Hubby is mostly like royalty - doesn't carry cash, he has staff to do that!
Joan was like that, she carried cash I carried cards, I let her look after the money because she was very good at it so I had to learn as she became progressively ill, my respect grew even more and I miss her. No rant as yet, only two for Sunday lunch so Silverside of beef waiting to go in the oven and all else ready to start on, lunch at 13:00 sharp.
Gardening Grandma, lunch turned out to be a little rushed I had an extra four plus two dogs so if Tina sneaked in I would hardly notice. luckily the meat was enough so no sandwiches tomorrow then, I had put a mixed bag of vegetables into a cheese sauce plus plenty of Roast potato's, a few extra to mash and they had to share the Yorkshires then of course my fall back of frozen peas, boy they come in handy. Daughter and granddaughters just left saying "we do not know how you do it granddad" well once a Boy Scout always a Scout be prepared is the motto, so no fry up tomorrow either. Probably for the best as the gout is still hanging around.
Off on a different rant, but does anybody know a decent make of salt and/or pepper grinder that actually works well and continues working well? Most of the ones I have had or see in the shops are by the same maker, and the actual grinding mechanism can be either plastic or steel, but none seem hugely effective for long.
A small moan when there are so many better things to complain about, but this is usually an irritation at the end of the day I could usually do without - how sad have I become?
Dmball, if you are sad then so am I, I have the same problem, the salt grinder sweats and stops working, they are difficult to keep dried out in a working kitchen, I now put the pepper corns in my pestle and mortar and take my frustration out on them. I gave up on sea salt the grinders were useless so use a very old open salt celler with just enough salt for what I need, fingers came first. The other thing was finding rings on the work top and scrubbing them off to find them back, it was the metal base on one of the grinders, they are all now in the bin.
This is rather a satisfactory thing to rant about, actually. They always leak, too, I find. I now stand mine in two little dishes, one for salt and one for pepper, to catch the grains that leak out. I suspect you get what you pay for and the answer is to go to a classy kitchen shop and pay a lot. I won't be doing that, mind you. I'm far too much of a cheapskate. I'll just carry on moaning.
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Hubby is mostly like royalty - doesn't carry cash, he has staff to do that!
Ooops - that sounds like me
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Do you remember The Good Life telly programme? Margo to Jerry "Money Jerry"
I can identify with that!!
Joan was like that, she carried cash I carried cards, I let her look after the money because she was very good at it so I had to learn as she became progressively ill, my respect grew even more and I miss her.
No rant as yet, only two for Sunday lunch so Silverside of beef waiting to go in the oven and all else ready to start on, lunch at 13:00 sharp.
Frank
Goodness Frank. You haven't given me much time to get there!
Hope you enjoyed your lunch, Frank and Tina.
Gardening Grandma, lunch turned out to be a little rushed I had an extra four plus two dogs so if Tina sneaked in I would hardly notice.
luckily the meat was enough so no sandwiches tomorrow then, I had put a mixed bag of vegetables into a cheese sauce plus plenty of Roast potato's, a few extra to mash and they had to share the Yorkshires then of course my fall back of frozen peas, boy they come in handy.
Daughter and granddaughters just left saying "we do not know how you do it granddad" well once a Boy Scout always a Scout be prepared is the motto, so no fry up tomorrow either. Probably for the best as the gout is still hanging around.
Frank.
Well done!
There's a link about gout that may interest you (or you may know it all already).
http://www.squidoo.com/foodsthatgetridofgout
A small moan when there are so many better things to complain about, but this is usually an irritation at the end of the day I could usually do without - how sad have I become?
Dmball, if you are sad then so am I, I have the same problem, the salt grinder sweats and stops working, they are difficult to keep dried out in a working kitchen, I now put the pepper corns in my pestle and mortar and take my frustration out on them.
I gave up on sea salt the grinders were useless so use a very old open salt celler with just enough salt for what I need, fingers came first.
The other thing was finding rings on the work top and scrubbing them off to find them back, it was the metal base on one of the grinders, they are all now in the bin.
Frank.
This is rather a satisfactory thing to rant about, actually. They always leak, too, I find. I now stand mine in two little dishes, one for salt and one for pepper, to catch the grains that leak out. I suspect you get what you pay for and the answer is to go to a classy kitchen shop and pay a lot. I won't be doing that, mind you. I'm far too much of a cheapskate. I'll just carry on moaning.