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Post by yanmacca on Oct 2, 2016 14:44:25 GMT
I had to post the link, 101st; link |
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Post by chardvc on Oct 19, 2016 8:12:32 GMT
Two tea bags in a warmed pot filled with boiling water and left to brew for at least three minuets, put your milk in the cup first then pour, if you fancy a spoon or two of sugar then be my guest, then breakout the MacVities Chocolate Digestives, fantastic! Iced tea doesn't bare thinking about, but funny enough cold coffee poured over ice cream does, strange old world isn't it. Sorry for my interjection. Fully agree about the warm concoction but if you're going to pour coffee over ice cream can I suggest the slight modification of Kahlua (coffee liqueur) on vanilla ice cream. |
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Post by yanmacca on Oct 19, 2016 10:03:39 GMT
I am always open to new ideas Mark, especially concerning food and drink, I have been trying to teach these Americans how to make "Scouse" (or hotpot to the posh) for years.
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Post by quincannon on Oct 19, 2016 12:32:53 GMT
Wish you guys would not mention food, as it will cause the only known epicure in Oxford, Mississippi to regale us with the nutritional benefits of collards and turnip greens, hog jowls, moon pies and RC Cola. Normally I don't mind his dipping into the deep fat, but I am fresh out of Alka Seltzer, and the local emergency room is closed for renovation.
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Post by yanmacca on Oct 19, 2016 12:37:52 GMT
He reminds me of the Beverly Hillbillies with his grits and crawdads.
In fact do they eat any kind of green plant top in the south? as some of them are not edible.
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Post by Beth on Oct 19, 2016 22:26:50 GMT
Wish you guys would not mention food, as it will cause the only known epicure in Oxford, Mississippi to regale us with the nutritional benefits of collards and turnip greens, hog jowls, moon pies and RC Cola. Normally I don't mind his dipping into the deep fat, but I am fresh out of Alka Seltzer, and the local emergency room is closed for renovation. The epicurist from Oxford MS is taking a few days vacation, I believe, so we are safe discussing food. Weird thing is that I just realized that even though I am quickly approaching the big 60, I have never once had an RC cola. |
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Post by yanmacca on Oct 20, 2016 9:30:37 GMT
An RC Cola? do they have vending machines for those in Catholic churches?
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Post by yanmacca on Oct 20, 2016 10:10:30 GMT
The epicurist from Oxford MS is taking a few days vacation, I believe, so we are safe discussing food. I bet he is in a 19th hole some place and excising his right arm lifting cold ones! |
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Post by Beth on Oct 20, 2016 21:22:45 GMT
An RC Cola? do they have vending machines for those in Catholic churches? I'm surprised it's not in the UK since the RC is for Royal Crown. Unfortunately no one in the south has yet to develop a taste for kudzu which is edible (except for the vine). Kudzu would also make a great source for biofuel-a better source that corn If you aren't familiar with kudzu it's known as the vine that ate the south. Images |
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Post by yanmacca on Oct 21, 2016 9:30:32 GMT
I thought it meant "Roman Catholic"
No Kudzu here thank god, but we do have Japanese Knotweed.
Do you have Giant Hogweed in the states?
We do have a few species of creatures that are threatening our own though like the American Crayfish and Grey Squirrel, plus Mink of course.
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Post by Beth on Oct 21, 2016 17:18:27 GMT
Yes on the two weeds though they aren't as widespread as Kudzu.
I'm hurt you guys don't like our gray squirrel-consider him a trade for starlings and house sparrows. (actually the guy who had the brilliant idea to introduce all the birds in Shakespeare was an American). We kind of like the pheasant though. and remained conflicted on English Ivy. Back in the 1800's there were actually societies who made it their work to introduce different species of plants and animals around the world.
I know that the gray squirrel is a lot bigger than your reds but be glad they didn't export the fox squirrel which is even bigger.
Seriously though I do understand how bad introduced species can be, whether they are plants or animals.
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Post by yanmacca on Oct 21, 2016 19:59:40 GMT
Beth I think those greys have virtually wiped out the reds. It was the Victorians who imported all the exotic plants, they did it of course in innocence. We got rid of our wolves and bears many years ago, and we have no poisonous insets, but we do have a snake which has a venom and it is from the adder family and I don't know anyone one who has ever seen one. We do have these little buggers though, good job they are restricted to living in one small place in Kent. link |
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Post by Beth on Oct 21, 2016 21:02:34 GMT
Actually I was just reading that the Red was starting to make a recovery in a number of areas because they were becoming squirrel pox resistant. They are also finding in areas that the red is recovering the grey numbers are declining. Perhaps the two species will be able to find a balance.
I don't know if I told you about my elder daughter's experience with a scorpion. She was in her theater class in an exercise that required everyone to be sitting in a circle on the floor. She said that everyone suddenly got really silent and focused on her then she heard the teacher said "Oh my god!" and ran over to her, stomped, then ground what was under his shoe to a pulp. Turns out that it was a scorpion making it's way across the floor towards her. Everyone else had heard it because it was making a tickity tickity noise on the floor but she was unaware because of her hearing loss. The teacher was more shaken up from the encounter than she was.
Sam also at a group event with a bunch of other kids when we lived in Florida when she saw a Coral snake and instantly remembered the ditty "red touches yellow, kills a fellow" She told everyone to put their feet up in their chairs then left to get an adult. Considering she was 5 at the time, she's pretty cool under pressure.
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Post by chardvc on Oct 22, 2016 7:29:37 GMT
Well now you do Ian! Saw one about 40 years ago on a school trip to Exmoor (sort of thing we did back then). About 4 of us found it and spent ages (as you do as a pre-teen with no knowledge or thought) chasing it through the grass!!
I saw a red squirrel in Exeter in the early 1970s but the only one I've seen since was in Scotland. Mink were regular visitors to our garden - after duck eggs. ____________________________________________________
20 minutes in Yosemite - 4 black bears and about 15 elk.
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Post by yanmacca on Oct 22, 2016 14:27:13 GMT
Well now you do Ian! Saw one about 40 years ago on a school trip to Exmoor (sort of thing we did back then). About 4 of us found it and spent ages (as you do as a pre-teen with no knowledge or thought) chasing it through the grass!!
I saw a red squirrel in Exeter in the early 1970s but the only one I've seen since was in Scotland. Mink were regular visitors to our garden - after duck eggs. ____________________________________________________
20 minutes in Yosemite - 4 black bears and about 15 elk.
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