Chilly McFreeze

She's up to 160 MPs backing her publicly now. I know it's an anonymous ballot but I can't see her losing it now. 

On 12/7/2018 at 11:58 AM, King of Hamptons said:

Braise it with red wine, cinnamon, dark brown sugar and a bit of red wine vinager.. You could even put cranberries in if you wanted. 

I went for Balsamic Vinegar instead of wine last year and it was glorious. Used half a bottle. Also chuck a Star Anise in there.

2 minutes ago, Rey_Piste said:

Fuck that noise.

Well shit, one of my better typos I guess.

Cooking Christmas dinner is pretty much my favourite thing to do, ever. I love love love it.

6th year in a row I'm doing Pork Belly. My friends won't let me do anything else. I raised the subject of Lamb in the pub last week and they were having none of it. But why have anything else when you can have this (pic from last year):

Got a couple of Vegetarians this year, so gotta make 2 gravies, and sadly won't be doing the Potatoes and Yorkshire Puddings in the pork fat this year. 

Here's what the dinner is refined to now after years of tweaking:

- Pork Belly (and crackling)

- Some one is bringing a Nut Roast for the veggies. 

- Roast Potatoes

- Braised Red Cabbage 

- Glazed Carrots

- Sprouts (with bacon and chestnuts)

- Yorkshire Puds

- Stuffing

- Gravy

Biggest tip I can give is do Jamie Oliver's Get Head Gravy a few days beforehand. It's an absolute winner and piss easy to make. Will save you loads of faff when bringing everything together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmxJeptDDlY

EDIT: also, assuming you're doing a big joint of meat or a bird, let that sucker rest out of the oven once cooked for a LONG time. At least an hour, some even say you should rest it for as long as you cooked it. Either way, cover it with tin foil and tea towels and make the most of having a shit load more oven space for a couple of hours.

12 hours ago, David said:

I have an even greater fear that there's a second referendum and remain wins it this time, because then we'll have a whole lot of angry as fuck people who (rightly) believe that the goalposts were shifted simply because the political elite didn't get their way the first time around.

The goalpost wouldn't have moved, they were never established in the first place. No one knew where they were or how big they were. This time, if there is another Referendum, people will know. That's why we need the 2nd vote. 

Good call on the Chana Masala. Chickpeas and Curry are a match made in heaven.

Surprised at the Keema Naan love here though. It's too rich for me. Naans in general just fill me up too much.  

We've done the chippy, but what about that other Great British Takeaway institution? 

If you're not starting with 2 poppadums each then you're already doing it wrong. And don't forget to keep the Mango Chutney around for your mains.

Mains depend, if I want a challenge, something hot like a Chilli Masala, Rogan Josh if I'm being basic, or Tandoori mixed grill if I'm trying to be healthy. Meat is always Lamb. 

I need Spinach in my sides, so a nice Sag Aloo and maybe some Onion Bhajis if I'm pushing the boat out.

Plain rice and a Paratha (superior to a Naan) finish it all off. And maybe a Punky Ice Cream if I have room for dessert.

What you having?

Just leaving this here so we can fully appreciate the level of intellect the current leader of the free world has. I just can not comprehend this. The more I read it the more convinced I am he has completely lost it. 

Fucking hell what a day. I’ve had got almost no work done because of this shit.

This is May’s decision to invoke Article 50 so soon coming back and biting everyone in the arse. Although I empathise with her shitty situation today to some degree, she made this mess herself by being so cavalier with Article 50.

Mogg’s press conference today was very telling. What he and the rest want is no deal straight up and he’s not hiding it anymore. They don’t even want to negotiate anymore, just get us out and deal with it later. 

What at I can’t understand is why the remain campaign didn’t seize on the Irish border issue. It’s such an obvious problem now but I don’t recall any mention of it during the campaign. 

Ive never truly believed we would leave, and I still don’t. Article 50 will get delayed I am sure and then all bets are off, but a 2nd vote would become realistic then, and I think remain would be the likely outcome if there was.

The Christmas Gouch - that bit between Christmas and New Year when you're just bumming around enjoying the time off and eating ungodly amounts of food. 

"Cheese On" is always said by this bloke in my head

Really didn't want to get involved here Maxwell, but I gotta call out the Documentary 'What The Health' as a load of old bollocks mate. It makes some outrageous and ludicrous claims (i.e eating an egg is a bad as smoking 5 cigarettes) that don't stand up to much scrutiny. This article gives a good overview of the issues, and cites the relevant sources and studies:

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/7/25/16018658/what-the-health-documentary-review-vegan-diet

And further reading available on the Wikipedia page about the criticism of the film:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_the_Health#Reception

Not trying to discredit any of the others you posted (I've watched some, not all.) or your stance in general. But this one in particular I would recommend you take off that list if you want any credibility in your argument.

2 hours ago, RancidPunx said:

Hey Folks.

 

i have an acoustic guitar that I’ve never learned to play.

Just wondering if anybody can reccomend a good beginners book to learn off of?

Or can you reccomend any good YouTube tutorials for idiots like me ?

 

thanks 

I learnt way before the internet was a thing in my house, so I can't vouch for any personally, but i hear a lot of good things about www.justinguitar.com

5 minutes ago, Nostalgia Nonce said:

Fucking yes!

Folk'd sounded good too, but I must confess that I got a bit excited and jumped to Surf'd before Alvarez Boogie had even finished.

Surf'd is now downloaded and being added to the music library.

Ha thanks dude! Glad you dig it

I still miss them

We've had a lot of luck in house over the years, only 1 big spider in the 5 years we've been here. But I've already had 2 to deal with this year and it's not even September. Fucking grim.

2 hours ago, W35ty said:

My best friend from childhood had a mum called Theresa Brown.

A real life pun and that's why most people don't believe me.

No word of a lie I went to school with a Theresa Brown. We had a Mike Hunt too (although he insisted on Michael.)

A friend of my swears she had someone at hers called Dwayne Pipe but I still don't believe her.

Digging up this old thread because I've just released a new EP of Instrumental Folk Guitar music. (I promise it's more interesting than it sounds.) And you old bastards are still the longest standing internet community I have ever been a part of (holy christ 15 years nearly!) so I wanted to share it with you.

I make lot's of different kinds of music, usually just for a laugh, but this one is my most personal bits of work I've ever done and I'm kinda proud of it, which is rare for me.

https://andyramone.bandcamp.com/album/folkd

You can also find my previous EP which is instrumental Surf music on that there bandcamp page.

Should also be on Spotify and Apple Music to stream.

14 hours ago, Keith Houchen said:

How about here? 

Aye that's the one I was trying to find. Nice one

1 hour ago, SpursRiot2012 said:

Mostly that stuff is posted in the UKFF Classifieds section. But if you've created something really cool or whatever, sometimes the mods will allow a pinned thread on it - Astro and Lister have both been able to promote their books in pinned topics outside of classifieds.

Ah I see, well it's not as cool as that I'm afraid, just some music I recently released that I'd like to share. But it's no biggy.

Is there an all purpose shilling/promoting things you've made thread? I swear we used to have one but can't find it anywhere

11 minutes ago, d-d-d-dAz said:

Nah, Cohen is being very clever. He's peacocking loud and proud about whistleblowing to try and get Trump to indicate he'll pardon him... and it's working. Trump's tweeted today that Cohen has done nothing wrong - if i'm Cohen, i'm fairly sure i'll be pardoned and immediately shutting up.

Except Cohen’s lawyer has said he won’t accept a pardon even if he gets it

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/michael-cohen-donald-trump-pardon-trial-guilty-russia-investigation-a8502451.html?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&utm_source=reddit.com#Echobox=1534934741

And trump doesn’t seem so keen on him anymore

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1032247043992023040?s=21

All kinds of madness happening yesterday then, with Manafort guilty on 8 charges and Cohen pleading guilty to 8 charges too almost at the same time (one of which is the Stormy Daniels payment.)

Cohen's lawyer is all over the news saying he will sing like a bird to Mueller about the Russia investigation and directly implicate Trump. Really feels like the beginning of the end for real this time. Remarkable stuff

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/22/worst-hour-for-trump-after-convictions-for-manafort-and-cohen

https://nordic.businessinsider.com/lanny-davis-cohen-flipped-on-trump-has-evidence-of-russia-conspiracy-2018-8?r=US&IR=T&utm_source=reddit.com

Just sat in the garden for 2 hours watching the storm approach, got about 1 minute of light rain and that seems to be it done. Fucking gutted I was ready to get down to my kecks and have a shower out there.

It's so fucking dry in Norfolk now we are getting actual wildfires popping up all over the place every day. Another 30 degree week coming up and no rain in sight too. 

Surely just a matter of time before he shoots Clive Anderson then?