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  1. #10181
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    Yes, if it was a complete stranger, but not if it was a friend or someone else I knew well, patently just having a laff... And *knowing* Justers, I *know* that's all it was.

    For me, as long as I know it's a joke and there's no malice in it, then folks can take the piss as much as they like, and I'll do the same in return! You must've seen that, Roy; indeed you and I do it all the time and we haven't fallen out.

    So, for me, we're all big enough and ugly enough to take a bit of ribbing, without getting upset or seeing it as anything other than what it is: A PISS TAKE. What's disappointing in this instance is that I've explained that to Grant, but he still thinks it qualifies as "bad mouthing", so I'm afraid we'll just have to agree to disagree.

    One thing's for sure though, and I say this with the best of intentions, if we're all going to get 'precious' and defensive over comments on our food pics, then it will totally spoil the thread and take all the fun out of it

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    obviously your going to continue with this so my last word is i said i would stop posting here as i 'Don't want bad blood appearing'. i didnt say it had ness appeared.
    as for being precious, thats a joke i take it... well i thought it was originally but it doesnt look that way. I couldnt care less but i agreed with Roy it was becoming masterchef with ratings and the 'you didnt make that from scratch etc' the thread is what did you have for lunch or tea not what did you or your wife make from scratch..

    needless to say im the bad guy in this so, so be it. enjoy your joke
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  3. #10183
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    as for making bread in a bloody dutch oven, how many times do i have to point out i dont have a cooker nor do i want to make bread i cannot eat.
    I think I remember you saying you didn't have a cast iron pot. You don't need one... any pot with a lid will do. Are you saying you actually don't have an oven that you can bake in? If so how did you do the soda bread dutch oven stylee a good while back?

    Also, why would it make bread you can't eat? Just bake less time for a soft crust.

    And let's get real about it, it is impossible to grade or mark a prefabricated meal Grant. What am I supposed to say? You heated it up well A++? Sure you made the bread in the bread maker and some experience helps but that wasn't the focus of the post, the soup was.

    As I said, I still wanna see what you are eating. And so does Marco, Roy, Tony and any other geezer that posts I am sure. The more the merrier.

    I was glad to see some alternate patterns in your coffee BTW. It made a nice change.

    If you're still not happy with that response and think it's tosh, that's all I can do I am afraid and the decision of how to react is yours and purely yours.

    As for the grading, Roy, I tackled that one already.

  4. #10184
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    i dont have an arguement with you tbh, apart from aggreeing that turning the thread into masterchef isnt what the thread was initially intended to be and you didnt do all that by your self.
    my arguement is being repeatedly called precious etc and inferring things i never said or did.
    that from a friend is totally unacceptable .. i treat folk well and expect a similar return(jokes etc aside which are always welcome).
    ive never been touchy, but bad manners annoy me as does putting words into my mouth.

    This all started because i agreed with a post Roy made. Roys post was not attacked(quite rightly) but i was.... sorry but not acceptable.

    so, i accept im getting held responsible and wont be posting on this type of thread again. I cant help that i can only stand for a few minutes at a time.

    as for the oven.. no, i havent had a cooker for years. I have a small hob and a microwave oven. i do have a sort of dutch oven, ot an enamelled cast pan which is fairly large but ive never used it for bread. ive made bread of many kinds for 30 odd years, but i use a brad machine now as it makes nice fresh bread. making it in a dutch oven, after letting a bread machine make the dough is not a lot different really.. having fewwer teeth than i was given by the lord , i eat fairly soft stuff. having to use a circular saw to cut bread is no use to me, although i admit yours and tonys breads look good, i couldnt eat.
    Regards,
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    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


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    My bread comes from the freezer and has Tesco written on the pack.

    I've had a basic bread maker for years but somehow never got around to using it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    obviously your going to continue with this so my last word is i said i would stop posting here as i 'Don't want bad blood appearing'. i didnt say it had ness appeared.
    as for being precious, thats a joke i take it... well i thought it was originally but it doesnt look that way. I couldnt care less but i agreed with Roy it was becoming masterchef with ratings and the 'you didnt make that from scratch etc' the thread is what did you have for lunch or tea not what did you or your wife make from scratch..

    needless to say im the bad guy in this so, so be it. enjoy your joke
    Sorry mate, but you're completely misreading/misinterpreting what I'm saying... Why do you keep mentioning "bad blood"? I don't know about you, but I'm not the slightest bit perturbed - honestly!

    I'm just concerned that I've pissed you off, which wasn't my intention.

    So, to be 100% clear, are you saying that if we're having a disagreement about something, as all friends do from time to time, otherwise they wouldn't be human, that it's automatically going to cause "bad blood" between us - in that we can't simply hold a different opinion on something, but remain calm and able to just accept our differences?

    If so, I must say I'm rather surprised, as I didn't think you were like that...

    And this is not me wanting to continue the argument, but rather wanting to know YOU better, and thus where I stand in future if I've got something to say, which I think needs said, but that you might not be 'over the moon' about. We should all be able to take (constructive) criticism with good grace. This thread isn't simply an exercise in back-slapping!

    So can we clear that up, please, once and for all?

    I don't want to be feeling like I'm treading on eggshells....!

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  7. #10187
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    obviously your going to continue with this so my last word is i said i would stop posting here as i 'Don't want bad blood appearing'. i didnt say it had ness appeared.
    as for being precious, thats a joke i take it... well i thought it was originally but it doesnt look that way. I couldnt care less but i agreed with Roy it was becoming masterchef with ratings and the 'you didnt make that from scratch etc' the thread is what did you have for lunch or tea not what did you or your wife make from scratch..
    I don't disagree with any of that, but threads evolve organically and change accordingly to who's posting and what they choose to say, so you have to accept that, and also respond calmly to any criticism, simply intended as friendly advice. No-one here is being deliberately rude or nasty, so I just don't understand why there would be a danger of creating bad blood?

    Also, no-one's turning this thread into 'Masterchef', certainly not deliberately.

    We all know your situation and respect that, but if what some of us have for our lunch or tea has been made by a proficient cook, which applies to me, as Del comes into that category [as indeed do others here], are we not to show pics of what we've eaten, lest be accused of turning the thread into 'Masterchef', or should we just post a pic of some beans and toast and kid on that's what we had instead?



    Seriously though mate, let's not fall out about this, agree to disagree and just move on, as life's too short!

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  8. #10188
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    The lemon Thyme I planted a few months ago has been doing well and is phenomenal with chicken and fish..



    I really must grow less tomatoes next year, but since I’ve got so many, its time for more sauce..
    4 trays roasted with garlic, olive oil, sugar and salt..



    Then blitzed, herbs added and ready for freezing..



    Bar the sugar/salt, all from the garden and super tasty!

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    Nice one, Jon. Looks great! There's nothing better than cooking stuff with produce from your own garden. We're starting to get some nice things now from ours... And I totally agree with you about lemon thyme, as we also grow it, among many other things, as we always make meals featuring the liberal use of fresh herbs!

    We also love lemony things, and so aside from lemon thyme, we grow lemon mint, lemon basil, lemon verbena, lemon bergamot and lemon grass, lol. We also have orange thyme - have you tried that?

    Anyway, it would good to see a finished dish, using the sauce you've made, just like you posted that superb pic of your Thai soup! So what are you doing with the tomato sauce - making some pasta?

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  10. #10190
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    Quote Originally Posted by InThe Sticks View Post
    The lemon Thyme I planted a few months ago has been doing well and is phenomenal with chicken and fish..



    I really must grow less tomatoes next year, but since I’ve got so many, its time for more sauce..
    4 trays roasted with garlic, olive oil, sugar and salt..



    Then blitzed, herbs added and ready for freezing..



    Bar the sugar/salt, all from the garden and super tasty!
    No grow more and freeze mega tonnes of sauce!

    That stuff freezes so well that when defrosted you wouldn't know.

    Will get you through the winter nicely.

    Good stuff.

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