Chitchat thread #24

[Nicos]

Te he…anything in mind Rary?
Sorry to hear about your previous minister x

Enjoy your hols- whatever the weather

[Containergardener]

Walked that hill many times Nicos and Whitby steps
Lost a camera at Robins Hoods Bay once

[lottie dolly]

good afternoon all,Rary she will have known what you up to,am sure,my word how the weather has changed,i was cold all day yesterday,but have relented and had the heating on for a couple of hours this morning,made such a difference,car booked in for the MOT & service for 25th,i have been nominated by a friend to make a cake for a macmillan event,guess the weight off,have a lovely afternoon all

[Nicos]

Think we’ll light the fire tonight too lottie- I ended up with a hottie in bed last night!
We have a very chill and blustery wind at the moment.
Loads of leaves have fallen since we went away…looking forward to composting them

[greenishfing]

I've been and done a grory hop. I actually put a jacket on before I went outside, the first time for weeks....Still wearing sandals however. I went to Aldi and the centre aisle did lure me in a little. I noticed last week that their baking shelves seemed a bit empty. They're full now of dried fruit, glacé cherries, ground almonds and jars of mincemeat, etc. I wonder why?

Hard to believe but the forecast for tonight is 6°C and tomorrow night, 3°C. I think I'll root out the hot water bottles later.

[Snoop Puss]

I picked up some birthday cards too, and realised with a bit of a shock that it will be my sister's diamond wedding anniversary next month How did we get so old? They had a record made of the church marriage service and gave copies to the family. (Tape recorders were not commonplace back then). I still have the record in a cupboard, though sadly no record player to play it.

I'm sure there are services that will record it onto a CD or pen drive for you. I remember my dad bought a cheap record player, the sole purpose of which was to transfer recordings on records onto USB devices. In fact, that might make a nice gift for them if they don't have a record player either.

[Snoop Puss]

I give up. It looks like we're all bandying the C/X word about with gay abandon. We're as bad as the supermarkets. Crackers, the lot of us!

[Containergardener]

I refuse to play with that word until December
Just had a hail shower.
Sandals gf? My feet would be frozen.

[greenishfing]

Snoop, to change the subject, have you tried your cordless stick blender yet? Do you rate it? Is it rechargeable or does it take batteries? If they're good, I do quite fancy one.

My main problem with blenders is forgetting I've put things into the pan that should be recovered before blending. This last week I've accidently blended both bay leaves and chunks of lemon peel on separate occasions. I was thinking of buying little muslin bags to put herbs/spices in but then I had a vision of blended muslin bag or burnt out blender.

[Bren In Pots]

It feels like its time get out the winter duvet and Wynette bedding, it didn't seem that long back they were on the bed.

[Florence Fennel]

I'm scared of stick blenders, it's the vibration that worries me. Daft I know!

[Bren In Pots]

I find the stick blender gets used more than my large Kenwood jug blender.

[Snoop Puss]

Snoop, to change the subject, have you tried your cordless stick blender yet? Do you rate it? Is it rechargeable or does it take batteries? If they're good, I do quite fancy one.

Not yet. We ended up with beans on toast. But tonight looks like it's on the cards.

It's rechargeable. Came with a charger and USB C cable. Looks like that's true of most of them. I wouldn't have bothered with it if it was run by AA batteries, for example. It was 46 euros, so more expensive than mains versions but still the cheapest of all the ones I looked at that had decent customer ratings. I've just looked at Amazon UK site to see if I can spot it, but it looks like it's not being sold in the UK. The other brands I've spotted are much cheaper in the UK than in Spain.

For the big American brands Kitchenaid and Cuisineart, it's worth having a look at the reviews (especially the negative reviews) on Amazon dot com to see what they make of them in the States.

Flo, the model I bought is extremely quiet and doesn't vibrate very much at all, as it's relatively low powered in comparison with most stick blenders. I hate feeling like my brain's being jiggled about, so this seems about my kind of device. I'm amazed how quiet it is, though.

[Nicos]

That sound super cool Snoop!

[Florence Fennel]

I'd still have to have a brave pill Snoop Puss