The General Chat Thread (2016-2022)

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epicuric said:
Yesterday morning started with a couple of spooky coincidences: very early I was reading recipes in bed and noticed @morning glory's recipe for Pomegranate Chicken containing pomegranate molasses - I had never heard of these before. Half an hour later we were looking up recipes for mincemeat and found one featured in the previous day's Mail supplement by Fiona Cairns - also containing pomegranate molasses! I had also been browsing through a book of chicken recipes (possibly for inspiration for a certain recipe challenge) and noticed a roast chicken with apple stuffing recipe. I liked the sound of this, particularly as we were having roast chicken for lunch, but decided not to mention it as Mrs Epicuric makes a mean stuffing anyway. Roll on a couple of hours and Mrs Epicuric is standing by the kitchen sink looking out onto the garden with its still heavily laden apple trees and muses out loud "I don't know why I have never thought of putting apple in my stuffing"!
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If you haven't yet tried pomegranate molasses, then you should!
 
Black calf delivered in the early hours, mid July '99

Five years later it was in the freezer. Brought the Left back leg home, bagged & well wrapped to keep it frozen.
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I know every field it'd been in, some it shouldn't have. Every injection ever given, test given and dates.

Tasted quite nice.
 
The new AVON catalogue landed on the mat today, so many miracle face creams guaranteed to banish all my wrinkles and dark circles under my eyes, lift my eyes (?) so difficult to decide which 1 to buy.
 
Lullabelle said:
The new AVON catalogue landed on the mat today, so many miracle face creams guaranteed to banish all my wrinkles and dark circles under my eyes, lift my eyes (?) so difficult to decide which 1 to buy.
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My personal pick would be none. But then I can't wear AVON.
 
Cinisajoy said:
My personal pick would be none. But then I can't wear AVON.
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I haven't bothered with them for years but a couple of weeks ago I ordered some make up because I needed some new stuff and I dislike going into shops to buy because the sales ladies slap theirs on so thick there is no way I would take any advice from them! The new book came through and I showed it to my husband who frowned then rolled his eyes. I joke about buying that kind of thing but lately I am starting to give it some serious thought.
 
On my way home from work today I walked past 3 houses that have their Christmas trees up and all the decorations. A bit bah humbug because it is only November.
 
Nephew's wife just started her own all organic make up line - seems to be quite popular stuff. She's away with hubby at the mo [he's in the air force] but she intends to resume when they return to sunny Wales.
 
Lullabelle said:
On my way home from work today I walked past 3 houses that have their Christmas trees up and all the decorations. A bit bah humbug because it is only November.
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Love Christmas - hate the twisted commercialism designed simply to get as much money out of the buyer as possible.
 
Lullabelle said:
On my way home from work today I walked past 3 houses that have their Christmas trees up and all the decorations. A bit bah humbug because it is only November.
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Our decorations are up but what I dislike is the shops here take down Halloween and immediately put out their Christmas stuff.
 
sidevalve said:
Love Christmas - hate the twisted commercialism designed simply to get as much money out of the buyer as possible.
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I enjoy sending cards and giving presents but prefer to give something meaningfull rather than lots of tat. The best bit is the time off work to recharge the batteries.
 
Lullabelle said:
I enjoy sending cards and giving presents but prefer to give something meaningfull rather than lots of tat. The best bit is the time off work to recharge the batteries.
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Not exactly sure what tat is. It rather sounds like a cheap gift with no thought to the recipient.
The worst Christmas gift I ever got had to be from the "friend" that knew I am allergic to most body stuff. She gave me a cheap bubble bath set. Oh wait, that wasn't the worst. The worst was when she knew we didn't decorate for the holidays but gave me Christmas decorations that she had bullied an older lady into making for her to give as gifts.(This friend had money but only thought of oh I need to buy everyone I know a gift so just pick up something. )

The best gift I ever got was an envelope full of grocery store coupons. The coupons were actually free but the person that gave them to me had taken the time to get them for me. (That person couldn't afford to buy gifts but did something very creative. )
 
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Cinisajoy said:
Not exactly sure what tat is. It rather sounds like a cheap gift with no thought to the recipient.
The worst Christmas gift I ever got had to be from the "friend" that knew I am allergic to most body stuff. She gave me a cheap bubble bath set. Oh wait, that wasn't the worst. The worst was when she knew we didn't decorate for the holidays but gave me Christmas decorations that she had bullied an older lady into making for her to give as gifts.(This friend had money but only thought of oh I need to buy everyone I know a gift so just pick up something. )

The best gift I ever got was an envelope full of grocery store coupons. The coupons were actually free but the person that gave them to me had taken the time to get them for me. (That person couldn't afford to buy gifts but did something very creative. )
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Tat is cheap stuff. Sometimes the best presents are the thoughtful surprises. :happy:
 
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