h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Mango chutney, I reckon. I've never tried a Lime Pickle, MyC - I thought it was something sailors caught in Liverpool after long sea voyages.

Garlic, or Ginger.

Cheers!

Ideally, both - 00V but if I have to choose - garlic I guess.

Dark Soy or Light Soy?

Good Morning Your Carminity - er, afternoon, actually.

It's raining up in Pictland & we went back to bed with the papers and ... but to answer your question, dark for adding directly to food in the wok, light as a base for chili oils, multi-spice oil & so on.

Herself says to tell you hi & yes, she did meet me with hose in hand.

Beef or Pork?

ticky one that 00V.

I have just enjoyed the most fab fillet of beef this evening (local and free of all nasties) but I do like bacon (smoked streaky only) and pork fillet is very good. I have just had a thread pulled on QQ board because I mentioned port fillet and shellfish - lots of people suffered the same rough treatment and it seems it was the shellfish ref that got to the Mods - Yahweh knows why. I started a bit of a protest on MC (prompted by Dulcinea and Martin Flack's posts)ie every post must mention fish of a sort - I wonder how long it will take before it all gets pulled? It's clean as a whistle - I was on the verge of putting something a tad risque on with regard to Octopussy -one of your own films 00V - when the board closed and refused to take it. C'est la vie. And may have saved my bacon....

OK - Beef - but only if it's really good quality.

Octopus or Squid? (I hope I havn't done that one before).

Good morning, Oh Scarlet One - glad you enjoyed your beef. We were at a Faculty do earlier - 'M's people, you know, like Pam's people, only older & academic!! I had the steak, to my great regret - it looked as if it had been cooked by a Frenchman, but tasted dire. Herself, with a greater experience of their food, settled for rainbow trout, which was, delicious.

What in Heavens name have they got against fish? If I could find my gast, I'm sure it would be flabbered beyond repair!

I like squid - got some excellent recipes, sauces & so on. I remember when you could get them just for the taking away, but now everybody wants them.

Apple crumble with blueberries and maple syrup, or baked Alaska with fresh cream?

'M' sends love.

Hello northoftheborder folk

Please, please, please change the subject!

I've had a swollen abscessed mouth for nearly a week now and I've been off solids and living on soups and scrambled eggs so all this talk of seafood and steaks - surf and turf, if you will - is killing me

Though I must say that apple crumble with blueberries and maple syrup sounds wooooonderful

Quickly changing the subject.....

Cornwall...north coast or south coast?

South Coast for me - 'tis all the nearer to that French Brandy!!
Still, these days it'll be all 'Booze Cruises' and no Smugglers.

Sorry to hear about your tooth, old boy. As if the pain, etc isn't enough, the [expletive deleted] anti-biotics restrict one's intake of the other necessity of life - wine, I mean.

I've been out in the warm sun (when out of the wind), setting our spuds and doing other odds and sods under the watchful & puzzled eye of Cabal and the affectionate & lazy eye of 'M'.

So, on a slightly different tack :

Bernard Cornwell or Patricia Cornwell?

Al.

Bernard Cornwall

This may be unfair as I am too squeamish to read the other. But I loved his arther/merlin trilogy (can't for the life of me remember what it was called)and Stonehenge.

Lindsay Davies or David Wishart?

Ave, Carmenissima!

On the whole, I'm a Falcophile. Herself, on the other hand, likes Corvinus. We trade our books, though & I'd be a liar if I said I didn't like David Wishart. so while I raise a glass to Corvo, , I pass the pitcher to Marcus Didius Falco & Lindsey Davis!

Ian Rankine, or David Morrel?

00V - I have read mostl, if not all, of Mr. Rankin - and have never heard of Mr. Morrel - do I have a treat in store?

So, I have to go for Rankin

Balloons or Kites?

00V - I have read most, if not all, of Mr. Rankin - and have never heard of Mr. Morrel - do I have a treat in store?

So, I have to go for Rankin

Balloons or Kites?

Balloons for me, Chelsea! Hot air or party, I don't mind. We're going to have a bit of a party on Sunday, now that OOV has recovered, so look north to Pictland!

BTW, OOV says Morrel is good.

Kites are fun, tho.

Red wine, or white?

both - but white really! I think we've done that one before.

Chow Mein or Chop Suey!

Chow Mein, Singapore Chow Mein. Although i prefer fried rice to noodles.

Pool or Darts?

It's pool for me myc. I've always been useless at both but I can't hurt anyone at the pool table! (And have you ever tried playing darts from a wheelchair??)

The Royal Crescent or Electric Avenue?

What about Let'sbe Avenue???

pink or purple?

Purple.


no, peet, i haven't tried darts from down here. i have tried pool, once. i found the table to be at just the wrong height - too high to hold the cue 'underarm' (if you get my meaning) and too low to play 'overarm' (cloth-rip-grip).




a film one: Series 7(The Contenders) or Battle Royale?

Ummh. Hard one that. Battle Royale, I think.



Tandoori Chicken or Pork Vindaloo?

We've been away - nice to be back!

Tandoor style chicken,
's finger lickin' good!

Lagavulin (sp?) or Glenmorrangie?