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Wot - have you farted again?
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Originally Posted by Marco
Wot - have you farted again?
Marco.
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Mark Levinson N°390s CD Through:Atlas Elektra XLR's To: Mark Levinson N°383 To: Magneplanar .7's
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Is it just me, or does anyone else find mint sauce revolting?
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Yes, the shop-bought stuff is truly dire. However, home-made, with fresh mint from your garden, soaked in malt vinegar with a touch of sugar added, is a different animal.
Have you tried that, mate? If not, give it a go (if you don't grow herbs, then buy a pack of fresh mint leaves from the supermarket), and if you like the taste of mint at all in the first place, then you'll love it!
Marco.
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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No, mint sauce is OK with me. Not too much though.
My mother just asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I said - Donate to Amnesty International. She keeps saying that I should have something "because I deserve it". I said I have enough, what the hell do I need? A rubber duck or something? Union Jack pants? Amusing wig? Exploding trousers?
Why ask if she are just going to do what she wants anyway? Rest of family just said "Good idea".
My revelation today is that she is just bloody selfish. Things are starting to make sense...
Moan over for today
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My mother made it when I was a kid, to go with roast mutton as lamb was called then. I didn't like mutton anyway and found mint sauce disgusting.Yes, the shop-bought stuff is truly dire. However, home-made, with fresh mint from your garden, soaked in malt vinegar with a touch of sugar added, is a different animal.
Have you tried that, mate? If not, give it a go (if you don't grow herbs, then buy a pack of fresh mint leaves from the supermarket), and if you like the taste of mint at all in the first place, then you'll love it!
Marco.
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Well, that's different then, as you just don't like the taste. Personally, I like a small amount of home-made stuff on lamb, as I think it compliments the flavour of the meat and helps break down the fattiness.
However, sometimes I don't bother, as Del makes really lovely gravy (from the meat juices, wine and stock, etc), which I pour over the lamb, so it doesn't really need anything else. Depends what mood I'm in and also the quality of the lamb, which can vary
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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I tend to dislike strong tasting foods. My taste buds are hyper sensitive to them. It's a well known syndrome (but a normal one).
There was a time when I was younger, when I couldn't eat a sandwich, if it had been made using a knife that had previously cut cucumber or onion. I was that sensitive to it.
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