Nothing to do with Mayan calendars, degrees in circles or Killearn
dialling code.

But it is start of countdown to the next time I touch a turkey. Finished
off with a rather fine curried turkey soup for lunch today. :-)

This year the turkey was a really excellent bird - possibly best ever.
Flavour, texture, size, smell, everything. The DIY bit was my cooking of
it - as always. And the dishes. :-)

--
Rod

polygonum wrote:

Nothing to do with Mayan calendars, degrees in circles or Killearn
dialling code.

But it is start of countdown to the next time I touch a turkey. Finished
off with a rather fine curried turkey soup for lunch today. :-)

This year the turkey was a really excellent bird - possibly best ever.
Flavour, texture, size, smell, everything. The DIY bit was my cooking of
it - as always. And the dishes. :-)


Roast
Salad
Risotto
More salad
Curry

Hmmm...
--
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"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it."

"Owain" wrote in message
...
On Dec 28, 8:56 pm, polygonum wrote:
Nothing to do with Mayan calendars, degrees in circles or Killearn
dialling code.

But it is start of countdown to the next time I touch a turkey. Finished
off with a rather fine curried turkey soup for lunch today. :-)

I'm just about to have the last two of my 38 mince pies.

Unless there are more reduced tomorrow.

Owain
---------------
ASDA yesterday, bags of sprouts, 10p.
Marvellous.

On 29/12/2012 00:18, brass monkey wrote:
"Owain" wrote in message
...
On Dec 28, 8:56 pm, polygonum wrote:
Nothing to do with Mayan calendars, degrees in circles or Killearn
dialling code.

But it is start of countdown to the next time I touch a turkey. Finished
off with a rather fine curried turkey soup for lunch today. :-)

I'm just about to have the last two of my 38 mince pies.

Unless there are more reduced tomorrow.

Owain
---------------
ASDA yesterday, bags of sprouts, 10p.
Marvellous.



I eat mince pies all year round.
Quite impressed with goose, which I had for the first time courtesy of Lidls

On 29/12/2012 00:18, brass monkey wrote:
"Owain" wrote in message
...
On Dec 28, 8:56 pm, polygonum wrote:
Nothing to do with Mayan calendars, degrees in circles or Killearn
dialling code.

But it is start of countdown to the next time I touch a turkey. Finished
off with a rather fine curried turkey soup for lunch today. :-)

I'm just about to have the last two of my 38 mince pies.

Unless there are more reduced tomorrow.

Owain
---------------
ASDA yesterday, bags of sprouts, 10p.
Marvellous.


Is that how much they pay you to take them away?

I'd want more.

--
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"Huge" wrote in message ...

On 2012-12-29, The Medway Handyman wrote:
On 29/12/2012 00:18, brass monkey wrote:
"Owain" wrote in message
...
On Dec 28, 8:56 pm, polygonum wrote:
Nothing to do with Mayan calendars, degrees in circles or Killearn
dialling code.

But it is start of countdown to the next time I touch a turkey. Finished
off with a rather fine curried turkey soup for lunch today. :-)

I'm just about to have the last two of my 38 mince pies.

Unless there are more reduced tomorrow.

Owain
---------------
ASDA yesterday, bags of sprouts, 10p.
Marvellous.


Is that how much they pay you to take them away?

My favourite veg, sprouts. I have them most days at this time of year.

So it's *YOU* responsible for the gales in the Uk FFS !

Bastid !

On 29/12/2012 09:13, The Medway Handyman wrote:
On 29/12/2012 00:18, brass monkey wrote:
"Owain" wrote in message
---------------
ASDA yesterday, bags of sprouts, 10p.
Marvellous.


Is that how much they pay you to take them away?

I'd want more.


Nah, Surely Sprouts are good for TMH business!!!

Replacement lavatory seats and fittings?

:-)

--
Adrian C

On 12/29/2012 5:02 AM, Huge wrote:

My favourite veg, sprouts. I have them most days at this time of year.

You know how not to ruin them when you cook them. Badly cooked sprouts
are truly dreadful - but properly done ones are delicious.

Unfortunately, most 'cooks' ruin them.

In article ,
S Viemeister wrote:
On 12/29/2012 5:02 AM, Huge wrote:

My favourite veg, sprouts. I have them most days at this time of year.

You know how not to ruin them when you cook them. Badly cooked sprouts
are truly dreadful - but properly done ones are delicious.

Unfortunately, most 'cooks' ruin them.

Has pretty appalling ones this Xmas - was visiting. Cooked to a mush.
Sadly some like them like this because that's the way mummy cooked them.
;-)

4 minutes in a microwave with just a tablespoon of water produces
excellent results - and they still look like sprouts too.

--
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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On 12/29/2012 9:34 AM, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
S Viemeister wrote:
On 12/29/2012 5:02 AM, Huge wrote:

My favourite veg, sprouts. I have them most days at this time of year.

You know how not to ruin them when you cook them. Badly cooked sprouts
are truly dreadful - but properly done ones are delicious.

Unfortunately, most 'cooks' ruin them.

Has pretty appalling ones this Xmas - was visiting. Cooked to a mush.
Sadly some like them like this because that's the way mummy cooked them.
;-)

4 minutes in a microwave with just a tablespoon of water produces
excellent results - and they still look like sprouts too.

Yes. Sometimes I quarter them, zap in the MC for 3 minutes, then finish
in a frying pan with butter and slivered garlic.

"polygonum" wrote in message
...
Nothing to do with Mayan calendars, degrees in circles or Killearn
dialling code.

But it is start of countdown to the next time I touch a turkey.

I have a freezer full of turkey breast steaks (as in bought fresh, not
Bernard Matthews).

I eat them for dinner frequently.

tim

"stuart noble" wrote in message
...
On 29/12/2012 00:18, brass monkey wrote:
"Owain" wrote in message
...
On Dec 28, 8:56 pm, polygonum wrote:
Nothing to do with Mayan calendars, degrees in circles or Killearn
dialling code.

But it is start of countdown to the next time I touch a turkey. Finished
off with a rather fine curried turkey soup for lunch today. :-)

I'm just about to have the last two of my 38 mince pies.

Unless there are more reduced tomorrow.

Owain
---------------
ASDA yesterday, bags of sprouts, 10p.
Marvellous.



I eat mince pies all year round.
Quite impressed with goose,

We weren't. Team decision, nothing special about it at all.

which I had for the first time courtesy of Lidls

And "Mrs wouldn't be seen dead in there" paid three times [1] as much in M&S

tim

[1] Just a guess on my part I've no idea how much they were in Lidl, but the
M&S one was extortionate!

S Viemeister wrote:
On 12/29/2012 5:02 AM, Huge wrote:

My favourite veg, sprouts. I have them most days at this time of year.

You know how not to ruin them when you cook them. Badly cooked sprouts
are truly dreadful - but properly done ones are delicious.

Unfortunately, most 'cooks' ruin them.

it is of course necessary to wake early - about 4AM - on Christmas Day, to
ensure that the sprouts are given a sufficiently long boil.

--
€¢DarWin|
_/ _/

In article
,
Steve Firth wrote:
S Viemeister wrote:
On 12/29/2012 5:02 AM, Huge wrote:

My favourite veg, sprouts. I have them most days at this time of year.

You know how not to ruin them when you cook them. Badly cooked sprouts
are truly dreadful - but properly done ones are delicious.

Unfortunately, most 'cooks' ruin them.

it is of course necessary to wake early - about 4AM - on Christmas Day, to
ensure that the sprouts are given a sufficiently long boil.

why not put them on before you go to bed - it would allow an extra few
hours.

--
From KT24

Using a RISC OS computer running v5.18

On 12/29/2012 10:36 AM, Steve Firth wrote:
S Viemeister wrote:
On 12/29/2012 5:02 AM, Huge wrote:

My favourite veg, sprouts. I have them most days at this time of year.

You know how not to ruin them when you cook them. Badly cooked sprouts
are truly dreadful - but properly done ones are delicious.

Unfortunately, most 'cooks' ruin them.

it is of course necessary to wake early - about 4AM - on Christmas Day, to
ensure that the sprouts are given a sufficiently long boil.

That was my sister's first exposure to sprouts. Grey, mushy, stinky lumps.

On 12/29/2012 12:10 PM, Huge wrote:
S Viemeister wrote:
On 12/29/2012 9:34 AM, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
S Viemeister wrote:
On 12/29/2012 5:02 AM, Huge wrote:
My favourite veg, sprouts. I have them most days at this time of year.
You know how not to ruin them when you cook them. Badly cooked sprouts
are truly dreadful - but properly done ones are delicious.
Unfortunately, most 'cooks' ruin them.
Has pretty appalling ones this Xmas - was visiting. Cooked to a mush.
Sadly some like them like this because that's the way mummy cooked them.
;-)
4 minutes in a microwave with just a tablespoon of water produces
excellent results - and they still look like sprouts too.

Yes. Sometimes I quarter them, zap in the MC for 3 minutes, then finish
in a frying pan with butter and slivered garlic.

And chopped chestnuts.

Or walnuts.

On 29/12/2012 17:10, Huge wrote:
On 2012-12-29, S Viemeister wrote:
On 12/29/2012 9:34 AM, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
S Viemeister wrote:
On 12/29/2012 5:02 AM, Huge wrote:

My favourite veg, sprouts. I have them most days at this time of year.

You know how not to ruin them when you cook them. Badly cooked sprouts
are truly dreadful - but properly done ones are delicious.

Unfortunately, most 'cooks' ruin them.

Has pretty appalling ones this Xmas - was visiting. Cooked to a mush.
Sadly some like them like this because that's the way mummy cooked them.
;-)

4 minutes in a microwave with just a tablespoon of water produces
excellent results - and they still look like sprouts too.

Yes. Sometimes I quarter them, zap in the MC for 3 minutes, then finish
in a frying pan with butter and slivered garlic.

And chopped chestnuts.

Which I forgot on Xmyth day.


I think I managed to forget to serve up the cranberry sauce for the
third or fourth year running. Not very keen on it myself so it doesn't
figure in "what I want on my plate" - but I should be gracious enough to
think of it for others.

Now we are out of turkey, what on earth can I use it up with? Hmmm.....

--
Rod

polygonum wrote:
I think I managed to forget to serve up the cranberry sauce for the
third or fourth year running. Not very keen on it myself so it doesn't
figure in "what I want on my plate" - but I should be gracious enough to
think of it for others.

Now we are out of turkey, what on earth can I use it up with? Hmmm.....

Any dry, tasteless meat, such as overcooked chicken. It seems to go
quite well with Duck if that's all you've got in the larder.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

polygonum wrote:
Now we are out of turkey, what on earth can I use it up with? Hmmm.....

Second thoughts. Wensleydale cheese. Some supermarkets seem to think so,
anyway. Don't like the combination myself, but tastes vary.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 15:36:51 +0000, Steve Firth wrote:

S Viemeister wrote:
On 12/29/2012 5:02 AM, Huge wrote:

My favourite veg, sprouts. I have them most days at this time of year.

You know how not to ruin them when you cook them. Badly cooked sprouts
are truly dreadful - but properly done ones are delicious.

Unfortunately, most 'cooks' ruin them.

it is of course necessary to wake early - about 4AM - on Christmas Day,
to ensure that the sprouts are given a sufficiently long boil.

Sarah Kennedy, once of Radio 2, used to remind people to 'get the sprouts
on for Christmas'.

In April.



--
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http://www.mirrorservice.org

*lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor

On 29/12/2012 18:36, John Williamson wrote:
polygonum wrote:
Now we are out of turkey, what on earth can I use it up with? Hmmm.....

Second thoughts. Wensleydale cheese. Some supermarkets seem to think so,
anyway. Don't like the combination myself, but tastes vary.

One of those disgusting "made for the idiots for Christmas" concoctions. :-(

--
Rod

On 29/12/12 18:21, polygonum wrote:

I think I managed to forget to serve up the cranberry sauce for the
third or fourth year running. Not very keen on it myself so it doesn't
figure in "what I want on my plate" - but I should be gracious enough to
think of it for others.

Now we are out of turkey, what on earth can I use it up with? Hmmm.....

Venison..

--
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(in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to
lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the
members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are
rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a
diminishing number of producers.

On 29/12/2012 18:47, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 29/12/12 18:21, polygonum wrote:

I think I managed to forget to serve up the cranberry sauce for the
third or fourth year running. Not very keen on it myself so it doesn't
figure in "what I want on my plate" - but I should be gracious enough to
think of it for others.

Now we are out of turkey, what on earth can I use it up with? Hmmm.....

Venison..

Yes dear.

--
Rod

"stuart noble" wrote in message
...
On 29/12/2012 00:18, brass monkey wrote:
"Owain" wrote in message
...
On Dec 28, 8:56 pm, polygonum wrote:
Nothing to do with Mayan calendars, degrees in circles or Killearn
dialling code.

But it is start of countdown to the next time I touch a turkey. Finished
off with a rather fine curried turkey soup for lunch today. :-)

I'm just about to have the last two of my 38 mince pies.

Unless there are more reduced tomorrow.

Owain
---------------
ASDA yesterday, bags of sprouts, 10p.
Marvellous.

I eat mince pies all year round.

I'd like to but can't buy them all year round and their
shelf life isnt good enough to be able to stock up post
Xmas and eat them all year round.

Corse I could get off my arse and make them, but so
far I only make what I cant buy anymore and beer.

Quite impressed with goose, which I had for the first time courtesy of
Lidls

On 29/12/2012 10:02, Huge wrote:
On 2012-12-29, The Medway Handyman wrote:
On 29/12/2012 00:18, brass monkey wrote:
"Owain" wrote in message
...
On Dec 28, 8:56 pm, polygonum wrote:
Nothing to do with Mayan calendars, degrees in circles or Killearn
dialling code.

But it is start of countdown to the next time I touch a turkey. Finished
off with a rather fine curried turkey soup for lunch today. :-)

I'm just about to have the last two of my 38 mince pies.

Unless there are more reduced tomorrow.

Owain
---------------
ASDA yesterday, bags of sprouts, 10p.
Marvellous.


Is that how much they pay you to take them away?

My favourite veg, sprouts. I have them most days at this time of year.


I once heard one of these SAS type survival experts being interviewed by
Libby Purvis on R4. After talking about all sorts of grubs, insects,
fungus etc, she asked him "whats the most disgusting thing you have ever
eaten?"

He paused for a moment and said "sprouts".

--
Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 15:46:05 +0000, charles wrote:

In article
-
september.org,
Steve Firth wrote:
S Viemeister wrote:
On 12/29/2012 5:02 AM, Huge wrote:

My favourite veg, sprouts. I have them most days at this time of
year.

You know how not to ruin them when you cook them. Badly cooked
sprouts are truly dreadful - but properly done ones are delicious.

Unfortunately, most 'cooks' ruin them.

it is of course necessary to wake early - about 4AM - on Christmas Day,
to ensure that the sprouts are given a sufficiently long boil.

why not put them on before you go to bed - it would allow an extra few
hours.

Wouldn't they be all lumpy and lead to a restless night?