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Our daily schedule is only work and cooking, we don't have fun at the moment
Plans for today (2023)
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Flying home.
I must say, the airport in Rome is about the easiest to navigate, we sailed through everything, barely broke our stride, no issues whatsoever.
I swear, the more I go through other airports, the harder it is to love Heathrow.
I must say, the airport in Rome is about the easiest to navigate, we sailed through everything, barely broke our stride, no issues whatsoever.
I swear, the more I go through other airports, the harder it is to love Heathrow.
Merriam-Webster got you covered:
"Boondoggle Started With the Scouts
When boondoggle popped up in the early 1900s, lots of people tried to explain where the word came from. One theory traced it to an Ozarkian word for "gadget," while another related it to the Tagalog word that gave us boondocks. Another hypothesis suggested that boondoggle came from the name of leather toys Daniel Boone supposedly made for his dog. But the only theory that is supported by evidence is much simpler. In the 1920s, Robert Link, a scoutmaster for the Boy Scouts of America, apparently coined the word to name the braided leather cords made and worn by scouts. The word came to prominence when such a boondoggle was presented to the Prince of Wales at the 1929 World Jamboree, and it's been with us ever since. Over time, it developed the additional sense describing a wasteful or impractical project."
From Definition of BOONDOGGLE
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Heathrow is much easier than Manchester terminal 3! Manchester is murder compared to Heathrow. Heathrow we had to have a few things checked like my morphine and some of the liquid food I was carrying (and needed onboard because the worst food was the flight out of Heathrow as always). Manchester it was everything that was checked and I mean everything. Even my bra strap metal ring set off the detectors and had to be checked! For some reason my left lower leg also set off the scanners. Totally mystified by that because there's no metal work there, it's all in my spine, hips and the neurostimulator implant I have to control chronic pain. Heathrow was only triggered by the same bra strap rings.
Sydney was a breeze this morning, now we have Australian passports. We filled out yes for several items to declare (wool counts as something to declare under animal parts and we had some commercially prepared stuff including vegan fruit & nut bars, some cloudberry jam, cloudberry liqueur and some vegan chocolate, along with some Christmas presents wrapped by hubby knows what they are off my sister). Once the sniffer dog had gone by, a security lady was standing in the queue checking people's declaration papers and talking to them. She stamped us green and when we got to the head of the queue, we were just waved through. From getting our bags to arriving at the car, took 25 minutes total and we were driving away from the airport inside 60 minutes from landing. That's a first with Aussie security and customs. It's also the first time we've had the Aussie passports.
That happens to me sometimes in the full body scanners. They do a quick wave with the wand, and let me through. Only takes a few seconds.
CD
Doing a buttload of laundry today (probably won’t finish until tomorrow) and also going through my British cooking mags from years past - planning to do an all-Brit-recipes Thanksgiving meal this year.
Meaning, my Thanksgiving menu will be made from all British recipes. Make sense?Um, I don't think Brits celebrate Thanksgiving.
CD
Ok, you’re going to find out how the mental sausage is made:Sure, I just needed to shift my mind into Tasty mode.
CD
1. I bought that bone-in turkey breast yesterday.
2. Bone-in turkey breast in the UK is called a turkey crown.
3. I never saw or heard of a bone-in turkey breast (as opposed to a whole turkey) before I moved to the UK - therefore, my first thought when I see one of those is “turkey crown,” not “bone-in turkey breast.”
4. Turkey is a popular Christmas dinner main dish in the UK.
5. Turkey is a popular Thanksgiving dinner main dish in the US.
6. I have about a dozen British Christmas cooking magazines, and each one features at least two recipes using a turkey crown.
7. “Wouldn’t it be fun to make a US Thanksgiving turkey main dish using a British Christmas-staple turkey crown?! Why yes, it would!”
8. “Wouldn’t it be even more fun to make the whole Thanksgiving meal using British recipes?! Why yes, it would! It’ll be UK Christmas, but for US Thanksgiving! You sly dog, Tasty!”
All that happened in the split second I saw those frozen turkey cro…er, bone-in turkey breasts at ALDI.
Ok, you’re going to find out how the mental sausage is made:
1. I bought that bone-in turkey breast yesterday.
2. Bone-in turkey breast in the UK is called a turkey crown.
3. I never saw or heard of a bone-in turkey breast (as opposed to a whole turkey) before I moved to the UK - therefore, my first thought when I see one of those is “turkey crown,” not “bone-in turkey breast.”
4. Turkey is a popular Christmas dinner main dish in the UK.
5. Turkey is a popular Thanksgiving dinner main dish in the US.
6. I have about a dozen British Christmas cooking magazines, and each one features at least two recipes using a turkey crown.
7. “Wouldn’t it be fun to make a US Thanksgiving turkey main dish using a British Christmas-staple turkey crown?! Why yes, it would!”
8. “Wouldn’t it be even more fun to make the whole Thanksgiving meal using British recipes?! Why yes, it would! It’ll be UK Christmas, but for US Thanksgiving! You sly dog, Tasty!”
All that happened in the split second I saw those frozen turkey cro…er, bone-in turkey breasts at ALDI.
As long as you brine that turkey breast, er crown, er whatever, it should be good. Turkey breast meat goes from moist and tender to tough and dry very quickly on its own, and brining helps provide a little buffer in that transition.
So, what else will go into the Anglofication of your Thanksgiving dinner?
CD
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I don’t have it all worked out with, but there will be bread sauce!
I had to look that up. The first thing I found was milk and bread crumbs.
I then looked at some recipes, and it became more appealing. Looks like more of a gravy than a sauce.CD