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Boogie
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Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
I just got back from Joe Jackson's concert. If I were inclined to smoke, I'd be having one right now.
No kidding. Imagine a two hour music- gasm. I just wanted to come on this thread and personally thank you guys for producing him, because I will coast on this for the next week. Who needs heroin?
You are welcome, such a lot of thanks for so little effort ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
Mr Boog is the drummer in a covers band. One of his USA bike riding pals came to visit this weekend and to attend one of the band's gigs last night. He was on one long music-gasm too - never has Mr Boog had such plaudits! He was positively glowing when the evening was over. I think it's because his friend knew him in one context (cycling geeks) then saw him in another, and was bowled over.
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Welease Woderwick
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Is this the guy from the early '80s?
Isn't he about 103 now?
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Kelly Alves
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Pretty close-- I think he's a year or two younger than you.
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Welease Woderwick
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Kelly. Are you really going out with him?
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Kelly Alves
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Originally posted by balaam:
Kelly. Are you really going out with him?
I came straight home last night and posted a gushy "thank you for the show" glurge on the band's Facebook page. I added a further gushy comment two minutes later. I then noticed a horrible typo in the first post and added a gushy apology for the typo. By now I'm sure my photo has been dug up from the Internet and is being passed around by his Security team.
Which is close enough, right?
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Glad you enjoyed yourself, KA. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
I'm going to have a fairly busy Thanksgiving holiday on Monday - we've got an ordination on Tuesday and there's an order of service to be produced. I've just finished most of the typing, but the printing and assemblage is going to be a giant pain in the @r$e, especially as the Cathedral's photocopier is playing major silly-buggers.
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Welease Woderwick
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Himself's outlaws-to-be will be visiting this morning - for some reason the bride to be is never in the party, which strikes me as odd but...
They estimate they are bringing about 20 people and the family have been cooking almost all night*. The "tent" is up, the tables and chairs are out and we have even laid on some entertainment! We will have family and friends and community people here and there will be a little paperwork and then general socialising then we will give them lunch then, hopefully, they will depart and all the rest can have lunch.
The wedding is three weeks tomorrow in The Big City.
*Already there is a bit of oneupmanship happening as when we went there for the official engagement they had caterers bring food in whereas Himself's mum is determined to give them home cooked food - and she is a superb cook.
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Yes, I remember the superb cooking. Is she going to stand over each one bullying them to have more rice and curries? Just wondering, you understand.
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Welease Woderwick
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That was a long and tiring day - good fun but I am completely whacked. The kids that came to do the drumming were great and they loved the photos and the video that I took.
The official bit went well with a bit of a hiccough when the community document had to be rewritten as a mistake had been made - a slightly larger and longer hiccough when the cooks realised they hadn't yet cooked the popadoms - one take seconds but 200 take a bit longer!
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Welease Woderwick
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...and as for the cooking, it was excellent BUT Himself definitely makes better Rasam than his mother.
Just don't tell her I said so!
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Harvest Thanksgiving services safely dispatched - we did Britten's Jubilate in C as a motet this morning to much Decanal Grinning™ and the Cathedral was beautifully decorated, as always. Nice Tudor Evensong (Smith, Gibbons, Batten).
Result: happy piglet.
Going to v. hospitable friends for turkey and all the trimmings tomorrow evening ... may need to take Tuesday off w*rk ... ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Himself definitely makes better Rasam than his mother.
Mmmmm.... Rasam sounds lovely. After two days more or less horizontal with severe cold/mild flu, sounds like just what I need.
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Welease Woderwick
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You must come and visit - we'll make you very welcome.
eta: the mystery smell has been identified! ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
I was in the shower a few minutes ago and thought that the soap I am currently using smells really like that smell I can smell sometimes...
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Boogie
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It was my SILs 60th this week so we went to a very posh restaurant. The food was lovely - but such small portions! The soup came in espresso coffee sized bowls - I kid you not. A good thing I'd made lots of cakes for our return to the farm.
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Welease Woderwick
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SEVENTY QUID PER PERSON!!!!
We don't spend that a week on food for a houseful!
[not sure of my facts there but...]
For that price I want a tureen of soup each!
I can take you to a place in Mysore where for about 70 pence you can eat as much as you want for a fab lunch eaten with fingers off a banana leaf and wonderfully delicious. And if you don't say enough they will keep coming round and refilling the banana leaf every time you empty it. I think my record is three and a half times ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) but that was when I was a bit younger - and no, Pete, I don't mean last week!
Sorry about that, I told our guest this morning that I'm practicing to be a grumpy old grouch.
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I assure you WW, it wasn't my choice. SILs brother is a well off dude and paid for all the wine and drinks - which was quite a relief on our pockets!
I'd much prefer the banana leaf place!
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It looks and sounds delicious, Boogie, but just a tad overpriced!
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Uncle Pete
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25 quid charge for a non-attendant, having booked! Credit card details beforehand!
It's a scam for gullible diners.
And I second the place in Mysore. Of course, it's a two day trip, but the hotel we use is nearby and not more than IR 300 a night. Just a few years back, it was IR100, but now they supply blankets.
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Which menu are you looking at? The a la carte and the seasonal look reasonably priced, you could get away with £20-30 a head. You can usually rely on restaurants like this to have an affordable lunch menu. They make it up through dinners, Sundays and the wine list.
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Boogie
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Yes - we got away with £30 a head - erk!
The food was absolutely delicious - but truly not enough of it! Pud was a lemon tart thingie - TWO inches square with a few berries tastefully arranged and a teaspoon of ice cream (cleverly tear drop shaped)
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Ariel
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Reminds me of the days of "nouvelle cuisine" which could be very minimalist. I really hope that's not making a comeback.
Sounds delicious, otherwise.
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Welease Woderwick
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I'd be teardrop-shaped as well, I reckon!
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Originally posted by Ariel:
Reminds me of the days of "nouvelle cuisine" which could be very minimalist. I really hope that's not making a comeback.
Sounds delicious, otherwise.
It hasn't gone away: "Waiter, have we eaten yet?"
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Welease Woderwick
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Thirty quid per head I could live with BUT I would want to feel pleasantly full afterwards - I used to frequent a place in Rusholme [Manchester] and these days something like:
* Popadoms with pickle
* Dahi Bahalay
* a couple of veggie curries
* a couple of garlic naan
* pistachio kulfi
and a jug of lassi
would cost over twenty quid - but I would be stuffed!
Talking of which, have any of the Manchester folks here tried the Dosa place in Withington - Dosa Express?
Recommended.
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Boogie's place looks a bit mysterious, but then what would you expect from the Freemasons?? Wodders' banana-leaf place sounds much more fun.
We're just back from eating quite a lot (although I truly didn't over-indulge as much as I might have done). Turkey and the trimmings (when I opted for dark meat the host asked me if I'd like a leg, but I was wise enough to say no - turkey-legs are huge), good company and probably rather more wine than was necessary.
Probably not quite enough to justify taking tomorrow off w*rk though ...
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Welease Woderwick
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piglet, you obviously showed admirable restraint - well done!
Off to the city again later, if I can get myself organised, as I have promised myself a l-o-o-o-ong mooch round the secondhand bookshop, now that I know where it is again. I popped in briefly with our guest last Friday but I like to mooch alone so I am not worried about them being bored waiting for me.
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Morning all, early start today. I'm off to Manchester to the hospital to see if they'll have me for a clinical trial (psoriasis) - it's competitive, meaning I may not have it badly enough, hmmm. If I get on the trial I'll be genetically engineered - how exciting! (Unless I end up on the placebo which would mean injecting nothing for 5 years, ho hum)
4 hours of tests coming up, erk. (Worse than that - nil by mouth until they are done - double erk!)
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Have fun (?) Boogie. I'm trotting off to the Unemployment Office this afternoon - I should be gathering my papers and info together, but hey! Look! I'm on The Ship.
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Good Luck, Boogie (though you've probably gone by now!) If you are accepted, I do hope its the drug group!
All this talk of curries, banana leaves, etc. are making me rather sad. Both Mr.N and I have discovered our elderly tummies don't appreciate food we happily gorged ourselves on in our youth
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I failed the test by two points, this is the first test I've failed for not being BAD enough! - disappointed but never mind. I discovered it was a looong journey to the hospital (well over two hours) so lots of time saved there.
I have virtual lemon cake to share - the best sort with lemon drizzle topping.
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Welease Woderwick
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Ooooh, CAKE!
Yes please!
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Still not been to the bookshop - I was down near the ferry jetty and a ferry came in so I got on it - I had no idea where it was going so I have no idea where I've been but I went there and then came back and in the process took one or two photos - over a hundred in fact but...
Anyway it was a very pleasant way to spend an hour or two, about a dozen stops there and a dozen stops back and a nice breeze and friendly people.
FAB!
Oh, and the return journey cost less than 10 pence.
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Yes please! Lemon drizzle my favourite!
Two hours travelling each time you went to the hospital, Boogie would have been very hard over 5 years or whatever!
Maybe someone up there was looking out for you!
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Welease Woderwick
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Himself has returned from doling out invites to the wedding of the year and tells me that I went to Mulavukad North on my little ferry jaunt today. For the travel minded I caught the boat at 9.984530N, 76.272398E and went up as far as 10.029905N, 76.259273E. It was very scenic and some of the photos were pretty good, even if I do say it myself.
If you look on Google Earth you can see what looks like a ferry boat of the same design at 10.026418N, 76.258348E. You can also see how much water there is in the delta.
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That sounds like a really nice jaunt, Wodders. I like the idea of just getting on a boat to see where it goes, although I probably wouldn't have the nerve to do it for fear of getting lost (my sense of direction would give Captain Slow from Top Gear a run for his money ).
On the subject of spicy food, D. and I went to a scruffy wee Chinese restaurant up the road from Château Piglet for lunch today, and we'll be putting that one down to experience. He ordered butterfly chicken, which he'd had before and liked, but they gave him something quite different and scarily spicy. I had cumin beef, which I thought would be more "earthy" than "hot". I was wrong.
Oh dear. Did someone mention CAKE?
Ordination service went v. well - Cathedral well filled, congregation and visiting clergy suitably impressed, Dean grinning like Cheshire Cat at the end.
Everything as it should be.
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I admit to having been a little trepidatious but it worked out okay.
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How long did the Dean's smile linger after he had left the building?
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On the subject of spicy food, D. and I went to a scruffy wee Chinese restaurant up the road from Château Piglet for lunch today, and we'll be putting that one down to experience. He ordered butterfly chicken, which he'd had before and liked, but they gave him something quite different and scarily spicy. I had cumin beef, which I thought would be more "earthy" than "hot". I was wrong.
It wasn't Szechuan Chinese by any chance? Chillies and lots of pepper are a way of life in their cooking: there's a Szechuan Chinese restaurant locally that I once tried and had a similar experience at with a dish I had had elsewhere and had ordered expecting it to be much the same. If you're prepared for it, it's an interesting twist but if you aren't, it can be a bit of a jolt.
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Yes, Szechuan cuisine can be a bit of a challenge even for spice stalwarts like me.
We've been to the City to buy stuff and then round various relatives on the way back delivering wedding invitations - they are normally delivered personally here rather than by post but some of the folks weren't in so we left the cards with neighbours so I can't see the difference but then what do I know?
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There was a great programme about Chinese cooking on television recently with Ken Hom and Ching He-Huang, a young Chinese woman who's also a chef. They were travelling to different regions of China trying out regional culinary styles and seeing the country (it was a great travelogue with some appetizing food thrown in). One of the places they visited was Szechuan. I was taken aback by the amount of chilli powder, chilli oil, chopped chillies, chilli flakes and peppercorns that might go into pretty well any dish.
Fascinating programme, I hadn't realized just how diverse a country China is.
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I've just been having a little read lying on the bed and nearly dropping off to sleep and it occurred to me that I have gone 6 consecutive days without a day time nap!
This hasn't happened for a very long time!
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Reminds me, I once ate in a street cafe somewhere in Sichuan. I'd wandered in a bit late for lunch and there were just a a couple of old men in there. I ordered about the only dish that appeared to be on offer - some kind of potato/meat stew (yes, Chinese cooking is more than stir fries).
They clearly disbelieved that any foreigner would be capable of eating it and I was determined to prove them wrong.
My oh my that thing was spicy. And had Sichuan pepper as well so my lips were a tingling. I remember using up almost all the toilet roll that was on the table to wipe the sweat from my brow. (Mind you it was summer so the temperature was pretty hot as well.)
But I finished it. (Well I left a little for politeness sake. Very rude in China to totally finish your bowl.)
I like to think they were impressed. I was quite possibly the only non-Chinese person ever to have eaten there.
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Yangtze, sometime when you are over here in India you must take a detour to Andhra Pradesh and have a standard Andhra meal - we had a night in Guntur once and stayed in a little lodge by the bus stand and ate in their eatery and it was - erm - interesting! This is the chilli growing capital of India and POW!
Himself's crushed shallot and chilli condiment would be mild by comparison.
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
... How long did the Dean's smile linger after he had left the building?
Probably until he had to attend the clergy conference that was being held at the Church Centre out in the country today ...
I don't think the menu specified if the dish was Szechuan (I'd probably have been more wary if it had), and there was no "chilli-pepper" warning. As I said, it's a funny, scruffy wee place that looks more take-away than eaterie, but when we were there yesterday the other diners were talking animatedly in Chinese, which is always a good sign. I don't think it'll put us off ever going there again; we just won't have those things again.
Mind you, we were both suffering from slight colds, and it didn't half clear out the tubes ...
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Nephew Person came to see me last night - he is in a bit of a dilemma as he is in a job he hates that pays not much but sort of enough for the moment but it involves lousy hours and a lousy boss and has no real prospects for advancement but he has been offered a trainee-ship with a firm of accountants which has better hours but worse money initially though that would improve - and also would fit him for other work later so better prospects.
He has to make his mind up by this morning and call the guy back to accept or decline.
In my usual non-directive way I didn't give him any advice on the direction he should take [though I was itching to!] but suggested he make a Cost-Benefit Analysis chart and think it through more logically.
Being young ain't easy, is it?
In other news we did a costing of this wedding over breakfast - crazy and frightening but I have decided not to take it seriously and that somehow we will manage.
Now I am going to have a read and, just possibly, a nap.
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I used to do cost/benefit analyses, but I called it Pros and Cons.
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Not Szechuan but a Chinese meal LRP &I had today included fried chicken with orange sauce. We weren't warned that the ginger was hot. Delicious though. You can have hot and spicy without chillies.
We were in Bradford, home of the British Curry, and eating Chinese. We were looking at the Garden of Light installation in City Park. Worth seeing if you're near Bradford around or after dusk before Sunday night.
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... You can have hot and spicy without chillies ...
Sorry - I meant those little "chilli-pepper" symbols that some eateries (Chinese, Indian and Mexican) put on their menus - one for cowards up to four for Wodders ...
The only time I've been in Bradford was for a curry. We were on the A1 (or is it M1?) and as we passed signs for Bradford I thought "curry" but didn't say anything, and as we got closer D. said, "we'll need to eat and that was a sign for Bradford - what about a curry?"
We ended up in an odd little place with no licence (but the owner sent us to his brother's offy across the road for a bottle of wine) and had a v. good (and not scarily hot) curry. I can't remember what particular dishes they were (probably korma or dansak) but I do remember them being delicious.
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I've had some fab meals in Bradford over the years - little cafes with formica-topped tables and nothing matching but exquisite food for very reasonable prices. I had friends who lived there and knew all the best spots.
Nephew Person got a 24 hour extension on his decision making and now appears set to take the new job with less money but more prospects - he will call this morning to arrange. His current boss is a clear example of the Peter Principle, in way over his head.
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Originally posted by piglet:
I don't think the menu specified if the dish was Szechuan (I'd probably have been more wary if it had), and there was no "chilli-pepper" warning. As I said, it's a funny, scruffy wee place that looks more take-away than eaterie, but when we were there yesterday the other diners were talking animatedly in Chinese, which is always a good sign. I don't think it'll put us off ever going there again; we just won't have those things again.
Mind you, we were both suffering from slight colds, and it didn't half clear out the tubes ...
You might find that the rest of the menu is similar. I'm just wondering if it's one of those places that isn't labelled as a Szechuan Chinese restaurant but in principle pretty much is?
If it has a lot of Chinese customers, as you say that's a good sign that the food's authentic (but also that it's not intended specifically to please Western tastes).
Yes, nothing like chillies to sort out a cold. I discovered this by accident when I unintentionally had a ferocious Malay curry one night during an episode of bronchitis and a streaming cold. The next morning was a revelation. Curries are the way to go when you have a cold.
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Himself does a fearsome condiment with smashed shallots and chilli powder with a little salt and a little coconut oil - that is all there is and it is POWERFUL!!!
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