Really Rather Good

[theclaud]

A sort of counterpoint to the "Useless" thread. Stuff that's deeply unfashionable, unjustly neglected or unfairly maligned. But is in fact Really Rather Good.

German wine
Oval chainrings
Marmalade
Max Miller
Picallilli [sp?]

 

[Fnaar]

Spanish food

(can't agree with you on the German wine, though, it's generally evil )

 

[Rhythm Thief]

The Citroen 2CV.

 

[karlos_the_jackal]

The Carpenters

 

[Crackle]

Dressing gowns, they prolong that sleepy feeling.

 

[Auntie Helen]

butter
slippers
steak & kidney pudding

 

[Blackandblue]

Alesha Dixon.

 

[Wheeledweenie]

Knitting
Pickled beetroot (particularly in beetroot and cheese sandwiches)
Calvados
Wet wipes (so fab when you've repaired a p-word on your way to work and your hands are filthy)

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Mexican food
The Rockford Files
Rock and Roll
The Hook Norton Brewery

 

[Rhythm Thief]

butter

I had no idea butter was underappreciated. It certainly isn't in this house.

 

[Wheeledweenie]

Potato ricers
Beetroot
Les Dawson

I didn't see you'd already said beetroot! Is it me or is it FAB?!

 

[theclaud]

I didn't see you'd already said beetroot! Is it me or is it FAB?!

It's fab.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I didn't see you'd already said beetroot! Is it me or is it FAB?!

Vile! - pop it in the useless thread

 

[theclaud]

I had no idea butter was underappreciated. It certainly isn't in this house.

Nor this one. But it was under assault for a while by nutritionists, and a trace of negativity still hovers about it in some circles. And it is Really Rather Good .

 

[theclaud]

Gudgeon

Not a word you hear every day. I don't think I've ever eaten it.

Plaice.