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I've found somewhere! Somewhere that still sells Vesta meals that is. Popped into an ASDA many miles away from home to get a few things, and there they were. Three varieties in glorious black boxes - Beef Curry, Chow Mein and Paella. I duly bought the Beef Curry variety (my childhood favourite) and stroked the box lovingly all the way home. I bet you're all jealous now, aren't you? Man, I haven't had one of these in oh, twenty-odd years. I hope they're still as good as I remember. I will consume in the next day or so and report back here.  SignatureGW >I've found somewhere! > >Somewhere that still sells Vesta meals that is. Ok, I'm following up to my own post and I apologise for that fact, but I've just gotta ask this question. I'm sure that in the now, dim and distant past, Vesta used to produce more than the three varieties that I've mentioned. Anyone know what Vesta's full range consisted of? For example, didn't they do a chicken curry too? <Gez coveting his box of Vesta Beef Curry> SignatureGW > >I've found somewhere! > > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > For example, didn't they do a chicken curry too? A quick google from various sources comes up with Vesta Chow Mein (Favourite) Vesta Beef Curry Vesta Chicken Supreme (2nd Favourite) Vesta Beef Risotto Vesta Chicken Curry Vesta Paella ISTR they also did a particularly horrible Vesta Spaghetti Bolognese the "sauce" was very red\orange coloured, tasted of chemicals, and wasn't a patch on Heinz tinned Spaghetti Bolognese - "the real thing" I think the "gimmick" with Vesta Spag Bol was the packet of parmesan. mimicking the sachet of soy with Vesta Chow Mein. They were probably responsible for a few other culinary outrages as well. michael adams > <Gez coveting his box of Vesta Beef Curry> >>>I've found somewhere! >>> [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > michael adams Is that a "for" post or an "against" post? :-) Thinking back over the last forty years, I really liked the Paella and Chow Mein (especially the crispy noodles and soy sauce), with the Risotto coming in a definite third. The currys were absolutely awful - full of raisins... :-( We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember JNugent <not.telling@isp.com> saying something like: >The currys were absolutely awful - full of >raisins... :-( Aherm... Those weren't raisins. SignatureDave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a Value of posts may go down as well as up. No celebrity endorsement implied or intended. >> I've found somewhere! >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > <Gez coveting his box of Vesta Beef Curry> Swan Vestas? The main customer of the company that I work for is a Danish wind turbine manufacturer called Vestas. Every time I hear their name I think of boil in the bag curries, chow-mein, etc and this thread is doing nothing to remove the association from my mind! : ) >>I've found somewhere! >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > ><Gez coveting his box of Vesta Beef Curry> The only two of these I've seen recently are the Chow Mein and the Beef Curry. I used to eat these things when I was a student favourites were the Chow Mein , Beef Risotto and the Paella. IIRC in addition to the other varieties some people have mentioned Vesta used to do a Prawn Curry (fairly disgusting with its dehydrated prawns), Chop Suey (no idea what was in that but it was warm and almost edible). > I've found somewhere! > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > I bet you're all jealous now, aren't you? No. Not even remotely. Why? I mean, just WHY...? It's not exactly difficult to make something infinitely better from scratch. >> I've found somewhere! >> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > It's not exactly difficult to make something infinitely better from > scratch. Indeed. Is there an opposite of jealously? Cos that's what I'm feeling. And pity, of course. SignatureCatman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 75 TS 156 TS S2 Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk >> Why? I mean, just WHY...? >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Indeed. Is there an opposite of jealously? Cos that's what I'm > feeling. And pity, of course. I think it was Raven that used to do a 'Regal' range of freeze dried meals for backpackers. Not bad curry if you lobbed a few raisins and a bit of whatever fresh veg you could find in too. Signaturetallbloke >>> Why? I mean, just WHY...? >>> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >for backpackers. Not bad curry if you lobbed a few raisins and a bit of >whatever fresh veg you could find in too. Raisins in curry? FFS! SignatureJAF anarchatntlworldfullstopcom Virtual Peace March? What's that then? http://www.avaaz.org/en/global_peace_march In news:clugr2hnkgd8895sjes2b4fuqrmthhakd5@4ax.com, JAF <anarchSPAMKILLER@ntlworld.com> wibbled >>>> Why? I mean, just WHY...? >>>> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Raisins in curry? FFS! Quite ... SignatureSteve Parry K100RS SE & F650 and a 520i SE Touring for comfort >>I think it was Raven that used to do a 'Regal' range of freeze dried meals >>for backpackers. Not bad curry if you lobbed a few raisins and a bit of >>whatever fresh veg you could find in too. > >Raisins in curry? FFS! I can remember a time when a "curry" was stew with rasins and "curry powder" added. If it was an extra exotic one it might have had a bit of grated coconut in it, too. Signature-Pip > I can remember a time when a "curry" was stew with rasins and "curry > powder" added. > > If it was an extra exotic one it might have had a bit of grated > coconut in it, too. Indeed - your mother & mine must have taken cookery lessons together :) And don't forget the sliced bananas rolled in desiccated coconut as a condiment... SignatureAnne Chambers, South Australia anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com > > I can remember a time when a "curry" was stew with rasins and "curry > > powder" added. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > And don't forget the sliced bananas rolled in desiccated coconut as a > condiment... And little bowls of cornflakes, to sprinkle on top. My Mum was obviously in the same lessons. SignatureBMW K1100LT 750SS Z650 VF500 CB400F CD250 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3 BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells..... >> > I can remember a time when a "curry" was stew with rasins and "curry >> > powder" added. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > My Mum was obviously in the same lessons. Curry powder made egg sarnies rather nice, though. Do you remember when you could only buy olive oil in a chemist? Ali >>> > I can remember a time when a "curry" was stew with rasins and "curry >>> > powder" added. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >Curry powder made egg sarnies rather nice, though. Do you remember when you >could only buy olive oil in a chemist? ...to put in your ears when you had earache. Now people *cook* with it! > >Curry powder made egg sarnies rather nice, though. Do you remember when you > >could only buy olive oil in a chemist? > > ...to put in your ears when you had earache. You too, huh? >Now people *cook* with > it! It'll all end in tears before bedtime, mark my words. SignatureBMW K1100LT 750SS Z650 VF500 CB400F CD250 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3 BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells..... > > >Do you remember when you could only buy olive oil in a chemist? > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > It'll all end in tears before bedtime, mark my words. Shouldn't that be 'in ears', à la Father Ted candles? Greg SignatureHere's a truck stop instead of St Peter's No ficus = no spam >>>>> I can remember a time when a "curry" was stew with rasins and "curry >>>>> powder" added. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > ...to put in your ears when you had earache. Now people *cook* with > it! Well, it tastes better than Otex...... SignatureCatman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 75 TS 156 TS S2 Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk > Well, it tastes better than Otex...... That has to be the nastiest TV commercial, that one. And it's always on at a mealtime. Ali >> Well, it tastes better than Otex...... > >That has to be the nastiest TV commercial, that one. And it's always on >at a mealtime. And it's useless, when I tried it anyway. Mike SignatureMichael Swift We do not regard Englishmen as foreigners. Kirkheaton We look on them only as rather mad Norwegians. Yorkshire Halvard Lange >>> Well, it tastes better than Otex...... >> >> That has to be the nastiest TV commercial, that one. And it's always >> on at a mealtime. > > And it's useless, when I tried it anyway. Pardon? SignatureGordon Davie Edinburgh, Scotland "Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God" >>>> Well, it tastes better than Otex...... >>> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Pardon? Hi Gordon:)))) *waves* >>>> Well, it tastes better than Otex...... >>> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Pardon? Otex ear wax remover. Mike SignatureMichael Swift We do not regard Englishmen as foreigners. Kirkheaton We look on them only as rather mad Norwegians. Yorkshire Halvard Lange >>>>> Well, it tastes better than Otex...... >>>> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Otex ear wax remover. Sorry, still can't hear you. SignatureGordon Davie Edinburgh, Scotland "Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God" >>>>> That has to be the nastiest TV commercial, that one. And it's >>>>> always on at a mealtime. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Sorry, still can't hear you. Lol, go on then, bit slow, I blame the Scotch. Mike SignatureMichael Swift We do not regard Englishmen as foreigners. Kirkheaton We look on them only as rather mad Norwegians. Yorkshire Halvard Lange >>>>>> That has to be the nastiest TV commercial, that one. And it's >>>>>> always on at a mealtime. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Lol, go on then, bit slow, I blame the Scotch. Don't do that, Gordon's a Scot :) SignatureWe're climbing up the sunshine mountains Where the pretty breezes blow We're climbing up the sunshine mountains Faces all a-glow Alison Hopkins spoke: > Do you remember when you > could only buy olive oil in a chemist? In little bottles? - soak cotton wool in it and stuff in ears for earache Never bloody worked! SignatureRob_P UKRM(at)indqualtec.co.uk uppercase(d) BBIWYMC#1 BOG#11? MRO#31 IBCDBBB#1(kotl) FJ1200, CCM130 Atonal apples and amplified heat available now! Rope spam@ukrm.net wrote in <VA.000024d8.043a70db@ukrm.net>: > Alison Hopkins spoke: > > Do you remember when you [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Never bloody worked! It wouldn't. You are supposed to warm it up first so that it's warm enough to melt ear wax but not so hot as to be painful. Signatureeric www.ericjarvis.co.uk "live fast, die only if strictly necessary" Badger Shame spoke: > > Alison Hopkins spoke: > > > Do you remember when you [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > It wouldn't. You are supposed to warm it up first so that it's warm enough > to melt ear wax but not so hot as to be painful. Ah yes, I remember it now - the bottle siting in a bowl of hot water for a while, (which is why it never had a label on it) then the cotton wool - still never bloody worked! SignatureRob_P UKRM(at)indqualtec.co.uk uppercase(d) BBIWYMC#1 BOG#11? MRO#31 IBCDBBB#1(kotl) FJ1200, CCM130 Atonal apples and amplified heat available now! > Badger Shame spoke: >> > Alison Hopkins spoke: [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > - still never bloody worked! The oil is absorbed by the ear wax which is creates a soft gunge, the nurse then gets one of those syringes used to decorate cakes and pumps 3 gallons of water into your lughole at about 200psi, the gooey mess is cleaned out. Job's a goodun - apart from perforated eardrums and permanent tinnitus of course. SignatureAlan ZX9R E2 Green of course Tiger 955i A pleasant shade of green > The oil is absorbed by the ear wax which is creates a soft gunge, the > nurse then gets one of those syringes used to decorate cakes and pumps 3 > gallons of water into your lughole at about 200psi, the gooey mess is > cleaned out. Job's a goodun - apart from perforated eardrums and > permanent tinnitus of course. They've got special machines these days. Presumably they are carefully calibrated to be just not quite powerful enough to burst your eardrum. >> - still never bloody worked! >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >cleaned out. Job's a goodun - apart from perforated eardrums and >permanent tinnitus of course. And the quack saying 'Now that's much better isn't it' in a voice that sounds like Jehovah on a bad day which sort of defeats the object of having the lugs cleaned out in the first place because you're now deaf again from the increased decibels. Mike SignatureMichael Swift We do not regard Englishmen as foreigners. Kirkheaton We look on them only as rather mad Norwegians. Yorkshire Halvard Lange > Alison Hopkins spoke: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Never bloody worked! It was only for softening ear-wax, wasn't it? >> Alison Hopkins spoke: >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > It was only for softening ear-wax, wasn't it? It did soften the wax - eventually - but I think the main aim was to sooth the pain. They used to heat a teaspoon by placing it in boiling water, dry the spoon and put the oil in it to heat up, then pour the oil into the ear. Plug with cotton wool and keep the head held with the effected ear held upwards. Norcot (Retired country chemist) >>> Alison Hopkins spoke: >>> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Norcot (Retired country chemist) oh I remember that. With that association it took me quite a long time to come round to using olive oil for food! It just used to conjour up images of ear wax. Al >>>> Alison Hopkins spoke: >>>> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > up > images of ear wax. Main use for olive oil in our house was to clean off the black sticky mark round the edge when you took off a Band-Aid. SignatureGordon Davie Edinburgh, Scotland "Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God" chateau.murray.takethisout@dsl.pipex.com (The Older Gentleman) wrote in message <1hshx5c.1mwy8jmfs6t00N%chateau.murray.takethisout@dsl.pipex.com>: >> > I can remember a time when a "curry" was stew with rasins and "curry >> > powder" added. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >My Mum was obviously in the same lessons. When my grandmother became too senile to be trusted in the kitchen my grandfather took over the cooking. His culinary crimes included putting cornflakes in jelly. > When my grandmother became too senile to be trusted in the kitchen my > grandfather took over the cooking. > > His culinary crimes included putting cornflakes in jelly. Holy Christ. SignatureBMW K1100LT 750SS Z650 VF500 CB400F CD250 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3 BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells..... chateau.murray.takethisout@dsl.pipex.com (The Older Gentleman) wrote in message <1hsloig.umkmgh1jx2i8aN%chateau.murray.takethisout@dsl.pipex.com>: >> When my grandmother became too senile to be trusted in the kitchen my >> grandfather took over the cooking. >> >> His culinary crimes included putting cornflakes in jelly. > >Holy Christ. Well, exactly. It wouldn't have been so bad if they weren't soggy when you ate them. Cold and soggy fresh from the larder. spoke: > When my grandmother became too senile to be trusted in the kitchen my > grandfather took over the cooking. > > His culinary crimes included putting cornflakes in jelly. FFS! - I hope SWMBO never reads this! SignatureRob_P UKRM(at)indqualtec.co.uk uppercase(d) BBIWYMC#1 BOG#11? MRO#31 IBCDBBB#1(kotl) FJ1200, CCM130 Atonal apples and amplified heat available now! deadmail@burnt.org.uk deadmail@burnt.org.uk wrote in <9himr2pl90jrm27c5r63a6bcgofghj3oug@4ax.com>: > When my grandmother became too senile to be trusted in the kitchen my > grandfather took over the cooking. > > His culinary crimes included putting cornflakes in jelly. I have eaten cornflake curry. On the whole it was marginally preferable to nothing at all. Signatureeric www.ericjarvis.co.uk "live fast, die only if strictly necessary" > I have eaten cornflake curry. On the whole it was marginally preferable to > nothing at all. Roadkill's pretty cheap too. Mary Pegg nospam@widetrouser.freeserve.co.uk wrote in <vqMuh.50481$RL5.22224@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net>: > > I have eaten cornflake curry. On the whole it was marginally preferable to > > nothing at all. > > Roadkill's pretty cheap too. And another thing that's better than Vesta meals is buttered gravel with garlic. Though admittedly it's better if you pick out the bits of gravel and leave them on somebody else's plate, at least there's something left after you pick out the inedible crud though. Signatureeric www.ericjarvis.co.uk "live fast, die only if strictly necessary" > When my grandmother became too senile to be trusted in the kitchen my > grandfather took over the cooking. > > His culinary crimes included putting cornflakes in jelly. My FiL has been in the same situation for a few years now. He's coping pretty well, cooking-wise. Signatureplatypus "Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative." > chateau.murray.takethisout@dsl.pipex.com (The Older Gentleman) wrote in > message [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > His culinary crimes included putting cornflakes in jelly. Before my grandma went senile, she used to put salt on her cornflakes. Not once as a mistake, but regularly. Quite possibly the nastiest thing I have ever tried eating :-) >> His culinary crimes included putting cornflakes in jelly. > >Before my grandma went senile, she used to put salt on her cornflakes. >Not once as a mistake, but regularly. Quite possibly the nastiest thing >I have ever tried eating :-) I remember when I was about 5, 55 years ago, I used to bother a neighbour who's husband was knocking on a bit, at least it seemed to me then, he used to eat/drink bread in milk, I think it's a Yorkshire thing called Possett, I pestered them for some and when they gave in it was truly disgusting, funny how as you get older these early things in your life are remembered. Mike SignatureMichael Swift We do not regard Englishmen as foreigners. Kirkheaton We look on them only as rather mad Norwegians. Yorkshire Halvard Lange > eat/drink bread in milk When we were kids, and poor, we used to have bread and milk for breakfast, instead of cereals. Posset is something else entirely. A kind of curd. SignatureJAF anarchatntlworldfullstopcom I say it was never merry world in England since gentlemen came up. >> eat/drink bread in milk > >When we were kids, and poor, we used to have bread and milk for breakfast, >instead of cereals. Come from a long line of hedgehogs, do you? Signature_______ .'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing) `\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10 `\|/` ` >>> eat/drink bread in milk >> >>When we were kids, and poor, we used to have bread and milk for breakfast, >>instead of cereals. > >Come from a long line of hedgehogs, do you? Yeah, the Tiller Hedgehogs. SignatureJAF anarchatntlworldfullstopcom The fox knows many things, But the hedgehog knows one, big, thing. > >>> eat/drink bread in milk > >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Yeah, the Tiller Hedgehogs. I've got this image of a line of hedgehogs doing a high-kicking routine in tights and spangly costumes. Is this correct? SignatureHalmyre >> >>> eat/drink bread in milk >> >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >I've got this image of a line of hedgehogs doing a high-kicking routine >in tights and spangly costumes. Is this correct? Isn't it a strange phenomenon, that once you explain a joke, it's suddenly not funny any more. SignatureJAF anarchatntlworldfullstopcom I say it was never merry world in England since gentlemen came up. > >> >>> eat/drink bread in milk > >> >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Isn't it a strange phenomenon, that once you explain a joke, it's suddenly > not funny any more. D'oh - line - OK, I get it now. Bloody Scrumpy Jack... SignatureHalmyre >> >> >>> eat/drink bread in milk >> >> >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >D'oh - line - OK, I get it now. Bloody Scrumpy Jack... Well done. Better late than never, eh? For one awful moment I thought I was going to have to <<whoosh>> you. SignatureJAF anarchatntlworldfullstopcom I say it was never merry world in England since gentlemen came up. Halmyre nospam@this.address wrote in <MPG.20286dabd9c9679a9896d2@news.tesco.net>: > > Yeah, the Tiller Hedgehogs. > > I've got this image of a line of hedgehogs doing a high-kicking routine > in tights and spangly costumes. Is this correct? No. It is fundamentally and irrevocably a crime against nature and a danger to the order of the universe. Cease and desist forthwith. Here, have some brain bleach, there's still some left if you shake the bottle a bit. Signatureeric www.ericjarvis.co.uk "live fast, die only if strictly necessary" >>> eat/drink bread in milk >> >> When we were kids, and poor, we used to have bread and milk for >> breakfast, instead of cereals. > > Come from a long line of hedgehogs, do you? <Pedant> You're not supposed to give milk to hedgehogs. They can't digest it properly and it gives them the sh.ts. Cat food is supposedly best, with water to drink. </Pedant> SignatureGordon Davie Edinburgh, Scotland "Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God" >>> When we were kids, and poor, we used to have bread and milk for >>> breakfast, instead of cereals. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] ><Pedant> >You're not supposed to give milk to hedgehogs. They can't digest it properly They say you're not supposed to give it cats either, for the same reason. 'They' are spouting bollocks. >and it gives them the sh.ts. Cat food is supposedly best, with water to >drink. ></Pedant> 'Best' is a bowl full of slugs and worms, I'd have thought. Signature_______ .'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing) `\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10 `\|/` ` Ace goes: >>>> When we were kids, and poor, we used to have bread and milk for >>>> breakfast, instead of cereals. >>> Come from a long line of hedgehogs, do you? >><Pedant> >>You're not supposed to give milk to hedgehogs. They can't digest it properly >They say you're not supposed to give it cats either, for the same >reason. 'They' are spouting bollocks. >>and it gives them the sh.ts. Cat food is supposedly best, with water to >>drink. >></Pedant> >'Best' is a bowl full of slugs and worms, I'd have thought. What would happen if you gave them slugs you'd caught with a beer trap? Would they like that, d'you think? Mrs. Tiggywinkle would never get any pocket hankies washed, of course, lying around all day in a drunken stupor. Watching Trisha, oh yes if you please'm. SignatureAH http://this-thing-of-ours.blogspot.com >>>> When we were kids, and poor, we used to have bread and milk for >>>> breakfast, instead of cereals. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > They say you're not supposed to give it cats either, for the same > reason. 'They' are spouting bollocks. You've never had to clear up the resultant diarrhoea, have you. Adult cats do not have the enzyme required to digest dairy milk. Neither do most adult humans, for that matter. > You've never had to clear up the resultant diarrhoea, have you. Adult > cats do not have the enzyme required to digest dairy milk. Neither do Utter, utter, utter twaddle. I've had cats all my life (a total of 9 of them over the years) and *none* of them have had problems with milk. That includes my current 3 who at 18, 18 and 16 are old enough that any problems would have manifested themselves.. *Some* cats do - just like *some* humans do (most Caucasian types retain the ability to digest milk quite happily due to a mutation - the body usually stops generating the enzyme involved during childhood but in most caucasian groups the mechanism to switch off the enzyme is missing). Phil SignaturePhil Launchbury, IT PHB Triumph Tiger 955i 'I'm training the bats that live in my cube to juggle mushrooms' >> You've never had to clear up the resultant diarrhoea, have you. Adult >> cats do not have the enzyme required to digest dairy milk. I've had to clear up just about any mess a cat can make,but not from drinking milk. >Utter, utter, utter twaddle. Quite. >I've had cats all my life (a total of 9 of them over the years) <counts> Up to 12 so far. >and *none* of them have had problems with milk. That includes my current 3 >who at 18, 18 and 16 are old enough that any problems would have [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >in most caucasian groups the mechanism to switch off the enzyme is >missing). Never knew that. Makes sense, I suppose. Signature_______ .'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing) `\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10 `\|/` ` >>>> eat/drink bread in milk >>> When we were kids, and poor, we used to have bread and milk for [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > drink. > </Pedant> <pedant> I don't think that's particularly pdeantic </pedant> SignatureCatman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 75 TS 156 TS S2 Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk >> eat/drink bread in milk > > When we were kids, and poor, we used to have bread and milk for breakfast, > instead of cereals. > Posset is something else entirely. A kind of curd. yes I believe it is a drink of hot sweetened milk curdled with ale. When I was very small my Grandma used to make me bread and hot milk with sugar for supper:) >> eat/drink bread in milk > > When we were kids, and poor, we used to have bread and milk for breakfast, > instead of cereals. > Posset is something else entirely. A kind of curd. In Lancashire, Bread & Milk was always called POPS or possibly POBS. Norcot >>>eat/drink bread in milk >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Norcot Pobs (often with sugar). Mike Swift goes: >>> His culinary crimes included putting cornflakes in jelly. >>Before my grandma went senile, she used to put salt on her cornflakes. >>Not once as a mistake, but regularly. Quite possibly the nastiest thing >>I have ever tried eating :-) >I remember when I was about 5, 55 years ago, I used to bother a >neighbour who's husband was knocking on a bit, at least it seemed to me >then, he used to eat/drink bread in milk, I think it's a Yorkshire thing >called Possett, I pestered them for some and when they gave in it was >truly disgusting, funny how as you get older these early things in your >life are remembered. Kellogg's corn flakes have salt quite clearly marked as an ingredient. They established the principle: Simon's gran is only negotiating the amount. SignatureAH http://this-thing-of-ours.blogspot.com >>> His culinary crimes included putting cornflakes in jelly. >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Mike I remember my grandfather used to eat/drink that and he came from Lancashire. He also used to drink a sherry glass of the water used to boil cabbage as he claimed it had extra iron in it. Putting salt on porridge was also popular with my grandparents. Eating bread with condensed milk spread on it is popular with the older generation of West Indians. > Eating bread with condensed milk spread on it is popular with the > older generation of West Indians. Sod the bread... I could easily eat a tin of condensed milk though. Calum <com.gmail@scottishwildcat.nospam> did eloquently scribble: >> Eating bread with condensed milk spread on it is popular with the >> older generation of West Indians. > Sod the bread... I could easily eat a tin of condensed milk though. Heheh, bread and condenced milk sandwiches... Not heard that since the end of tiswas. Signature----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | spike1@freenet.co.uk | Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a | | | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit | |Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)| operating system originally coded for a 4 bit | | in |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that| | Computer Science | can't stand 1 bit of competition. | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Calum goes: >> Eating bread with condensed milk spread on it is popular with the >> older generation of West Indians. >Sod the bread... I could easily eat a tin of condensed milk though. Take a tin of condensed milk, stand in water in a pot, bring to the boil and simmer for two or three or even four hours. Longer is better. I swear this works. Don't puncture the can at all, and make sure it's always covered with water. Always. When it's done, lets it cool completely, then open both ends and push out some lovely sticky creamy toffee. This really works, you can check on the Electrical Internetwork. SignatureAH http://this-thing-of-ours.blogspot.com > Take a tin of condensed milk, stand in water in a pot I'll look a right c.nt. >> Take a tin of condensed milk, stand in water in a pot > > I'll look a right c.nt. ROFL >Calum goes: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >I swear this works. Don't puncture the can at all, and make sure it's >always covered with water. Always. Can't be done - the can floats. The rest of it is right, though - when done put in a pastry case over a layer of sliced bananas and bake - banoffee pie - yumm. Signature_______ .'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing) `\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10 `\|/` ` Ace goes: >>Calum goes: >>>> Eating bread with condensed milk spread on it is popular with the >>>> older generation of West Indians. >>>Sod the bread... I could easily eat a tin of condensed milk though. >>Take a tin of condensed milk, stand in water in a pot, bring to the >>boil and simmer for two or three or even four hours. Longer is better. >>I swear this works. Don't puncture the can at all, and make sure it's >>always covered with water. Always. >Can't be done - the can floats. The rest of it is right, though - when >done put in a pastry case over a layer of sliced bananas and bake - >banoffee pie - yumm. Put a weight on the can. Do you need me to explain that you need to light the gas? I left that part out, because I thought you might figure it out for yourself. I see now I may have been too charitable. SignatureAH http://this-thing-of-ours.blogspot.com That dear old chap, Alan tugged on his old shag and said: > Ace goes: > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > light the gas? I left that part out, because I thought you might > figure it out for yourself. I see now I may have been too charitable. Is a match ok to light the gas or should it be only lit using a British Standard Gas Poker? SignatureSimes - a man on the edge. >Ace goes: >>>Take a tin of condensed milk, stand in water in a pot, bring to the >>>boil and simmer for two or three or even four hours. Longer is better. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Put a weight on the can. Why? >Do you need me to explain that you need to light the gas? If you could explain how I'd do that I'd be grateful, yes. >I left that part out, because I thought you might >figure it out for yourself. I see now I may have been too charitable. No, just too stupidly rigid. You state as gospel something which won't work as you explain it and isn't at all necessary. Signature_______ .'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing) `\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10 `\|/` ` >>Ace goes: > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > No, just too stupidly rigid. You state as gospel something which won't > work as you explain it and isn't at all necessary. I made it last weekend - the can doesn't float,if you lay it on its side. You just need to keep the water topped up. On the other hand, I don't use gas -perhaps that made the difference SignatureAnne Ace goes: >>Ace goes: >>>>Take a tin of condensed milk, stand in water in a pot, bring to the >>>>boil and simmer for two or three or even four hours. Longer is better. >>>>I swear this works. Don't puncture the can at all, and make sure it's >>>>always covered with water. Always. >>>Can't be done - the can floats. The rest of it is right, though - when >>>done put in a pastry case over a layer of sliced bananas and bake - >>>banoffee pie - yumm. >>Put a weight on the can. >Why? Stop it floating, duh. >>Do you need me to explain that you need to light the gas? >If you could explain how I'd do that I'd be grateful, yes. I doubt you're allowed matches. >>I left that part out, because I thought you might >>figure it out for yourself. I see now I may have been too charitable. >No, just too stupidly rigid. You state as gospel something which won't >work as you explain it and isn't at all necessary. It works fine. Sorry you're too stupid to get it. SignatureAH http://this-thing-of-ours.blogspot.com >Ace goes: >>>Put a weight on the can. > >>Why? > >Stop it floating, duh. Why? >>>I left that part out, because I thought you might >>>figure it out for yourself. I see now I may have been too charitable. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >It works fine. Sorry you're too stupid to get it. When you've managed to get a grasp of language sufficient to understand my question[1] and try to answer it, please feel free to do so. Until then I suggest you stick to areas within your capability. OK? [1] Hint - it's only a one word question. Signature_______ .'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing) `\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10 `\|/` ` >Why? If the can is fully immersed, the contents can't reach a temperature above 100°C. If part of the can is out of the water, the temperature can go above the BP of water, and explosion may ensue. SignatureJohn Flemming 44, Spencer Avenue Scunthorpe North Lincolnshire DN15 7SA john@anax-andron.com > If part of the can is out of the water, the temperature can go > above the BP of water, and explosion may ensue. If the heat is coming from the water, how can the temperature of the item exceed the temperature of the heat-source? SignaturePaul Cummins **FREE** mobile phones, with FREE line rental http://www.gstgroup.co.uk/ >>Why? > >If the can is fully immersed, the contents can't reach a temperature above >100°C. If part of the can is out of the water, the temperature can go above >the BP of water, and explosion may ensue. That's just plain wrong, I'm afraid. In a pressurised container tempuratures will be much higher than 100C anyway, just as they would be in a pressure cooker. And just how the temurature of the part exposed to air could get hotter that that part immersed in boiling water I'm not at all sure. Signature_______ .'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing) `\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10 `\|/` ` > In a pressurised container > tempuratures will be much higher than 100C anyway, just as they > would be in a pressure cooker. In a pressure cooker, it's the pressure itself that allows the water to stay liquid to a higher temperature, because the heat source (the gas/electric ring) is much hotter than 100c SignaturePaul Cummins **FREE** mobile phones, with FREE line rental http://www.gstgroup.co.uk/ >And just how the temurature of the part exposed to air could get >hotter that that part immersed in boiling water I'm not at all sure. In which case, you shouldn't argue about it. SignatureJAF anarchatntlworldfullstopcom Keep Science Scientific http://www.bcseweb.org.uk >>And just how the temurature of the part exposed to air could get >>hotter that that part immersed in boiling water I'm not at all sure. > >In which case, you shouldn't argue about it. I'd like you to explain, if you'd be so kind. Signature_______ .'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing) `\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10 `\|/` ` >>>And just how the temurature of the part exposed to air could get >>>hotter that that part immersed in boiling water I'm not at all sure. >> >>In which case, you shouldn't argue about it. > >I'd like you to explain, if you'd be so kind. A pressure cooker *will* raise the temperature of the contents to, say, 130 deg. *in air* (at NTP). In a bath of boiling water, it is then effectively cooled to 100 deg. by the water. The contents of the can thicken, and so convection is hindered; any part out of the water can then heat to 130 deg. (or less, but still more than 100 deg). SignatureJAF anarchatntlworldfullstopcom Keep Science Scientific http://www.bcseweb.org.uk > A pressure cooker *will* raise the temperature of the contents to, > say, 130 [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > 130 deg. > (or less, but still more than 100 deg). What a load of pseudo-scientific bollocks. A pressure cooker works because the pressure of the enclosed cell increases when heated, thus raising the boiling point of the water within it past 100c. It's exactly the same as the pressure cap on a car radiator - raising the effective cooling capacity of the liquid within. SignaturePaul Cummins **FREE** mobile phones, with FREE line rental http://www.gstgroup.co.uk/ >The contents of the can thicken, and so >convection is hindered; any part out of the water can then heat to 130 deg. >(or less, but still more than 100 deg). Only if the can is itself in contact with a temperate above 100C, which it isn't if it's floating freely in water. -- Richard Signature"Consideration shall be given to the need for as many as 32 characters in some alphabets" - X3.4, 1963. >That's just plain wrong, I'm afraid. In a pressurised container >tempuratures will be much higher than 100C anyway, just as they would >be in a pressure cooker. No, not if it's immersed in water at normal pressure. As Flanders and Swan put it: heat can't pass from a colder to a hotter, and that's a physical law. If the water in the pan is at 100C, the can can't get hotter than that. Pressure cookers allow the temperate of liquid water to exceed 100C, but they do this by applying a high temperature (much more than 100C) to a sealed pan. >And just how the temurature of the part exposed to air could get >hotter that that part immersed in boiling water I'm not at all sure. That on the other hand is more to the point: the only way a can floating in water could exceed 100C is if the air above the water was hotter than 100C, which is very unlikely. Unless of course the can is in contact with the side of the pan, which could well be hotter. -- Richard Signature"Consideration shall be given to the need for as many as 32 characters in some alphabets" - X3.4, 1963. >>That's just plain wrong, I'm afraid. In a pressurised container >>tempuratures will be much higher than 100C anyway, just as they would [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >physical law. If the water in the pan is at 100C, the can can't get >hotter than that. Good point. >>And just how the temurature of the part exposed to air could get >>hotter that that part immersed in boiling water I'm not at all sure. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >hotter than 100C, which is very unlikely. Unless of course the can >is in contact with the side of the pan, which could well be hotter. Well yes, but that's just as likely whether it's immersed or not. Signature_______ .'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing) `\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10 `\|/` ` > Pressure cookers allow the temperate of liquid water to exceed 100C, > but they do this by applying a high temperature (much more than 100C) > to a sealed pan. I always thought that they applied pressure... Hence the name? D. Dunny <paul.dunn4@ntlworld.com> did eloquently scribble: >> Pressure cookers allow the temperate of liquid water to exceed 100C, >> but they do this by applying a high temperature (much more than 100C) >> to a sealed pan. > I always thought that they applied pressure... Hence the name? It's the boiling water that applies the pressure. All the pressure cookers do is contain it (and occasionally release it by raising the little bobbley weight thing and whistling). Signature______________________________________________________________________________ | spike1@freenet.co.uk | "I'm alive!!! I can touch! I can taste! | |Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)| I can SMELL!!! KRYTEN!!! 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Nope, they apply heat to a sealed container, which increases the pressure inside the pan. This stops the water turning to steam at 100C and convecting all the heat away. SignatureDavid Taylor > > Pressure cookers allow the temperate of liquid water to exceed 100C, > > but they do this by applying a high temperature (much more than 100C) > > to a sealed pan. > > I always thought that they applied pressure... Hence the name? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyles_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_point#Saturation_temperature_and_pressure Signatureogden buy tat here: http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZdr.daifQQhtZ-1 Kevin Lee goes: >Eating bread with condensed milk spread on it is popular with the >older generation of West Indians. VS Naipaul explained that as a leftover from the days when everything had to be shipped in. So they're also fond of salt cod, smoked herring and sardines in oil (his examples). SignatureAH http://this-thing-of-ours.blogspot.com > Before my grandma went senile, she used to put salt on her cornflakes. Made with water, not that much different to putting salt on porridge made with water I'd imagine. Which isn't that different to having salty things in a sandwich. They're all only cereal products after all. The likes of Sugar Frosties would be a differeent matter, obviously. michael adams ... > Not > once as a mistake, but regula |
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