Just been watching this on Channel 4. The poached salmon nicoise looks lush. I missed the bit when GR was poaching the salmon - can anyone tell me what he put in the poaching liquid, please?
Against my better judgement I have been roped into singing on my step daughter's "Band Hero" tonight. (Although was amazed to get 95% singing Warwick Avenue). Two songs have come up American...
Paddy's wife comes home from work. All her sex toys are nailed to the wall in a straight line. She screams "you dozy irish barsteward" i said I wanted a dado rail". Apologies if this...
The FH is still looking for a job. He just saw one advertised for "Penetration tester". Unfortunately that brought Salla to mind. He saw another ad recently that required him to "tell...
I did a test run on a chocolate roulade yesterday. Trouble is, it wouldn't roll properly (despite my doing it carefully with a tea towel) and cracked so its like a flat mess of chocolate and cream....
I had no choice but to go to Tescos today. Queuing to get in the car park, fighting over trolleys and then people buying mountains of stuff as if the shops are going to be closed for a whole month! I...
Enough of flouncing and "he said" "she said", enough of trolls, enough of feeling sorry for yourself (apart from me, but that's allowed cos I have to work all night). Here is a...
Having just read Murray's question on the Windmill in Amsterdam, I am now wondering round the house singing "I saw a mouse there, there on the stair, there on the stair right there, a little...
I am considering getting the children (12 and 13) lap tops for Christmas. The usage is likely to be internet surfing and games, although the older one may need Word for homework. Can anyone recommend...
the crap smoozy feel good films on TV are a great excuse to open a bottle, put your feet up and then do absolutely sweet fa!
Cats and Dogs, followed by blizzard. lol. Big kid....
I bought some mince at the weekend. It should have been used by 7th. It's gone slightly brown. I've opened it and I wouldn't say "it mings", but there is a slight odour to it. Not sure...
My FH clicked on a link from a friend's facebook page earlier. Now it appears he has a virus. Two different things are happening. Firstly, if you click on a link after a google search he gets up sites...
When I am writing my family history books, as a bit of fun I google my family mottos. What is yours? (Or if you don't want to give away your name, what would you like yours to be?) Mine would be...
My step daughter has a cold. The only thing she fancies is prawn curry. I've got prawns but little else. She hates onions so it has to be a "sans onion" dish". I've got tinned tomatoes,...
I have to do some incredibly long journeys and am very bored of the same old same old radio. I tend to buy books on CD and listen to them. (Current genre is murders). I try and pick them up cheaply...
Our car insurance ran out 2 days ago. No reminders sent. Thankfully, neither of us have been anywhere since Thursday and something in the back of my mind said "cars need reinsuring at end of...
There's some funny people on here, and I imagine more than one practical joker. Fess up to your best practical jokes - either as victim or joker. I was well and truly "had" years ago. I was...
