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Piglet
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Originally posted by Bishops Finger:
Yes, Isambard Kingdom Baptist-Trainfan does have quite a ring to it!
What's all this about King's Cross, though?
Paddington, surely.......
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Depends where you want to go, really. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Baptist Trainfan
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He's a boy, not a bear.
I could have tried City Thameslink ...
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Piglet
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
He's a boy, not a bear ...
I hope someone will give him a bear though. Everyone ought to have a Small Bear.
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Pigwidgeon
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Originally posted by Piglet:
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
He's a boy, not a bear ...
I hope someone will give him a bear though. Everyone ought to have a Small Bear.
Bears are my standard baby gift, but occasionally a bunny or a puppy.
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Moo
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My cousin, who was named Hunter, was given a dog. The giver said every hunter should have a dog.
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Nenya
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Lovely to see the good news on this thread! Congratulations to all on the Locomotive Grandbaby and the impending Bébé Rouge. ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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balaam
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Originally posted by Piglet:
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
He's a boy, not a bear ...
I hope someone will give him a bear though. Everyone ought to have a Small Bear.
Or a ... (see avatar).
[ETA] You'll enjoy grandparenting, BTF, I do
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Piglet
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I've no experience of ordinary parenting, let alone grandparenting, but being an aunt and a great-aunt is jolly good fun (and involves giving Small Bears* to Small Persons).
I'm beginning to be organised for the Hogmanay party we're having: I've at last managed to track down some chicken-livers, so pâté has been manufactured.
The ingredients for the haggis are now all gathered, and that'll be done tomorrow afternoon; the clapshot is D's department, and will be looked after tomorrow.
I'm going to cook the red cabbage shortly - it needs 2½ hours in a low oven, so I mustn't leave it too late - and it can be re-heated tomorrow, along with the ham (which is apparently "ready to eat", so just needs glazing and heating through in the oven.
WINE has been procured - including a rather good offer of buy-two-get-one-free on Kim Crawford New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, which makes me a very happy piglet, as the Kiwis make the nicest SB on the planet.
* or in the case of my great-nephew, a rather large Snoopy, who was (at the time) almost as big as he was.
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Gee D
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Originally posted by Piglet:
The ingredients for the haggis are now all gathered, and that'll be done tomorrow afternoon; the clapshot is D's department, and will be looked after tomorrow.
WINE has been procured - including a rather good offer of buy-two-get-one-free on Kim Crawford New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, which makes me a very happy piglet, as the Kiwis make the nicest SB on the planet.
Even better with haggis would be a Yarra Valley Pinot Noir. But not disagreeing with your comment about SB.
The clapshot - is that what the doctor at the blue light clinic gives you when you've got a dose? I
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Pigwidgeon
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Originally posted by Gee D:
The clapshot - is that what the doctor at the blue light clinic gives you when you've got a dose? I
I wondered that myself, but wasn't sure if "clap" and "shot" were Americanisms that might be unknown elsewhere.
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Gee D
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I think it's an Orkney term for what most of us would call bashed neeps, an excellent accompaniment for haggis.
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Piglet
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You're the closest, Gee D. Clapshot, which is the traditional accompaniment to haggis in Orkney, is made by boiling 2 parts potatoes to 1 part swede/turnip* (neep) - separately - then mashing them together with a generous grind of pepper and a moderately indecent amount of butter.
And the rest of you are right - we often get funny looks over here when we call it clapshot ... ![[Snigger]](graemlins/snigger.gif)
* the big purply-brown ones with the pale yellow flesh.
Red cabbage has now been braised, and I'm really quite pleased with the result - I've only done the recipe once before and that was over 20 years ago.
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Piglet
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As it's coming near to the end of 2017, I'm going to put this thread to bed and wish everyone a Happy New Year.
Shiny, bright new thread here.
Thread closed.
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