The Culture Cup round 6

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Galted wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

Galted wrote:Decided to treat myself to a 3-piece variety meal but the Wrap-It-Up is between work & the KFC so you can probably imagine what happened.

Your Hi-Techs started to squeek?

Probably but I was too hungry to notice.  Almost broke into a run as I approached the Wrap-It-Up.

Have you ever been to Tamada by the way?  Georgian restaurant off Abbey Road.  Went there for my birthday and found no reason to complain.

I'm not really a London person. Occasionally Putney or Clapham to see mates or Lords for the cricket.

If Georgian food is anything like Estonian fayre I may give it a miss.

superflyweight wrote:No - I've given up drinking for the rest of the month.  

What is wrong with people? It has turned Galted to watching Watership Down FFS.

Watership Down is brilliant.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Watership Down is brilliant.  

Yes but it isn't Galted.

Lonely single chap watches cartoons all evening. Sounds about right.

I bet he is smeared in peanut butter, only wearing a pair of thermal socks and a deerstalker.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

JuliusHMarx wrote:It takes me all week to think of a half-decent one

I can't wait to read it.

I'd best use short words then.

Probably safer.

At your age, you might forget what word you started typing if it is too long.

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Watership Down is brilliant.  

Yes but it isn't Galted.

Thanks for the disassociation, it gives me hope in a select few people.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Lonely single chap watches cartoons all evening.  Sounds about right.

I bet he is smeared in peanut butter, only wearing a pair of thermal socks and a deerstalker.  

Idiot.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Probably safer.  

At your age, you might forget what word you started typing if it is too long.

Absolu

Galted wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Lonely single chap watches cartoons all evening.  Sounds about right.

I bet he is smeared in peanut butter, only wearing a pair of thermal socks and a deerstalker.  

Idiot.

Is it marmite then?

If I was to smother myself in a spread it would probably be a thick cut orange marmalade.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Lonely single chap watches cartoons all evening.  Sounds about right.

I bet he is smeared in peanut butter, only wearing a pair of thermal socks and a deerstalker.  

Idiot.

Is it marmite then?

It is peanut butter but whoever heard of wearing thermal socks with a deerstalker? I wear a leotard with my deerstalker.

Do northerners still eat those sandwich spreads? Can't remember the name but there was beef, chicken and a particularly galling fish one.

I don't Sean, do still have a soft spot for a crisps sandwich though. Not sure that is a northern thing though, think it is just a refusal to grow up thing.

Crisp sarnies are truly awesome. Don't think it is a northern thing though.

Corned beef is my favourite sandwich filler.

Rowley wrote:I don't Sean, do still have a soft spot for a crisps sandwich though. Not sure that is a northern thing though, think it is just a refusal to grow up thing.

I had a tin of Ravioli and a crisp sandwich for my dinner on Monday night. Mrs Superfly was out so I made hay while the sun was shining.

Rowley wrote:I don't Sean, do still have a soft spot for a crisps sandwich though. Not sure that is a northern thing though, think it is just a refusal to grow up thing.

Ready salted and salad cream?

I used to squash up doritos between two slices of bread with tomato pasta sauce and cheddar or mozzarella and put it under the grill. Was a pretty decent after-pub option if the queue in the kebab shob was too long or violent or I'd lost the ability to speak.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:
Corned beef is my favourite sandwich filler.

Northern / old

Galted wrote:I used to squash up doritos between two slices of bread with tomato pasta sauce and cheddar or mozzarella and put it under the grill.  Was a pretty decent after-pub option if the queue in the kebab shob was too long or violent or I'd lost the ability to speak.

There was a guy on the boxing forum who used to do something extraordinary with a pepperami and monster munch. May have been superfly. I think it would be up your street.

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:
Corned beef is my favourite sandwich filler.

Northern / old

I am 2 years older than you.

Toast Toppers were always strangely nice yet looked horrendous

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:
Corned beef is my favourite sandwich filler.

Northern / old

I am 2 years older than you.

The best sandwich I ever had was in Switzerland. It was in a bread like ciabatta (but not), with a cheese, ham, avocado and gherkin filling. Dijon mustard as well. Bloody marvellous.

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:
Corned beef is my favourite sandwich filler.

Northern / old

I am 2 years older than you.

The best sandwich I ever had was in Switzerland. It was in a bread like ciabatta (but not), with a cheese, ham, avocado and gherkin filling. Dijon mustard as well. Bloody marvellous.

That would have been nicer if you had substituted the ham for corned beef, removed the cheese and avocado and put it in a bap. Perfect then.

Switzerland is my favourite country. Lovely place and lovely people.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:
Corned beef is my favourite sandwich filler.

Northern / old

I am 2 years older than you.

The best sandwich I ever had was in Switzerland. It was in a bread like ciabatta (but not), with a cheese, ham, avocado and gherkin filling. Dijon mustard as well. Bloody marvellous.

That would have been nicer if you had substituted the ham for corned beef, removed the cheese and avocado and put it in a bap.  Perfect then.

Switzerland is my favourite country.  Lovely place and lovely people.

Missus's sister lived and worked in Lausanne so we spent a Christmas/New Year there along with a few shorter trips. Stunningly beautiful place, lovely trains, Freddie Mercury statue...... Couldn't get to grips with the skiing but loved going up the mountains and tucking into the vin chaud.

A Freddie Mercury Statue? Reason enough not to go to the place.

seanmichaels wrote: Stunningly beautiful place, lovely trains, Freddie Mercury statue...... Couldn't get to grips with the skiing but loved going up the mountains and tucking into the vin chaud.

It is beautiful.  People are great as well.  They have the best parts of the French and ze Germans.

Rowley wrote:A Freddie Mercury Statue? Reason enough not to go to the place.

His recording studios were in Montreaux - not sure whether this was when he became ill. He apparently loved the place and the people loved him. Got a photo with me and the statue but this one will have to do:

Spoiler:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote: Stunningly beautiful place, lovely trains, Freddie Mercury statue...... Couldn't get to grips with the skiing but loved going up the mountains and tucking into the vin chaud.

It is beautiful.  People are great as well.  They have the best parts of the French and ze Germans.

And the Itai's. I think it is quite regionalised though in terms of where most French Germans etc live. Went to a German Bier Kellar or something like that. You could (I did) get 2 litre jugs of their (white) lager. Tasted like sheeeet but brilliant for not having to get up and go to the bar every 10 mins.

Anybody google the lion whisperer last night? I expect only Wingrove would garner the same respect from wild Lions and Hyenas.

seanmichaels wrote:Anybody google the lion whisperer last night?

No but I did watch a programme about some dude fishing for an enormous ray that may or may not have dragged some poor newlywed to her death at the bottom of the Amazon.

seanmichaels wrote:

Galted wrote:I used to squash up doritos between two slices of bread with tomato pasta sauce and cheddar or mozzarella and put it under the grill.  Was a pretty decent after-pub option if the queue in the kebab shob was too long or violent or I'd lost the ability to speak.

There was a guy on the boxing forum who used to do something extraordinary with a pepperami and monster munch. May have been superfly. I think it would be up your street.

Not me, seany. Can't remember the name of the guy - he only posted about twice on the old 606 site but those two posts were just about the funniest things I've ever read. Somebody posted links to them on here not that long ago and the one about salt and shake crisps had me laughing at my desk with tears streaming down my face.

fusili, chopped tomatoes blended with philadelphia lightest, oxo chicken stock, chopped up babyleaf spinach, olive oil, grated cheddar. Added a bit of Wrap-It-Up super-fiery sauce.
Cost (appr): £1.46
Calories: 911
Nutrition: 4/5
Taste: 4/5
Overall enjoyment: 4/5

There's an uneaten creme egg in my desk drawer.

You can all thank me later.

Spoiler:

Fair play! That's pretty special Tino.

But what on earth did you type into a search engine to get to that!

rick_dagless wrote:Fair play! That's pretty special Tino.

But what on earth did you type into a search engine to get to that!

A 'mate' sent it. Honestly.

I am still crying at Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's up your a*se we go.. It's too much for me.

I'm sure it's boll0cks, nobody calls their kid "Percy".

Galted wrote:I'm sure it's boll0cks, nobody calls their kid "Percy".

Only people who carry manbags are called percy.

I have a "Mate" like that too... And that's what I am sticking to...

You can't whack a bit of journalistic integrity Tino dear chap... Bit, like the legendary Sunday Sport problems page, allegedly.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:Anybody google the lion whisperer last night?

No but I did watch a programme about some dude fishing for an enormous ray that may or may not have dragged some poor newlywed to her death at the bottom of the Amazon.

Robson's extreme fishing?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2539703/Remote-control-devil-baby-terrifies-New-Yorkers.html

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:Anybody google the lion whisperer last night?

No but I did watch a programme about some dude fishing for an enormous ray that may or may not have dragged some poor newlywed to her death at the bottom of the Amazon.

Robson's extreme fishing?

No, it was called River Monsters. Never heard of the chap before but his rod snapped mid-battle and he had to land this enormous ray by hand. Lovely stuff.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:Anybody google the lion whisperer last night?

No but I did watch a programme about some dude fishing for an enormous ray that may or may not have dragged some poor newlywed to her death at the bottom of the Amazon.

Robson's extreme fishing?

No, it was called River Monsters.  Never heard of the chap before but his rod snapped mid-battle and he had to land this enormous ray by hand.  Lovely stuff.

That's what I meant. Tall 50ish guy with a greying barnet. saw that episode.

After i'd spent time in Aus I became obsessed with Rex Hunt's fishing http://www.rexhunt.com.au/. It used to air between 9-11am on sunday mornings. My ex used to go mental when she came downstairs to find me watching it with a few tinnies on the go. It was all part of recreating the atmosphere but she just didn't understand.

Galted wrote:fusili, chopped tomatoes blended with philadelphia lightest, oxo chicken stock, chopped up babyleaf spinach, olive oil, grated cheddar.  Added a bit of Wrap-It-Up super-fiery sauce.
Cost (appr): £1.46
Calories: 911
Nutrition: 4/5
Taste: 4/5
Overall enjoyment: 4/5

Some good combos there. I had slow roast pork, braised red cabbage, sweet potato mash and Cider jus. Left overs from sunday which were surprisingly nice cold.

seanmichaels wrote:

Galted wrote:fusili, chopped tomatoes blended with philadelphia lightest, oxo chicken stock, chopped up babyleaf spinach, olive oil, grated cheddar.  Added a bit of Wrap-It-Up super-fiery sauce.
Cost (appr): £1.46
Calories: 911
Nutrition: 4/5
Taste: 4/5
Overall enjoyment: 4/5

Some good combos there. I had slow roast pork, braised red cabbage, sweet potato mash and Cider jus. Left overs from sunday which were surprisingly nice cold.

Thanks for noticing, michaels, though there was no need to shame it with your more sophisticated effort.

5 chicken legs, 500g of butter. 40 minutes in the oven

Galted wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

Galted wrote:fusili, chopped tomatoes blended with philadelphia lightest, oxo chicken stock, chopped up babyleaf spinach, olive oil, grated cheddar.  Added a bit of Wrap-It-Up super-fiery sauce.
Cost (appr): £1.46
Calories: 911
Nutrition: 4/5
Taste: 4/5
Overall enjoyment: 4/5

Some good combos there. I had slow roast pork, braised red cabbage, sweet potato mash and Cider jus. Left overs from sunday which were surprisingly nice cold.

Thanks for noticing, michaels, though there was no need to shame it with your more sophisticated effort.

bumped into our 90 year old neighbour who lives alone. she hadn't been well so we invited her for sunday lunch - ended up delivering it to her on a hot plate as she was well wrapped up in front of the tv and settled for day.

ShahenshahG wrote:5 chicken legs, 500g of butter. 40 minutes in the oven

500g? that is 2 packs?

Never mind all that cr@p, someone has an uneaten cream egg in their drawer.

There was a guy on the boxing forum who used to do something extraordinary with a pepperami and monster munch. May have been superfly. I think it would be up your street.

No ashamed to admit that, having read that thread, I decided to give it a go and make the Pepperami/Monster Munch sheesh kebab. Very frustrating that the Monster Munch kept breaking as you slid them along the Pepparami but persist and you'll discover a delicious snack awaits...although the looks of confusion/utter disgust from my wife spoiled my enjoyment somewhat.