Tea? (Part 1)

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Evening!

A cup of tea will go rather well with the evening meal. (chicken; free-range, done in fresh garlic and rosemary plucked from the garden less than a minute before it's introduced to the bits of hen) with a veritible allotment of salad-stuff.

I *adore* salad vegetables!

Oh no NOt Anode

 

[jonesy]

Tdr1nka, when I went to Ireland some years ago, we sailed from Cardiff (I think) to Cork, does that route not exist any longer?

It was more likely to have been Swansea to Cork. The route was suspended a year or two ago when the operator sold their (rather rusty!) old ship:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swansea_Cork_Ferries

The local tourist industry isn't very happy about it.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I thought I heard my name and the word "money " in the same sentence. I've thought long and hard and am certain it's safe back in here as I'm certain I don't owe any money.

So this Speying I heard about - does one have to drink THAT whisky then - when the Islay is much closer?

 

[wafflycat]

Oh no NOt Anode

Neither Anode nor Cathode. The Laydeez will be far too tough for good eating. They'd have to be stewed for a long, long time to tenderise as they are old girls, being over a year old now (not haing seen daylight for the first year of their life and only having space less than the size of an A4 sheet of paper to spend that entire year in...). Got to remember the average standard chicken reared for meat in the UK goes for slaughter at 39 days of age . Free-range are allowed longer.. they go for slaughter at about 56 days of age. Contrast that with the age of my Laydeez!

 

[Speicher]

It was more likely to have been Swansea to Cork. The route was suspended a year or two ago when the operator sold their (rather rusty!) old ship:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swansea_Cork_Ferries

The local tourist industry isn't very happy about it.

Thank you Mjones, it was Swansea. And yes it was a very old boat.
When we docked at Cork, the bow doors had jammed shut, and we had to wait hours for a Technical Person to arrive to unjam them. However, as we had been the first to book a cabin, we were allocated the Captain's Cabin immediately above the err Captain. It was not exactly luxurious tho. But it did save hours and hours of driving time. Just a hop, skip and a jump to south western Ireland.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Neither Anode nor Cathode. The Laydeez will be far too tough for good eating. They'd have to be stewed for a long, long time to tenderise as they are old girls, being over a year old now (not haing seen daylight for the first year of their life and only having space less than the size of an A4 sheet of paper to spend that entire year in...). Got to remember the average standard chicken reared for meat in the UK goes for slaughter at 39 days of age . Free-range are allowed longer.. they go for slaughter at about 56 days of age. Contrast that with the age of my Laydeez!

Crikey THAT young And by that age they would never have learned to read

 

[wafflycat]

One of the many downsides of standard broiler production, 26x25, is that the birds have been bred to grow so fast, their legs no longer support them properly. Then there's the burns on their legs from standing in their own waste for over a month... it is utterly inhumane.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

One of the many downsides of standard broiler production, 26x25, is that the birds have been bred to grow so fast, their legs no longer support them properly. Then there's the burns on their legs from standing in their own waste for over a month... it is utterly inhumane.

I agree. Factory farming should be banned. Despite the "science" that is applied to this sort of thing to make it "economic" it really isn't in the animals' or the human consumers' best interests. It is very bad "accountancy" thinking.

 

[wafflycat]

Back to tea...

Anyone want a brew and one of my home made digestives?

*proffers plate of home made wholemeal what & oat biccies and slices of home made fruitcake*

 

[Speicher]

Yes, thank you I would like a wholemeal what and oat biccy.
Oh and Tea?

 

[tdr1nka]

*proffers plate of home made wholemeal what & oat biccies and slices of home made fruitcake*

Do we have to guess the other ingredients?

 

[tdr1nka]

Sorry not to get back to you there Speicher, we have only sailed from Fishguard to Roslaire as there is no Cork service this year. So I'd have been of little use.
There is no Cork ferry because, apparently they forgot to buy a new boat for the crossing this year.

 

[wafflycat]

Morning all! Good grief, it's quiet in here today

*puts kettle on*
*opens cake tin to waft aroma of fruit cake about the room*

Don't know about anyone else, but I'm getting thoroughly cheesed off with this wetness in sky and on ground. Bah!

*sits down*
*sips tea & nibbles on slice of fruit cake*

 

[HelenD123]

Lovely and sunny here after the wetness yesterday.

 

[tdr1nka]

Is it me or can I smell fruit cake?

All sunny and nice and ready for the off down here in the metrolop*ss!

Morning Helen, I hope your shoes are all dried out!