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Notwithst….(settin' aside) ones current low an' impoverished state( ), when one were a sprog one were brought up proper like an' always had scrambled egg wi' smoked 'addock
One would be grate…(like) to ha' even a scrambled egg today, never mind t' 'addock
One would be grate…(like) to ha' even a scrambled egg today, never mind t' 'addock
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ricardian wrote:76 years ago today.
From the "Orcadian":
Memorial events marking the 76th anniversary of the sinking of HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow will take place today, Wednesday........
I think they have stemmed the leaking oil now but some years ago on a calm day and when the light was right, from about 500ft above the Royal Oak we could clearly see the outline of the ship with a streak of oil coming from it.
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lasernigel wrote:Good morning all. Got pretty warm here yesterday with a high of 92F.
Love smoked fish hard to get good stuff here.
Our local fish shop has its own fishing boat in the village of Gourdon. Their smoked haddock is out of this world but it's an odd thing, with my English accent if I ask for smoked haddock they will try and give me the horrible yellow dyed 'smoked' haddock. If my Scottish wife asks for it she gets the proper undyed smoked fish. Make sure you ask the undyed version if in these parts.
A little further south of here is the village of Auchmithie near Arbroath - the village is the original home of the Arbroath smokie. A must have is lunch in the But'n'Ben restaurant - run by two elderly couples their smoked haddock pancakes with cream are orgasmic!
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Just catching up from a few pages back....
One of my local chippies is the famous Carron Fish Bar.....
but there is no way you would get me to eat their revolting speciality....
ricardian wrote:Here's the latest from the unhealthy food department - deep fried Cadbury's Creme Egg.....
One of my local chippies is the famous Carron Fish Bar.....
but there is no way you would get me to eat their revolting speciality....
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ian16th wrote:A Lutra Continua wrote:If you can get it, try smoked snoek for the kedgeree instead of haddock. Very tasty.
Snoek in kedgeree would be very fiddly, too many bl**dy bones. But is does taste nice.
The bones are fairly large so they can be lifted out while flaking the fish. Kedgeree, kidneys, white pudding and a steak with your bacon and eggs and a pint mug of tea. Loads of toast with it and you're more or less ready to face the day.
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Kedgeree, kidneys, white pudding and a steak with your bacon and eggs and a pint mug of tea. Loads of toast
Just a light snack to start then ? With my appetite/capacity I see four meals there !
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Going to be 34 today !
Starting to put the heat on and summer hasn't even started !
Starting to put the heat on and summer hasn't even started !
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Tis quite easy to smoke your own fish. Mackerel smoke well using oak chips in a small domestic smoker.
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London 1927
Short film of London in colour, 1927-I don't think we have seen this one yet (the music is a bit annoying!)
Short film of London in colour, 1927-I don't think we have seen this one yet (the music is a bit annoying!)
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"Going to be 34 today !" Happy birthday, 500N! You might want to edit your profile info, though...
In other news, Mumbai man found alive in mortuary dies two days later So- All's well that ends well
Cheers,
Maxbert
In other news, Mumbai man found alive in mortuary dies two days later So- All's well that ends well
Cheers,
Maxbert
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What can one say except what a pathetic reaction by the woman mentioned in the article in the above post..
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Happy SLF wrote:What can one say except what a pathetic reaction by the woman mentioned in the article in the above post..
You should read the comments in the Daily Mail article.
Some are very funny.
Both her and her husband are soft c*cks IMHO.
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CharlieOneSix - oil is leaking but in very small quantities after some major work to drain the tanks. Very tricky in view of the proximity of human remains and some munitions.
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According to the weather guessers, we is in for a lot of the white fluffy stuff in the coming months. We shall see.
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Define "a lot", said the Canadian who got over 18 feet of the stuff last winter (and didn't complain, but did buy an off-road 4x4 with good ground clearance this summer)
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Thanks for the article, ricardian - must have been a very tricky job.
Looking forward to the morn - driving up the A96 for lunch north of Inverurie at Morgan Mcveigh's with two of my pilot mates from my Bristow and BCAL days. One of them I haven't seen in the 16 years since I retired. Good weather forecast as well.
I found the answer to snow in these parts is to buy an Audi A6 Allroad - 4 wheel drive and I can raise the air suspension to almost match a Range Rover. We've had no significant snow since I bought it three years ago.......
Looking forward to the morn - driving up the A96 for lunch north of Inverurie at Morgan Mcveigh's with two of my pilot mates from my Bristow and BCAL days. One of them I haven't seen in the 16 years since I retired. Good weather forecast as well.
I found the answer to snow in these parts is to buy an Audi A6 Allroad - 4 wheel drive and I can raise the air suspension to almost match a Range Rover. We've had no significant snow since I bought it three years ago.......
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CharlieOneSix wrote:I found the answer to snow in these parts is to buy an Audi A6 Allroad - 4 wheel drive and I can raise the air suspension to almost match a Range Rover. We've had no significant snow since I bought it three years ago.......
Could do with one of those in some of the places I go up north, and not because of snow.
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I've got a new snow shovel. Last time I bought one there was no snow to speak of for three years.
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Wodrick wrote:Kedgeree, kidneys, white pudding and a steak with your bacon and eggs and a pint mug of tea. Loads of toast
Just a light snack to start then ? With my appetite/capacity I see four meals there !
One likes one's grub, Mr Wodrick. Breakfast is the best one of the day. Pound of pork bangers, two slices of toast and four eggs is standard fare. Big fry up is a weekend thing.