CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Marty]

4 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All

Greetings, young Albert!  

[Marty]

2 hours ago, Headstall said:

Happy Sunday, all.  

 

And the same right back at you, Gary!  

[Page Scrawler]

37 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

And a nice chianti.

Hey, Cassie. 

 

33 minutes ago, Marty said:

I'm sorry, people...

Hey, Marty. 

[Marty]

16 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

Hey, Marty. 

How's things, Page?

[Page Scrawler]

5 minutes ago, Marty said:

How's things, Page?

Going well, thanks. 

[Valkyrie]

The pumpkin crumb cake turned out amazing   

[Marty]

6 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

The pumpkin crumb cake turned out amazing   

Looks amazing, as well! And tasty.

[dughlas]

2 hours ago, Marty said:

 

I'm sorry, people...

But shepherd's pie without peas just isn't shepherd's pie.

 

That's only because back in the day folks on your side of the water had an abundance of peas ... and I thought it was the lamb that defined it as shepherd's pie.

[Marty]

36 minutes ago, dughlas said:

That's only because back in the day folks on your side of the water had an abundance of peas ... and I thought it was the lamb that defined it as shepherd's pie.

Oh, there has to be lamb! If you use beef, it would be cottage pie. (I think we had this discussion a few month's back.)

For some reason this reminds me of a large notice that was on the wall behind the bar of a pub that I occasionally called into in the Pennines in the north of England back in the 1970's. They also served bar food, and one of their specialities was ploughman's lunch (which was the reason I used call in whenever I was hiking in the area).

The sign had a photo of their famous ploughman's lunch, and in big letters above it was written: "You show me a real ploughman and I'll show you a real ploughman's lunch."

Spoiler

Next time I'm in England, I must call in and see if they still do it.

[Page Scrawler]

2 minutes ago, Marty said:

one of their specialities was ploughman's lunch (which was the reason I used call in whenever I was hiking in the area).

So, it's a cold lunch of meat, cheese, and fruit, with some bread. I like that idea. 

[Marty]

4 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

So, it's a cold lunch of meat, cheese, and fruit, with some bread. I like that idea. 

To be truthful, traditionally it wouldn't have had the fruit, unless it was sliced apple. More likely sliced cucumber, tomatoes, celery sticks, lettuce, and maybe a wedge of pork pie and/or some sausage rolls. And lashings of chutney and/or relish!  

Edited September 27, 2020 by Marty
Tidying up

[Albert1434]

Aloha Marty

[Albert1434]

Were having for diner tonight

Smoked Almond Butter Chicken Breast with Chipotle Cinnamon Butternut Squash

[Albert1434]

Aloha Page

[Page Scrawler]

5 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Smoked Almond Butter Chicken Breast with Chipotle Cinnamon Butternut Squash

We had some leftover pancakes from last night's dinner, so we're having brunch tacos. 

[Page Scrawler]

2 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha Page

Hey, Bertie.     

[Albert1434]

How has work been treating you?

[Page Scrawler]

6 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

How has work been treating you?

Good, so far. Things were really busy on Friday, despite the limited seating. 

[Marty]

On 9/26/2020 at 11:31 AM, Timothy M. said:

I can see we're on @Reader1810 page of this chat 

 

On 9/26/2020 at 11:43 AM, Marty said:

Well spotted, Tim!

I've been thinking about this, and can't help but wonder if we'll ever get to @chris191070 page...

[Albert1434]

5 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

The pumpkin crumb cake turned out amazing   

Dughlas mother can have mine

[dughlas]

29 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Dughlas mother can have mine

That's kind of you. She is fond of pumpkin. And your names are so similiar.

[Aditus]

14 hours ago, Marty said:

But shepherd's pie without peas just isn't shepherd's pie.

Yup. With carrots and corn? And Peas.

[Marty]

2 hours ago, aditus said:

Yup. With carrots and corn? And Peas.

My mam would sometimes add carrots.

But when I was a kid, growing up in the north of England in the fifties and early sixties, the only corn that was readily available was cornflakes for breakfast.

Edited September 28, 2020 by Marty
Tidying up

[clochette]

Morning all, still grey and wet and miserable...

Checking my college emails last night I realized I only have classes every 2 weeks. It would be perfect to get a job. Except no one is hiring. That's my luck of course. So it kind of depressed me thinking that every 2 weeks I'll have nothing to do, I'll just pretty much stay in bed or being a couch potato at the apartment reading - not that it's a bad thing - watching Netflix and crocheting until my arms fall off... while the weather turn to autumn/winter and the days get shorter... 

Edited September 28, 2020 by clochette

[Bucket1]

22 minutes ago, clochette said:

crocheting until my arms fall off...

crafting is good fun