The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread

[Mussels]

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.

[Yorick]

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

[Yorick]

Yorkshire...Lincolnshire

Nope. Sorry.

Not a clue.

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

[gremlin]

Yorkshire...Lincolnshire

Nope. Sorry.

Not a clue.

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

North...north.....

Islington?

[Mr Moofo]

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 ....

[Silly Car]

I 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.

[gremlin]

Morrison's pumpernickel bread.

It's right nice.

[Taipan]

Purchased by someone else to give to me as a thank you.

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

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?

[gremlin]

I have a dog that's partial to a bit of 'am.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Purchased by someone else to give to me as a thank you.

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

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.

[Taipan]

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!

[melons]

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

[Taipan]

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.

[Wreckless Rat]

Aren't you meant to just slice it very thinly and eat as is....

[KungFooBob]

Got a flag pole... well it's more of a festival wind sock pole, but it was cheap!

[Yorick]

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

[Taipan]

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?

Aren't you meant to just slice it very thinly and eat as is....

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...

[Wreckless Rat]

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?

Aren't you meant to just slice it very thinly and eat as is....

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...

[Mr. Dazzle]

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.

[gremlin]

Bernard Matthews Turkey Ham, FTW.