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MrLongbeard wrote: Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:46 pm Time for some old skool high jinks this weekend me thinks, if the beach is empty enough.
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I bought one from Zanx years ago, was meant to be for the kids to play with but was way too big for that. It was certainly entertaining when the brake wasn't set right, I dropped the handles in a gust and got dragged across a field by the wrist straps until the canopy got stuck in a tree. Much fun but I rarely find a big enough empty space to use it.
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gremlin wrote: Fri Jul 31, 2020 3:02 pm Sort of got me thinking. I haven't bought anything for ages, apart from tiles, grout, etc. for doing the shower room.

Saw a nice pair of Paul Smith Chelsea boots for less than half price on the John Lewis app the other week, but then stopped and thought, 'Do I need another pair of shoes?'

I must be getting well old.
Don't need boots or shows here :)
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gremlin wrote: Fri Jul 31, 2020 3:00 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:26 pm Yorkshire...Lincolnshire
Nope. Sorry.

Not a clue.




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I'll give you a clue.
Up norf we have distinct counties.
Darn sarf it's just a mush of shandy drinkers
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Yorick wrote: Fri Jul 31, 2020 3:24 pm
gremlin wrote: Fri Jul 31, 2020 3:00 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:26 pm Yorkshire...Lincolnshire
Nope. Sorry.

Not a clue.




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I'll give you a clue.
Up norf we have distinct counties.
Darn sarf it's just a mush of shandy drinkers
North...north..... :hmmm:

Islington? :think:
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MrLongbeard wrote: Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:46 pm Time for some old skool high jinks this weekend me thinks, if the beach is empty enough.
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I have a Beamer 3.6 which I fly occasionally- can get interesting when the wind picks up ....
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Mr Moofo wrote: Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:16 pmI have a Beamer 3.6 which I fly occasionally- can get interesting when the wind picks up ....
I’ve got one of them too, I had to get a set of killers for it as I got dragged across a hilltop playing field and I’m a lardarse.

Cool as though. Might dig it out and have a go one day. :thumbup:
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Morrison's pumpernickel bread.

It's right nice.
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Taipan wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 11:02 am Purchased by someone else to give to me as a thank you. :)

Bigger chunk of meat than I was expecting! Tea bag for scale! :D



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Have to say this stuff is awful. Tough as ld boot no matter how thin you attempt to slice it. Can you actually do anything with it, like roast it or slow cook it?
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I have a dog that's partial to a bit of 'am.
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Taipan wrote: Tue Aug 04, 2020 6:05 pm
Taipan wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 11:02 am Purchased by someone else to give to me as a thank you. :)

Bigger chunk of meat than I was expecting! Tea bag for scale! :D



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Have to say this stuff is awful. Tough as ld boot no matter how thin you attempt to slice it. Can you actually do anything with it, like roast it or slow cook it?
Slow cooking would be my bet, some kind of weird Franco/Spanish cassoulet type thing.
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 11:49 am
Slow cooking would be my bet, some kind of weird Franco/Spanish cassoulet type thing.
Tried that still a bit leathery, so now its in the instant put and if that doesn't work its in the dog!
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Taipan wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 12:54 pm
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 11:49 am
Slow cooking would be my bet, some kind of weird Franco/Spanish cassoulet type thing.
Tried that still a bit leathery, so now its in the instant put and if that doesn't work its in the dog!
might make a good dog chew toy

Reckon being off the bone it's too squidgy to be possible to slice thin enough to be edible with a knife, you'd need a https://www.amazon.co.uk/Protection-Rem ... NrPXRydWU=

All I would have done is chop it into a very small dice (<5mm?), portion into lots of bags and bung in the freezer. Then saute with the veg when making rice dishes or soups, should work great with 'brown/green lentil & veg soup', 'saute' potatoes' etc
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melons wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 6:14 am
Taipan wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 12:54 pm
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 11:49 am
Slow cooking would be my bet, some kind of weird Franco/Spanish cassoulet type thing.
Tried that still a bit leathery, so now its in the instant put and if that doesn't work its in the dog!
might make a good dog chew toy

Reckon being off the bone it's too squidgy to be possible to slice thin enough to be edible with a knife, you'd need a https://www.amazon.co.uk/Protection-Rem ... NrPXRydWU=

All I would have done is chop it into a very small dice (<5mm?), portion into lots of bags and bung in the freezer. Then saute with the veg when making rice dishes or soups, should work great with 'brown/green lentil & veg soup', 'saute' potatoes' etc
It went in the bin. It shredded like pulled pork and looked nice but was useless to eat.
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Aren't you meant to just slice it very thinly and eat as is.... :shifty:
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Got a flag pole... well it's more of a festival wind sock pole, but it was cheap!

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Harry wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 12:24 pm
Taipan wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 9:48 am
It went in the bin. It shredded like pulled pork and looked nice but was useless to eat.
Isn't that type of meat always a bit chewy?
It's beautiful if you get the proper stuff like they serve here :)
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Harry wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 12:24 pm
Taipan wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 9:48 am
It went in the bin. It shredded like pulled pork and looked nice but was useless to eat.
Isn't that type of meat always a bit chewy?
Wreckless Rat wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 12:31 pm Aren't you meant to just slice it very thinly and eat as is.... :shifty:
I dont have the knife skills or a slicer to get it thin enough to give it a chance really, but even if I had I doubt it would be that nice. I've had it in Spain where it's very thinly sliced, but even the hallowed Extremadura acorn fed pig stuff isn't really my taste. One or two slices is more than enough...
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Taipan wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 1:09 pm
Harry wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 12:24 pm
Taipan wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 9:48 am
It went in the bin. It shredded like pulled pork and looked nice but was useless to eat.
Isn't that type of meat always a bit chewy?
Wreckless Rat wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 12:31 pm Aren't you meant to just slice it very thinly and eat as is.... :shifty:
I dont have the knife skills or a slicer to get it thin enough to give it a chance really, but even if I had I doubt it would be that nice. I've had it in Spain where it's very thinly sliced, but even the hallowed Extremadura acorn fed pig stuff isn't really my taste. One or two slices is more than enough...
I hate Serrano ham myself, the Philistine that I am...
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Harry wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 12:24 pm
Taipan wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 9:48 am
It went in the bin. It shredded like pulled pork and looked nice but was useless to eat.
Isn't that type of meat always a bit chewy?
I suspect a large part of it is that you can't slice it thinly enough with a knife, you need a bacon slicer. Serrano, Prosciutto/Parma etc. (i.e. 'raw' hams) are all like that.

However that said, there are plenty of recipes that use bigger pieces - and more often the rind - cooked for a long long time.
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Bernard Matthews Turkey Ham, FTW. :thumbup:





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