Moan, moan, moan----get it off your chest or have a chat

[Maggi Young]

I had to visit a convent there once and was lost.

Tony, what an interesting life you must lead 

It is far from humid here.... it is flipping perishing... and that's just INSIDE the house.
I just took Lily Dog out, to deliver my day lodger, Figo the Spaniel, home and not only wore padded rain jacket but also  an alpaca scarf!
(alpaca scarf all the way from S. America courtesy of the Doctors Bainbridge,don't you know!! Haven't heard how the alpaca is managing without the scarf  )

[David Nicholson]

Still raining here in Aberdeen so I thought I would grasp the opportunity to test out Lesley's tip for Weetabix , split down the middle, srpread with butter and Marmite ...... dear me, things must be dire...... anyway, this is what it looks like...
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I thinkI may have been a bit heavy-handed with the Marmite... I often am, so I'll remove a  bit of that before tasting....
here goes.........


wellllllll.......it is certainly different.    I'm no sure that I would leap out of my chair some day, thinking that just what I fancied for a snack was marmite on buttered weetabix but, on the other hand... if I were craving a slice of toast with mamite and there was no bread left, then, I might just do it again .

Thanks for the suggestion, Lesley but  I wouldn't count on making too much money from sales of your cookbook on this example though!

Maggi, as Ian has a pint or two of Yorkshire blood how is it that the Young household eats proper Weetabix which, of course is stable enough to be split? In the Nicholson household we use the much cheaper Tesco equivalent of Weetabix which, if anyone attempted to split it, apart from with a laser, finishes up all over the kitchen floor in micro bits.

[Maggi Young]

Well David, I must confess that I generally prefer to avoid "own brand" stuff for some things... cereals being one.... Kelloggs etc are nicer, I think....so please, folks, don't bother telling me they're all made in the same factory... I don't care, it's a question of perception, perhaps!

It does seem, I reckon, that from your assertion re the collapsability of Tesco's wheaten-biscuity-thingies
you too have been passing some time in trying Lesley's suggestion out for yourself, eh? Finished cleaning the floor, yet?

[TC]

The weetabix and marmite topping looks straight from the Vicar of Dibley.  It stands comparison with Letitia's recipes such as  strawberry cheesecake with anchovy topping !

[David Nicholson]

My technique is similar to Maggi's.  I eat them one at a time in a bowl, immediately after pouring the milk on them.  Hate them soggy.....

Not so sure about the word 'scunner' though, my brother (poor thing) lives in Scunthorpe and would not take kindly to it I reckon.  What does it mean in 'Scottish' then?

I went to Scunthorpe once. It was enough!

[Maggi Young]

Heard at the weekend about the joys of cheese and jam sandwiches.......
Have I told you before about my pal Lorna's rhubarb and potato soup?   Yes, seriously, she did make such a dish... it was unspeakably awful and is now, I believe, being put to hideous use in torture chambers of the world's dictators. Luckily, Ian and I and her (then!!) husband, survived. It was a close run thing, I tell you.

[David Nicholson]

Jam sandwiches with a good hunk of Cheddar on the side are one of my favourites. I think it's a Yorkshire thing, as is Christmas cake with cheese. Scrumptious! Well we could never afford the meat you know

[Maggi Young]

I think it's a Yorkshire thing, as is Christmas cake with cheese.

Yes, Ian's grandparents taught me the rich fruit cake and cheese combo.... very tasty, I agree.... but jam is so squishy.....

[Joakim B]

Cheese and ham as well as cheese and jam are great what is the problem?

[Lesley Cox]

"Scunner", to me is an objection, irritation, prejudice or similar, something I don't like or want. My Collins dictionary says scunner n (Scot)- a feeling of absolute loathing or disgust; abhorrance; violent prejudice against; the person or object exciting such a feeling; v.t. to nauseate; to disgust; to sicken; (etc) [O.E. scunian, to loathe.

Yes, that's weetbix with milk all right.

[Lesley Cox]

Actually we have good porridge for breakfast at this time of year, made with rolled oats. Your marmite looks a bit slimier than mine Maggi, more like vegemite. The latter is an Oz thing really, though they're interchangeable.

Here's my version, displayed on my genuine Royal Doulton China with the periwinkle - no, sorry, autumn leaf pattern.

[Maggi Young]

I give up, I'm off for a cheese and jam sandwich

[Paul T]

Well, what an interesting day you lot have had.  The things you learn here on the forums..... the ins and outs of breakfast cereals (and that certain methods of ins will result in outs if they're too soggy!  ), the fact that poor old David doesn't have a handy laser in his kitchen for cutting the weetabix in half down the middle (how unfortunate for you) and, at the risk of setting the poor email programs that get this into apopletics, that Maggi's definiteion of Scunner is approximately the word "Bugger" in many, but not all, senses of the word... and Lesley's isn't!  And the start of a Dr Seuss book is in the making......  Cheese and Jam, Cheese and Ham, I think I'll have Green eggs and Spam?

What more is there to learn on this wonderful topic? 

Oh yeah.... vegemite is supposed to be an Australian thing but I think it is awful!!    It and Marmite are just dreadful.  Reminds me of what I would imagine the bowel scrapings of some small rodent would taste like!!    Nutella isn't too bad though. 

[fermi de Sousa]

Oh yeah.... vegemite is supposed to be an Australian thing but I think it is awful!!    It and Marmite are just dreadful....Nutella isn't too bad though. 

Bad news, Paul,
guess what we'll be serving for breakfast when you visit!
cheers
fermi

[Paul T]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!