General Chat

The only diet plan I have is to dye it blue, after all, all woads lead to Rome ;-) :-D :-D

Hmm think I should follow your diet plan Allan.... :-(

Caroline, I make nice one-pot meals and can do a roast at a push. Used to make reasonable cakes and was taught to bake/cook by my Mum :-D

We don't have many cakes now due to us both cutting down on sugar, or in my case avoiding it altogether.

We do indulge in Christmas puddings as we have a recipe for microwave ones which we cook in a batch and then have throughout the year :-D :-D

I said 'Parents' before, but how about Children?

You spend the first two or three years teaching them how to walk and talk, and the next fifteen years telling them to sit down and shut up! :-D :-D

Someone need an onion I've got a spare bought one forgot I already had one...see we're all getting seniors moments.
Allan you have your little moans, we all need to now and then.
Maggie glad you called it cottage pie, the number of times I correct people calling it a shepherds pie and there's no lamb in it :-)
Allan secret to good pastry...cold hands and carefully measure the ingredients....my husband makes better pastry than me cold hands!...I make great cakes and biscuits though :-D

You don't think that it has walked away, do you, Bob? ;-) :-D :-D

Hmmm, reminds me, I made a lasagne a couple of weeks ago...will have to rummage through the freezer, to see if its there!

Now that does take me back, Maggie :-D

I used to take a packed lunch to school and my Mum tried different fillings in the sandwiches.

If I said I liked a particular filling I would have it for the next several lunches until I couldn't face it again :-( :-(

Then when I asked for a change my Mum would give me stare (or glare) and say in a hurt tone "but you said you liked it!" :-D :-D :-D

Parents! :-D :-D

No, I'm determined to make pastry. OH makes a lovely shortcrust pastry, as did my Mum, so I've been too lazy to master the knack, well not lazy, spoilt :-D :-D

or cakes.
and I've just 'mastered' mince :-S
So, daughter & son in law (and 3 year old grand daughter) liked my cottage pie last week.
They're staying here next week - guess what they're getting for dinner?

Buy it ready made, then :-D
(I can't make pastry either)

Ooh! Barbra, I've not had a cheese and onion pie since my Mum made them. I'll have to give it a go even though I'm hopeless at making pastry :-D :-D :-D

:-D :-D

It's ok, Caroline, I'm in one of my 'moods' :-0 :-D :-D

I am so annoyed I forgot to get some onions today so its cheese & no onion pie on Sunday* Senior Moment *:-D :-D :-D

Oh Allan you're anything but bland.....

Bland is fine by me, Barbra ;-) :-D :-D :-D

Genes reunited is so predictable the way some people act & post on here childish ,well it makes you want to go to bed to sleep perchance to dream of something other than Blandness ;-) :-D :-D

Me too :-D

:-)