Author Topic: First-World Problems.  (Read 333747 times)

Torslanda

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1475 on: 28 December, 2016, 12:42:46 pm »
Lobster tails were rubbery!

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1476 on: 28 December, 2016, 06:25:11 pm »
Went to my brother-in-law for Xmas. Was offered Prosecco instead of proper champagne. Had to drink the red wine instead.

Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1477 on: 17 January, 2017, 05:45:58 pm »
There is no power to the 230 V sockets in Standard Premier class on Eurostar, and no WiFi

The free wine was in plastic bottle and the train is only going at 168 mph
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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1478 on: 17 January, 2017, 06:23:51 pm »
Driver of Miss von Brandenburg's Eurostar from Brussels yesterday had his foot down, though, coz it arrived about ten minutes early :thumbsup:
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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1479 on: 18 January, 2017, 03:29:27 pm »
When you've been wearing a beanie hat all day and you take it off to find that your hair is lying in the opposite direction to usual and it feels weird.
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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1480 on: 19 January, 2017, 02:19:05 pm »
Waitrose has a spinach shortage.

Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1481 on: 19 January, 2017, 05:11:31 pm »
Spinach, aubergine, and courgettes are all supposed to be in short supply after poor harvests in Spain aren't they?

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1482 on: 19 January, 2017, 11:41:59 pm »
Spinach, aubergine, and courgettes are all supposed to be in short supply after poor harvests in Spain aren't they?

Indeed!

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1483 on: 19 January, 2017, 11:54:01 pm »
Spinach, aubergine, and courgettes are all supposed to be in short supply after poor harvests in Spain aren't they?

and how is this a problem?

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1484 on: 20 January, 2017, 12:12:38 am »
Spinach, aubergine, and courgettes are all supposed to be in short supply after poor harvests in Spain aren't they?

and how is this a problem?

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1485 on: 20 January, 2017, 07:21:23 am »
Hooray for the aubergine shortage!
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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1486 on: 20 January, 2017, 11:25:42 am »
Because ratatouille?

Clare

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1487 on: 20 January, 2017, 11:43:53 am »
Because ratatouille?

and how is this a problem?

Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1488 on: 20 January, 2017, 11:44:46 am »
There is always the option of eating foods that are actually in season in January but that appears to be a concept lost on supermarkets.





and I don't like sprouts
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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1489 on: 20 January, 2017, 12:31:24 pm »
The point about living in the first world is that we can what we like when we like. I think there are quite a few hippies wandering into this thread by mistake. This is a thread for Leadbetter type problems, you Good types need to find your own thread.

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1490 on: 20 January, 2017, 12:33:27 pm »
The only vegetable that I like which still only appears 'in season' is the broadbean.

Sprouts may be seasonal, but I wouldn't know.  Hate them.
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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1491 on: 20 January, 2017, 12:36:25 pm »
There is always the option of eating foods that are actually in season in January but that appears to be a concept lost on supermarkets.





and I don't like sprouts

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1492 on: 20 January, 2017, 06:06:20 pm »
and I don't like sprouts
Try them halved or quartered and fried in butter, very different and very nice.  If you're feeing posh grate a bit of nutmeg over them while cooking.
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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1493 on: 21 January, 2017, 11:45:06 am »
I won't miss aubergines because they're vegetablized ennui. I do like courgettes though. Yes, we could rely on seasonal, local produce, but turnips are a terrible fruit.

I'm enjoying sprouts (as statements go, the wrong-o-meter is the red) – as others have said, the trick is to avoid boiling them. Sliced and sauted, halved and roasted, that kind of thing. I think you can (and should) apply this logic to all the brassicas.

Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1494 on: 21 January, 2017, 11:36:04 pm »

...turnips are a terrible fruit.


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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1495 on: 23 January, 2017, 02:37:32 pm »
The point about living in the first world is that we can what we like when we like. I think there are quite a few hippies wandering into this thread by mistake. This is a thread for Leadbetter type problems, you Good types need to find your own thread.

Fair point
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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1496 on: 23 January, 2017, 02:37:57 pm »
and I don't like sprouts
Try them halved or quartered and fried in butter, very different and very nice.  If you're feeing posh grate a bit of nutmeg over them while cooking.

Nope, still horrible
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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1497 on: 23 January, 2017, 02:44:38 pm »
I've got a cold.
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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1498 on: 23 January, 2017, 02:50:40 pm »
I agree, sprouts are horrid.

I believe there are two genes which control for sprout like/hate, one is linked to tasting the nasty at all and the other is how they are cooked I believe.

http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060918/full/news060918-1.html

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1499 on: 23 January, 2017, 06:17:20 pm »
I love sprouts.
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