Temperatures it's all relative 802
Heat Wave update from The Greatest City In The World (ehe): it was a whopping 105-107 (real feel temp) degrees for the past two days! IOW, most of the heat wave concern has been for...
Temperatures it's all relative 803
Richard Sherratt As if we New Yorkers aren't shvitzing at the pits over here?ehe DOH! In...
Temperatures it's all relative 804
Paul C Coney Island (America's First Amusement Park) fun house mirror, say hello to Paul C! LOL! Once again, praise the Jews, and the jealous Gentiles (aka anti...
How to remove the gristly cores of kidneys
The followoing seems to work reasonably for me. I use a sharp knife rather than scissors. Been reluctant to answer this because it's not easy to describe...
Loch Fyne
Hello, Had my first meal in Loch Fyne (Cambridge) today. Not particularly impressed, specially when you see the price. Was I...
Loch Fyne
congokid Anything called "delight" or "surprise" on a menu is usually best avoided, I feel. Yes, here's a recipe for "seafood delight" 6 C. cooked pasta shells 10 oz. package crab meat...
drought
Yes. ItŒs a funny old season. We are starting to get mushrooms in the fields - unusual in August. Our blackberries...
Vietnamese Iced Coffee Recipe
For those who love to travel to Vietnam in their own kitchen...(saves on waiting at Heatrow...) If you want things fast, make this...
French Fattys 810
I don't know if it's an American influence, or if France is going on a path that's more or less unavoidable for developped, Western countries. Maybe one clue lies...
Was: French Fattys, Now: Carr's of Carlisle
Greetings, All! Was searching for a vehicle to make a food-related request about Carr's crackers-biscuits and found this NG. Thought it might be appropriate, but after perusing, perhaps, perhaps not...
Was: French Fattys, Now: Carr's of Carlisle! 812
I buy the single packs of water biscuits more often, but I agree the buttorted crackers...
Was: French Fattys, Now: Carr's of Carlisle! 813
Thanks very much for the consideration of your response, I appreciate it. Yes, I did know about the Carr's plant flooding, but thought that the...
French Fattys 814
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:21:59 +0100, Owain There is an interesting map which tracks obesity rates (as reported by the CDC) in the...
French Fattys 815
Following up to Nancy Young It seems to me that, as a generalisation, the Americans here tend...
Introduction and a bit of celebration
I cannot think of many events in life that are a better cause for celebration than the beginnings of a long held dream becoming a reality...
Stewing steak. HEeelllllppppp!!!! 817
I put the recipes through Babel Fish to read them.(Shown Below) Does anyone know where to buy the...
Stewing steak. HEeelllllppppp
On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:07:22 +0100, "Mungo"Two Sheds-" Toadfoot" thanks Si, you have a point there - 20 faces contorted with jaw-ache would...
Stewing steak. HEeelllllppppp!!!! 819
Jane Gillett Jane, we don't have skirt steak here, nothing even looks like it. I eat it at Argentinian steak restaurants in NY. I shall...
Stainless steel pans
This is an old, old topic of discussion on sci.chem--why do metals smell, especially when wet and especially when the surface is disturbed. There are a large number of hypotheses--from free metal...
Please participate in a nonprofit academic research
Dear all: We are researchers from Shih Hsin University and we are currently launching the 2006 New Energy and Environmental Media Issues Survey, this is a non-profit academic research. In...
HOWTO: repot or reset jam
Hi All, This will be the third year I've tried to win the baking cup in my first year I entered too few...
Recommendation for a Pasta MakerMachine 823
Umbrian Sorta-kinda-almost. I have it nicely formatted, so it fits on two A4 sheets - I can email...
Recommendation for a Pasta MakerMachine 824
S Viemeister Cheesecake Supreme Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook from the 1960s Crust: 1 cup all-purpose flour 1-2 cup sugar 1...
Salt in butter
McGee says: "Frying with Butter: Butter is sometimes used for frying and sauteing. It has the advantage that its largely saturated fats are resistant to being broken down by heat, and so...
A gentle and throughly offtopic plea from a lurker
Hi Folks You're all a cultured lot who probably run a mile from "Brits Abroad there was a lovely chippy 5 mins from the apartment and the Rose and Crown did...
Steaming But What 827
I bought the cheapest steamer I could find (£18 in Argos) to see if I would use it. It has been a great success, used almost every day. I...
Steaming But What 828
snip How? All you need is a bit of water in the bottom pan, stick it on the stove and there you are. Unless of course, the electric steamer...
Steaming But What 829
Hi, I just bought a Hitachi STM1 steamer from Currys (£39.99). Tried it yesterday and...
Steaming But What 830
Ophelia DAY 2 ===== Seemed to have made the reverse of Sundays mistakes last night. I did have chicked, but it was a...
Damson Gin
Ken Strange; I put damson gin recipe into Google and within the first ten results were: Here's the recipe that I've been using for a number of years. It's much...
A little pesticide does you good but 'organic' farming harms the world
A little pesticide does you good but 'organic' farming harms the world Our health is threatened not...
From a chicken's POV
Thanks Dan:) The Defra site did indeed proved the answer:) Free range In Free-range systems the birds...
Vesta Meals
Yeah, I'm doing okay. Mostly through diet, it has to be said as I was never particularly active. Since...
Pots and pans
Well, in your position I'd decide whether I wanted to have things matching. If you...
Morrison's ridiculous queue lengths more reasons not to shop... 836
Never seen it that bad locally even at peak times, but I wouldn't wait under those circumstances, just leave everything and go unless there was It is the fault of the management and I know...
Morrison's ridiculous queue lengths more reasons not to shop... 837
It never is, is it? As long as he can made a tedious powerpoint presentation and pbutt the buck, it's never...
Morrison's ridiculous queue lengths more reasons not to shop... 838
My partner is a stock control manager at Tesco and you would not believe the hours...
Morrison's ridiculous queue lengths more reasons not to shop... 839
If the manager knows he doesn't have enough of a wage budget to run the store properly, it's hardly his fault, is it? I've been there and...
Morrison's ridiculous queue lengths more reasons not to shop... 840
Jonathan Just don't forget that it's generally not the staff's fault. Decisions-stupid ideas-cutbacks are all pbutted down from bunches of shaved, mad monkeys which...
Help on crumbles
Hankjam This is a British recipe I downloaded. I make an American cobbler filling underneath, and use the British crumble...
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