Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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- Inside my skull
Lovely blue sky today. More of this please and less of the grey murk and rain.
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Grant Fondo
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cheshire
Just sunk a rather fine pint of Wainwrights after a tough week in the office...looking forward to the next 5 or 6 
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
My dad was a bit of "all the gear but no idea" kind of photographer, so I ended up with some decent-ish stuff when he got fed up with stuff and moved onto something else, but none of it was suitable for motor racing.
I went Canon EOS because of the quality of the glass. Started out with an EOS 5 and a 28-105 Sigma and a 75-300 Canon. Neither of the lenses were terribly expensive, but didn't want to spend loads on glass until I really figured out what I wanted. The Sigma was a cracking lens, but the electronics weren't compatible with the newer DSLR bodies (a classic Canon - Sigma issue) so I sold it and bought a 28-70L. The 75-300 didn't last long as a) it wasn't that good and b) it wasn't long enough. After a disastrous experiment with an extender, I plumped for a 100-400L. I still have both, brilliant bits of glass. I later added a 20mm and 50mm, and then a 300mm with 1.4x and 2x extenders. These are Sigma glass, as I couldn't justify the £££ of the Canon.
I always got a lot of good advice from Park Cameras. Not local to me by any means, but was tipped onto them by a colleague who was working the fenceline at the circuits the same time as me. Always well worth a trip there to get the advice you needed when buying stuff, and the advice was equally good whether you were buying new
LeetleGreyCells
Un rouleur infatigable
- Location
- Whitehaven Mansions
Bright sunshine today, but nearly slipping on the black ice when taking my daughter to school this morning put paid to any idea of a bike ride this morning so I compromised with an hour on Zwift to complete the Movember challenge.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
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Mundane vegetable selection for you @Reynard.
The recipe went bit off piste..
But still very tasty
Mmmmmmmm, lovely @mudsticks - those beautiful veggies are hardly mundane...
How off piste *did* the recipe idea go?
Mind, a lot of my cooking is based on the combination of the "have a look in the fridge and see what needs using up" school of thought and the "bought random stuff on Yellow Sticker" school of thought, so quite often involves some culinary backwards somersaults.
mudsticks
Obviously an Aubergine
Mmmmmmmm, lovely @mudsticks - those beautiful veggies are hardly mundane...
How off piste *did* the recipe idea go?
Mind, a lot of my cooking is based on the combination of the "have a look in the fridge and see what needs using up" school of thought and the "bought random stuff on Yellow Sticker" school of thought, so quite often involves some culinary backwards somersaults.
Yup That's my school of cooking too..
Although it's more 'what's looking good on the farm right now'
My veg box customers have learnt the same ways.. They get what they're given..
And are darnded thankful, for it..
I ended up making two dishes.. One predominantly slow cooked thinly sliced caremaliased spuds, and leeks with olive oil and butter, in a heavy skillet.. Almost a rosti.. But not quite.
Then shredded savoy, fennel, garlic and carrot, in a scant bouillon, with goats cheese chunks melted into top.
A mixed leaf salad, soft boiled home-laid eggs, and a mid range rioja on the side.
Thankfully had three accomplices to help with the eating, and drinking of 👍
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
Mmmmmmmm, lovely @mudsticks - those beautiful veggies are hardly mundane...
How off piste *did* the recipe idea go?
Mind, a lot of my cooking is based on the combination of the "have a look in the fridge and see what needs using up" school of thought and the "bought random stuff on Yellow Sticker" school of thought, so quite often involves some culinary backwards somersaults.
Is that followed by a 270 or 360
in the oven?🤔
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
mudsticks
Obviously an Aubergine
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Yup That's my school of cooking too..
Although it's more 'what's looking good on the farm right now'
My veg box customers have learnt the same ways.. They get what they're given..
And are darnded thankful, for it..
I ended up making two dishes.. One predominantly slow cooked thinly sliced caremaliased spuds, and leeks with olive oil and butter, in a heavy skillet.. Almost a rosti.. But not quite.
Then shredded savoy, fennel, garlic and carrot, in a scant bouillon, with goats cheese chunks melted into top.
A mixed leaf salad, soft boiled home-laid eggs, and a mid range rioja on the side.
Thankfully had three accomplices to help with the eating, and drinking of 👍
And I bet your veg boxes are packed full of lovely seasonal stuff.
None of the tasteless Peruvian asparagus and the like...What you cooked sounds really lovely, though I'd swap the vino for a nice
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
mudsticks
Obviously an Aubergine
And I bet your veg boxes are packed full of lovely seasonal stuff.
What you cooked sounds really lovely, though I'd swap the vino for a nice
They only get seasonal stuff that grows right here, no imported anything..
Which is lots of variety, cos of the climate, and polytunnels..
And, who knows, I might even be alright at wot I do..
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
They only get seasonal stuff that grows right here, no imported anything..
Which is lots of variety, cos of the climate, and polytunnels..
And, who knows, I might even be alright at wot I do..
Yeah, your growing season is longer than what it is here. And I can imagine you do have some variety. Some peeps think winter veg are boring, but there's so much you can do with them.
Do you do any of the weird & wonderful like scorzonera and kohlrabi?
