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Mo1959

Legendary Member
Fish fingers - breadcrumbs or batter ??

Breadcrumbs. Just finished. Enjoyed it. Stuck them in the combi micro at the fan oven setting. Maybe save a few pence electric . :laugh:
 

Mo1959

Legendary Member
Nice of a local lady to offer the plums from her tree. Better than going to waste if she can’t use them. I will resist as they are so nice I would just gorge on them! :laugh:


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From Facebook this morning, lol.

At a winery, the regular taster died and the director started looking for a new one to hire.

A drunkard with a ragged, dirty look came in to apply for the position. The director of the winery wondered how to send him away. He gave him a glass to drink.

The drunk tried it and said, “It's a Muscat, three years old, grown on a north slope, matured in steel containers. Low grade, but acceptable.”

"That's correct", said the boss. Another glass...
“This is a Cabernet, eight years old, a south-western slope, oak barrels, matured at 8 degrees. Requires three more years for the finest results.”

"Correct." A third glass... "It's a Pinot Blanc Champagne, high grade and exclusive,'' the drunk said calmly.

The director was astonished. He winked at his secretary, secretly suggesting something. She left the room and came back in with a glass of urine.The alcoholic tried it. "It's a blond, 26 years old, three months pregnant and if I don't get the job I'll name the father."
 

pawl

Legendary Member
When I was speaking to my daughter yesterday, she said she just ordered a Ninja grill and air fryier as it is supposed to be more economical to run than a cooker and with good results too. Has anyone have any experience of these?

Air fryer mrs p domain Cooks sausages , bacon ,jacket potatoes small chicken Apparently some use it to bake cake.Appears to be quicker than using the oven so probably cheaper. As I say it’s Mrs p domain so there is probably a lot more items it can be used for which are normally cooked in the oven or grilled
 

Tenkaykev

Guru
Location
Poole
When I was speaking to my daughter yesterday, she said she just ordered a Ninja grill and air fryier as it is supposed to be more economical to run than a cooker and with good results too. Has anyone have any experience of these?

Not a Ninja as such but we have an Actifry Air Fryer, the one with the removable paddle that rotates very slowly to turn over items that benefit from being turned over ( chips etc ). We're extremely pleased with it and have experimented with things such as courgettes / red peppers etc. Mrs Tenkaykev has cooked a couple of cakes in it ( sans paddle ) and they've come out ok. I think the volume is 1.8 litres so that's a much smaller space to bring up to temperature than a full sized oven. We have a gas oven and gas is cheaper per KWh equivalent, but the oven needs to get up to temperature and unless there's several items to be cooked simultaneously it doesn't appear to be the most economical way of doing it.
Our Son and daughter in law were visiting last weekend, they were singing the praises of their " Ninja Foodie 11 in one "
 

BoldonLad

Not part of the Elite
Location
South Tyneside
It is our little "ritual" that I cook the evening meal (nothing fancy, Pizza or M&S Ready Meal) on a Saturday evening, today was no exception.

After eating said meal (M&S Chicken Jalfrezi, very nice), Mrs @BoldonLad, by way of compliment, I think, had the following conversation:-

Mrs @BoldonLad: "That was nice, but, you haven't cleaned the work surface properly"

Me: "OK, I will see to it"

Mrs @BoldonLad: "No, it's OK, I will do it. There are some things I do better than you"

Me: "Only some?"

Mrs @BoldonLad: "Well, lots of things, I suppose"

Me: "I see, lots of things"

Mrs @BoldonLad: "Well, to be exact, everything"

Good job I have a sense of humour, a man could be really hurt by such things. ;)
 
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It is our little "ritual" that I cook the evening meal (nothing fancy, Pizza or M&S Ready Meal) on a Saturday evening, today was no exception.

After eating said meal (M&S Chicken Jalfrezi, very nice), Mrs @BoldonLad, by way of compliment, I think, had the following conversation:-

Mrs @BoldonLad: "That was nice, but, you haven't cleaned the work surface properly"

Me: "OK, I will see to it"

Mrs @BoldonLad: "No, it's OK, I will do it. There are some things I do better than you"

Me: "Only some?"

Mrs @BoldonLad: "Well, lots of things, I suppose"

Me: "I see, lots of things"

Mrs @BoldonLad: "Well, to be exact, everything"

Good job I have a sense of humour, a man could be really hurt by such things. ;)

That sounds like a backhanded compliment. :laugh: I did us fresh salmon, they sell it in Coventry's fish market at a reasonable price, I paid seven and a half quid for tonight's two pieces, I had spuds and peas with mine and my Good Lady had salad.,
 
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Exlaser2

Veteran
Evening all from a damp Saundersfoot. Journey was fine , other than the last section of the heads of the valley road being closed so had to divert back to the m4 earlier than we intended . Accommodation is as described and fine . Plus fish and chips on the sea front was good so all is well with me 😀😀
 
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