The Retirement Thread

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Surely rum’n’raisin is the only answer 😎

Or not…

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PaulSB

Squire
Morning all.
All this talk of goosegogs has got me remembering about the gooseberry bushes on my old dad's allotment. We had pounds of them and my mum used to make crumbles, pies and jars of jam.
You don't see goosegogs in the shops or grocers very much these days.

I grow them, both green and red (much sweeter) and make jam, chutney, crumbles and gooseberry gin/vodka.

They're too expensive to harvest commercially, that's why you rarely, if ever, see them in the shops.
 
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You obviously didnt come from Seacombe :smile:
Did you never say......
There was a young woman called Miry(Mary)
Who sold goosgogs down at the diry(dairy)
I said "wa are de wack"
She said "i dont know wack, der like gear little plumbs only 'airy"

No - never even heard that - I grew up in Moreton - a more civilised part of the world
(Just - possibly - maybe!!!)
 

Dave7

Legendary Member
Location
Cheshire
Have you tried the ALDI 'Madagascar Vanilla' icecream?
Best supermarket bought icecream I've ever had.

No, i do have some Aldi ice cream in the freezer but dont recall seeing that one.
 

Dave7

Legendary Member
Location
Cheshire

One of my favourite rides was ON THE
Wirral. It took me to a beautiful place called Parkgate (ebiker will know this) and
there you would find TWO ice cream shops......they were adjacent and both
actually made thier own ice cream.
There was always people claiming one or the other was best.
I have had both and can say, they are different but equally nice.
 

classic33

Leg End Member
You mustnt get your metaphors confused.
There are goosgogs
There are gear little plums
There are grapes
And
There are grapes with hairs on.......
Never the twain shall meet.
Sometimes, just sometimes Mr Classic we have the accept that cultural divides make the understanding of such deep thoughts beyond the bounds of mortal man.

As the great confusious was well known to say.....ne'r fall out with your fellow man over a goosgog.
You had yours in separate bowls, get you.

Along the lines of a Goosgog in the hand is worth two on the bush I take it.
 

PaulSB

Squire
Good morning. Dull, grey and damp here. I've eaten my porridge, drunk my coffee....run out of beans so tomorrow will be a crisis.......and made Boeuf Bourguignon for tonight and the freezer. I'm heading down to the gym in a few minutes and may come back to snooze. Crap sleep last night. We're goiung to see Becoming Victoria Wood at Chorley Little Theatre. It's a community run place and just brilliant. Look at the film cast list:
  • Victoria Wood, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Maxine Peake, Joan Armatrading, Jasper Carrott, and Michael Ball
 
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