many years ago in search of a fresh
>> crab sandwich on wholemeal while the rest of us had fish'n'chips.
>> She'd had 1 bite when a seagull swooped down and scoffed the rest.
>> She was not happy :/
>>
> The seagulls there do seem particularly troublesome.
> Were your fish & chips safe?
> Whenever we eat F&C from "The Balancing Eel" (round the corner from

Hard to beat a name alluding to Lewis Carroll. Also a change from the
usual "Cod Almighty" or, more recently, "Frying Nemo".

I was in Glasgow for the day today as it happens, and also had a craving
for liver and onions. I know I could have gone to Morrison's but I
really didn't want pre-packed scraggy bits of liver, I wanted it sliced thinly
to order like I used to get it from the man on Barrow Market, and before
that from Vicar's in Reading. So I called in a Rodgers the butchers
on Byres Road. He does a good line in bits of cow aged in the high-tech
maturation cabinets, and also does a very fair mutton pie. I've never
tasted his ashet pies, I usually get those from either of the two
surviving butchers of Dunblane¹ (vaut le voyage from either direction).

Anyway, the upshot was that the butcher was very sorry but he doesn't do
liver. Nor heart, nor pig kidneys, nor lamb's fry, nor sweetbreads. He
says it's almost impossible to get hold of such things. Maybe it's a
Scottish thing – I'm not sure I've heard of offal in itself being a
Scottish meal in the way that mince and tatties is, although of course
the liver, heart and lungs of the sheep are an essential part of the
national dish. Maybe that's where all the lamb's livers and hearts go,
although that doesn't account for the lack of pigs' kidneys. I suspect
that there are vested interests keeping them off the market.

Anyway, thwarted in my quest for a cheap and tasty tea tonight, and
since I was in Byres Road anyway, I went to The Fish Plaice (yes, I
know, but it does claim to be on of the top 10 fishmongers in the UK)
for something interesting. It always used to feature a whole monkfish in
the centre of the display, perhaps to scare off potential thieves, but
not today. I ask for something that would do for one with the Jersey
Royals I picked up in Waitrose, that wasn't run-of-the mill (so no
mackerel or herring) and definitely not farmed. So I splashed out on a
wild brown trout. Not cheap, but it was excellent.

Rosie

¹ If I hadn't disqualified myself from receiving a BTN I might have
considered an entry here.

J. P. Gilliver wrote:

>In message <J7HKN.133898$TSTa.1539@fx47.iad> at Wed, 20 Mar 2024
>19:52:10, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> writes
>[]
>>P.S. Does UMRA observe the distinction between blond & blonde?
>>
>I think I do when I think about it.
>
>My one blond joke (and not the usual sort): when Daniel Craig (I think
>it was him) was going to be the first non-dark-haired person to play a
>certain part, allegedly some people told him "you will dye, Mr. Bond"!

A friend of mine has a T shirt with the legend:
"Please speak slowly, I'm naturally blonde"

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham
'48/33 M B+ G++ A L(-) I S-- CH0(--)(p) Ar- T+ H0 ?Q
chris@cdixon.me.uk @ChrisJDixon1
Plant amazing Acers.

In message <l2lmvi1bs6ipnbh0s64vsd1sgv2l0fbntk@4ax.com> at Wed, 20 Mar
2024 21:25:56, Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> writes
>J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>
>>In message <J7HKN.133898$TSTa.1539@fx47.iad> at Wed, 20 Mar 2024
>>19:52:10, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> writes
>>[]
>>>P.S. Does UMRA observe the distinction between blond & blonde?
>>>
>>I think I do when I think about it.
>>
>>My one blond joke (and not the usual sort): when Daniel Craig (I think
>>it was him) was going to be the first non-dark-haired person to play a
>>certain part, allegedly some people told him "you will dye, Mr. Bond"!
>
>A friend of mine has a T shirt with the legend:
>"Please speak slowly, I'm naturally blonde"
>
>Chris

And is she? (Blonde I mean, not dim!)

It would be a certain kind of quirkiness to wear such a T if you
_weren't_.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"Bother," said the Borg, "we assimilated a Pooh."

In message <87jzlwlhoo.fsf@golgonooza.co.uk> at Wed, 20 Mar 2024
21:25:11, Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> writes
[]
>liver. Nor heart, nor pig kidneys, nor lamb's fry, nor sweetbreads. He
[]
All this talk of kidneys, and nobody's mentioned dingoes' yet?
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Just because you're old it doesn't mean you go beige. Quite the reverse.
- Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, RT 2015/7/11-17

On 20/03/2024 17:09, Vicky wrote:
> I like Calves and chicken liver
> and lamb is ok.

For me, the only edible animal (as opposed to bird) liver is lambs', and
very briefly fried.

My mother-in-law asked me once what I was planning for the evening meal.
I told her and she said very bluntly "Our Leslie doesn't like liver."
I didn't like to tell her that her son was very happy with the liver *I*
bought and the way *I* cooked it so I quickly changed the subject.
--
Jenny M Benson
Wrexham, UK

J. P. Gilliver wrote:

>In message <l2lmvi1bs6ipnbh0s64vsd1sgv2l0fbntk@4ax.com> at Wed, 20 Mar
>2024 21:25:56, Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> writes
>>J. P. Gilliver wrote:

>>>My one blond joke (and not the usual sort): when Daniel Craig (I think
>>>it was him) was going to be the first non-dark-haired person to play a
>>>certain part, allegedly some people told him "you will dye, Mr. Bond"!
>>
>>A friend of mine has a T shirt with the legend:
>>"Please speak slowly, I'm naturally blonde"

>And is she? (Blonde I mean, not dim!)

Indeed.

>It would be a certain kind of quirkiness to wear such a T if you
>_weren't_.

True.

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham
'48/33 M B+ G++ A L(-) I S-- CH0(--)(p) Ar- T+ H0 ?Q
chris@cdixon.me.uk @ChrisJDixon1
Plant amazing Acers.

J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
> In message <87jzlwlhoo.fsf@golgonooza.co.uk> at Wed, 20 Mar 2024
> 21:25:11, Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> writes
> []
>> liver. Nor heart, nor pig kidneys, nor lamb's fry, nor sweetbreads. He
> []
> All this talk of kidneys, and nobody's mentioned dingoes' yet?

And I wish you would desist in matters kidneytorial; I have enough problems
post prostate treatment as it is.

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

BrritSki <rtilburyTAKEOUT@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hence the phrase "who pissed on my cornflakes this morning ?"
>
>

Ooooh Miss! He said a very naughty word!

Flanders & Swann: ‘Mum;s out, Dad’s out, let’s talk rude - Pee, Poo, Belly,
Bum, Drawers…’

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> writes:

> BrritSki <rtilburyTAKEOUT@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hence the phrase "who pissed on my cornflakes this morning ?"
>>
>>
>
> Ooooh Miss! He said a very naughty word!

Cornflakes. Full of sugar and of limited nutritional value, produced and
marketed by a Merkin megacorporation.

Rosie

On 20/03/2024 20:09, Nick Odell wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:09:59 +0000, Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 13:11:34 +0000, Rosie Mitchell
>> <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 12:15:06 +0000, Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 20/03/2024 10:00, Jane Vernon wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I used to love kidneys.  Then my mum (who for much of her life would
>>>>>> have eaten anything apart from meat fat, which made her sick) said she
>>>>>> had gone off them because of the smell of urine when preparing them.  I
>>>>>> scoffed.  I bought kidneys.  When I was preparing them they smelled of
>>>>>> urine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I did manage to prepare and eat them, but have never done so again.  I
>>>>>> think I still like to eat them, though.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> My mother used to soak them in milk before cooking to get rid of the smell.
>>>>
>>>> An austrian dish my mother made using kidneys is sweet and sour. I
>>>> liked the flavour and it was ok with liver but didn't like the
>>>> kidneys. Too many icky tubes.
>>>
>>> The kidneys I eat don't have icky tubes. They have a core of suet but
>>> that melts down in the cooking and contributes to the flavour. Are you
>>> thinking of liver? The trick with liver of course is to have it sliced
>>> very thinly and only briefly introduced to the frying pan.
>>>
>>> Rosie
>>
>> No I've never had liver with tubes in. I like Calves and chicken liver
>> and lamb is ok. I used to make chopped liver and pate with chicken
>> livers. I don't really cook now, not enough spoons, but am actually
>> going to do omlettes tonight.
>
> I suspect that regional differences might be involved here: in
> Argentina they put all sorts of "bits" onto the parilla that wouldn't
> even get a look in here. And all their cuts of meat are different too.

and in France, where they tend to cook the bits in their own fat till
meltingly (and presumably heart-cloggingly) delicious.

--
Kate B

Rosie Mitchell wrote:

>Cornflakes. Full of sugar and of limited nutritional value, produced and
>marketed by a Merkin megacorporation.

As I have remarked before, I worked for some time at what was
then GEC in Trafford Park. To the south west was Kellogs, so the
prevailing wind had an aroma rather like putting your head in a
cornflakes packet. To the north east were the Rubber Regeneration
Works. Whatever they did, it was pretty noxious. To the north
west was Turner's Asbestos. No aroma, I just hope their
filtration was up to scratch.

Chris
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Plant amazing Acers.

On 21/03/2024 10:30, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> writes:
>
>> BrritSki <rtilburyTAKEOUT@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hence the phrase "who pissed on my cornflakes this morning ?"
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Ooooh Miss! He said a very naughty word!
>
> Cornflakes. Full of sugar and of limited nutritional value, produced and
> marketed by a Merkin megacorporation.
>
> Rosie
>
And such a bother to spread the butter on.

--
Ric