Time to dig out the lights, until the fog lifts. Made the mistake of assuming Ashley Terrace being clearish meant the lower down bits wouldn't be Dickensian. They were.
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Weather Warning. Soup of the Day: Pea
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Posted 11 years ago #
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Cherry bomb on the daysack and caution to the front, must get the dynamo sorted soon!
Got to say though, quite refreshing compared to muggy :-)Posted 11 years ago # -
Hmm - pretty thick here in south newington.
My lights are always on :)
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Didn't feel lights were required in Edinburgh. Threw my back one on in Livingston, but more as an ****-covering manouver than because I thought it was needed.
Posted 11 years ago # -
Burnt aff already in town.
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It was visibly descending up Chalmers Crescent and Bruntsfield Links when I left, it had largely dispersed 15 minutes later.
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Soaked on commute home from bike station. Biblical, shoes full of water. Said the BAD F word very loudly at Watson’s when driver tried to turn right into my oncoming path,
Using a variant on pea for soup - bag of frozen broad beans, edamame and garden pea, less sweet
Posted 4 years ago # -
Good one Gembo, that must be a prize contender for thread resurrection...
Posted 4 years ago # -
Thanks Snowy, there are multiple threads on how bad the winter is going to be. Bad again this year too. Despite the mildness of some recent winters no one ever predicts mildest winter on record etc
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Hope the Bike Station was worth it.
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I seemed to pick the worst half-hour window for my commute home last night and made the mistake of not putting full waterproof trousers on. I was also in an experimental in-between summer and winter jacket which doesn't have a hood and ended up with a wetter head while cycling than I can remember for a long time. As I approached town I found that the water running into my eyes and mouth was really quite stingy and unpleasant to the taste for good measure - not sure if the rain was particularly acidic or if it was absorbing chemicals from the glue etc. in my helmet?!
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Leachate.
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Should I apply leeches?
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Slugs I think
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A brace of slugs as augmented eyebrows.
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augmented eyebrows
Now I have to post a link to a short film (warning - contains a Rule 2)
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Now I have to post a link to a short film (warning - contains a Rule 2)
Hang on a minute is the quote function working!!
edit: it is! it is!
edit: sorry I've calmed down now.
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Hang on a minute is the quote function working!!
edit: it is! it is!
edit: sorry I've calmed down now.
I HAVE NOT. IT IS EXCITING!
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[quote]Hang on a minute is the quote function working!!
I HAVE NOT. IT IS EXCITING![/quote]
edit: it is! it is!edit: sorry I've calmed down now.
Although it appears we can't nest quotes.
Posted 4 years ago # -
Just resurrecting an old weather and soup thread to say
Drip drip drop little April Showers
Beating a tune as you all fall aroundPosted 4 years ago # -
I have made Thai butternut and nettle and wild garlic recently. I recounted this on the Twitter.
I have shopped for red borscht although bill may have something to say on that front. 'This is beetroot soup IWARTS, not borscht.' etc.
Posted 4 years ago # -
The nettle and wild garlic soup looked AMAZING.
Posted 4 years ago # -
@fimm
Thanks! It was a good, good soup. Tasted good, looked good and was, I suspect, bursting with minerals and goodies.
The tricks are; Young nettle tops, no stalks (stringy) and a pinch of mace or nutmeg in the onions when you fry them.
Posted 4 years ago # -
@fimm
Thanks! It was a good, good soup. Tasted good, looked good and was, I suspect, bursting with minerals and goodies.
The tricks are; Young nettle tops, no stalks (stringy) and a pinch of mace or nutmeg in the onions when you fry them.
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I have shopped for red borscht although bill may have something to say on that front. 'This is beetroot soup IWARTS, not borscht.' etc.
@IWARTS Spring is the time to eat young beetroot soup not borscht/barszcz, which is old beetroot soup. Everyone knows that, IWARTS. Sample recipe
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@bill I like that egg in soup. On borscht I am gonna ask again, is there not a rancid onion topping in real borscht?
Also what is the name of the drink made out of old bread that is dying out due to Fanta and Coca Cola (Kvass)
I also made the best ever potato and leek soup I have ever made last week. Not sure what I did to achieve Optimus Prime on that one. Maybe just very good taters (I usually use old spuds) and very nice leek. Only used salt and pepper as seasoning as was saving the stock cube for the Rissotto with aubergine and butternut squash that came later.
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@gembo
a rancid onion topping in real borscht?
Never heard of that. Maybe in borscht, never in barszcz.
Also what is the name of the drink made out of old bread that is dying out due to Fanta and Coca Cola (Kvass)
Correct, kvas (which means sour/acid). You need a piece of old rye bread to make it and warm weather (I think). We don't make it in Poland. A Russian lady with whom I stayed in Tuva gave me her recipe and I have it written down. She also made me borscht. It was delicious.
You can also get in Eastern European shops over here but I am not a big fan(ta).
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Ok not rancid but fermented in brine - Cukes?
Cucumber/courgette? Ogorki Kiszone?
Maybe also red onions
Any where close?
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@gembo The internet says that there is one region in Poland where they use the brine from pickled cukes (pickled in brine, not vinegar) to make barszcz.
Polish barszcz tends to be strained and without chunky bits. In Ukraine borscht will have lots of chunky bits (including beets, cabbage, carrots etc) and topped with sour cream. Both very nice.
Posted 4 years ago # -
Is 'barszcz' pronounced anything like 'borscht'?
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