BOF Posted September 22, 2022 Moderator Share Posted September 22, 2022 3 minutes ago, fightoffyour said: Not sure how anyone could not like Avocado flavour. It's not particularly strong or amazing, but there's absolutely nothing offensive about it. I find it's often the texture people don't like about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted September 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2022 2 minutes ago, BOF said: I find it's often the texture people don't like about it. Fair enough, but that last post was specifically about flavour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 43 minutes ago, BOF said: I'm really glad I landed on the right side of that line, but I can completely understand why people don't like it. It's very strong. The weird thing is coriander seed is completely different and from a culinary/cooking POV, entirely unrelated. Me too. Apparently the research shows between 3% and 21% of populations have the different DNA that precludes them from enjoying coriander. The variation in percentage is largely down to ethnicity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 22, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2022 5 minutes ago, BOF said: I find it's often the texture people don't like about it. Soapy. tbf, I can take guacamole in small doses, it's eating avos in their basic form that I find really disgusting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 22, 2022 Moderator Share Posted September 22, 2022 EDIT : Not as funny as I'd like on re-read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted September 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2022 21 minutes ago, BOF said: EDIT : Not as funny as I'd like on re-read funnier than this kop out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Is Robert De Niro generally a patient person and can he actually speak italian ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 4 hours ago, mjmooney said: Soapy. tbf, I can take guacamole in small doses, it's eating avos in their basic form that I find really disgusting. Going full blown mom's net over here They're a really hard fruit to pick in the shop, often found that when I've wanted some they're rock hard and no good for another 3 or 4 days or too soft and browning when I cut them My wife makes a really good avacado smash but they're not something I tend to bother with, I'll eat them with a load of other stuff in a wrap but that's about it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted September 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2022 How the **** is the breakfast thread still going after a) pages were written on the subject in other threads before the specific thread was started and b) the whole topic was covered a couple of years ago anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Just now, sidcow said: How the **** is the breakfast thread still going after a) pages were written on the subject in other threads before the specific thread was started and b) the whole topic was covered a couple of years ago anyway. C) it's not as controversial as I thought it would be when I created it I thought there'd be some right arguments in there (looking at @Xelaand his **** ramekins) What I wonder is why no one's started a Sunday dinner thread off the back of it... Natural progression 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted September 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2022 7 minutes ago, villa4europe said: What I wonder is why no one's started a Sunday dinner thread off the back of it... Natural progression Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Just now, sidcow said: Working from home rather than bored at work wait till the middle of next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Having watched schindlers list whatbkd give for a conversation with my wife's grandparents even given my sketchy german I'd be their best mate wanting to know everything I know a tiny bit about where they live being liberated by Americans and I know her one gran was like 20 years older than her grandad cos there was no men...but no one knows anything more than that, they all sadly died relatively young a long time ago, her great grandparents came from Poland and it just gets muddier from there I hope my kids are history buffs like me and give it 15 to 20 years they say let's go find them, for maybe obvious reasons ze germans don't want look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mjmooney Posted September 23, 2022 Author VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted September 23, 2022 14 hours ago, villa4europe said: hope my kids are history buffs like me and give it 15 to 20 years they say let's go find them, for maybe obvious reasons ze germans don't want look One of my favourite travel books is Patrick Leigh Fermour's "A Time of Gifts". As a young bloke in the 1930s he set off to walk/hitchhike across Europe to Istanbul. Passing through Germany, he found a nice pub, but got dog's abuse from some local Nazi youth in the bar. To his credit, the pub landlord turfed the guy out, and apologised for his dickhead behaviour. A few years ago, some bloke made a TV programme retracing PLF's journey, and found the same pub - almost completely unchanged, and still in the family, run by the original landlord's grandson. When asked what became of his granddad, he said he'd been conscripted in 1942, and died on the Russian front. So many stories. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 23, 2022 Moderator Share Posted September 23, 2022 47 minutes ago, mjmooney said: One of my favourite travel books is Patrick Leigh Fermour's "A Time of Gifts". As a young bloke in the 1930s he set off to walk/hitchhike across Europe to Istanbul. Passing through Germany, he found a nice pub, but got dog's abuse from some local Nazi youth in the bar. To his credit, the pub landlord turfed the guy out, and apologised for his dickhead behaviour. A few years ago, some bloke made a TV programme retracing PLF's journey, and found the same pub - almost completely unchanged, and still in the family, run by the original landlord's grandson. When asked what became of his granddad, he said he'd been conscripted in 1942, and died on the Russian front. So many stories. That's interesting. A quick look tells me 'Nick Hunt : Walking the Woods and the Water' might be what you're on about? Although that's a book re-tracing the steps. I can't find a TV programme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 23, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted September 23, 2022 1 hour ago, BOF said: That's interesting. A quick look tells me 'Nick Hunt : Walking the Woods and the Water' might be what you're on about? Although that's a book re-tracing the steps. I can't find a TV programme. That book looks interesting, but it's a different guy. I think this was the one: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 23, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted September 23, 2022 Whoever thought square toilet seats were a good idea? (Somebody with a square arse, I guess - John McGinn?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 23, 2022 Moderator Share Posted September 23, 2022 29 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Whoever thought square toilet seats were a good idea? (Somebody with a square arse, I guess - John McGinn?) people who have square toilets are to blame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Not something I've often, If ever wondered about but got an answer today I live in a high rise flat, my mom popped round this morning and mentioned there were 2 police cars outside, they were still there hours later, I needed to nip out and get some bits, called the lift, the smell inside, indescribable, to the point I went to the staircase and wretched, almost being sick, I walked down the 8 flights of stairs to see in the foyer a body bag on a trolly with undertakers (or private ambulance) and the police wheeling a body away, that putrid smell in the air. Today I found out what a corpse smells like. It's something that will never leave me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 19 hours ago, sidcow said: How the **** is the breakfast thread still going after a) pages were written on the subject in other threads before the specific thread was started and b) the whole topic was covered a couple of years ago anyway. Breakfast food innit? The best type of food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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