Chitchat thread #24

[bramble]

Rary, just wondering if you have thought of using vick.
An old remedy, tried and tested.
Rubbing it into your chest might ease your cough.
Hopefully a better day tomorrow.

[greenishfing]

Good evening.

I hope you are feeling better Rary. Maybe someone should send Vic(toria) over to massage your chest....or Emily ...or Charlotte. I am feeling inordinately happy. Earlier I suddenly got that old familiar craving for chocolate but I'd already eaten up. I was just going to have a mini tantrum, 🤯😵💫😵🥴 when I remembered the 99 flakes, lurking in the back of the fridge, I'd bought to go with my ice cream.. Yum, yum!

Why is it that sometimes, for no discernible reason, a basic meal that we have on a weekly basis suddenly exceeds all normal expectations and suddenly becomes the food of rhe gods? Tonight that was the salmon, new potatoes and veg.

[Jay22]

Morning, wide awake with the rain battering on the window…looks as though your weather has reached us Nicos!!
Talking about Vick, seemingly rubbing it into the soles of your feet helps a cough too! Worth a try?
Welcome home bramble.

[Nicos]

Mornin Jay…you still awake?
Sorry to have passed on the weather, It does sound calmer now here.

te he gf…you sound like you are high on chocolate! Never a bad thing

I’ve just been looking up recipes.
I checked out the ‘International ‘ food section in our local supermarket yesterday and came across a jar of Lupini beans. I tried them once before thinking they were Broad beans, but they weren’t. Didn’t particularly rate them but yesterday I thought I’d be adventurous and try them again but looking up recipes this time
Turns out they are a high fibre superfood and a fantastic addition to dieting. Well…how did I get this far in life having no idea about that!
Anyone tried and tested any recipes using them?

[Snoop Puss]

Morning all.

Our friend M up the valley once made a bean stew with lupini beans. Rather put me off them... Lupini beans are eaten here, but normally in very small amounts as a kind of nibble with olives, gherkins and the like. Have you found a recipe you like, Nicos? Maybe we should give them another go.

Sorry to hear about your cough, Rary. Hope you make a speedy recovery. Been a while since I had a cough like that (loads every year when we lived in Barcelona due, I think, to damp in our flat after rain and the dreadful air pollution). Have you ever tried steam inhalations and thyme tea with a little honey? I think the freezer flakes might have gone to GF's head. But you never know, her suggested remedy might work too!

Lovely evening last night with the neighbour down the valley and a busy day ahead today. So far behind it doesn't bear thinking about. Anyway, better get on with the show. The work won't do itself.

Have a great day, everyone.

[Containergardener]

Morning
Chucking it down here but no breeze, calm before the storm , rain in for the day, picked a great day to go shopping haven't I.
Never heard of Lupini beans , had to look them up. It said similar to Lima beans, which I have not had either. Great help so far. I use a lot of beans but not as a complete dish, just to bulk out or make salads with like a tomato basil salad and olive oil/balsamic.
Kettle is on.

[Snoop Puss]

Lupini beans might look like lima beans - though I'm not sure that's the case, personally - but in texture they're more like broad beans, a leathery skin and a soft interior. Maybe we just had too much of a good thing with M. I didn't find them very easy to digest.

[Bren In Pots]

Morning

Wet and windy here today.

I'd not heard of Lupin beans either, so I did a bit of a search and it looks like they come in either bitter or sweet varieties, which seemed rather odd to me.

[Nicos]

Mornin n’alln’all
About to head off swimming again , but will take the weekend off . Good job as I’m still aching a bit from yesterday.

It’s still drizzly here and windy so I don’t feel bad about not gardening. The sycamore seeds are germinating like crazy in the gravel driveway so I’m intending to attack those over the weekend. From a distance there is a pale green sheen to the driveway - like someone has sprinkled mustard and cress. We grab a few handfuls as we walk outside the house but it’s not enough to even get on top of it.Must be all the rain we’ve had. I guess if I tried to grow them in a pot I’d kill them!

Snoop - I always peel my Broad beans and I guess the tough skins of the lupin beans last time put me off. Some recipes say pop them out of their skins, others suggest you eat one from the jar ( rinsing off the salt first) and other suggest roasting them with spices and citrus juice. I guess the Jared ones would have the softest skins as they seem to suggest some toxicity problems if not cooked properly from raw
I’ll let you know how I get on but one simple recipe was hummus dip in place of chickpeas.

Right…best get a wiggle on…
enjoy your day. Hope your cough is improving Rary ? ( I found inhaling hot water with antiseptic tea tree drops helped. This is a bit like gardening advice isn’t it?)

[greenishfing]

Good morning.

I've been in a really good mood this morning. All due to Mr GF. He's been "tidying up" some of his bits and pieces. That translates as moving them to a different spot. He found a pack of CDs of 70's music and stuck it in the player. Oh, the memories! Village People, Gloria Gaynor, Abba, Charlie Rich, and many, many more, a triple CD pack.... 60 tracks. I must say I loved the Seventies. I can't stop smiling.

I think I'll have a bop around with a duster and vac next. Oh dear, "When will I see you again" has just come on. More memories!

[Florence Fennel]

Good Morning All It was raining but the sky is brightening. Have a good day

[rary]

Good morning feeling a little bit better this morning, not as sore when coughing, had to go out the back to feed the birds they haven't been fed for the past three days, though cold it felt good to get some cool fresh air down my throat, I have tried and still using Vic on m chest, just can't understand why I have to apply it myself as I asked OH to rub it on, along with the offer that if she did it for me I would do it for her😏she declined, I even offered to rub it on her while applying it to myself, save her hands getting all messed up but again no,☹️ honestly women you try to help but...... as for the remedies for cold etc. I find a hot toddy the best thing to take and no I am not a drinker that's the first whisky I have had for months I have eight or nine bottles of malt whisky in the house and they have never been opened, I am now going to make some soup and see if that helps, have a good day stay happy and pass on some smiles

[Nicos]

8 or 9 bottles Rary?….hang on…I’m on my way!

Darn…just remembered that I’m dieting - including no booze …sorry Can’t help out just now….

[Bren In Pots]

Good Morning All It was raining but the sky is brightening. Have a good day

Flo it turned out to be a sunny but breezy afternoon here.

[Containergardener]

I can't help you with those bottles Rary, just not my taste
Sun appeared here too but along with the wind.