Loungers who Lunch; Cake, Bovril and Penguins...

Princess Peach

Princess Peach wrote: »

My boyfriend had his first go at baking last night! Low fat carrot and tropical fruit muffins. Just had one and it's delicious!

He can bake every week now

My friend has a recipe for carrot cake muffins and it's delicious. Smells really homey. I think it involves crushed walnuts and shredded actual carrot and "mixed spice" and stuff

Honey-ec

Whispered wrote: »

My gran used to have an old english sheepdog, her name was Trixie. She had one mad eye. Crazy dog!

It's called heterochromia and it's extremely common in Old English Sheepdogs.

/useless info

Cerulean Chicken

bluewolf wrote: »

My friend has a recipe for carrot cake muffins and it's delicious. Smells really homey. I think it involves crushed walnuts and shredded actual carrot and "mixed spice" and stuff

...Don't all carrot cake/muffin recipes involve shredded carrot and mixed spice? And most have walnuts too...

Das Kitty

Honey-ec wrote: »

It's called heterochromia and it's extremely common in Old English Sheepdogs.

/useless info

Closet Quizzer!

Cerulean Chicken

Cerulean Chicken wrote: »

...Don't all carrot cake/muffin recipes involve shredded carrot and mixed spice? And most have walnuts too...

I don't know
I never make it so this was my only experience with it and it smelled nice is all

Lucyfur

Penguins, penguins lots of lovely penguins

Day 2 of back to the gym after my dose of the consumption. Lads, I'm half dead. When is someone gonna invent a magical fat burning/muscle forming pill?

Das Kitty

You never made carrot cake?!

I would love to try a carrot cake made by you. MMMM!

Grating the carrots is the hardest bit. Pain in the bum-cheek.

(ooh and I have a new shelf at work for my files and it has a hook to hang my phone headset on... )

Das Kitty

Das Kitty wrote: »

You never made carrot cake?!

I would love to try a carrot cake made by you. MMMM!

Grating the carrots is the hardest bit. Pain in the bum-cheek.

I'll come up and make one for you!

Grip it nice and firm, up and down... tiring on the hand after a while, agreed.

Lucyfur

I love grated carrots. Omnomnom.

How's your belly, Das?

Cerulean Chicken

bluewolf wrote: »

I don't know
I never make it so this was my only experience with it and it smelled nice is all

Carrot cake smells amazing, om nom. The oil keeps it so moist, and the cinnamon is so yummy!

Lucyfur wrote: »

Penguins, penguins lots of lovely penguins

Day 2 of back to the gym after my dose of the consumption. Lads, I'm half dead. When is someone gonna invent a magical fat burning/muscle forming pill?

I have to go to the gym, do not want

Das Kitty wrote: »

Grating the carrots is the hardest bit. Pain in the bum-cheek.

I bloody hate grating the carrots!

Now I want carrot cake.

Das Kitty

Lucyfur wrote: »

How's your belly, Das?

Okay today. Almost

threw up on the toddler

yesterday.

Lucyfur

Oh no!!! When my friend was preggers,

she threw up in her toddlers toy basket. He was very unimpressed.

Hopefully you'll be over the worst in the next week or so x

Whispered

Poor mammies! There really should be a mothers day every week, with everything you have to put up with.

Would anybody know where to point me in the direction of a cheap pre-owned exercise bike. My dad has finally been taking care of himself and is loosing weight. We've all been worried about him because he is dangerously heavy and he really needs to do something about it. The weight is coming off slowly, and now he's looking for an exercise bike. If I had the money I'd get one for him. He lost weight before and put it back on, so we're trying to keep the momentum going this time. So proud of him that he's doing something now!

WinterSong

No college for me today either. I feel like such a slacker, even though I know it's for the best. In bed watching A Cinderella Story now and going to move onto The Good Wife for some quality entertainment after that!

Hope your sickness eases up soon, Das

IvyTheTerrible

WinterSong wrote: »

No college for me today either. I feel like such a slacker, even though I know it's for the best. In bed watching A Cinderella Story now and going to move onto The Good Wife for some quality entertainment after that!

Hope your sickness eases up soon, Das

While you're in France, you should watch some of the classic French comedies, the sort of films that every French person has watched a million times, like:
Le diner des cons,
Any of the Louis de Funes films, particularly Rabbi Jacob, and Un aigle et une cuisse
Any of the early Pierre Richard films, like Les Comperes and Les Fugitifs (both with Gerard Depardieu as well), and Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire
Oh and one of my favourites is Les Bronzes font du Ski.

EDIT: They will cheer you up when you are sick too!

shalalala

WinterSong wrote: »

No college for me today either. I feel like such a slacker, even though I know it's for the best. In bed watching A Cinderella Story now and going to move onto The Good Wife for some quality entertainment after that!

Hope your sickness eases up soon, Das

I love the good wife. Amazing!

WinterSong

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

While you're in France, you should watch some of the classic French comedies, the sort of films that every French person has watched a million times, like:
Le diner des cons,
Any of the Louis de Funes films, particularly Rabbi Jacob, and Un aigle et une cuisse
Any of the early Pierre Richard films, like Les Comperes and Les Fugitifs (both with Gerard Depardieu as well), and Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire
Oh and one of my favourites is Les Bronzes font du Ski.

EDIT: They will cheer you up when you are sick too!

Ah, you hero!

WinterSong

shalalala wrote: »

I love the good wife. Amazing!

I think I'm a little bit in love with Alicia/Julianna Marguiles. What a woman!

Princess Peach

We have a lovely new food processor to grate the carrots for us.

And tonight it will make us tasty falafels!

SarahBeep!

WinterSong wrote: »

No college for me today either. I feel like such a slacker, even though I know it's for the best. In bed watching A Cinderella Story now and going to move onto The Good Wife for some quality entertainment after that!

Hope your sickness eases up soon, Das

My favourite French RomCom is definitely Priceless!

IvyTheTerrible

SarahBeep! wrote: »

My favourite French RomCom is definitely Priceless!

Really? I absolutely hated that. (But perhaps that's because I cannot stand Gad Elmaleh, his personality in real life puts me off bigtime).

Cerulean Chicken

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

Really? I absolutely hated that. (But perhaps that's because I cannot stand Gad Elmaleh, his personality in real life puts me off bigtime).

That sounds like a drunken attempt at a sentence

SarahBeep!

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

Really? I absolutely hated that. (But perhaps that's because I cannot stand Gad Elmaleh, his personality in real life puts me off bigtime).

Ah I thought it was a nice little film that didn't require much thinking! (Except for reading the subtitles :P )

Cerulean Chicken

I just saw a post online where my boyfriend referred to me as his wife, bless him He's a good few months early with that one lol. Must ask him when he gets home why on earth he used wife instead of girlfriend in it, he'll either have an adorable or creepy explanation

IvyTheTerrible

SarahBeep! wrote: »

Ah I thought it was a nice little film that didn't require much thinking! (Except for reading the subtitles :P )

I think Elmaleh is a good stand up comedian but IMO there is a problem in French comedy, that all comedians that become successful feel they HAVE to start acting too, and it doesn't always work (there is an AWFUL lot of rubbish in French cinema).

Cerulean Chicken

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

I think Elmaleh is a good stand up comedian but IMO there is a problem in French comedy, that all comedians that become successful feel they HAVE to start acting too, and it doesn't always work (there is an AWFUL lot of rubbish in French cinema).

Yeah that's definitely drunkspeak for "I hurt my leg" or something!

pinkheels88

Irish grandparents have to be the funniest in the world... :pac:
My grandmother is currently knitting a baby Jesus for her crib next Christmas and every word out of my grandad's mouth cracks me up. Heard him call someone a "dirty rabbi" the other day and he's just after remarking that their cat is "out hooring day and night"... Hahaha

PhysiologyRocks

My car insurance came down by nearly 400 Euro!!! :D:D

Now to purchase cat insurance (which I totally didn't almost post instead of car insurance by mistake).

Mars Bar

I think there is something wrong with me. I've been floating in and around the 59.5 - 60 kg mark for a good year and a half. That was fine last year coz I was playing football every day and working out that I lost inches but not the numbers on the scale. Perfectly normal.
Since November, I've done little exercise apart from the odd cycle and playing football. For the past month, I've had no motivation or energy but just enough to get me through a weekly soccer session. I've also had about 2 Chinese takeaways and 4-5 Supermac's takeaways in 6 weeks.

So I decided to see what I weighed today when I went swimming so it'd give me a good shoe up the arse.

I weigh 58.4 kg. What the actual ****? I was expecting 61 or 62 kg!!

I shall eat all the takeaways! :pac:

Just made this Chicken Taco for dinner. I left out the cream so it was spicy but it was nyommy!

Daisies

Princess Peach wrote: »

We have a lovely new food processor to grate the carrots for us.

And tonight it will make us tasty falafels!

I miss my food processor. It was like a grown up toy! Sometimes I think I'm not a people person as I often miss my shoes or my food processor more than my family!:eek:

Larianne

Daisies wrote: »

I miss my food processor. It was like a grown up toy! Sometimes I think I'm not a people person as I often miss my shoes or my food processor more than my family!:eek:

:pac:

RacoonQueen

Daisies wrote: »

I miss my food processor. It was like a grown up toy! Sometimes I think I'm not a people person as I often miss my shoes or my food processor more than my family!:eek:

You can talk to your family though, you can't talk to your shoes.

Me and my shoes talk to each other all the time but my family would never bring them to the phone for me.

Daisies

RacoonQueen wrote: »

You can talk to your family though, you can't talk to your shoes.

Me and my shoes talk to each other all the time but my family would never bring them to the phone for me.

EXACTLY. At one point when I lived in Australia a friend there asked me did I miss my family, my response "Nah, I talk to them all the time, I miss my shoes." And they thought I was strange!

RacoonQueen

I cleaned out my presses the other day. Rediscovered a jar of marshmallow fluff. Happy days.

Also, need to go to the supermarket. Had nothing really in for lunch so ended up with rashers and toast. This gluten free thing is hard when you've nothing else planned for lunch.

xLexie

Just read that that lead singer of Aslan was diagnosed with cancer. Hopefully he makes a full recovery

Hermione*

Daisies wrote: »

I miss my food processor. It was like a grown up toy! Sometimes I think I'm not a people person as I often miss my shoes or my food processor more than my family!:eek:

I bought myself a food processor at Christmas. Best thing I've bought in years. Sometimes I think I love it as much as a person Or one of my nice handbags! :eek: :pac:

Lucyfur

I have a food processor, a juicer (love love LOVE) a smoothie maker, a steamer....ALL THE GADGETS!!!

Cerulean Chicken

I had fruit cake (Christmas cake to everyone else) for dinner, NOM.

Hermione*

Lucyfur wrote: »

I have a food processor, a juicer (love love LOVE) a smoothie maker, a steamer....ALL THE GADGETS!!!

I also have a juicer and my beloved handheld blender. I actually couldn't live without the latter: it's the best thing ever! I'm currently really obsessed with getting a super-fancy new handheld blender.

Ilyana 2.0

Hey ladies, hope you're all well!

Christ on a bike, I'm frozen. I'm staying with J this week, and the oil has been gone for two weeks. Still, it's worth it to have some proper time with him

I'mma bake some gluten free cookies while he's working; with Galaxy, Bourneville and Milky Bar chunks

Lucyfur

My hand blender is a tesco value one that cost about €10 and it's fecking mighty! So handy for soups and oat pancakes!

Daisies

Hermione* wrote: »

I bought myself a food processor at Christmas. Best thing I've bought in years. Sometimes I think I love it as much as a person Or one of my nice handbags! :eek: :pac:

I know. I used to make hummous, falafel, coleslaw would take 30 seconds. Damn it, I wish I had it here

Daisies

Lucyfur wrote: »

My hand blender is a tesco value one that cost about €10 and it's fecking mighty! So handy for soups and oat pancakes!

I had a hand blender that was Tesco Value. I never bought pre made soups!

Lyaiera

Lucyfur wrote: »

My hand blender is a tesco value one that cost about €10 and it's fecking mighty! So handy for soups and oat pancakes!

I think I paid €16 for mine. Soups! NOM!

shalalala

I need a food processor and everything. But first I need a new home! Any offers? My oh doesn't want to live with me so I would like to live alone I think. Unfortunately not that wealthy!

Princess Peach

Since I moved in with my boyfriend our kitchen has exploded with gadgets and pans! How he lived without all these things I don't know.

Still need an electronic whisk, food processor doesn't cut it for meringue. If we had more cupboard space I'd be bringing my ice cream maker and waffle maker and all the useless crap I have used once :pac:

angeldelight

My favourite kitchen gadget is my kitchenaid stand mixer - I love love love it!

Whispered

I have a little soup plunger thingy and that is the extent of my kitchen gadgets. I've even recently gotten rid of my electric kettle. I think K's issue with clutter might have rubbed off on me.

pampootie

Whispered wrote: »

I've even recently gotten rid of my electric kettle.

But..... But.... How do you make the tay?

I have a stupid amount of kitchen gadgets. My hand blender is definitely my favourite at the moment, was at the dentist this morning with sore wisdom teeth to be told all 4 have to come out under anaesthetic. Hence everything I'm eating this week is in puree form. Wah!

confusticated

pampootie wrote: »

But..... But.... How do you make the tay?

I have a stupid amount of kitchen gadgets. My hand blender is definitely my favourite at the moment, was at the dentist this morning with sore wisdom teeth to be told all 4 have to come out under anaesthetic. Hence everything I'm eating this week is in puree form. Wah!

That was my first reaction! I moved abroad and had no kettle for the first 6 weeks. Worst 6 weeks of my life.

Hope the teeth aren't too sore for icecream. :-(