Moan, Moan, Moan - 2011

[johnw]

I have a sudden urge to go back to Berlin.....

johnw - +15c and rather cool today.

[alpines]

Way to go, John !!!!

Maggi, Vivien.....my comment was somewhat (ox) tongue in cheek
but flat sausages and square eggs....gimme a break !!!
Having said that....there's a chippy in Lexington with the best fish and chips imaginable.

[Anthony Darby]

There's a Scottish bakery nearby that sells Lorne Sausage (got a flier), but then they sell haggis in a tin, so I'm not hopeful.

[jandals]

A wee notice for anybody who corresponds with Ross Graham - Kea seeds in NZ . His hotmail address has been hacked into and the contact list used .
Although he would rather be in an hotel in Madrid he is sitting by the fire in Dunedin , NZ and does not desperately need 2900 EURO to pay his bills .

He has had, however, problems with the hotmail people who think that he is the imposter and that the hacker is the legitmate user . So please disregard any   URGENT message from hotmail . He can be contacted at ross.grahamATgmail.com   ( replace AT with @ )

[Lesley Cox]

Never realized his middle name was Murdoch!

Anthony if you want a really good haggis contact Leckie's Butchery in Dunedin. They do the real thing - and NOT in a tin.

I make a good Aberdeen sausage though how close it is to the original I don't know. It's very tasty though and is cooked rolled in a floured cloth and submerged in boiling water. Jolly good hot with vegs or cold in a sandwich or with salad or any other how.

[Anthony Darby]

Good grief. Boiling sausage! Fry it in dripping or lard!

[maggiepie]

I make a good Aberdeen sausage though how close it is to the original I don't know. It's very tasty though and is cooked rolled in a floured cloth and submerged in boiling water. Jolly good hot with vegs or cold in a sandwich or with salad or any other how.

Lesley, can we have the recipe in Cooks Corner please 

[Lesley Cox]

Good grief. Boiling sausage! Fry it in dripping or lard!

I can certianly fry the sliced sausage Anthony though we usually have it just as is, but the whole sausage is boiled, simmered really, to cook it. It is about 35 cms long and 10-12cms in diameter, not for frying. When it comes out of the cloth it is rolled in soft white breadcrumbs and left to cool.

OK Helen, will do.

[Anthony Darby]

How strange.

[johnw]

Way to go, John !!!!

I thought you might appreciate those Alan.  I did a count and took shots of exactly 107 display cases ( a bit of overlapping but not that much) in the meat department of one Berlin store!

johnw

[art600]

I love birds in the garden, but NOT Magpies.  The number has increased steadily from 2 a week ago, to 6 yesterday.

Last year I do not remember seeing a single Magpie, just the pesky wood pigeons - best cooked 

Can anyone offer an explanation for the explosion in the population of Magpies.

[mark smyth]

simples - chicks fledged a few weeks ago so you have a family party

[art600]

But why this year and not last year???

[mark smyth]

a tree in your area must be big enough for a nest

[David Nicholson]

Many more Maggies here this year than I've ever noticed before, and before the families came along ?