Loafers Nook 27 - getting closer to thirty - time to crack open the anti-aging device... by seryn

ooooooooooooh dark chocolate toblerone! Sounds divine!

madre is spanish for mother.

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Wednesday, January 3, 2007 11:48 AM

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madre is spanish for mother.

Ah, I thought it might be a mispelling of mother or Padre, very obvious now I know the answer.

I assume Padre is Spanish for father?

But really, we didn't beat the Spanish Armada to go ahead and learn their foriegn speak.

Though having said that I would like to learn German.

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Wednesday, January 3, 2007 12:24 PM

Spain.... *sighs*

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Wednesday, January 3, 2007 2:59 PM

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I know this sounds strange, seryn, but try dipping fritos in applesauce. Surprisingly tasty!

i used to scoop up my mashed potatoes with 'em ;D

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Wednesday, January 3, 2007 6:00 PM

ummmmm.... Mashed taters!

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Wednesday, January 3, 2007 8:29 PM

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Friday, January 5, 2007 6:12 AM

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Originally posted by CallMeSerenity:
I know this sounds strange, seryn, but try dipping fritos in applesauce. Surprisingly tasty!

i used to scoop up my mashed potatoes with 'em ;D

ooh, never tried that! nowadays I mostly find them too salty, but now you guys have me craving them. I think I'll go eat my felafel sandwich now.

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Friday, January 5, 2007 1:26 PM

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We've got loads of interest ethnic foods in the UK but generally we bland them down a lot. I mean we take the most vibrant dish, curry, and specially develop a non-spicy, non-piquant variant called Tikka Massala.

Still, we get some things very right.

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Friday, January 5, 2007 2:40 PM

I liked all the currys I had in England.

The US does that alot. We dumb food down, "americanize" it for the masses.

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Friday, January 5, 2007 2:43 PM

LIGHTMEDARK

mmm...

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Friday, January 5, 2007 4:16 PM

I believe the biggest travesty is Coronation Chicken.

Her Maj needs a curry with a bit more kick to it than that sweet tasting raisin filled Monstrosity.

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Saturday, January 6, 2007 1:24 AM

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Well, the trouble was Constance Spry had to invent a dish that could be made with the meagre allowances available while rationing was still in effect yet still be acceptable to serve all the guests after the Coronation itself.

And Liz, bless her, has really bland tastes.

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Saturday, January 6, 2007 1:57 AM

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Well, the trouble was Constance Spry had to invent a dish that could be made with the meagre allowances available while rationing was still in effect yet still be acceptable to serve all the guests after the Coronation itself.

Well she didn't do a very good job, should have stuck to flower arranging.

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And Liz, bless her, has really bland tastes.

I'll tell her and she'll come back and bite your kneecaps.

She's really short.

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Saturday, January 6, 2007 3:08 AM

I've never had this coronation chicken thingy of which you speak. Ha ha!

(In case you didn't read that right. That "ha! ha!" is read ala Milton on the Simpsons.)

And don't tease about short people! I'm short. Short is useful and compact!

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Saturday, January 6, 2007 3:29 AM

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I've never had this coronation chicken thingy of which you speak.

It's supposed to be eaten cold, so I'll bring some with me to D*C and force you to eat it...

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Ha ha!
(In case you didn't read that right. That "ha! ha!" is read ala Milton on the Simpsons.)

Surely you mean Nelson? Ha-Ho?

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And don't tease about short people! I'm short. Short is useful and compact!

Sure you can reach places others can't, but you aren't short like the queens short. You just can't appreciate how small she is until you meet her in person. Prince Philip's really tall though, it's like little and large.

Thing is you want an imposing monarch, to strike fear into the hearts of your enemies, not one that's cute and reminds you of your gran.

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Saturday, January 6, 2007 4:09 AM

yeah, Nelson. I think. The annoying kid.

I'll pass on the chicken thingy, thank you so much.

I wouldn't worry so much about needing a monarch to strike fear into the hearts of your enemies. No one takes your monarchy serious anymore.

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Saturday, January 6, 2007 4:31 AM

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Originally posted by CallMeSerenity:
I'll pass on the chicken thingy, thank you so much.

How do you know you won't like it till you try it?

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I wouldn't worry so much about needing a monarch to strike fear into the hearts of your enemies. No one takes your monarchy serious anymore.

Is that why all you yanks fly over here to take pictures of Buckingham Palace and attempt to tease the palace guard?

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Saturday, January 6, 2007 9:01 AM

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Originally posted by SimonWho:
We've got loads of interest ethnic foods in the UK but generally we bland them down a lot. I mean we take the most vibrant dish, curry, and specially develop a non-spicy, non-piquant variant called Tikka Massala.

Still, we get some things very right.

hey, i like tikka massala.

wouldn't call it a curry exactly... but it has it's own charms.

I have to say though that i've given up on this tough guy pissing contest that is Indian curry eating ( i've actually had someone tell me in al seriousnes that its not a real curry if it don't burn your brows off- What happened to nice tasting food?).

Ok, so its not a principles objection - spicy food just makes my nose run, and that is in no way attractive.

Coronation chicken is used as a sandwhich filling round here - crazy thing is i always thought it was made with mayonaise.

Ok, the White Noise 2 trailers are getting really frequent! yey - according to my sources its aparently dire, but thats not the point. But they seem to have no faith in Nathans ability to sell a movie - the doctor who brings him back has more exposure in the trailer. But his nostrils get in there, i suppose thats the important bit.

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Monday, January 8, 2007 3:54 AM

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Originally posted by CallMeSerenity:
I'll pass on the chicken thingy, thank you so much.
How do you know you won't like it till you try it?
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I wouldn't worry so much about needing a monarch to strike fear into the hearts of your enemies. No one takes your monarchy serious anymore.
Is that why all you yanks fly over here to take pictures of Buckingham Palace and attempt to tease the palace guard?

Yes, that's why we all tease the palace guards!

And, I'm pretty sure I don't have to eat anything chickeny to know I won't like it. I'm just smart like that.

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Monday, January 8, 2007 3:59 AM

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But his [Nathan's] nostrils get in there, I suppose that's the important bit.

Of course! I bet it's in his contract, "Allotted Nostril Time" or some such.

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Monday, January 8, 2007 6:34 AM

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"Allotted Nostril Time" or some such.

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Monday, January 8, 2007 7:59 AM

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Originally posted by seryn:
Coronation chicken is used as a sandwhich filling round here - crazy thing is i always thought it was made with mayonaise.

It is made with mayonaise.

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Originally posted by CallMeSerenity:
And, I'm pretty sure I don't have to eat anything chickeny to know I won't like it. I'm just smart like that.

Do you not like Chicken? Did I miss something? Was I supposed to know this? Oh yes, you don't eat meat.

Man I'm so stupid.

Coronation Quorn?

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Monday, January 8, 2007 10:16 AM

it is made of mayonaise.... wierd.

anyway, I didn't like it, to many rasins.

grrr, i have the sniffles and the sneezes and a dentists appointment tomorrow. bug ger.

but i was a very good girl today and at least got three online job applications filled out and another 9 printed out to be sent off.

I tell you what - i have to buy another cartridge of printer ink for my brother now and on top of stamps and stationary, its so expensive applying for jobs if i don't get one out of this i'm going to sue, i don't know who, but i'm getting crazy enough to try it.

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Monday, January 8, 2007 5:48 PM

Oh, I hate doing applications. That's a major accomplishment. Hope you get something shiny. I know you've been rather unhappy for awhile with the shop. I stayed at a miserable job for far too long. I'm glad to have escaped it. I've not found true happiness yet, but I'm far less miserable (aside from that period of uber-stress). More happiness on the way I hope.

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Tuesday, January 9, 2007 10:46 AM

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Coronation Quorn?

I would try Coronation Quorn (I actually like Quorn and I'm not big on fake meat stuff.) How do you make it?

I'll try (nearly) anything once.

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Tuesday, January 9, 2007 1:55 PM

This recipe explains it better than me:

Ingredients
For the chicken
2 organic chickens
2 carrots, chopped
2 onions, quartered
roughly chopped leek or celery
1 large bouquet garni
For the sauce
60g/2oz chopped onion
1 tbsp sunflower oil
2 tsp mild or medium curry powder
1 heaped tsp tomato purée
100ml/3½fl oz red wine
60ml/2fl oz water
1 bay leaf
1 slice of lemon
dash of freshly squeezed lemon juice
6 dried apricots
450ml/¾ pint mayonnaise
3 tbsp lightly whipped cream
salt
freshly ground black pepper
pinch of sugar

Method
1. First poach the chicken. Put them whole into two pans and divide the other ingredients between the two. Pour in enough water to just cover the chicken, then bring to the boil. Simmer very gently for around 60 minutes, depending on the size, until cooked right through.
2. Take off the heat and leave to cool in the poaching liquid. When cool reserve the poaching liquid to use as chicken stock in other dishes.
3. To make the coronation sauce, begin by softening the onion in the oil without browning. Add the curry powder, tomato purée, wine, water, bay leaf, lemon slice and juice. Simmer uncovered for 5-10 minutes or until reduced by about half, then strain and leave to cool.
4. Put the apricots in a pan with barely enough water to cover and simmer until very tender. Liquidise, adding a little extra water if needed. Leave to cool.
5. Mix the mayonnaise with the strained curry sauce and the apricot purée and some salt, pepper and sugar (if needed) to taste. Fold in the whipped cream.
6. Strip the meat from the cold, poached chickens and tear into bite-sized pieces. Toss in enough of the flavoured mayonnaise to coat nicely.

Just replace chicken for Quorn I suppose?

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Wednesday, January 10, 2007 3:23 AM

That sounds like a lot of work just to make a fancy chicken salad.

What's garni?

And, where are the raisins?

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Wednesday, January 10, 2007 8:11 AM

Fancy chicken salad! I'll have you know young lady that this is the queens own coronation fancy chicken salad! The like of which a colonial such as yourself could only dream to taste

Besides as far as curries go it's actually really simple.

Garni is either garnish spelt wrong, or a dislexic person who works for the carnival.

Dried apricots/raisins, same thing.

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Wednesday, January 10, 2007 5:50 PM

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or a dislexic person who works for the carnival.

"We didn't lie to you, folks. We told you we had living, breathing, monstrosities. You'll laugh at them, shudder at them, and yet, but for the accident of birth, you might be even as they are. They did not ask to be brought into the world, but into the world they came. Their code is a law unto themselves. Offend one, and you offend them all!"

"And now, folks, if you'll just step this way, you are about to witness the most amazing, the most astounding, living monstrosity of all time."

"We accept her--one of us--gooble, gobble--we accept her--one of us--gooble, gobble..."

"You, dirty, slimy...FREAKS!... FREAKS!... FREAKS!...Get out of here!"

"Get out! You heard her! Get out!"

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Thursday, January 11, 2007 5:50 AM

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Garni is either garnish spelt wrong, or a dislexic person who works for the carnival.

You work for the carnival?!?!?! COOL!!

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Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:10 AM

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You work for the carnival?!?!?! COOL!!

How did you arrive at that conclusion, you're crazy.

I work for the British Military, not the American...

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Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:51 PM

COZEN

*Feels like a duck in a pond*

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Thursday, January 11, 2007 5:34 PM

one of those ducks that gets flipped over for prizes?

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Friday, January 12, 2007 1:24 AM

If there's any spare luck out there.... wish it my way.
*rolls dice*

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Friday, January 12, 2007 5:09 AM

Momma needs a new pair of shoes?

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Friday, January 12, 2007 5:36 AM

No, I got her several pairs of shoes, not that long ago.
I need something, and whatever it is, I should find it.

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Saturday, January 13, 2007 2:23 AM

lucky momma!

ok, wishing you luck.

Cozen, do you have a large number wirtten on your bum? Cause that would solve the question of whether you are the prize winning duck in the pond.

Ah, applications - i've decided the worst part is hand writing the letters to go with the cv's - my hand hurt! I'm not used to writing so much in one go!

blimey, to much typing. ah well.

And yes, it is an awful lot of work - and considering it was created in the aftermath of rationing - an awful lot of ingredients!

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Saturday, January 13, 2007 10:04 AM

Thanks for the luck. It may have paid off. Waiting to see. Whatever happened, it wasn't as horrible as I expected. Time will tell. Sadly, if things go well, it won't even be what I want.

Oh, I think I need some long YIM sessions with people I used to YIM often with.

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Saturday, January 13, 2007 11:23 AM

LIGHTMEDARK

odd, that, as i was planning to get on yim this weekend ;D

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Saturday, January 13, 2007 4:59 PM

Excellent. I'm in now, and off the next two days... I'm thinking.... Sleep, then maybe some sleep. possibly eating something minor, then perhaps some sleep. Brain is fried. Need to decompress.

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Sunday, January 14, 2007 7:04 AM

See I always new there was something off about Cozen, now I have uncovered his devious plan:
http://cwd.ptbcanadian.com/

The systematic destruction and sublimation of all opposing the Canadian reign -- and the polite, yet horrifically brutal, control of our future territories of conquest.

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Sunday, January 14, 2007 8:36 AM

holy crap! And I've got one living here with me. They're Everywhere!
Ahhhhhhhh!

*runs in circles screaming*

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Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:21 AM

This is the one I'm worried about:

Infiltrating the USA and through a cleverly designed plan, destroying it, and using its resources for our own purposes.

I've been infiltrated! eek!!

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Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:29 AM

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I've been infiltrated! eek!!

using its resources for our own purposes. I won't ask.

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Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:45 AM

I feel so used.

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Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:46 AM

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I feel so used.

Lucky you, chance would be a fine thing.

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Sunday, January 14, 2007 11:01 AM

We really need to get you a girlfriend don't we? A big, hairy one called 'Mavis'

You'll soon quit complainin'

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