| Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption |
| Nick |
New stilton.I've just bought some mint choc chip stilton.Seriously, how bad can it be? 
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| tahir |
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| Jonnyboy |
I saw a variety with pickled onion in it once, and it was welsh. 
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| Nick |
Oh. Actually, the answer is pretty bloody horrible.
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| tahir |
But it looks so.......appetising???? | ||||
| Fee |
Ooh, that sounds, er, different! | ||||
| Nick |
I don't know whether I should have pickle with it, or Hot Fudge Sauce. | ||||
| Jonnyboy |
I have to ask...why did you buy it? | ||||
| tahir |
In the interests of science? |
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| Behemoth |
(Speechless) | ||||
| cab |
Has anyone ever had a novelty cheese that was better than a proper bit of cheese? | ||||
| Nick |
I had to visit the supermarket, for a variety of things that I actually needed, and I saw it.
You can't pass by something that bizarre. And, no, Cab, you're absolutely right. Cheese is the best use for cheese there is. It tastes... odd. |
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| Silas |
Wenslydale with cranberrys is pretty good. |
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| cab |
The cranberry. Greatest con ever inflicted on mankind. | ||||
| Silas |
Explain? 
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| cab |
Try eating one. Absolutely pointless little things, completely inedible unless massively sweetened. They're ugly and pointless, there is nothing you can do with a cranberry that isn't better if you made it with a different fruit. I blame Delia. And yet the shops are groaning under the weight of cranberry products. You can even get white cranberry juice, which isn't even made with ripe cranberries. Give me anything but cranberries. |
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| Nick |
The minute you get cystitis.... 
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| cab |
I suspect thats a myth put about by whoever markets the inedible red bullets. I can't think of any food I despise as much as I despise cranberries. I'd sooner eat twiglets. |
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| tahir |
Absolutely |
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| Jonnyboy |
You know, I already liked cranberries, but now i love them just that little bit more. | ||||
| cab |
Oh, go ruin some potatoes or something. |
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| Behemoth |
So if you saw Morrisey walking down the street snacking on dried Cranberries you'd really go for him! Just hope he's not wearing a Sunderland shirt at the time. 
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| cab |
If I saw Morrisey eating cranberries wearing a Sunderland shirt, I wouldn't be surprised by his lack of taste. I'd probably offer him a meat pie. |
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| Jonnyboy |
Did you know that Ocean Spray just crams in the cranberry goodness? mmmmmmmmmm 
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| judith |
What's wrong with Twiglets? | ||||
| tahir |
True, I love 'em |
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| Nick |
Jesus woman. How long have you got? | ||||
| Jonnyboy |
Them and those cheesy squares. heaven in a cardboard tube. Which incidentally is perfect for pressing your home made cheese. |
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| cab |
Says on their site:
'Course you have to add the sugar 'cos the juice itself is undrinkable
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| judith |
I've seen the cheese that takes your eye. I'm not going to take your culinary advice ever again. |
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| cab |
They're the poor mans substitute for marmite on toast. Why eat twiglets when you can have marmite on toast? |
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| Nick |
Yeah, well, technically, with all that water, sugar and gunk in there, it is a cram to fit any cranberry juice in.
ps, half the cheese is eaten, and I'm not dead yet. pps. |
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| Behemoth |
So it's like orange squash?
I like tart and dry they are always oversweetened for my taste. |
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| Jonnyboy |
Eat a lot of raw black currants do we, or rosehips, or redcurrants, or gooseberries? |
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| Northern_Lad |
I think the real question here is why on earth you'd want to eat something that tastes like marmite in the first place. |
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| otatop |
There's a recipe for chocolate and stilton balls in the Green & Black's chocolate book. I was going to have a go with the Christmas leftovers. | ||||
| judith |
Nowt wrong with Marmite as long as you keep it away from my boiled egg. | ||||
| Jonnyboy |
Beacuse marmite on toast makes a mess when you keep it in your pocket. |
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| Northern_Lad |
Black- and red-currents, raw, as they are, with cream, served in merangue nests: please. |
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| Jonnyboy |
Hmm, Egg whites, air and.................lots of sugar! | ||||
| Northern_Lad |
OK, I'll make do without the egg whites and sugar then. Still putting my cream all over the place though. |
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| Nick |
That reminds me. I heard that boo is an aborigine word for "comes back". Apparently, a normal merengue doesn't come back when you throw it... | ||||
| Silas |
I'll put you down as a maybe then shall I........... |
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| sean |
Nick's gone off-line. Do you think that he's ODed on weird cheese? | ||||
| Jonnyboy |
He's devising a marmite and cranberry toasted soldier for use with soft boiled eggs. | ||||
| Nick |
Nah, I was on the school run. In my 4x4. I had to keep the aircon on because the heated seats were too warm. | ||||
| sean |
Hope you had the windows open too. | ||||
| Nick |
Duh. No.
They let the noise from the roofbars in and it's too noisy. |
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| Behemoth |
I hope you reduced congestion by using side streets. | ||||
| Nick |
We only have side streets. I also saved wear and tear on my starter motor (and the planet, natch) by leaving the engine running while I watched the last 20 minutes of the football match. | ||||
| Treacodactyl |
You can watch TV while you're driving these days, just call it SatNav if anyone asks. | ||||
| Behemoth |
I hope you thoughtfully parked on the verge or pavement so as not to obstruct the highway. |
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| Nick |
Sort of half on, half off really. | ||||
| Jonnyboy |
Front fog lights are essential at this time of year, day or night. | ||||
| Nick |
Well, duh. Yes. Not least because how can I have my back ones on without using the front ones? The switch for the back does both. | ||||
| cab |
Yes, no, yes and yes. As for rosehips, they do one or two things better than any alternatives; the syrup is awesome and theres a semi-savoury soup you can make thats outstanding. Nothing you can do with nasty little cranberries that isn't better done with another fruit, especially juice. |
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| cab |
Eww... Twiglets and pocket fluff. |
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| bernie-woman |
Mmmmm - love twiglets
Got a lovely recipe for cheese and marmite scones if anyones interested
PS - the cranberry juice and cystitis thing does work and is recommended by the docs but you have to try and drink the less sweetened ones and /or take cranberry extract in capsule form 
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