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    Jeepers. Is there a bladdy recession on or something? What's with this looking at prices lark.

    Want to eat something, buy it-o, ffs.

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    I have never been to a wedding where they serve vol au vents!! Even at my own wedding they served a "granité" which is a jolly little lemon sorbet to cleanse your palate between the fish and meat dishes!! That was a bit too posh even for my posh mum!! "why are we getting our pudding now?"!!

    But i know what you mean about the tin of stuffing for vol au vents. Here, it is usually mushrooms and sweetbreads. Bits of lung etc. Yucks. But it does look better in the vol au vent than on a plate.

    Luigi, what people are trying to show is the fact that you can homecook for next to nothing. If you take the time. And bargains can be found in supermarkets. Why pay 5 quid or 10 Swissies for a couple of chicken legs, when an hour later you can get them for two and put them in the freezer.

    My freezer is full of stuff which was half price. I even, still, have a couple of slices of potato bread from August for a fry up over the weekend. And haggis.

    It's getting cold here, it was 9 degrees today. I don't want to have to go to supermarket everyday. Apart from the ciggie and wine shop. Which are across the street. And even then, in this crap weather, i get my stocks in.

    Pats is starting to hibernate. And i feel it in my bones it is going to be a shit winter. Especially after the heatwave we had in the summer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Luigi
    Jeepers. Is there a bladdy recession on or something? What's with this looking at prices lark.
    Depends where your standing mate , I aint hard up by any means , infact TBH compared to some I consider myself quite well off , BTW earned it all myself never given anything .

    However when you are in an industry such as mine where generally speaking we are treated like the shit on the guvnours shoes and like where I work now have had one pay increment in the last 8 years which still makes me about £80 a month worse off in real terms to when I started you tend to be thrifty .

    Its never a bad way to go IMO and has served me with a debt free comfortable lifestyle
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    The rest of last nights scran








    Free flow booze


    All for a great cause, operation smile





    Cardboard cut outs of the boxers





    Was a good night.

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    What round did you get knocked out in, Dil? I'm guessing the first - pre-planned so you could get back to your seat in time for pudding, you pudding!

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    I'm a lover not a fighter bro

    Seeing as you've shown an interest I shall proceed to bore you with the 4 bouts.

    Bout 1

    Guess the winner




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    Scottish bloke went down in the first and straight back on the free bevi
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    I reckon the widow maker is , Jimmy white.


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    The Widowmaker looks more like a buffet bomber.

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    TFI !!! and I am gonna make one of my favourites tonight a nice chicken ruby

    To begin with I have chopped up some chicken thigh meat , I buy this boneless from our local butcher an absolute huge tray of it for a fiver , which I split into about five or six bags for the freezer , there is plenty here for my curry in this bag with 2 thighs left to cook for the wife when she comes in from work fresh .
    I also roughly chop one onion + add a drop of sea salt + chilli







    Now while that is cooking the chicken meat slowly I get the pestle + mortar out to crunch + grind up 69 special spices and herbs to create a really authentic curry paste ,, this really is a labour of love .







    Here we are with my " authentic " curry paste bubbling away until it becomes the nice consistency that suits my pallet









    Here we are served up on top of freshly cooked Thai jasmine rice , bloody delicious




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    Something light for me. Smoked salmon sandwiches (wholemeal bread) and a slice of quiche.


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    Is Bollinger an international rock superstar? The bloke gets fucking everywhere.

    Health food. Equal amounts of carbohydrate, protein and fibre - each featuring a liberal dollop of nutrition... tasted very, how can we say... reasonable.



    I might even treat myself to a couple of these later if I'm feeling brazen and outlandish.



    Roll on tomorrow night, when this sort of gear will be the order of the evening, after, of course, a dozen bottles of my new favourite beer... Tsing Tao


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    Marmite rice cakes! Jeez you need a red for that.

    Bollinger is the forum James Bond

    Round 1 was nice.

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    Doner Kebab...I'd fookin' die for that!

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    It would certainly put another nail in your coffin mate ^

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    Donner kebabs are what I miss most from the UK.

    Dil, that French bloke is probably ex foreign legion, so an absolute psycho!



    Here's some food for Headworx to enjoy:



    Tasted great, a bit of a kick though...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bettyboo View Post
    Here's some food for Headworx to enjoy:
    I wouldn't eat that unless there was no choice (ie I was a hostage), the fridge was empty, Food Panda were offline, my cell phone was MIA, or I couldn't walk to one of the many Western food restos nearby home. Mrs Worx would like it though, laab of some description I guess...

    And then there's that egg complete with burnt edges and a collapsed yolk. Have you got a small fry pan with a lid, a half a teaspoon of oil (or canola spray), a piece of paper towel, and a few drops of water?. I can talk you through how to avoid the same mistakes, and include some pics if it would help. Genuine offer.

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    Pad ka POW!
    Would you like fried egg with that sir and some bloody cucumber.
    A very Thai meal.

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    ^ yep.

    Quote Originally Posted by Headworx
    I wouldn't eat that unless there was no choice (ie I was a hostage), the fridge was empty, Food Panda were offline, my cell phone was MIA, or I couldn't walk to one of the many Western food restos nearby home.
    I was laughing when I read that and MrsBoo walked by and asked me why I was laughing... You'd better hope you never meet her!!!

    The egg tasted very nice, usually she cooks it a tad less for this dish, but was still good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bettyboo View Post
    Donner kebabs are what I miss most from the UK.

    Dil, that French bloke is probably ex foreign legion, so an absolute psycho!



    Here's some food for Headworx to enjoy:



    Tasted great, a bit of a kick though...
    Guess some here do have a sophisticated side.....

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    Betty when I come round for dinner can you get the wife to put my kai dow on top of my khao please ?

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    O.K i admit i've been a tight b'stard all week!

    So i took the family out for lunch at a posh Italian in our village for lunch, the pics were hurriedly taken so excuse the clarity.

    Fresh Italian ......shame you can not smell pics

    The wife's Ricotta seafood with side salad and chilli olive oil..

    One off three pizzas..

    My Lasagne and garlic bread..

    Chips looked quaint but didn't compare to the chippy down the road..


    I'm off to the supermarket to get some bargains for the week, wish me luck

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chittychangchang
    I'm off to the supermarket to get some bargains for the week, wish me luck
    Wetherspoons would negate the need for bargain hunts. I'm just about to try their new Mac and Cheese - with bacon. I shall also be trying a dozen or so pints of their alcohol. Then I will go up the road and make my weekly contribution to the Turkish economy.

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    This was my teat tonight





    This is gonna get messy



    Ribs on the plate minus the meat ??







    Nasi gori + sweet + sour chicken + prawns








    Lovin it






    Thankyou my dear little wife ,, your a good un

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    Marmite Rice Cakes`? Never heard of them.

    I miss Twiglets. I do have a jar of marmite, so could dip some sort of pretzel thing in, i suppose.

    Well, after watching the Haka for the first time during this Rugby World Cup. I shall fry up some veal burgers and might pop over to the kebab shop for some chips.

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