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Originally posted by Sandemaniac:
Get some crumpet rings and make your own crumpets. It's a bit of a faff - especially first thing in the morning - but they are just amazing. It's the combination of warmth and moistness that's so different (yes, I am still talking about the same sort of crumpet).
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Crumpet rings and a cast iron griddle are on my Christmas wish list already ![[Smile]](smile.gif) I figured the flat pan would be good for bread in the oven too.
A full day of marking here, I should have finished last week but I had flu so I'll be marking til midnight today. Then a rather busy week writing an essay for my masters course and preparing stuff for own students.
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I didn't realise South Bank registered as one of the bigger Christmas markets.
That and the Hyde Park Winter Wonderland.
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Kingston's Christmas market is up and running. I walked passed it the other day, but haven't visited yet.
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Well, the mercury having hit 16°C yesterday (honest!), it has now taken something of a plummet and there's sn*w (admittedly just a squit) on the ground.
Could be worse I suppose: in Buffalo (just over the American border) they've had six feet of the stuff. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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Hope you don't get the Buffalo snow, piglet! What I've seen of it looks horrendous. Even in the 1947 winter here I don't think we got that much!
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It does look bad there, let's hope it misses you.
Dough in the breadmaker, I've added some green tapenade to make it olivey. Not sure what to do for lunch though, my youngest is home with a sore throat which I think he has passed on to me. He's been amusing himself on the computer while I've been making glass Christmas trees. But now I need to settle back down into writing an essay. Ho hum.
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We've been to see a myriad of heffalumps today, they are amazing creatures. We then went to a rather posh hotel and had a rather wonderful but, in Indian terms, extravagant sort of lunch - channeling Piglet!
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The snow in Buffalo is lake-effect snow. Apparently water is picked up from the lake and converted into snow.
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Still snow, though? Looks horribly deep too.
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
... extravagant sort of lunch - channeling Piglet!
Now I wonder why the words "extravagant lunch" and "Piglet" are connected in your mind? ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
I don't think we're in danger of lake-effect sn*w, Nicodemia - the Great Lakes are nearly half a continent away.
Although St. John's is reckoned to be one of the snowiest cities in Canada, from my experience we usually get the worst of it after Christmas*, and once it falls, it tends to stay. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
* Now that I've said that, we'll probably get three feet of it on Advent Sunday ...
PS Wodders - send pictures of heffalumps.
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
We've been to see a myriad of heffalumps today, they are amazing creatures. We then went to a rather posh hotel and had a rather wonderful but, in Indian terms, extravagant sort of lunch - channeling Piglet!
I read that first as they, rather than we, and had visions of a heffalump buffet!
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I found an interesting site where you can get the distance between practically anywhere. Although I knew Buffalo was a good way from Newfoundland, I was surprised to find that it is actually slightly closer to the Bahamas.
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There is a great site, which I used to have bookmarked but have now lost, that gives distances from any airport in the world to any other airport - it turned out to be a great time waster, but fun for a geek like me.
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Piglet, the heffalumps were all chained up, which saddened ex-colleague guest, but which I felt okay about as rampaging heffalumps are not my idea of fun on a Thursday morning, or any morning - one was wandering about [under supervision] moving large amounts of fodder from place to place to benefit others in the group. Those in musht are best chained up as they can become rather unpredictable at this time, he says euphemistically.
Will try to post photos soon but we go away tonight and, with the best will in the world, I can't see it happening before then.
Ex-colleague and her hubby have bought an elephant dung notebook, which they are using as a holiday diary. Elephants have very inefficient digestive systems and the dung still contains enough fibre stuff to make paper! The paper doesn't smell at all, unlike the sanctuary place where the elephants are kept which has a rather distinct aroma.
Last night we went to a neighbour as they were having a going away ceremony for a group going on a pilgrimage to Sabarimala, the largest pilgrimage thingy in the world - it was fun. We didn't stay from the feast as were [and still are] full from the rather wonderful lunch we had had.
Quiet day today with a little gentle packing then the taxi comes about 19.30 to take us to the train and then off on a little tour for a week - by the time we come back it will be almost time for guests to go back! Three weeks isn't very long, is it?
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When I visted India and Nepal many moons ago I rode on elephants on 2 occasions; in Jaipur where we each had our own elephant to ride into the city (very touristy!) and in the Nepalese national park where 4 of us sat on a platform on the elephant, one on each corner, and went into the jungle (we saw hippo and rhino that day ) the elephants in the jungle were far better looked after than in the city, their diet was better due to their location and they were well looked after by their keepers, even bathed daily. I went for a river bathe with an elephant, climbing his trunk to get on him and getting sprayed with water. They were beautiful creatures.
At home today with a coughing boy and I'm still writing my essay on changes in educational theory. Oh well...
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Originally posted by moonlitdoor:
... I was surprised to find that [Newfoundland] is actually slightly closer to the Bahamas.
It amuses us that we don't have to go as far to visit our family in the UK as the Dean does to visit his son's family in Vancouver.
Canada's really quite large ...
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Originally posted by la vie en rouge:
I found chocolate caramel digestive biscuits in the supermarket!! ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
My life is complete! ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
Could make for interesting wedding favours
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Wodders can get elephant dung paper, we in South Wales can get sheep poo paper. An enterprising company makes items from paper made of sheep poo. Like elephants, sheep do not digest all the fibre they eat, and excrete quite a lot of it, apparently.
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It's very difficult reading through posts that alternate in subject-matter between caramel chocolate digestives and paper made of animal-poo.
I don't know whether to say "nom nom nom" or "ugh!'
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Originally posted by Piglet:
It's very difficult reading through posts that alternate in subject-matter between caramel chocolate digestives and paper made of animal-poo.
I don't know whether to say "nom nom nom" or "ugh!'
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I've had a lovely day at a regional staff development day. I chatted to interesting people (at the OU you don't see your colleagues very often), went to useful seminars and ate good food. And had a day off from the children
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Today I tried a persimmon for the first time. They're lovely! For some reason I'd expected the inside to be full of pips or seeds - more like a passion fruit or pomegranate - but it wasn't. I'll be buying more.
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I tried out a new pasta recipe for lunch today and although D's initial reaction was "it looks disgusting"* it actually tasted rather good. He had a point - it wasn't the most appetising-looking thing I've ever produced, but I don't know that it was quite that bad.
* which didn't result in him wearing it rather than eating it ... ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
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Originally posted by Piglet:
I tried out a new pasta recipe for lunch today and although D's initial reaction was "it looks disgusting"* it actually tasted rather good. He had a point - it wasn't the most appetising-looking thing I've ever produced, but I don't know that it was quite that bad.
* which didn't result in him wearing it rather than eating it ...
Once you get away from pasta sauces dominated by tomatoes, which one needs to now and again, they have this unfortunate tendency to look like snot. I'm sorry, but they do. Even carbonara looks like snot with bits in, though it is wonderful stuff. Anything with green pesto is, well, green and that is disconcerting too.
At least they don't mess up your clothes as badly as ragu sauce, which homes in on your smartest, most difficult to clean items, like some sniper bullet.
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Very true - as I've said before, tomatoes + white shirt = sudden laundry.
It's a pity it didn't look more appealing, as it would have been useful for church pot-lucks. There are several people at the Cathedral who have Food Issues™ with one thing or another*, and this concoction didn't contain any of them.
* variously tomatoes, prawns, mint, onions, garlic (although that one's an affectation - if you don't tell them it's got garlic in it they won't know).
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Originally posted by Piglet:
Very true - as I've said before, tomatoes + white shirt = sudden laundry.
It's a pity it didn't look more appealing, as it would have been useful for church pot-lucks. There are several people at the Cathedral who have Food Issues™ with one thing or another*, and this concoction didn't contain any of them.
* variously tomatoes, prawns, mint, onions, garlic (although that one's an affectation - if you don't tell them it's got garlic in it they won't know).
Oh indeed - Mr. S made me risotto carbonara, which was delicious, but the photo I took of it for #100happydays on FB made it look like a pile of polar bear poo.
You can't convince me garlic intolerance is an affectation, Piglet - The Dowager may eat it unknowingly, but everyone will suffer for it next day, not just her! ![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif)
Mrs. S, who has lost count of the number of times her mother has proclaimed her dislike of garlic... ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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I think recipes like this are why so many authors say "sprinkle madly with chopped coriander/mint/parsley" - it disguises the 'ugh' factor!
Actually, I thought it looked rather nice - but oh! why do so many recipes have cream in them? I can't eat cream (lactose intolerance) and anyway it adds too much fat and calories. The last Foodie mag I read had cream in nearly all recipes, sweet and savoury. Makes me cross ![[Mad]](angryfire.gif)
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You can introduce 'creaminess' into a dish by liquidising some or all of the sauce. Or by thickening a thin sauce with beurre manie. Or substituting coconut milk (doesn't have to be a whole tin).
Cream's normally there to enhance the texture, rather than for flavour.
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Soya cream does a reasonable job of adding a creamy texture and doesn't taste that bad when mixed into something flavoured. Not sure I'd want to pour it over food as a cream substitute. But the pre-made soya custard is edible, if sweet.
(Beurre manie made with cow's milk is off the list here, too - although the offspring has been experimenting with goat's cheese and butter. She spent a few days in Greece over the summer on her travels around Europe and came back saying that she had no problem with yoghurt any more, only to rapidly realise she had no problem with proper Greek yoghurt made with goat's or sheep's milk.)
I made a gluten free, dairy free, all other allergen free trifle one year, which was just about possible.
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The softer goats' cheeses are creamy anyway. I'd probably omit the cup of whipped cream as it would make the dish too bland, and just focus on the cheese.
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A slightly thicker cream substitute I am prepared to pour over things:
- Soya cream
- Ground Almonds
- a drop or so of vanilla essence
If I recall correctly I ground the almonds slightly finer in a clean coffee grinder. Then it was simply a matter of putting all the ingredients in a bottle with a cap and shaking vigourously.
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Lord P's girlfriend is lactose intolerant, but can get away with sheep's or goat's milk cheese. Our local Morrison's used to stock Manchego, but stopped selling it 'cos there was no demand On the other hand, I made a satisfactory Pork Somerset and a satisfatory quiche using lactose free cream.
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Lactose free cream is OK, but its only the equivalent of single cream. Ok for sauces etc. but not if dessert recipe calls for double cream.
But then I ought to be giving up dessert, puddings and everything like that!
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I'd never heard of lactose intolerance until I moved over here 15 years ago. Of course peoples' stomachs are going to react badly to lactose when everything is lactose free, their stomachs aren't able to get used to it and the one time they have it then tummy gets a bit dicky.
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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
(Beurre manie made with cow's milk is off the list here, too - although the offspring has been experimenting with goat's cheese and butter. She spent a few days in Greece over the summer on her travels around Europe and came back saying that she had no problem with yoghurt any more, only to rapidly realise she had no problem with proper Greek yoghurt made with goat's or sheep's milk.)
This reminded me so much of the Sainsbury's Basics 'salad cheese' (feta by any other name) which proudly announces that it is 'made from cows' I sincerely hope not!
However I have been amazed at the number of people who see *nothing* wrong with that statement ![[brick wall]](graemlins/brick_wall.gif)
Mrs. S - is it just me? (well, yes, obviously it is)
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Originally posted by Ad Orientem:
I'd never heard of lactose intolerance until I moved over here 15 years ago. Of course peoples' stomachs are going to react badly to lactose when everything is lactose free, their stomachs aren't able to get used to it and the one time they have it then tummy gets a bit dicky.
Right tell that to me as six month old baby screaming my head off! That was when I was diagnosed and the "solution" was to water down my milk. I just wish the doctor had told my parents what he suspected.
Lactose intolerance is actually a concentration thing. If you can get the lactose concentration down low enough then it is no longer a problem. However "low" is not the same for everybody.
Cheese is unlikely to have enough lactose to someone who is intolerant off but cheese dishes normally contain other sources of lactose. The fermentation process in making cheese gets rid of most of the lactose. Cheese slices for instance often include whey powder. Hence why people with lactose intolerance avoid cheese dishes.
I can also give you a list of ingredients which if they appear in a dish I suspect it may have no milk in it. Its a quick way of knowing where to give your attention in a restaurant. Some of these are obvious; some are not.
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Regarding lactose intolerance: I have been so since I was a baby (mumble mumble mumble decades ago)
There was one occasion when I literally burst into tears when I was 53 years old. I was undergoing treatment for cancer at one hospital, but I took a turn for the worse and I was ambulanced to a nearer hospital from the hospice.
The medical staff woke me at three o'clock in the morning to do the things hospitals do - including checking for food allergies. I made it through breakfast, but when lunch came they whisked the cover off a nice creamy macaroni cheese dish. The nursing staff were quite offended at my reaction. I got a dried out sandwich instead. Supper was a little better, but no milk for my tea, no spread for my bread. Two days after this staff dieticians came by, but it was already too late. I discharged myself the next day. Lactose intolerance in institutions is nothing to laugh at.
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Originally posted by Ad Orientem:
I'd never heard of lactose intolerance until I moved over here 15 years ago. Of course peoples' stomachs are going to react badly to lactose when everything is lactose free, their stomachs aren't able to get used to it and the one time they have it then tummy gets a bit dicky.
It doesn't work that way. Lactose intolerance is genetic, and it's the default setting for the human race after childhood--those of us who can tolerate it as adults are in the minority, having a useful mutation (tends to go with European ancestry). Trying to get used to it will do no good. You might as well try to get used to eating uncooked grass. If the physical ability isn't there, no amount of trying is going to help.
There are degrees of lactose intolerance, though, and some people have just enough tolerance to get away with certain things (yoghurt, cheese) but not others (straight milk). There are also things you can do to make milk products less lactose-y, like adding stuff (chocolate helps a wee bit) or processing the milk (yoghurt and cheese are more bearable than ice cream, which is more bearable than straight milk).
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It is possible to be allergic to milk; there are two ways that someone will be unable to eat dairy products: lactose intolerance and casein allergy. The casein allergy can be skin tested. My daughter is casein allergic - has been since a toddler when she was tested for it. When she is really struggling she can skin test for milk products in food, by putting the food on her wrist and watching the rash develop. Goat's milk can avoid the casein allergy for some people, but doesn't always work for the lactose intolerance.
Uncle Pete - at least you weren't gluten allergic too! Then you'd have had nothing to eat.
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Today's entertainment (other than a pile of work) was a dramatised reading of the Simon Armitage translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in the Globe's Jacobean theatre, Simon Armitage as narrator. I'm now struggling to psych myself back to the heap of work.
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Uncle Pete - at least you weren't gluten allergic too! Then you'd have had nothing to eat.
I have a friend who has had stomach issues for most of her life and is on a gluten- and dairy-free diet. Her stomach is much better but it's very restrictive and eating out can be quite a problem.
I've had a very successful couple of days this week with Nenlet1 and Mr Nen doing the Christmas shopping. I've even done some wrapping today. I've never been this forward with it all before but really want to make Advent a time of reflection this year.
Nen - feeling moderately festive.
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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
Uncle Pete - at least you weren't gluten allergic too! Then you'd have had nothing to eat.
I have a friend who has had stomach issues for most of her life and is on a gluten- and dairy-free diet. Her stomach is much better but it's very restrictive and eating out can be quite a problem.
I can relate very well. Makes church functions remarkably slimming occasions.
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Having been deserted for the weekend by Sandemaniac, I've actually managed to get a few things done! (OK, this includes re-reading a couple of books ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif) ) The kitchen is tidy, the laundry monster is under control, and I even ventured out into the mire to pick veg for the week from the allotment.
And Sandemaniac is stranded in Essex for another night due to several flooded roads between parental village and the roads that connect it to the A-road/M-way system.
Time to either find another book or get on with knitting my sister-in-law's present. I already finished the first half of her daughter's present today, and remembered to order the knitting needles I'd forgotten to get for the other half, so about time I got on with hers!
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Knotweed - ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
I'm just back from a choir jaunt - we were singing Choral Evensong at Arnold's Cove church (about 2 hours away on the Trans-Canada Highway), where the locum priest is a recently-ordained member of the Cathedral congregation. It was a good day for it - only minimal squits of snow (and none of it on the road) and a lovely sunset to look at as we were going along.
They fed us rightly beforehand: cold turkey and ham with salads, some of which were a rather alarming colour. Standard "round-the-bay" fare, but nicely done.
It was a very forgiving church to sing in: the acoustics seemed to suit us, adding to the enjoyment.
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I wish I could knit, I started teaching myself a few months ago but was too busy to persevere. Though I probably have too many other craft hobbies to have time to do it justice anyway.
My son has passed on his sore throat to me but unfortunately I can't dwell on it as I have an urgent piece of work to send to my students and an essay to write for my own studies. Roll on Wednesday when I might be able to take a break.
Will probably go to my yoga class this morning as it will lift my mood.
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If anyone is interested I have read that the last ever episode of Cabin Pressure is to be broadcast as a two-parter on December 23rd and December 24th!
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Gypsy got her Bronze obedience award today - clever girl, the youngest in the class!
(She's six months old)
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Having got home, and thence to work, this is the sort of stuff I was facing - in fact, if I'd taken the route I originally intended, I'd have had to face this particular obstacle - as it was, I didn't get even that far!
Now what the flip do I do with a fridge full of swedes?
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Originally posted by Sandemaniac:
... Now what the flip do I do with a fridge full of swedes?
Clapshot. The haggis season starts on Sunday, and you can't have one without the other.
PS IMHO the chives are an unnecessary affectation.
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