[lace-chat] At the zoo
TRhe last part of Agnes zoo joke was: The lions say: Absolutely brilliant, today we had Fish and Chimps with Mushy Bees I like that, but I think it might need a bit of explanation for those outside the UK. One of our favourite take-away meals, especially in the north of England, is fish (fried in batter), chips (fries) and mushy peas. Just to turn you off mushy peas for life if you haven't tasted them (absolutely delicious!), the Wikipedia entry is: Mushy peas are dried marrowfat peas which are first soaked and then simmered until they form a green lumpy paste (the more pure the mushy peas, the less obviously bright the colour - peas with few additives tend to form a more grey-green end product). Sodium bicarbonate is often added to soften the peas and to inhibit fermentation during soaking which reduces later flatulence. They are a very traditional northern English accompaniment to fish and chips, or in the north-west are commonly served as part of the popular snack of pie and peas (akin to the Australian pie floater, but with mushy peas instead of a thick pea soup) and are considered a part of traditional British cuisine. Mushy peas can also be bought in tins. They are also sometimes served in batter as a pea fritter. A knob of butter is commonly added to enhance flavour. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Mushy Peas
Thanks to Jean in Poole for explaining mushy peas to the non-UK audience. The first time I came accross them after moving to UK put me off for life. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Mushy Peas
Around Nottingham, mushy peas are often eaten with mint sauce. There is a stall on the Nottingham market that sells hot mushy peas, and people stand and eat them at the stall. Mint sauce is made from finely chopped mint, sugar and vinegar (we like a mixture of balsamic and cider vinegar, but some people use malt vinegar) It is usually eaten with lamb (and mushy peas where I live) Edith North Nottinghamshire To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Mushy peas and mint sauce
Edith You make the mushy peas even worse with the addition of mint sauce. My husband keeps a jar in the fridge, and the whole family crignes when it comes out. He likes it on new potatoes. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton, on break from garden duty. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Fw: Water vs Wine
*_Water vs Wine _* It has been scientifically proven that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria found in feces. In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of Poo. However, we do not run that risk when drinking wine (or rum, whiskey, beer or other liquor) because alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting. WATER = Poo WINE(BEER, HARD ALCOHOL) = HEALTH Ergo: It is better to drink wine and talk stupid than to drink water and be full of crap. ;-) There is no need to thank me for this valuable information; I am doing it as a public service. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Poo
I had to laugh when watching a craft programme last week ago or so. The male presenter was so thrilled at the decoupage packs they were selling and was enthusiastically telling viewers that We have poo and baby poo. Of course he meant Winnie the Pooh, but it had me giggling because he obviously didn't realise how it came across to twisted people like me. Jean n Poole, Dorset, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Lexicon funny :-)
FOR LEXOPHILES (LOVERS OF WORDS): *** 1. A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired. 2. A will is a dead giveaway. 3. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. 4. A backward poet writes inverse. 5. In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your Count that votes. 6. A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion. 7. If you don't pay your exorcist you can get repossessed. 8. With her marriage she got a new name and a dress. 9. Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and I'll show you A-flat miner. 10. When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds. 11. The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine was fully recovered. 12. A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France resulted in Linoleum Blownapart. 13. You are stuck with your debt if you can't budge it. 14. Local Area Network in Australia : The LAN down under. 15. He broke into song because he couldn't find the key. 16. A calendar's days are numbered. 17. A lot of money is tainted: 'Taint yours, and 'taint mine. 18. A boiled egg is hard to beat. 19. He had a photographic memory which was never developed. 20. A plateau is a high form of flattery. 21. The short fortuneteller who escaped from prison: a small medium at large. 22. Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end. 23. When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall. 24. If you jump off a bridge in Paris, you are in Seine. 25. When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye. 26. Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis. 27. Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses. 28. Acupuncture: a jab well done. 29. Marathon runners with bad shoes suffer the agony of de feet. Note: No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] talking about cake....
I came up with a good one for DH's birthday. It's traditional for me to bake a Brownies Cockaigne cake with a milk-chocolate bar melted over the top, but he's on a low-sugar diet this year, so I meant to make a quarter recipe and put in as many walnuts as it would stick together. I'd forgotten to buy baking chocolate, and I dare not buy our annual pound of butter before corn season, so I had to substitute baking cocoa and walnut oil. And it turned out that we'd eaten all the walnuts, but there were plenty of pecans. Glancing back and forth from the bookmarked page in _The Joy of Cooking_ (1964) and the emergency page in _Betty Crocker's New Picture Cookbook_ (1961): Oil a very small loaf pan and put half an inch of chopped pecans in the bottom. Beat one egg and 1/8 teaspoon salt to a froth. Beat in 1/2 cup sugar and a teaspoon of vanilla. Beat in 1/4 cup walnut oil. Drop the whisk and pick up a spoon. Stir in 6 tablespoons of baking cocoa and a quarter cup of whole-wheat bread flour. (Easiest to measure as three fluid ounces of cocoa and two fluid ounces of flour, if you have a one-ounce cup aka coffee measure.) Add pecans, pack into loaf pan, cover surface with pecan halves, bake at 350F maybe half an hour. Check every five minutes after ten or fifteen. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where irises are at peak. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Harry Potter stamps
For all the fans of Harry Potter, here's a bit of news from UK: LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Royal Mail is issuing a series of seven stamps depicting the covers of the best-selling ''Harry Potter'' books just before the final volume goes on sale. Millions of the stamps will be issued on July 17 as part of the post office's tradition of celebrating ''social themes and important occasions central to our way of life,'' said Julietta Edgar, who is in charge of special stamps at Royal Mail. ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' goes on sale July 21. ''There's no doubt that J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels, published in dozens of languages worldwide, have made a phenomenal impact on our reading habits,'' Edgar said. Rowling's fantasy series has sold more than 325 million copies worldwide. She has said two major characters will die in the final book, which is being released under tight security. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] mushy peas
In a message dated 5/20/2007 1:47:00 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just to turn you off mushy peas for life if you haven't tasted them (absolutely delicious!), the Wikipedia entry is: Mushy peas are dried marrowfat peas which are first soaked and then simmered until they form a green lumpy paste (the more pure the mushy peas, the less obviously bright the colour - peas with few additives tend to form a more grey-green end product). Sodium bicarbonate is often added to soften the peas and to inhibit fermentation during soaking which reduces later flatulence. They are a very traditional northern English accompaniment to fish and chips, or in the north-west are commonly served as part of the popular snack of pie and peas (akin to the Australian pie floater, but with mushy peas instead of a thick pea soup) and are considered a part of traditional British cuisine. Mushy peas can also be bought in tins. They are also sometimes served in batter as a pea fritter. A knob of butter is commonly added to enhance flavour. This sounds kind of like split pea soup - is it? Thanks! :) Ricki in Utah ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
