Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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Use decent oats! You are making some sort of liquid muesli.0
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Jeezo. What sort of Calvinistic, masochistic dweeb chookta puts oats into cold water? I know life can be tough up there in the outer Hebrides but putting your oats into cold water and bringing them to the boil and pouring half a shovel full of salt on it... hang on, all that salt... to give it some flavour because you've boiled the life out of it?seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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The important thing is...do your animals eat it?Jeezo. What sort of Calvinistic, masochistic dweeb chookta puts oats into cold water? I know life can be tough up there in the outer Hebrides but putting your oats into cold water and bringing them to the boil and pouring half a shovel full of salt on it... hang on, all that salt... to give it some flavour because you've boiled the life out of it?Ecrasez l’infame0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19776438#p19776438]BelgianBeerGeek[/url] wrote:
The important thing is...do your animals eat it?Jeezo. What sort of Calvinistic, masochistic dweeb chookta puts oats into cold water? I know life can be tough up there in the outer Hebrides but putting your oats into cold water and bringing them to the boil and pouring half a shovel full of salt on it... hang on, all that salt... to give it some flavour because you've boiled the life out of it?
Excellent point BBG.
That's all they have to live on in the Crofts in mid-winter. Of course, in time, generations of gruel porage consumption causes devolution due to the lack of nutrition in their diet which in turn maintains the perpetuation of the viscous circle that keeps them enslaved into their existences.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Sooooon.0
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chookta
Que es "chookta"? I take it one means 'teuchter' doesn't one old chap?0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19776426#p19776426]Hamish McTavish[/url] wrote:
That means that you put the milk(?), water and porage all in the pot at the same time?! Yeugh.
Bring the milk(?) and water to the boil first, then add the porage. If you don't, the porage goes all thin and runny, lacking in a any texture.
2 parts liquid to 1 part porage, pinch of salt.
Heresy! I suspect you are making some sort of oat tea.
The runniness or otherwise of the porridge is down to the liquid:solid ratio, the type of oats and the length of cooking time. I add oats to cold water, bring to the boil, simmer until desired consistency is achieved, put in a bowl and then sprinkle over sea salt. This is the only true way.
Absolute bollox. Cold water! Just cold water? If you put the oats in when the water is cold, the oats disintegrate and you end up with gruel. I bet you like Oatcakes too ya bampot.
I thought the 'wee freeze' brigade had died out :roll:
That's never happened to me before. My porridge always turns out fine. It's all in the stirring.0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19776426#p19776426]Hamish McTavish[/url] wrote:
That...salt.
Heresy...way.
Absolute...out :roll:
That's never happened to me before. My porridge always turns out fine. It's all in the stirring.
Yeah, you're good at stirring.
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chookta
Que es "chookta"? I take it one means 'teuchter' doesn't one old chap?
Written as the locals pronounce it.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Jeezo. What sort of Calvinistic, masochistic dweeb chookta puts oats into cold water? I know life can be tough up there in the outer Hebrides but putting your oats into cold water and bringing them to the boil and pouring half a shovel full of salt on it... hang on, all that salt... to give it some flavour because you've boiled the life out of it?
Not a "shovelful of salt", a pinch. It's called seasoning and I think that you will find it is a feature of all advanced cuisines. Not "boiled the life out of it", gently simmered (and, as Finchy rightly said, stirred). I know paeleo and raw diets are very trendy at the moment but surely there is still a place for cooking...0 -
chookta
Que es "chookta"? I take it one means 'teuchter' doesn't one old chap?
Written as the locals pronounce it.
Nah, Stranraer is too close to Nurn Ironed to get a say in how to pronounce proper spik like.0 -
chookta
Que es "chookta"? I take it one means 'teuchter' doesn't one old chap?
Written as the locals pronounce it.
Nah, Stranraer is too close to Nurn Ironed to get a say in how to pronounce proper spik like.
They're not really Scottish and they're not really Northern Irish - they're Galloway Irish. Quaer as quear can be and odd too.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19776519#p19776519]Hamish McTavish[/url] wrote:Jeezo. What sort of Calvinistic, masochistic dweeb chookta puts oats into cold water? I know life can be tough up there in the outer Hebrides but putting your oats into cold water and bringing them to the boil and pouring half a shovel full of salt on it... hang on, all that salt... to give it some flavour because you've boiled the life out of it?
Not a "shovelful of salt", a pinch. It's called seasoning and I think that you will find it is a feature of all advanced cuisines. Not "boiled the life out of it", gently simmered (and, as Finchy rightly said, stirred). I know paeleo and raw diets are very trendy at the moment but surely there is still a place for cooking...
I'll sort you out later.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
People on paleo diets ( rant not based on any knowledge, so ideal for fora) is it eating like cavemen?
I mean if it is do they go out and catch it themselves, it surely has to be organic and totally free range, cats, dogs, squirrels, voles are probably beyond the abilities of the average lardy dieter to outrun, or is the use of modern technology acceptable in the paleo world, automatic weapons , souped up mobility scooters, 'cos if not paleo means vegetarian, although you do have to be able to bend over to harvest root vegetables
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At least Hamish McTavish sounds like he might be Scottish rather than hailing from Outer Mongolia or something.0
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People on paleo diets ( rant not based on any knowledge, so ideal for fora) is it eating like cavemen?
I mean if it is do they go out and catch it themselves, it surely has to be organic and totally free range, cats, dogs, squirrels, voles are probably beyond the abilities of the average lardy dieter to outrun, or is the use of modern technology acceptable in the paleo world, automatic weapons , souped up mobility scooters, 'cos if not paleo means vegetarian, although you do have to be able to bend over to harvest root vegetables
Yeah, yeah, yeah, blah blah. Great post, super lovely.
Now, more importantly: how do you cook your Porage?seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
At least Hamish McTavish sounds like he might be Scottish rather than hailing from Outer Mongolia or something.
When UKIP get into power and start getting rid of 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants, i'll meet you in the cafe on the boat 'home'.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
People on paleo diets ( rant not based on any knowledge, so ideal for fora) is it eating like cavemen?
I mean if it is do they go out and catch it themselves, it surely has to be organic and totally free range, cats, dogs, squirrels, voles are probably beyond the abilities of the average lardy dieter to outrun, or is the use of modern technology acceptable in the paleo world, automatic weapons , shouped up mobility scooters, 'cos if not paleo means vegetarian, although you do have to be able to bend over to harvest root vegetables
Yeah, yeah, yeah, blah blah. Great post, super lovely.
Now, more importantly: how do you cook your Porage?
I don't know, I'll ask her my isetta is a 300cc bike0 -
If they are paying for my repatriation, I'll drink to that!At least Hamish McTavish sounds like he might be Scottish rather than hailing from Outer Mongolia or something.
When UKIP get into power and start getting rid of 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants, i'll meet you in the cafe on the boat 'home'.
Back to irritants: what is this "hack" I seem to see everywhere? Car "hacks", gardening "hacks"? I think I may be behind the times, do they mean shortcuts, or something?
I really must get out more, but it's dark and scary out there.Ecrasez l’infame0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19776849#p19776849]BelgianBeerGeek[/url] wrote:
If they are paying for my repatriation, I'll drink to that!At least Hamish McTavish sounds like he might be Scottish rather than hailing from Outer Mongolia or something.
When UKIP get into power and start getting rid of 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants, i'll meet you in the cafe on the boat 'home'.
Back to irritants: what is this "hack" I seem to see everywhere? Car "hacks", gardening "hacks"? I think I may be behind the times, do they mean shortcuts, or something?
I really must get out more, but it's dark and scary out there.
"Lifestyle Hacks" - it's a totally b*llocks term for a tip to do something everyday slightly more easily than you could otherwise.0 -
Italy is a great place for a holiday. Everything is too much faff to live there though.At least Hamish McTavish sounds like he might be Scottish rather than hailing from Outer Mongolia or something.
When UKIP get into power and start getting rid of 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants, i'll meet you in the cafe on the boat 'home'.
Should UKIP get into power and deport me I reckon they'll only manage to hold on long enough for me to have a good holiday. Maybe I should vote for them. 0 -
I'll tell them i'm from Martinique.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Oats + cold water + pinch of salt. Bring to boil then simmer for 5 mins stirring frantically. Generous dollop of muscovado sugar and eat.
If I want luxury I'll substitute milk for some of the water, but it does change the consistency of the final result in a way I've never quite fathomed.
Always been annoyed by shop assistants who sound like they know what they are talking about when clearly they don't. Most recently the muppet in Currys who confidently assured us they'd sold out of Chromecast 2s. Just to be sure we wandered over to the TV section where we found a stash of 50 or so :roll: .0 -
Ill-behaved kids and their useless touchy-feely parents, especially in places which are not for kids such as showrooms, galleries, pubs.
Feck right off and take your useless parents with you.Ben
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Completely agree, it's become so bad after one particular incident in our local they put up their child policy after a regular complained to some parents about the behaviour of their children. Instead of controlling their kids they told him to get used to it as it's the "new demographic". Parents too busy drinking to look after their kids. When mine were younger we were complimented several times on the behaviour of our kids by other parents with unruly children. So why don't they try to control theirs?Ill-behaved kids and their useless touchy-feely parents, especially in places which are not for kids such as showrooms, galleries, pubs.
Feck right off and take your useless parents with you.0 -
You're met Pinno's toots then?Ill-behaved kids and their useless touchy-feely parents, especially in places which are not for kids such as showrooms, galleries, pubs.
Feck right off and take your useless parents with you.
And +1Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0 -
Completely agree, it's become so bad after one particular incident in our local they put up their child policy after a regular complained to some parents about the behaviour of their children. Instead of controlling their kids they told him to get used to it as it's the "new demographic". Parents too busy drinking to look after their kids. When mine were younger we were complimented several times on the behaviour of our kids by other parents with unruly children. So why don't they try to control theirs?Ill-behaved kids and their useless touchy-feely parents, especially in places which are not for kids such as showrooms, galleries, pubs.
Feck right off and take your useless parents with you.
They don't know how to control them. That's why, IMO.
We were in a bathroom showroom yesterday. One couple were there ordering some units or whatever and another couple - their friends I presume - were there with them. Between them, five of the unruliest little Jacobs and Jocastas I've ever come across. Proper little Herberts.
For me, the icing on the cake was when they left. One of the little lads - let's call him Tarquin - was banging away at the Sales Rep's keyboard and wouldn't follow his parents.
Parent: "Tarquin, come on now please we're leaving."
*Tarquin bangs keyboard and shouts incoherently. Ignores his dad*
Parent: "Please Tarquin. We're leaving."
*Tarquin bangs keyboard and shouts incoherently. Ignores his dad*
Parent: "Tarquin, come on now please we're leaving."
*Tarquin bangs keyboard and shouts incoherently. Ignores his dad*
Parent: "Tarquin, come on now please we're going to the park."
They eventually left. I made the point to my girlfriend that, if he'd been our kid, after ignoring me the first time then he'd have been dragged out of there by his collar. A moot point really because no kid of mine would be behaving like that in the first place.
So fecking annoying.Ben
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I blame the 'c-word'
Not that c-word, this one.....careful. I hear this said a lot to kids these days.
I was on a UK beach a few years back and was hit in the middle of the back by a stone thrown by a "Tarquin". His mum said...
"If you're throwing stones, be careful"
I have a lamentably short fuse when it comes to f-wits and so asked, quite forthrightly, "Careful? what's wrong with stop?"
She said "If you'd listened, you'd have heard me say stop". "No you didn't", I replied "You told him to be careful, there's a big difference".
The older I get, the better I was.0 -
I blame the 'c-word'
Not that c-word, this one.....careful. I hear this said a lot to kids these days.
I was on a UK beach a few years back and was hit in the middle of the back by a stone thrown by a "Tarquin". His mum said...
"If you're throwing stones, be careful"
I have a lamentably short fuse when it comes to f-wits and so asked, quite forthrightly, "Careful? what's wrong with stop?"
She said "If you'd listened, you'd have heard me say stop". "No you didn't", I replied "You told him to be careful, there's a big difference".
I'd have been apoplectic.Ben
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I'd have been apoplectic.
ermmmmmm :oops:
The older I get, the better I was.0
