The General Chat Thread

GalwayGuy2 · 18-12-2013 10:19PM

I found some baking equipment

Their a little dirty, but going to let them soak and pop them in the dishwasher. As long as their not rusty, I reckon they're grand.

That means...

MINCE PIES :eek:

Michellenman · 18-12-2013 10:45PM

Anyone know if you can re-use cinnamon sticks? I've often made 2 or 3 batches of stuff from the one set of vanilla pods, can the same be done with cinnamon sticks? I'm making a mulling syrup at the moment so if it was possible, I would have to find a way of drying them out before storage..

Animord · 19-12-2013 10:33AM

Mulling syrup suggests it has sugar in it. I would have thought that it is going to be sticky so wont dry, but I could be wrong. I have never tried to reuse a cinnamon stick so am not sure sorry.

I am at home today, there is a tree down so cant get out, the dishwasher has packed up and I have no hot water.:mad:

So I have retired to the fireside with a box of Christmas chocolates for company and a large mug of tea.

Tea usually solves most things.

Minder · 19-12-2013 06:03PM

Is it me or does the perishable produce sold at this time of the year have a much shorter shelf life that at any other time of the year? On Tuesday, I was looking at smoked salmon for Christmas Day but none of it would have lasted the week if I bought it. My recollection is that smoked salmon always has weeks before the expiry date.

Dizzyblonde · 19-12-2013 07:27PM

Minder wrote: »

Is it me or does the perishable produce sold at this time of the year have a much shorter shelf life that at any other time of the year?

It's the same every year - especially with smoked salmon and cheese. I wanted to buy both last week but most of the cheeses were best before next week!

beertons · 19-12-2013 11:01PM

Hello. I've never ventured in here before. Have to tell ya's this one. Was prepping for a slow cooked beef curry by Dizzyblonde, and I asked Mrs Beery to get 2 chilli's. She comes home with 2 scotch bonnets. While I don't mind, it has to feed my father and my 2 year old. Oh man, there's going to be fireworks tomorrow.

awec · 19-12-2013 11:12PM

You put them both in? :pac:

beertons · 19-12-2013 11:20PM

I did indeed, 'twas in the recipe. I have 2 large glenisk tubs of natural yougart on standby too.

Merkin · 19-12-2013 11:33PM

Maybe get a fire extinguisher too Beertons!

It might not be tooooo hot. Try some yourself tomorrow an hour or two before you're due to serve it and if you need to tone it down there are lots of ways to do that so I wouldn't worry!

Dizzyblonde · 19-12-2013 11:47PM

Ooh beertons, don't blame me because I don't think that was my recipe? Mine was the Irish-mammy-type curry.

Loire · 20-12-2013 11:50AM

So I spent 2 hours trying to get a new, bleedin Apple wireless router working last night. When it finally worked the signal/range was only the same as my previous router (which is not good enough). I was nearly in tears and pulling the hair out of my head. So I decided to make a carbonara (with cheese & eggs rather than the yucky cream ones they pass of in restaurants). With that I poured a LARGE glass of Cotes du Rhone (which was followed by more glasses) and I felt great again

Loire · 20-12-2013 11:54AM

We all know we're all a bit nuts about food here (well I am anyway). Last week, myself and herself went to Dublin. About an hour into the drive we had one of those random silences that went on for a few minutes. Herself turns around to me and asks "what are you thinking about, you look deep in thought?". I answered "Yeah, I was just thinking, what would happen if the world ran out of garlic?"

The Hill Billy · 20-12-2013 12:07PM

Loire wrote: »

We all know we're all a bit nuts about food here (well I am anyway). Last week, myself and herself went to Dublin. About an hour into the drive we had one of those random silences that went on for a few minutes. Herself turns around to me and asks "what are you thinking about, you look deep in thought?". I answered "Yeah, I was just thinking, what would happen if the world ran out of garlic?"

Classic!

Faith · 20-12-2013 12:14PM

Loire wrote: »

We all know we're all a bit nuts about food here (well I am anyway). Last week, myself and herself went to Dublin. About an hour into the drive we had one of those random silences that went on for a few minutes. Herself turns around to me and asks "what are you thinking about, you look deep in thought?". I answered "Yeah, I was just thinking, what would happen if the world ran out of garlic?"

That's not a world I'd want to live in!

Merkin · 20-12-2013 12:22PM

Faith wrote: »

That's not a world I'd want to live in!

Me either!! :eek:

Animord · 20-12-2013 01:42PM

Loire wrote: »

We all know we're all a bit nuts about food here (well I am anyway). Last week, myself and herself went to Dublin. About an hour into the drive we had one of those random silences that went on for a few minutes. Herself turns around to me and asks "what are you thinking about, you look deep in thought?". I answered "Yeah, I was just thinking, what would happen if the world ran out of garlic?"

That's not "deep in thought" that is an actual living nightmare!

Animord · 20-12-2013 02:28PM

This is not about cooking, and for that I apologise - feel free to delete if I am breaking the rules.

I have a skip by my house, it is hidden from the road by a van and my car and I live a very rural place, no neighbours. I went out, in the car, leaving the van in front of the skip and having come home have just noticed that someone has put a whole load of stuff in it? What? Who drives round with rubbish in their car looking for houses with skips? and they must have come in and walked round because you couldn't see it from the road. Bizarre!

Loire · 20-12-2013 02:48PM

Animord wrote: »

This is not about cooking, and for that I apologise - feel free to delete if I am breaking the rules.

I have a skip by my house, it is hidden from the road by a van and my car and I live a very rural place, no neighbours. I went out, in the car, leaving the van in front of the skip and having come home have just noticed that someone has put a whole load of stuff in it? What? Who drives round with rubbish in their car looking for houses with skips? and they must have come in and walked round because you couldn't see it from the road. Bizarre!

I have a similar story (except it IS food related

:pac: ). A number of years ago when we lived in Dublin, myself and herself went to Aldi on the Long Mile Road which had just opened. It was mad busy so we left our trolley at the end of one of the isles and carried what we needed back and forth. When we got to the tills we realised that someone had nicked our Bags for Life :rolleyes: Herself was annoyed but I couldn't stop laughing. Can you imagine the mentality...not only in nicking them put spotting them and thinking of nicking them.

Animord · 20-12-2013 03:00PM

Loire wrote: »

I have a similar story (except it IS food related :pac: ). A number of years ago when we lived in Dublin, myself and herself went to Aldi on the Long Mile Road which had just opened. It was mad busy so we left our trolley at the end of one of the isles and carried what we needed back and forth. When we got to the tills we realised that someone had nicked our Bags for Life :rolleyes: Herself was annoyed but I couldn't stop laughing. Can you imagine the mentality...not only in nicking them put spotting them and thinking of nicking them.

lol. I also have a trolley story - I was out shopping with my aunt who has never eaten a processed thing in her life - she has always cooked - bread every second day etc etc. Anyway we were in Tesco or somesuch and I was wandering round and abandoning the trolley periodically. I suddenly realised she was standing over someone else's trolley and picking out the things very disdainfully and, at the top of her voice, saying "What ARE you buying, this is disgusting, and this is disgusting and this is disgusting. I am ASHAMED of you Animord"

Lol, I was mortified! I have no idea what the people who actually owned the trolley thought. I RAN out of the place.

Faith · 20-12-2013 03:12PM

There's no need for the posts in here to be only food related, don't worry!

But yeah, i think dumping in other peoples skips is actually quite a common problem. People store rubbish in the shed or wherever because they don't have enough stuff to get a skip themselves (or they're too cheap too!) and they wait for someone nearby to get a skip in.

Loire · 20-12-2013 03:14PM

Faith wrote: »

There's no need for the posts in here to be only food related, don't worry!

Yippee! Burn the Bondholders I say :pac:

Animord · 20-12-2013 03:43PM

Loire wrote: »

Yippee! Burn the Bondholders I say :pac:

I have burnt the mincepies. Is that the same thing?

MissFlitworth · 20-12-2013 03:46PM

My mam had the opposite skip problem when she moved into a new house recently, she'd fill the skip with bits of manky old furniture, tins of old food from the presses, sticks from the garden etc, go to bed & in the morning the skip would be empty. Someone even pulled a load of granite effect plastic off a counter top. Weirdest week ever, almost should have just thrown the stuff directly into the garden and not bothered with a skip!

Dizzyblonde · 20-12-2013 03:49PM

I love when you have a full skip and someone takes a load of stuff so you can fit more in

IvyTheTerrible · 20-12-2013 03:52PM

MissFlitworth wrote: »

My mam had the opposite skip problem when she moved into a new house recently, she'd fill the skip with bits of manky old furniture, tins of old food from the presses, sticks from the garden etc, go to bed & in the morning the skip would be empty. Someone even pulled a load of granite effect plastic off a counter top. Weirdest week ever, almost should have just thrown the stuff directly into the garden and not bothered with a skip!

A former neighbour of mine when I lived in a leafy street in D4 put out a skip when he was doing up his house. He put a suite of furniture (in very good condition) into it. Some people were nosing around the skip during the day, so he came out in the evening with a knife and ripped the upholstery to shreds. I just thought that was completely mean-spirited, and now when I look back, it sort of epitomised the bad side of the Celtic Tiger to me.

the beer revolu · 20-12-2013 04:01PM

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

A former neighbour of mine when I lived in a leafy street in D4 put out a skip when he was doing up his house. He put a suite of furniture (in very good condition) into it. Some people were nosing around the skip during the day, so he came out in the evening with a knife and ripped the upholstery to shreds. I just thought that was completely mean-spirited, and now when I look back, it sort of epitomised the bad side of the Celtic Tiger to me.

What a despicable person with no regard for his fellow man or the environment!
Scumbags come from all social classes.

gg2 · 20-12-2013 06:20PM

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

A former neighbour of mine when I lived in a leafy street in D4 put out a skip when he was doing up his house. He put a suite of furniture (in very good condition) into it. Some people were nosing around the skip during the day, so he came out in the evening with a knife and ripped the upholstery to shreds. I just thought that was completely mean-spirited, and now when I look back, it sort of epitomised the bad side of the Celtic Tiger to me.

That is terrible!! He should have went right out and offered it to them! Why would you want to see something going to waste? Bugs the life outta me:mad:

ComputerKing · 20-12-2013 06:42PM

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

A former neighbour of mine when I lived in a leafy street in D4 put out a skip when he was doing up his house. He put a suite of furniture (in very good condition) into it. Some people were nosing around the skip during the day, so he came out in the evening with a knife and ripped the upholstery to shreds. I just thought that was completely mean-spirited, and now when I look back, it sort of epitomised the bad side of the Celtic Tiger to me.

No one seems to see his side of the argument there were people just walking onto his property when he wasn't there just to look at the contents of his skip.

kenco · 20-12-2013 07:17PM

Just finished work for the festive period, kids food done and glass of wine had!

But....bought some spice beef on the way home along with other provisions. Now I likes my beef but spiced beef I have never been able to get it 'right' so would love some recommendations (Im thinking Faith has this covered and will be typing presently but all recommendations welcome!)

beertons · 20-12-2013 07:29PM

Dad ate the curry, and junior. No bother. It's a bit watery and sour, needs sugar and maybe tomato puree. Phew.

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