Lola at the Coffee House

Now it is. What a result.

But now ...

I think City have given up on the title and are only interested in Champion's League qualification.

aha! I've not heard of such a search being done that way.

eugh, what a day!

i could do with a nice cold pint.

evening (or whatever time of day it is where you are) all

Sending you a pint - but what pint do you want in your heart of hearts?
You like a pint cold? Sounds so american, which I am. But I don't know, do some brits like cold beer? I hardly ever drink beer, but when I do they are usually mexican, named Pacifico, and icy, and it is very hot out, or a dark beer, from a California brewery, in winter, not cold.

I failed to mold my fishcake makings into patties yesterday, a darting and buzzy day, saving that for today, plus the cooking and freezing, so holding off on a wee dram. I happen to forget what a dram amounts to.

lol *thinks of asterix in britain: "warm beer, it's an aquired taste"

and an absolute fallacy. if a barman served a warm flat beer over here, he wouldn't have his teeth for much longer

a nice cold carling would be loverly. ta.

what flavour fishcakes? (and don't say fish flavour lol). cod? haddock? any herbs?

Take your pick, Berty. All good brews from Massachusetts.

Holy ****. What did the bartender put in that last drink of mine?

I just noticed what I posted earlier--the pictures.

Not only were those pictures not intended for the coffee house...they were not even intended for this forum. They were meant for another place I visit from time to time.

I think it is time for Nancy to take a few links out of my chain!

ooohhhh i'll have a sam adams...i'm not a stout or ale person, goes straight to my lightweight head. (i'm the worlds worst scotsman when it comes to booze. 2 pints and i'm anyone's lol)

please.

forgettin me manners.

tut tut.

Not to rub it in, folks, but when I left my abode this morning it was somewhere between 75 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit, sun shining, some white clouds overhead, some pretty dark clouds out on the horizon. So I'm sitting here by your lovely fire, watching the snow piling up outside, wearing an aloha shirt, jeans and sandals. Ahhh, the wonder and beauty of cyber-travel.

Here, Bertie, have one of these. You, too, spendi. Locally brewed in Hawaii.

I take a great brand of canned mackerel, Geisha*, lately the one with tomato chili sauce, separate the mackerel and put it in with my mashed potatoes, with a pastry cutter thingy. Salmon works, as do tinned sardines. I suppose tuna would too.
I add two whisked large eggs, mush it up. If I'm light of cooked potatoes, I add bread crumbs. Usually I add the Geisha tomato sauce or sometimes I use a spicy adobo sauce of my own. I like garlic, so some of that. No salt since there is overplenty in the tinned stuff. Yes, I add herbs - I've a battery of them and play. When the consistency is not very wet, I squish a handful and smack it into a patty and then acquaint it with a cornmeal coat. Saute in canola, distribute on rack or over paper towels, cool. Put in tin foil, freeze. Microwave and serve with condiment of your choice.


* Take the paper off the can of that brand, via soaking. The remaining can is oddly good looking, worthy of being a pencil holder for MOMA.

thankyou lustig.

about 3c here today, and raining.

if david cameron does decide to leave the EU, i hope we move somewhere with better weather.

This is pretty close to what I'd see if I left the Hilo Public Library where I'm visiting at the moment and walked two blocks down to the waterfront, about a five minute stroll:

Whew...I'd hate to deal with you if you were trying to "rub it in." Goddam snow all over the place here.

where's that little birdy? all this talk of food had made me hungry.

I know. I'm so happy I don't live in Boston any more.

<smirks smugly>

Don't worry, we liked them, I just hadn't said so yet.

It's just a cheap and easy method of canvassing. Anybody who responds with eagerness will be crossed off the list of those whose doors need to be knocked on. It will be some fancy stroke or other. The candidate will be stitched up behind the scenes.

Whoever they choose has no chance anyway. And it's a ridiculous situation. 5 Liberal Democtats(evens in the betting) sit in the ruling Coalition Cabinet with the Conservatives (8 to 13).

I think the Cons will win easy. The Liberal Democrat leader has been known as Cleggover ever since he admitted in a radio interview how many ladies he could remember going all the way with. I suppose, knowing ladies as I do, that only the last one will be supporting him.

I have often wondered what ladies who have had the Deputy Prime Minister juddering on the jelly think when they see him on TV.