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I'm guessing not of the teapot variety?Originally posted by Alias View Postblimey, need a drink!Comment
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The shanks aren't quite tender enough, but I'm getting rather hungry
Just need to stick it out a bit longer… I just have to keep reminding myself that it'll be worth the wait
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Teapot variants are good...Originally posted by barrydidit View PostI'm guessing not of the teapot variety?"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Morning all
ClientCo senior manager insisted on taking the team out last night. My head hurts.…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Ah, salarymen on the piss. Any karaoke involved?Originally posted by WTFH View PostMorning all
ClientCo senior manager insisted on taking the team out last night. My head hurts.
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The salarymen weren't invited on this one, but as I left a couple of the guys were talking about karaoke.Originally posted by NickFitz View PostAh, salarymen on the piss. Any karaoke involved?
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Lamb shanks finally served - well, one of them: I couldn't manage both at one sitting - and vey, very nice it was
I think the additional effort put into obtaining exotic vegetables like leeks, and fresh herbs and so on, paid off in the rich but well-balanced flavour of the finished product.
But next time I'll probably start a few hours earlier - a couple of hours so I don't end up dishing up at midnight, and another hour or so of cooking, to get them over the line into melting-off-the-bone territory, which they'd almost but not quite achieved. I thought four-and-a-half hours would achieve it, but apparently not; though maybe it didn't help that I accidentally turned the ring off for half-an-hour or more halfway through
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Morning all
The cold has reached my ears
To add to it Mrs Covbob is also feeling rather
- not a lot of fun when we're both ill and CovToddler is full of energy.
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