The Grapevine (OFF TOPIC CHAT) Part II

Tar.Aldarion

Welcome to the new chat thread! The previous installment can be found here.
I will copy in some posts from the last thread now to help continue on!

Mellor

Quick question about Quorn without startign a new thread.

Buying some quorn products, can people recomend which one taste like the meat version.
I've had mince, and I can be deguised in a strong sauce.
Sausages were different but still nice.

Don't want to buy packets of stuff if it ends up tasting like cardboard.

--LOS--

Mellor wrote: »

Quick question about Quorn without startign a new thread.

Buying some quorn products, can people recomend which one taste like the meat version.
I've had mince, and I can be deguised in a strong sauce.
Sausages were different but still nice.

Don't want to buy packets of stuff if it ends up tasting like cardboard.

I think any of the chicken style ones are your best best. The closest things I had that others wouldnt be able to tell would be the quorn dippers and the quorn bites. Any of the chicken style pieces, fillets etc would be good also. The steak pieces will taste nothing like steak.

Mellor

Yeah, I figured they'e be the best.
Actually chicken dippers from the likes of birdseye aren't exactly real food either.

I think i'll be a quorn and mushroom bake

Tar.Aldarion

3 quorn priducts for 6e in tesco atm if you want to try some out.


also the quorn roasts are down from 6e to 1.94...i bought 4.

A new linda mccartney range is being introduced at low prices too. cheddar burger things look great.


6 sausage rolls for 1.24 in tesco too, and they are better than real sausage rolls imo.

--LOS--

Actually I had the quorn family roast thing for the fist time yesterday and thought it had kind of a pork type taste off it, maybe I'm alone on that, they'e also under 2euros in tesco at the moment!

Tar.Aldarion

Oh you got one too <_<


in other news

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqjEO400lMU

--LOS--

ye even had to defrost the freezer to fit the amount of quorn stuff in :P


now on to more pressing matters..........

Josie often jumps up on your shoulder so you can walk around with her up there, but now she has taken it to new extremes, she just gets up there and lets her legs hang so you can stand up straight walking around with her

my dad was going around all morning like this...

Tar.Aldarion

LMAO at that pic, brilliant. josie so cute there. I likes your dads scarf, he a crazy cat lady.

does she do it for you ?

entropi

Lol that cat pic is awesome! Josie is showing her smarts

And that vid....what were they thinking?? :pac:


Popping by to say hello, and here's a pic:



Funny because its true

--LOS--

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

LMAO at that pic, brilliant. josie so cute there. I likes your dads scarf, he a crazy cat lady.

does she do it for you ?

that's not important >_>

my back is too small anyways <_<

Master of Nothing wrote: »

Lol that cat pic is awesome! Josie is showing her smarts

And that vid....what were they thinking?? :pac:


Popping by to say hello, and here's a pic:



Funny because its true

I am well acquainted with that pic
and hello to yourself!

Tar.Aldarion

I founds me a film to watch




they brought us happy feet

--LOS--

alone

you found you a film to watch alone












:pac:



Btw Mellor, I had one of those quorn roasts over the weekend, all my family tasted it and said they could not tell that they weren't eating meat and that it kinda tasted like turkey, so that might be one to try.

Tar.Aldarion

don't make me moonblink you :mad:

That one really is one of the more meaty ones, no that i think that it tastes like any meat in particular. Mmm. I probably shouldn't offer special deals in ireland to somebody in australia!

Tar.Aldarion

Hi new thread! /hugs

--LOS--

why is there posts from the old one then, I dun gedit, esp the one saying you're closing the thread?!

Tar.Aldarion

whoops didn't mean to copy that one heh. /deletes
We were just told to close the threads with over 10k posts and copy a few of the last posts into a new thread, just to keep the thread going.
The big ones cause massive performance issues.


few hours of java videos there, not quite the cinema experience, might try em in 3d next time
haz some sausage rolls and sweet chilli sauce now, heaven!





just saw this again and lolled

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv_FL1h3mA4

entropi

My thread....my beautiful thread! Gone!

:pac:


Explain this "moonblinking" thing

Tar.Aldarion

Ye well i made you make it so there :P
was considering copying in your post but then it went before my post explaining the thread!

It's from that film up there, I didnt actually watch the film but there was a joke about it in 30 rock, where it had been playing as an inflight movie for months, so the pilot was saying all the lines to himself. If you dont watch 30 rock you should, best comedy ive ever seen

--LOS--

ye i know why they only have to be 10k...

but now we all have repeated posts in our 'back catalogue', tis silly.

/looks at laptop

5degrees burrrrrr

Tar.Aldarion

ye i suppose that wasnt really needed hope you have a nice warm coat so

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQR49JGySTM

this thing is great!

anothernight

meow

/spam

Guess what? If you can't come up with food suggestions, even the Ritz hotel will serve mushroom risotto at some stage in the meal. Uber delicious anyway (oh God I need to kidnap their chef!) but yeah... It was a three course meal plus dessert, wedding cake (best one I've ever had tbh. I tend to dislike wedding cakes but this one was amazing), coffee and chocolates at the end. I had more food than most other people because a lot of them didn't like duck liver or very rare (read: pretty much raw) meat, and they were too embarrassed to send it back for a little more cooking. My sis was kind enough to ask them to make more of the veggie dishes so that her very picky friends could have them if they didn't like the main food.

But I sleepily digress...
The point is: Risotto. Mushroom. Seriously.

--LOS--

anothernight wrote: »

meow

/spam

Guess what? If you can't come up with food suggestions, even the Ritz hotel will serve mushroom risotto at some stage in the meal. Uber delicious anyway (oh God I need to kidnap their chef!) but yeah... It was a three course meal plus dessert, wedding cake (best one I've ever had tbh. I tend to dislike wedding cakes but this one was amazing), coffee and chocolates at the end. I had more food than most other people because a lot of them didn't like duck liver or very rare (read: pretty much raw) meat, and they were too embarrassed to send it back for a little more cooking. My sis was kind enough to ask them to make more of the veggie dishes so that her very picky friends could have them if they didn't like the main food.

But I sleepily digress...
The point is: Risotto. Mushroom. Seriously.

I was beginning to wonder if anothernight would make it into this installment of the grapevine!
You haven't gotten married have you :eek: :P

If you like mushroom risotto, marks and spencers had an amazing deal recently, main, side, dessert, bottle of wine for €12. The mushroom risotto was pretty much the only veggie main option but it was bloody amazing. Got vegetable gratin for a side. Actually the dessert we got ended up not being veggie :O so check that but they had plenty to choose from. Tesco have a deal similar to this but the M&S one was far better.

anothernight

--LOS-- wrote: »

I was beginning to wonder if anothernight would make it into this installment of the grapevine!
You haven't gotten married have you :eek: :P

If you like mushroom risotto, marks and spencers had an amazing deal recently, main, side, dessert, bottle of wine for €12. The mushroom risotto was pretty much the only veggie main option but it was bloody amazing. Got vegetable gratin for a side. Actually the dessert we got ended up not being veggie :O so check that but they had plenty to choose from. Tesco have a deal similar to this but the M&S one was far better.

Married? No! I wish... >_>

I haven't actually posted on any online forums in like a million years. Not sure why. I was wondering there for a second if someone broke the thread, and then I found out that Tar just broke it off on purpose. Same thing really.

M&S food... mmm. What was the dessert?

entropi

The thread was broked >_>

And here's me, old poster of like 70 yrs old...ancient!! Still going on, posting away and meeting folks.

I may be tired, that may be some sort of "in-joke", I'm tired...eating delicious cake I baked is too much, goodnight

--LOS--

anothernight wrote: »

Married? No! I wish... >_>

I haven't actually posted on any online forums in like a million years. Not sure why. I was wondering there for a second if someone broke the thread, and then I found out that Tar just broke it off on purpose. Same thing really.

M&S food... mmm. What was the dessert?

It was raspberry panna cotta, it tasted lovely to me at first, then I was trying to remember what the taste reminded me of and when I realised it tasted like custard it's like I wasn't tasting the same thing again.

Master of Nothing wrote: »

The thread was broked >_>

And here's me, old poster of like 70 yrs old...ancient!! Still going on, posting away and meeting folks.

I may be tired, that may be some sort of "in-joke", I'm tired...eating delicious cake I baked is too much, goodnight

you baked? well that was a well kept secret! Btw sorry I didnt get back to you other day, I was awol! But I'm doing grand, busy, looking forward to halloween though and finally finding out what the hell you made

entropi

Oh...yes...I did >_>

Lemon drizzle cake, delicious :cool: Twice now, been told both times it was very good

You went off the face of the Earth lol, but you was busy

Saturday night will be fun! You gonna costume it up too?

--LOS--

Master of Nothing wrote: »

Oh...yes...I did >_>

Lemon drizzle cake, delicious :cool: Twice now, been told both times it was very good

You went off the face of the Earth lol, but you was busy

Saturday night will be fun! You gonna costume it up too?

lemon cake I quite like! Don't suppose any of you baking lot know where to get peppermint essence, I'm trying to make something with it. It seems impossible to get at this stage.

I will but it will be somewhat lame but halloween themed nonetheless.

anothernight

--LOS-- wrote: »

lemon cake I quite like! Don't suppose any of you baking lot know where to get peppermint essence, I'm trying to make something with it. It seems impossible to get at this stage.

I will but it will be somewhat lame but halloween themed nonetheless.

It's true, his lemon cake was delicious. I'm waiting on more cake.

Peppermint essence is usually stocked in Superquinn or Tesco. Maybe they've been having problems with delivery or something. If you were particularly desperate and had all the time in the world, you could soak chopped (or pestle&mortar, better) peppermint leaves in vodka or any neutral-tasting alcohol for ages and actually make your own extract. Might be easier to just use the actual leaves for flavouring in the recipe though.

entropi

--LOS-- wrote: »

lemon cake I quite like! Don't suppose any of you baking lot know where to get peppermint essence, I'm trying to make something with it. It seems impossible to get at this stage.

I will but it will be somewhat lame but halloween themed nonetheless.

Lemon cakes are so nice! Peppermint eh? Have you tried asking any companies like Goodall's, who are suppliers of baking ingredients/goods?

Good that you'll put in effort though, I like that

anothernight wrote: »

It's true, his lemon cake was delicious. I'm waiting on more cake.

Peppermint essence is usually stocked in Superquinn or Tesco. Maybe they've been having problems with delivery or something. If you were particularly desperate and had all the time in the world, you could soak chopped (or pestle&mortar, better) peppermint leaves in vodka or any neutral-tasting alcohol for ages and actually make your own extract. Might be easier to just use the actual leaves for flavouring in the recipe though.

Thank you There will be more in future, dont worry

Its great that the rain is all gone:cool: I should be doing some study but I'm not...can catch up though. Only in for two days next week which is nice, lots more time at home!

*I gotta admit, I like how comfy my bed is, even though it's half the size of the one here *

--LOS--

anothernight wrote: »

It's true, his lemon cake was delicious. I'm waiting on more cake.

Peppermint essence is usually stocked in Superquinn or Tesco. Maybe they've been having problems with delivery or something. If you were particularly desperate and had all the time in the world, you could soak chopped (or pestle&mortar, better) peppermint leaves in vodka or any neutral-tasting alcohol for ages and actually make your own extract. Might be easier to just use the actual leaves for flavouring in the recipe though.

Master of Nothing wrote: »

Lemon cakes are so nice! Peppermint eh? Have you tried asking any companies like Goodall's, who are suppliers of baking ingredients/goods?

Good that you'll put in effort though, I like that

Thank you There will be more in future, dont worry

Some amazing person on boards bought some for me and is gona post it wow I feel like Tar :P

Master of Nothing wrote: »

Its great that the rain is all gone:cool: I should be doing some study but I'm not...can catch up though. Only in for two days next week which is nice, lots more time at home!

*I gotta admit, I like how comfy my bed is, even though it's half the size of the one here *

I got destroyed in that rain, hairdrying my notes for days after

Absurdum

congratulations to our new animal-friendly president

entropi

Being veggie and drunk...possibly the most awesome combination ever!

Met another veggie tonight, 13yrs or somesuch in length of veggie goodness, nice lady!

--LOS--

hmm so I guess I missed that voting then

As promised MoN ....................

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2matH4B9bTo

I felt pretty drunk this morning, no idea how I walked home but I had chips from the place beside fibbers on the way ^_^
Then I woke up and watched idiot abroad and x factor that I missed

entropi

That is one nice trailer lol! I'm not surprised you felt like that, but at least you got home in one piece Chips from that place are really nice, not had them in a long long time.

I've still to watch the last two Idiot Abroad episodes recorded, will do that tomorrow!


p.s. your costume was not lame, nor zombie Tar's...they were nice and Halloween-y:)

Tar.Aldarion

ordered this



+ this




HAPPPEEEEE

note the veggie hemp cover :pac:

entropi

Looks nice! How many ebooks can it handle? And how many do you have (ebooks)? (I wonder if you can get House Of Leaves on it, and finally finish it )

Cover is pretty cool

Tar.Aldarion

3,500 books, twice the amount of the new kindle! can also play audiobooks/music and the new kindle cant.


finished that and gave it back, was a great book haha. will be much easier to read on this now dont have any ebooks yet apart from java programming ones

Tar.Aldarion

http://www.veggie101.com/2011/04/homemade-seitan.html


really must order some of that flour to ireland...mmm seitan








somebody vegetarian for 18 years worked out how many animals they didnt eat in that time based on averages eaten by other people.





that a lotta chicken, its actually more animals as its using weight and not taking into account parts of an animal that are not used for consumption.


finally...i want to eat this :pac:
http://www.quorn.us/products/Cranberry__Goat_Cheese_Chik'n_Cutlet.aspx

Tar.Aldarion

om nom nom



that is all

--LOS--

you've not been recycling stuff from other sites now have you --_--

Tar.Aldarion

*whistle

--LOS--

carry on, sometimes i miss the spam :P

cranberry thing does look good. just remembered I have the quorn dippers \o/ what am I at, they should be well gone by now.

Tar.Aldarion

:-)


oh bought some dippers did you. lucky you to have them all to yourself ---_---



i still hungry, what do! vienetta coke float :pac:

--LOS--

operation de-pinkify my clothes take two!

Tar.Aldarion

entropi

Wear the pink...DO EEEEETTTTTTT!!!

Tar.Aldarion

good work

--LOS--

Master of Nothing wrote: »

Wear the pink...DO EEEEETTTTTTT!!!

No MoN, this is rotten horrible pink, my clothes ran in the wash So I now have light blue jeans with a pinky hue ughh, it better come out, one was a tshirt tar gave me and I cant give him the satisfaction of turning it pink :mad:

Tar.Aldarion

be such a pity if it couldn't change back




on no wait....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5bYDhZBFLA

Tar.Aldarion

ah blast from the past nostalgia song! well 3 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WgT9gy4zQA

you get skyrim mon?