ORIGINAL: ascottdesign

Found the phone box...What does he look like

LOL - looks like he had a bit of a tantrum Al!

BTW Doc, talking of green veg, Worcester is, for today and tomorrow, the centre of the SPROUT UNIVERSE

Stop monkeying around.

Fancy a sprout?

Here you go




They sell 'em on the stalk like this at the farm shop up the road Alan - absolutely delicious

The wife's been trying to poison me for years. (They are good for you) How can summat that tastes like that be good for ya.......
I'd rather drink a pinta Duckams!!!

I agree they taste awful if they're overcooked.

If they're in season, I have honed my boiling technique to catch them just after the crisp stage - a little mint in the water is nice too.

Out of season, I buy the button sprouts and steam them.









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No wonder you like heavy metal....All the iron

There's something really cool in playing things in one take, as he does....Beats all that editing

Am still enjoying it though as my knowledge develops and a style of being able to hide behind a load of synths.

You're right again Mr Strummer.
Considering lessons to improve my guitar lead.
I've a pal who'a amasing but as he says, some of us are born with it and other can only aspire

You have to practice mate - there is no shortcut to proper technique!

Any road, 'tis bed time down here in the City of the Sprout - I'll catch you soon Alan.

G'night.

Regardless of the season mine taste like boiled socks

Copy that. Socks that have been in the bottom of the gym bag for a week
Vile, nasty little things.

Alan, just keep working those synths. Learn how they breathe. It's all in getting familiar with them.

ORIGINAL: RobertB

Regardless of the season mine taste like boiled socks

Copy that. Socks that have been in the bottom of the gym bag for a week
Vile, nasty little things.

Cook 'em properly

ORIGINAL: FingerBone Bill

I like sprouts ....

From what I understand about standard "English" culinary practice the idea is to boil veggies until they become a grey paste? Maybe that's the problem? They should have a bit of "bite" to 'em.

I also like parsnip ....

Bill, you are correct - but, thankfully, there are some of us enlightened individuals who are hopefully doing our best to dispel this impression.

I continue to boil 'appropriately' (fresh sprouts, runner beans, peas, carrots and new potatoes) but steam 'out of season' frozen and suitable fresh (brocolli and cauliflower) veggies.

And what's better than a perfectly roasted parsnip - perfick!!

As for bass guitars - gas regulo 3 with a shredded plectrum marinade - can't be beat, unlike a raw egg

Yeah, you're right Bill - I still need to do some more steaming

As to the fresh stuff, I guess I'm lucky Bill - living right on the edge of the city I can see the fields my runner beans are grown in from my back-bedroom window and the shop that sells 'em is just a five minute walk away.

Thing is mate, I know I'm fortunate but I realise not everyone is in this position - apart from ending up on my plate the day they're picked, I know a lot of the stuff I can see growing is destined to enter the foodchain in various ways and is probably destined to end up on someone's plate days or even months in the future.

ORIGINAL: FingerBone Bill

Some "expert" over here said we should all stay away from the inner part of the supermarket - the closer you get to the centre of the supermarket the more preservatives etc. there are in the food.

I can understand that Bill.

A good mate of mine who used to work for me ages ago had previously been an assistant manager for a well known UK supermarket chain.

Part of his brief was to allocate aisle space in such a way that essential items and staples were placed as far apart as possible - this configuration was also planned so that luxury impulse-buy items were placed adjacent to these staples and, if possible, the essentials were physically situated in the shop to ensure that customers were forced to use as many aisles as possible to add each to their basket.

I recall his four 'staples' were potatoes, bread, milk and eggs - I guess not a lot has changed!