Mundane News

[potsy]

So what is this C word?

Keep guessing and you'll find out

 

[mybike]

You'll get a thread ban for using the C word.

If I don't know what it is, how do I avoid using it?

Keep guessing and you'll find out

I'm not guessing, I'm asking.

 

[vernon]

I did......chocolate, cake, chips, cookies, candy, cereal, cheese, chops, cebabs, chicken, curry......

cheesecake, chunk of pie, chipolatas.....

 

[potsy]

I did......chocolate, cake, chips, cookies, candy, cereal, cheese, chops, cebabs, chicken, curry......

You forgot celery

 

[tyred]

I did......chocolate, cake, chips, cookies, candy, cereal, cheese, chops, cebabs, chicken, curry......

Cabbage?

 

[classic33]

I've never made Christmas puddings, but this morning I bought the ingredients and this afternoon I'm soaking the fruit for the Christmas cake,which will be cooked tomorrow. It's Mary Berry's recipe. An important half term activity.

One to try!
Guinness® Christmas Pudding With Whisky cream

Soaking the fruit in Guinness really plumps it up and gives a rich,
dark pudding without the bitterness of brandy or rum​

“Shut your eyes and see.”
James Joyce

Ingredients
140g raisins
140g sultanas
140g currants
140g dates, chopped
50g mixed peel
1 large Bramley apple (about 125g), peeled and finely chopped
250ml Guinness Extra stout
zest 1 orange
zest 1 lemon
100g cold butter, plus extra for the basin
100g dark muscovado sugar, plus 2 tbsp
100g fresh white breadcrumbs
50g self-raising flour
½ tsp ground cloves
½ tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground ginger
½ tsp nutmeg
2 eggs, beaten

Method

1. Mix the dried fruit and apple, then add the Guinness, orange and lemon zests and stir. Cover and leave overnight to soak. Butter a 1.25 litre/2 pint pudding basin, then spoon in 2 tbsp dark muscovado sugar. Turn the bowl at an angle, jiggling the sugar around as you go to coat the inside of the bowl.
2. Mix the remaining dry ingredients in a large bowl. Grate the butter, then add to the bowl along with the eggs and fruit, and stir well. Spoon into the basin and level the top.
3. Take a sheet of foil about 30cm long, cover with a same-size sheet of greaseproof paper and butter the paper. Fold a 3cm pleat in the
4. Sit the pudding on a heatproof saucer in a saucepan, then pour in just-boiled water to come halfway up basin. Cover and steam for 6 hrs, topping up water occasionally.
5. Re-cover with fresh paper and foil and store in a cool place. To reheat, steam for 1 hr or microwave, without foil, for 10 mins on Medium.

 

[vernon]

Thread ban for anybody else that mentions the C word before December 1st

Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas,

Just remember, I'm harder than Ronnie Pickering and I'm going to use my Christmas avatar from now.

 

[summerdays]

Put them away.... At this rate you will be bored by December and be starting to discuss Easter!

 

[vernon]

Did someone mention Christmas?

I'm going to have an excitement sandwich.

 

[Hill Wimp]

I predict that @Hill Wimp will choke on her tea when she reads that post.

I feel very faint

 

[Hill Wimp]

You forgot celery

Like you do @potsy

 

[vernon]

Put them away.... At this rate you will be bored by December and be starting to discuss Easter!

It's my build up to Christmas 2020 avatar.

 

[Hill Wimp]

You forgot celery

Oh and before you say it Kebab is spelt with a K not a c

 

[ianrauk]

@vernon I think.. though may have been mistaken.

 

[TVC]

Potsy is only upset about Christmas because they didn't ask him to play Santa again.

I like Christmas