My post-lockdown commute back to work

[Dillinger]

That looks pretty damn good, although just thinking about it gave me heartburn and those figs with all that duck fat... Thats gonna be sloppy tomorrow.

You need something like Tommy's coffee cake to firm it up




Eeeh, orange peel

[Saint Willy]

Agreed, that’s going to be an amazing treat! The French package food well! And that’s a shot load of foie gras! She’s going all out, Mendip! Prepare to get lucky! Fook off Mohammad real quick!

[Mendip]

^^ Those Tea Cakes didn't last long!

And you should be putting that cake out for the birds.

^ Mohammed was talking about Turkish kebabs and humus... I love that stuff.

What a New Year's Eve dilemma!

[helge]

Happy new year, MD

And now your next mission is to stay clear of the Covid, paper done and all.

Hope to see you posting from Isaan soonest

[baldrick]

your next mission is to stay clear of the Covid

step away from the french plague rat and turkish super sreader

[Mendip]

13 days to go...


^ Mohamed comes from Egypt.


Happy New Year everyone... I'm glad it's all over now and I just have to finish up a few projects over the next 13 days, and stay Covid free.

Last night we had our French New Year's meal... I don't have a particularly refined sense of taste and couldn't help comparing the starter to a couple of slices of SPAM with a dab of Branston pickle.



The 'Duck out a Tin' was baked up with mushrooms, or champignons I guess...



Mohamed was concerned that the ducks weren't halal... so offered up a Turkish takeaway alternative.



It was a delicate balancing act for me because I didn't want to upset either the French or the Egyptian contingent.

But of course I had to at least keep myself in with a chance... so...

The duck was plated up with carrots, parsnips and kale. No potatoes.



The duck meat just fell off the bone. It reminded me a bit of the duck palo we have back at home sometimes.



Just to be polite I had a small Turkish taster! I'm hoping to get a meal out of this today.



And then my French dessert!

But not the one I was hoping for... candied chestnuts by all accounts. Nice... but I'd have preferred a box of Quality Streets.



And a final surprise... all the way from France, and Mohamed wasn't partaking. This was more like it!



It was Mohamed's turn to choose a movie last night, and he went for 'Meet Dave', a God-awful film with Eddie Murphy and little people living in his head... it wouldn't have made Looper's Christmas Cracker list. It was absolute shite.

I fought it... but the whisky, wine and champers caught up with me... I woke up a couple of hours later to an empty room.

[Saint Willy]

fought it... but the whisky, wine and champers caught up with me... I woke up a couple of hours later to an empty room.

you old romantic!

they both ditched you!

[Edmond]

Reckon Mo-Mo got the Bo-Bo โป๊โป๊

[Mendip]

^ I don't know about that...

and those figs with all that duck fat... Thats gonna be sloppy tomorrow.

But it was probably just as well. Dill called that one!

[Looper]

It was a delicate balancing act for me because I didn't want to upset either the French or the Egyptian contingent.

I thought that French nosh looked pretty posh and impressive from the packaging photos yesterday Mendip.

But from the plated up pics I think I would have gone for Mohammed's halal fare

Nice champagne finish though.

I'd have preferred a box of Quality Streets

I have just finished my first box of Quality Streets in many years.

Has anyone noticed that the blue ones taste like play doh?

I have no memory of this being the case on the many previous occasions I had Christmas Quality Streets years ago as a kid (and I ate my fair share of play doh too) so I am wondering if I have got a bad batch.

I am not sure if it is blue play doh they taste like or another colour as my play doh palate memory is not that refined.

(play doh is not as pungent as Proust's madeleine's)

[armstrong]

Is Frenchie walking like an Egyptian today?

[Mendip]

^ No, but I've been walking like a Mexican after all that duck fat!

[TheMadBaron]

Has anyone noticed that the blue ones taste like play doh?

Coconut Éclair? Revolting.

I have no memory of this being the case on the many previous occasions I had Christmas Quality Streets years ago as a kid (and I ate my fair share of play doh too) so I am wondering if I have got a bad batch.

Probably not... the sense of taste changes somewhat with puberty (there are reasons for this which are perhaps best not discussed here). Also, Nestlé keep mucking about with Quality Street. They introduced a new blue one last year, IIRC, but not the one in your pics.

[Dillinger]

Has anyone noticed that the blue ones taste like play doh?

I couldn't think what the taste was. It is fukkin play do.

But as he says above, its not those ones you show, they are coconut. Its these creamy ones...



The little praline green triangles are still the best

[Dillinger]

No, but I've been walking like a Mexican after all that duck fat!

Which of the below has Mo been walking around like today?

[Mendip]

^^ It'd be nice to have the chance to try one. At least yours are in a proper metal tin, not some kind of plastic container.

But them troosers look a bit tight mate... you sure you're still walking around ok after all those chocolates?

[TheMadBaron]

Its these creamy ones...

Right.... Yes, I believe that's the chocolate caramel brownie, which was introduced for Christmas 2019, and yes, that's probably why Looper doesn't remember ones which tastes like Play-Doh.

I've never had the opportunity to try one, but I remember them being denounced as horrid at the time.... but then people complained when Nestlé ran out of them during lockdown and had to include extra orangey creams instead. It just goes to show, different strokes and all that.... I like orangey creams. Now, those little praline green triangles, on the otter hand....

The little praline green triangles are still the best

You are not alone in that opinion, and I respect it, but I will never understand. They're just nasty. I mean, really nasty. You might as well just wrap a little turd in ugly green paper as far as I'm concerned.

Never mind politics and religion, the relative merits of Quality Street chocs is a divisive issue if ever there was one.

[Dillinger]

them troosers look a bit tight mate... you sure you're still walking around ok after all those chocolates?

Those are my easy-down trackie bottoms. I'm gonna make a concerted effort today to get out the house I think although I'm sure its colder than Sweden here. I can't remember the last time it was above 5 fuckin degrees.

[Dillinger]

Right.... Yes, I believe that's the chocolate caramel brownie, which was introduced for Christmas 2019, and yes, that's probably why Looper doesn't remember ones which tastes like Play-Doh.

I've never had the opportunity to try one, but I remember them being denounced as horrid at the time.... but then people complained when Nestlé ran out of them during lockdown and had to include extra orangey creams instead. It just goes to show, different strokes and all that.... I like orangey creams. Now, those little praline green triangles, on the otter hand....

Originally Posted by Dillinger
The little praline green triangles are still the best
You are not alone in that opinion, and I respect it, but I will never understand. They're just nasty. I mean, really nasty. You might as well just wrap a little turd in ugly green paper as far as I'm concerned.

Never mind politics and religion, the relative merits of Quality Street chocs is a divisive issue if ever there was one.

This guy's a fuckin nutter, a loose cannon. Is that you Sid?

[bsnub]

Is that you Sid?

Let us hope not we just got rid of that wanker.

[Mendip]

12 days to go...

Elevenses at work today... nothing missing here PAG!

Thanks to The British Shop!

[PAG]

12 days to go...

Elevenses at work today... nothing missing here PAG!

Thanks to The British Shop!

Far too commercial for me........

[Looper]

^^perfect tea colour Mendip. Exactly the right amount of milk

Yes, I believe that's the chocolate caramel brownie, which was introduced for Christmas 2019, and yes, that's probably why Looper doesn't remember ones which tastes like Play-Doh

This is good news

I have obviously failed to distinguish between the 2 different shades of blue by the light of the tree fairies in the lounge and the remaining blue criminals which are currently in quality street quality control quarantine can be released

The long square chocolate covered toffee fingers are bigger than I remember and the round toffee pennies are smaller...

[Chico]

Mendip hate to say it I certainly would of went Turkish, and just fantasized about Frenchie

[Mendip]

^ He's Egyptian and I don't swing that way mate.

Not sure Mohamed would be into it anyway, to be honest.