My Day

[Smoggy]

Why is it in photos and video the sea always looks fairly flat no matter how lively in reality?

You're still making me horribly jealous.

[Ray]

1 hour ago, grendel said:

Just popped out into the garden and picked some apples from my tree for the apple crumble I will be cooking on lads week,

Nothing beats an apple crumble.. the big point of debate of course is the custard. Hot crumble must be accompanied by cold custard! Yes? 😁

[SwanR]

37 minutes ago, Ray said:

Hot crumble must be accompanied by cold custard! Yes? 😁

Absolutely not. Hot custard every time.

The only debate is whether it’s thick or runny. 

[kpnut]

Ooh no Jean. Lovely ‘stand up thick’ cold custard. Can’t beat it!! Or if it has to be hot and runny, a proper custard-just eggs, no cornflour or any other thickener. 
Making me hungry!

[OldBerkshireBoy]

47 minutes ago, Ray said:

Nothing beats an apple crumble.. the big point of debate of course is the custard. Hot crumble must be accompanied by cold custard! Yes? 😁

Cream for me, any type will do. Rather eat apple crumble without cold custard tbh if that is the only choice.

[kpnut]

Linking in to the recently revisited thread on Christmas dinners, single cream goes with Christmas pudding - all mushed together. Yum. 

[Ray]

Well, I'm shocked! 😂

[Woodie]

Has to be hot custard AND cream-lovely

[Gracie]

6 minutes ago, Ray said:

Well, I'm shocked! 😂

Me too, There are some very strange tastes lurking on this forum. Marmite and sprouts together . Thick cold custard, very strange indeed 

Custard just has to be hot and runny, poured over a chocolate sponge or sticky toffee pudding, scrummy x

[Ray]

I'm certain it's just a typo and you meant cold and runny Gracie 😂😁😂

[grendel]

it will be hot custard, made with birds custard powder and milk (i am not brave enough to try making it with eggs and cornflower)

[Gracie]

Just now, Ray said:

I'm certain it's just a typo and you meant cold and runny Gracie 😂😁😂

Nooooooo, you strange person 

[grendel]

dont get me wrong I will eat custard in all shapes and forms, but for a crumble it has to be hot and freshly made.

(early in my career I had an arrangement with the ladies in the canteen, they would make me a special apple turnover that could span a soup plate and then fill the soup plate with custard, always complement the canteen ladies on their food, it pays dividends.

[kpnut]

3 minutes ago, grendel said:

am not brave enough to try making it with eggs and cornflower

Not would I be on the boat Grendel. I think the lowest heat on the boat hob would be too high. A curdled mess would ensue!

[kpnut]

I’m in Leeds on a medical trial at the moment. And my tea is in 10 minutes time. Good thing too as all this food talk is making me increasingly ravenous. And funnily enough, I think we are getting crumble tonight. 

[Ray]

4 minutes ago, Gracie said:

Nooooooo, you strange person 

You're not the first to make this observation and custard isn't the only reason 😂

3 minutes ago, grendel said:

always complement the canteen ladies on their food, it pays dividends

I have to agree, in the far distant past I worked at HJ Heinz and as a school leaver who didn't really look old enough to be out of school the canteen ladies "adopted" me 😁

[Mouldy]

1 hour ago, Ray said:

Nothing beats an apple crumble.. the big point of debate of course is the custard. Hot crumble must be accompanied by cold custard! Yes? 😁

Sorry Ray.  Just wrong.  Hot, smooth creamy custard.  It’s the only way.

Now, if you want to start a proper debate, chips and gravy - yes or no?

For me, definitely not.  Salt, vinegar and perhaps ketchup, but gravy . . . . just wrong on every level!

[TFrench89]

Just now, Mouldy said:

Sorry Ray.  Just wrong.  Hot, smooth creamy custard.  It’s the only way.

Now, if you want to start a proper debate, chips and gravy - yes or no?

For me, definitely not.  Salt, vinegar and perhaps ketchup, but gravy . . . . just wrong on every level!

Chips and curry sauce is the way to go! 

[Lulu]

When my kids were younger they always wanted more crumble topping. My son said the ratio of apple and crumble was crucial. I said how much do you want then and he said at least a foot of crumble and that the fruit should just be a token gesture 

[Ray]

1 minute ago, Mouldy said:

For me, definitely not.  Salt, vinegar and perhaps ketchup, but gravy . . . . just wrong on every level!

Yes! We have a meeting of minds and world peace may break out if only everyone had the common decency to keep gravy away from chips 🍺

[Mouldy]

9 minutes ago, grendel said:

 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . always complement the canteen ladies on their food, it pays dividends.

Hmmm.  Good advice, that.  Back in the day when I drove for a well known supermarket from one of their RDC’s in Milton Keynes, if there was a delay with the load and the opportunity arose to visit their subsidised canteen, it was always worth taking advantage as the food wasn’t bad . . . and was cheap.

I always wondered why when asked if I wanted gravy, my reply of ‘two lumps, please’ wasn’t always received well.

You live and learn.

[Chelsea14Ian]

Crumble  with custard,cream also why not.Now I know I'm  a Londoner No pie mash and waterer parsly sauce or some still do ell sauce.NO, for me pie mash and curry sauce. Good also with fish and chips.

[Ray]

That eel sauce Ian, is that what they call liquor? (Not sure how it's spelt)

For me pie and mash has to come with peas and gravy 👍 

[Woodie]

Used to know a bloke who sprinkled a liberal amount of sugar on his chips.

Thats just not right, couldn’t bring myself to even try one.

[Ray]

3 minutes ago, Woodie said:

Used to know a bloke who sprinkled a liberal amount of sugar on his chips.

Thats just not right, couldn’t bring myself to even try one.

Surely that's against the law! 😁