Weird things I can't find a better place for!

[Lesley Cox]

I was going to put my Neenish Tart recipe here but on reflection, I think I'll start a new thread called "Cooks' Corner."

[Anthony Darby]

We've just had friends round to watch the Andy Murray match and had Delia's 'simple stroganof' as our main course. We started with an aperitif - the 'philosopher's grog', a recipe used by Charles Darwin on the Beagle. The meal started with prosciutto and melon and finished with Perthshire strawberries and cream. Yum yum.

[Paul T]

Who would have thought that my strange lemon would have generated into a cooking topic. 

[Anthony Darby]

I think the poor thing needs lemon aid?

[Paul T]

<groan>

 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

We've just had friends round to watch the Andy Murray match and had Delia's 'simple stroganof' as our main course. We started with an aperitif - the 'philosopher's grog', a recipe used by Charles Darwin on the Beagle. The meal started with prosciutto and melon and finished with Perthshire strawberries and cream. Yum yum.

mmmm I watched the Andy Murray match too, but limited myself to some strawberries and cream...   after all this is Wimbledon isn't it ?? 

[Rogan]

Any guesses? ...and a packet of seed to the first correct answer (just remember I'm in Africa and can't send you anything hardy!)   

[fermi de Sousa]

Any guesses? ...and a packet of seed to the first correct answer (just remember I'm in Africa and can't send you anything hardy!)   

A kamikaze Butterfly???
cheers
fermi

[Paul T]

Fermi,

I was trying to work out whether there was any way it could be a leaf insect?

I'm assuming it is part of a leaf and we're supposed to work out what it is a leaf of?

[Lesley Cox]

It certianly looks like a pair of butterfly wings having an out-of-body experience

[Kees Green]

Looks like a shell from a shellfish to me, partially fossilized

[Lesley Cox]

It DOES look a shell doesn't it? You can see the little bit where it would join to the other half. Maybe a scallop?

[Lesley Cox]

Because this isn't a moan and I certainly wasn't so happy about it, perhaps this is the right place for a small event that happened yesterday.

I dropped a small, full bottle of very hot tabasco sauce and the top broke and spilled a few drops on the kitchen floor. I found half the top but couldn't see the other half before the intrepid Teddy found it and, as he does, had a good chew. He leapt in the air, yelped and rushed around like a dervish but after a few minutes had the gumption to stick most of his face and mouth in the water bowl at the back door, fortunately open. But for a little while there, we had a very hot dog? Though I felt for him, it was really hilariously funny.

[ranunculus]

It looks like a cocoa pod suspended or partially fossilised in the solidified rock ... but, then again, I am under the influence of altitude and an abundance of white wine here in the glorious Dolomites!   

[Brian Ellis]

What more could one wish for Cliff, hope the weather has improved