Lola at the Coffee House

The dog is called Snoopy, FS.

It depends Spendius, do you have someone that you can pass them onto, you know... Given they are worth something.. If not, doesn't really matter what you do with them, you can be Greek, and smash them in a fireplace, (not here), after you down a drink for instance....

I am an avid collector of Willow or anything that I know is bone china, from OP shops... I've probably spent $100 to date, and have around $600 worth, I don't use them. Though I display them (cause I am a woman) and I have a variety of coloured simular (fake) plates that I use... When I go, LONG time from now, I will pass them down to my step-daughter and niece.... Though I doubt they will do the same, one would hope so....

HAWK that is soooo fattening.... but I like it, could only eat half though. How's the Restaurant doing? You here to get ideas ?

I hate cat fights......................................................both rule. ...............given I have both.

plump bump

Wassau, where are you? I need a nice glass of some Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, please. And some cushions for this already comfy chair.

Not only is my fantasy baseball team going to hell in a handbasket for several weeks now, but I've had a tough day in the kitchen and need to equilibrate my sensibilities. First I prepared several artichokes for herb garlic stuffing and then braising, the prep a matter I'm no expert at but getting better each time I attempt the carciofi alla romana dish (the secret is a grapefruit segment divider tool), but shortly after doing that I cleaned up and stupidly (I know, I know already) stuffed too many artichoke leaf bits into the garbage disposal. I love that garbage disposal, as I'd gone seven years without one until recently. So, I looked up possible remedies online, which I understand, but am not in the mood for attempting now.

Ah, and some nice crackers and cheese with that, if possible from Cowgirl Creamery, another used to be local for me place.
http://www.cowgirlcreamery.com/the-cowgirl-story

I had a few beerses.
When I first moved here there were quite a few Racer snakes in the yard. Had not seen any in a few years and thought they moved away. Yesterday I saw a big one out by the shed. It boogied along and disappeared in some weeds. My wife asked, "Did you kill it?" I would not have anyway, but those things are faster than an old man.

It dawned on me that it wasn't the artichoke leaves that did it, but the little hairs that make up the choke. Doh.

I'll take a second glass of that Cab, please, Wassau.

Cash them in, spendi. Why do you ask?

Yes

Snoopy!!!!

It was too early in the morning for me to think, off course it was too......

That's actually a better idea.. Someone's loss is Spendi's gain, why not and buy something for yourself...

Why not use and enjoy them? I use Royal Doulton every day, for all meals, and find meals more pleasurable off fine bone china than off ordinary crockery. It wears well too - as long as you don't put it in a dishwasher (if it is edged in gold, that can be damaged if you do). It makes even the most mundane foodstuffs seems more attractive - why not try it?

Or be generous - sell it and give the money to the charity of your choice!

I can't use paper plates under the grill Mac. Did you not read what I bought them for? I couldn't use paper plates anyway. They are horrid. Vulgar.

They are nice to use though. I agree with FS about that. But I have 80.



A great deal after grilling cheese, onion and milk enough to cook it properly. If it is removed from the grill before the edges are burnt the onions are still raw. When the dish is perfect it is my favourite unsweetened lunch with bakery bread spread thickly with butter dipped into it. (I have no fat on me Mac).

I don't think Washup would provide it because of the washing up.

Okay then, do what most people do, and grill using a grill pan.
Use aluminium foil over the grill rack is preferred, then you don't have the pan to clean.

Then transfer your grilled snack to a plate, heated if preferred, once it has been burnt to your satisfaction.

I'm not following how you intend to use these plates, and why paper plates could not be used (other than your claim that they are horrid/vulgar). I would use your new old plates, and wash them when finished.

As far as washing up, do you object to washing dishes because that's wimminz work?

Ever try soaking your dishes prior to washing them?

The perfect outcome Taggers is as sloppy as Minestrone soup. It needs to be consumed in the bowl it was cooked in as quickly as possible. I wouldn't entertain tinfoil.

All plates get marked if used for grilling on. Sugar's a bugger.

I don't think you are quite seeing the point. I started by saying I was in a predicament. I had bought 80 plates for the very purpose of throwing them away after one use. When I discovered what beautiful and expensive plates they turned out to be I can't bring myself to use them for the purpose. I have four in use for porridge, soups, cereals and desserts and 76 others. Well--72 because I have given four away.

I have decided to put those in the garden shed while I ponder the matter. They are, basically, junk as things stand. I am never going to use them for what I intended. It would be blasphemous as I'm sure FS will agree.

They have a crest on them which anybody with the initials LGC ( Louisa Geraldine Carteret--say), and plays golf or hockey, would very complaisantly own.

Which reminds me---did you see the conspiracy to steal money the BBC performed, in conjunction with the Arts Council Of Great Britain, and various others, all of whose names were proudly displayed, in putting on a 90 minute version of Mansfield Park. All stitched up in various networking wine bars.

What a travesty of Art that was. The sheer effrontery was gobsmacking. I suppose if they keep using wankers to run the BBC it's only to be expected. No wonder they have no money left to compete for sporting events. Women at work behind the scenes is my explanation*. Compulsory nude shagging scene included. And spoiling the book for anybody who reads it after seeing the film. Casting of Fanny hopeless. Only Sir Thomas looked the part.

*Tico will probably disagree but he doesn't mind things happening to him which he is as unaware of as is a leaf being carried downstream on the gentle currents as they slowly glide through the water meadows on a balmy afternoon in midsummer.

You could pre-cook the onions, either by sautéing them in a small frying pan, or by putting them in the microwave for a few minutes until they soften, and then add them to the cheese sandwich dish when you put it under the grill. That way, you can remove your sandwich from the grill before the edges become burnt because the onions won't be raw. I often pre-cook onions before I add them to some dishes for similar reasons.

To keep food from sticking to a plate, you could try very lightly spraying the food portion of the plate with cooking spray, the kind you'd spray a pan with to keep food from sticking to that. Or just put some oil, like olive oil, on your finger, and just wipe the area of the plate the food will be placed on very lightly so it's very thinly coated with a little oil. Those methods would help to keep the cooked food from sticking to the plate.

If I were grilling the kind of dish you describe, I probably wouldn't cook it on the plate. I'd line a baking dish with non-stick aluminum foil and cook the sandwich on that. Then I'd transfer it to a plate with a spatula after it's done.

I like vonny's suggestion--sell the plates (you could use e-bay) and give the money to charity, or buy yourself something else.

Are you even sure bone china is oven-proof enough to withstand being in the high heat of grilling temperatures? If the plates shatter, you'd really have a mess.

Use an oven-proof bowl, spray the inside of it very lightly with a cooking spray, then make your cheese concoction in it. That should help the clean-up.

You seem quite domesticated Tico.

I said "horrid and vulgar" for effect. Ladies like reading words like that. It was a touch of irony.

It is precisely because it is women's work that I sought to render the task easier. The whole thrust of modern civilisation is to lighten the burdens of ladies. Every up-to-date residence in respectable districts is equipped with a wide range of devices, instruments, chemicals, fixtures and fittings, tools, trappings and tackle, designed to free up the time of ladies so they can concentrate on higher things.

Take a washing machine/dryer for example. It was a drag was washing day before they were invented and perfected. Now a button is pressed and the utilities do the rest and with non-iron items they are ready to wear.

Steak and kidney pudding, with boiled and roast potatoes and 2 veg- "Pierce cover and place in oven at 180 for 50 mins. Serve. Hide package. " Done and dusted. Plenty of time to get stuck into Heidegger.

Washing up is one of the few things ladies have left to complain about. You could use a dishwasher all week long on a plate spendi's cheese dish has been done on and all to no avail.

Are you against attempts to make such work less burdensome and frustrating? It seems to me that your uxoriousness is a matter of golden words rather than being ingrained in your subconscious.

I'm not sure what to make of that ff. If Dawn French had said it I think I could make a better guess.

use the plates/bowls and throw them out

if you're not going to use them because you think they're too special, throw them out now

why dither about it?