What's your luxury?

Old Mar 22nd 2018, 7:01 pm
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Originally Posted by Jingsamichty
At the moment, none. We had 4 up until recently when Mr Fox decided to drop by. Very unusual that, I've never seen a fox around here, country foxes are far too wary of people for that, plus with all the pheasants around here they never need to work very hard for a meal.

Anyway, we had one each of Sussex Ranger, Pied Ranger, Speckledy and a Goldline. Just for eggs, not meat. The Speckledy was a damned nuisance, broody as anything. I was really tempted to wring its neck. The others were brilliant, in total we got probably 20+ eggs a week from the 4 of them.

Will get some new ones later this spring, not the Speckledy though.
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We use to get around 2 dozen a day from the 26 that we had. All those we couldn't use used to be sold by our daughter to our neighbours. In fact, as I have probably stated before, the chicks came about as a result of an "entrepreneurial project" she had at school. She used to deliver them using her quad - definitely a rural thing.
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
I finally found a jar of Devon Cream (from Wiltshire ) in Sobeys.

So I went back to the bakery area to buy some scones.

My new luxury.
Devon cream (even from Wiltshire ) is good, Swiss - especially Gruyère - even better, but I imagine that that is impossible to find in your neck of the woods.
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Originally Posted by BuckinghamshireBoy
Devon cream (even from Wiltshire ) is good, Swiss - especially Gruyère - even better, but I imagine that that is impossible to find in your neck of the woods.
No, I can get Gruyère easily enough. Expensive though. But it doesn't go on a scone with strawberry jam as well Devon Cream does.
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
No, I can get Gruyère easily enough. Expensive though. But it doesn't go on a scone with strawberry jam as well Devon Cream does.
May I suggest that you're buying the wrong scones and/or jam?

Or maybe that Gruyère comes from China?
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Originally Posted by BuckinghamshireBoy
May I suggest that you're buying the wrong scones and/or jam?

Or maybe that Gruyère comes from China?
Are you one of those weirdos that puts jam and cheese together?

Was that before bacon and ice cream or after?

I have a pot of fig cabernet jam and the label says have it with cheese. I can't bring myself to do it.
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Originally Posted by BuckinghamshireBoy
Devon cream (even from Wiltshire ) is good, Swiss - especially Gruyère - even better, but I imagine that that is impossible to find in your neck of the woods.
It is. It's one of the things my ex brings from Switzerland. That and Cailler wrappers (to make it clear that she hasn't forgotten how much I like the chocolate and that she hasn't brought any).
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Default Re: What's your luxury?

Originally Posted by BristolUK
Are you one of those weirdos that puts jam and cheese together?

Was that before bacon and ice cream or after?

I have a pot of fig cabernet jam and the label says have it with cheese. I can't bring myself to do it.
Figs with blue cheese is lovely!
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Originally Posted by Dorothy
Figs with blue cheese is lovely!
Yum, figs. I think they go with everything. Conference pears are lovely on a cheese board too.
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The biggest luxury I've treated myself to recently is eyebrow tattoos. My eyebrows were really sparse after years of methotrexate treatment and I was sick of penciling them in. It cost £550 and was worth every penny
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Originally Posted by uk_grenada

So my luxury - fresh juice all of the time - passionfruit, a citrus blend, mango nectar, star fruit, sorrel, guava, home made coca cola [thats orange lemon and bergamot] honeydew melon, watermelon, there are others..l
What's your home made Coca Cola full recipe?
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What's your home made Coca Cola full recipe?
These are all real caribbean fruit - citrus here is on steroids, not like the wimpy things you get in cooler or less hostile climes.

About:
300ml west indian lime juice [or 500ml of grafted/tahitian lime juice]
600ml seville orange juice [thats the vicious stuff not sweet fruit]
300ml bergamot juice [its another citrus fruit - source if the flavour in earl grey tea]
Tablespoon of ground dried bergamot peel.
5 litres water
About 6 tablespoons white sugar

Yes its orangey in colour, you could use caramel instead of sugar if you wanted it black but why...
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Default Re: What's your luxury?

Originally Posted by BristolUK
I finally found a jar of Devon Cream (from Wiltshire ) in Sobeys.

So I went back to the bakery area to buy some scones.

My new luxury.


Which one???
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Default Re: What's your luxury?

Originally Posted by BristolUK
Are you one of those weirdos that puts jam and cheese together?
Normally not, but....

Originally Posted by Dorothy
Figs with blue cheese is lovely!
Oh yes!

Originally Posted by spouse of scouse
Yum, figs. I think they go with everything. Conference pears are lovely on a cheese board too.
Yes again!

Originally Posted by dbd33
It is. It's one of the things my ex brings from Switzerland. That and Cailler wrappers (to make it clear that she hasn't forgotten how much I like the chocolate and that she hasn't brought any).
That is plain cruel!
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Default Re: What's your luxury?

Originally Posted by BristolUK
No, I can get Gruyère easily enough. Expensive though. But it doesn't go on a scone with strawberry jam as well Devon Cream does.
We have been doing quite well from Superstore on the cheese front lately. Plenty of sales and finals. Including Gruyere a few weeks ago
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Try old [oude] Gouda - its lovely - ultimate cheese on toast material. A bit like crumbly red leicester.
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