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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Longest day of the year today, it's now downhill all the way to Christmas...
How will you being celebrating the summer solstice? Should we have a mid-year "Christmas"?

ALT: best citrus fruit?
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:12, 155 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
Gonna go for a walk after work, try and find a good hill for the sunset, ten minutes before it goes down I'm gonna spark up a doobie and chill the fuck out.

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:13, Reply)
I wish with all my heart I could come with you.
I can recommend Winchester Hill as a good spot or Whitehorse Hill in Wiltshire
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:15, Reply)
Not sure I can get to Wiltshire, probably gonna aim for something a little closer to home.

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:22, Reply)
I can't rememeber where you live so tooka stab in the dark...
I have failed you
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:24, Reply)
You can make it up to me.

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:30, Reply)
That sounds nice
enjoy
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:23, Reply)
Cheers!

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:29, Reply)
It feels like the longest already and it's only just gone lunch.
I shall celebrate by going home and going to bed.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:13, Reply)
Have a headlock and nuggy

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:16, Reply)
Oh man I love nuggies.

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:17, Reply)

n h
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:37, Reply)
What are they?

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:23, Reply)
*nuggies jeff*

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:25, Reply)
I'm still none the wiser.

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:26, Reply)
It's when someone rubs their knuckles on your head
it can be friendly and "joshy" or really quite painful
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:28, Reply)
I'm trying to think what that was called round-my-way.
For some reason, I'm thinking it was called a 'granny' but I'm not sure.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:33, Reply)
I think it was a noogy here

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:45, Reply)
I'm going to have some nerding time this avo and try and kill the bloody dragon at the end
of dragon age. Then I am having mates over to watch Luther.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:16, Reply)
Speaking of fruits there's a middle aged chap sitting outside presently in what appears to be cum stained tights, the yummy mummys from the Montessori are lapping it up

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:22, Reply)
Where is Monty anyway?

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:24, Reply)
What that man gets up to during his lunch break is his own concern

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:25, Reply)
+ The Met

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:28, Reply)
to get the stains out?

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:25, Reply)
Nah they'll spoil it and call the old bill, for fear that little jethro or jemima will cry or summit

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:27, Reply)
I shall have a solstiwank
I like the mid-year Christmas idea though. What should you roast instead of a turkey though?

Alt:
Limes - they make gin better and Thai food better.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:24, Reply)
We should have a barbecue.

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:24, Reply)
Good plan
Best BBQ food?
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:25, Reply)
Salmon

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:26, Reply)
gay - don't make me take your star away
The best BBQ food is meat
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:26, Reply)
*ahem*
It was my star
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:27, Reply)
Sorry Sporticus, have it back

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:32, Reply)
I would pick belly pork in Chinese 5 spice

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:27, Reply)
Steak.

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:28, Reply)
Much as I love steak
It isn't great on a BBQ. The minute steaks are good though
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:29, Reply)
Depends on how you do them.
Naturally, I do them brilliantly, and they don't taste like old leather at all, oh no.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:32, Reply)
I cooked stewing steak last time, cut down into sandwich sized portions
It only took a couple of minutes to cook, and they were fecking delicious
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:42, Reply)
Ooh there's an idea.
I'll have to try that in a couple of weeks, I have a big party coming up.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:43, Reply)
Place near me does ludicrously cheap meat, so another BBQ is on the horizon for me!

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:44, Reply)
Hmmm
I'll have to find one of those I reckon.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:46, Reply)
Put it this way
This cost me £27

That's 16 quarter pounders, around 40 sausages, 5 large stewing steaks and a large pack of chinese style pork (that was fucking incredible for off the shelf stuff).
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:49, Reply)
Bloody hell, that's a good deal.
I'll have to check the local markets, see what comes up.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:00, Reply)
All top quality stuff too
Those steaks could have broken something if I'd dropped them, they were huge!
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:01, Reply)
Buggering hell, I'm jealous now.

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:06, Reply)
Or Darth's House as it is also known

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:09, Reply)
Lamb is the correct answer to this

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:32, Reply)
I once had lamb cooked on a BBQ in a roasting bag for about 3 hours
Possibly the most tender meat I've ever eaten, absolutely amazing.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:43, Reply)
My dad does whole legs at a time; they end up really crsipy on the outside and rare, juicy and tender in the middle

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:45, Reply)
I'm going to attempt to convince the other lads to all chip in and buy a proper BBQ for our place. There's 11 of us, so with £10-15 each we could get a pretty damn good one, I reckon.
Until I get one of them, I wouldn't even consider attempting something like that.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:52, Reply)
Home made burgers can be pretty fantastic
Same with properly done chicken kebabs (I marinaded mine overnight in lime, ginger, chilli, soy sauce, and a little olive oil), and corn on the cob.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:43, Reply)
BBQ chicken skin is amazing

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:45, Reply)
These were diced chicken, so no skin
Next time, I'm considering just a very simple BBQ glaze for chicken legs. Will cook them in the over for 20 or so minutes, then BBQ for a few until they crisp up.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:47, Reply)
Prawns ! Fuckloads of them, the kind that takes 3 or 4 bites to finish.

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:47, Reply)
I thought of you, there was a guy cooking king prawns, they called them bbq but they weren't actually
they took butter and mixed in lemon and a fuck load of other spices and it looked lush

but they cooked them WITH THE HEADS ON
heathens
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:52, Reply)
That's the way they should be, so you can rip the head off and suck the head guts out aftewards, crush out all those juices with your teeth, or even dip a chip up there. nyom nyom.
I saw Duff Goldman gets prawn heads left over from his local japanese place and asks them to deep fry them and then he eats them ! That's a bit to far for me, I think, don't think the shells would digest well.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:07, Reply)
it was adam richman in this show, but he didn't eat the head, only the tail bit, but with the skin on
to "get the juices"
then the chef kindly showed him how to dip it into the juice
like no one ever would have thought of that *sigh*
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:12, Reply)
Adam Richman is, for me, america's best tourest agent.
He's so fucking awesome.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:14, Reply)
Man Vs Food?

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:15, Reply)
Yup

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:19, Reply)
I fucking love that show
Some challenges I'd love to try, some of them simply terrify me.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:25, Reply)
I'm indifferent to the challanges, but some of the food looks soooo good.

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:30, Reply)
Definitely

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:32, Reply)
A good, honest pork sausage on a bbq is about as good as it gets.
Bollocks to your fancy kumquat and marzipan shite. Snorkers should be simple and unfussy.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:03, Reply)
Your lime answer is 100% correct, have a gold star

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:26, Reply)
Thank you kindly

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:31, Reply)
The hippies and pagans put paid to any decent ideas.
And lemons- so many uses, so little time.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:25, Reply)
Also: RIBS!

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:31, Reply)
I've never had ribs from a BBQ

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:44, Reply)
Marinade 'em in Coca-cola

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:45, Reply)
I've done a boiled ham in Coke before
It was lovely
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:50, Reply)
I had that once, it was rather magnificent.

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:51, Reply)
Boil it down with mustard powder for the glaze.
FUCKING TREMENDOUS!
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:51, Reply)
I like the idea of heating up Dr Pepper, then using that

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:50, Reply)
Whats the worst that could happen?

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:51, Reply)
*Applauds*
LTI
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:53, Reply)
Yes!
*punches the air*
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:54, Reply)
Was it you who told me to cook Duck in fivespice and honey?
If so, how should I prepare it, and what should I serve it with?
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:59, Reply)
I think so
Rub the powder into the scored skin and meat and leave to marinade. Cook skinside down until crispy, then turn over and pour the honey into the pan for the last few mins otherwise it will burn
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:01, Reply)
Does it then need putting in the oven to roast, or what?
How long do I need to marinade it for?
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:02, Reply)
Are you doing a full duck or just the breasts?
Marinade for about an hour and cook until rare if a breast

Not sure for a full duck. Rub 5 spice in and roast on a rack, then glaze in honey?
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:03, Reply)
Just the breasts

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:11, Reply)
I'd cook them in the pan rather than roast

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:12, Reply)
So just fry them?
Ok, serve with mash and asparagus?
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:12, Reply)
Good mash is a great idea
Maybe some stir-fried peppers with soy?
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:13, Reply)
Possibly, I'm not sure if she's a big pepper fan though
Also, by good mash, I assume you mean butter and cream?
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:14, Reply)
Yeah
I'd do something sharp though to cut through it all.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:15, Reply)
The sauce?

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:23, Reply)
A knife

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:25, Reply)
*feels rather foolish*

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:26, Reply)
Stop feeling up Darth.

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:31, Reply)
I never said anything about barbecuing them.
I've got a kilo sat marinading in soy, honey, garlic, ginger and chilli the fridge waiting to hit the oven on slow for an hour when I get in.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:02, Reply)
*invites self round*

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:02, Reply)
Ahh, magnificent!

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:03, Reply)
I love my butchers.
A guy came in the office yesterday saying one of the drivers had asked him about lamb. He's offering a whole lamb, skinned, gutted, butchered and boxed for £125. VERY tempting.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:05, Reply)
My friend's Dad hosts a lamb roast every year
He gets a full lamb, and cooks it on a spit for hours, meant to be magnificent.

I missed it last year, no way in hell am I missing it this year too!
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:13, Reply)
only hippies and wiccans celebrate that shite
alt: blood orange, if only for the name
but I quite love lime
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:38, Reply)
I won't
Alt: Lime, because it makes whiskey and ginger even nicer.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:44, Reply)
Julllien Clairy

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:45, Reply)
I will being celebrating
by going to the gym and then making something edible out of a turkey breast fillet and whatever else is in the fridge.

Best citrus fruit is the satsuma because it can be easily peeled and has no pips and tastes nice. But try not to eat an entire bag in one sitting.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:52, Reply)
Make a pocket in it
and fill it with melty cheese rolled in chilli flakes and thyme
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:53, Reply)
If he was allowed cheese i suspect he wouldn't be eating a turkeey breast

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:56, Reply)
You only need a tiny bit

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:56, Reply)
That's how it startS!

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:04, Reply)
I'm eating a turkey breast because I like turkey
I like stuffing them with chopped mushrooms and shallots and a big blob of blue cheese, wrapping in pancetta then baking for 30 minutes. Awesome.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:24, Reply)
I like this

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:27, Reply)
In pagan societies the midwinter celebration is of considerably greater importance.
If you are going to hang around Stonehenge for pagan lolz, that's the one to go to. But it's cold then so no wonder people don't go to that one. The fucking cunts.

Of course if you're looking to attend a free festival and get shitfaced then that's perfectly fine by me. As a teenager it was an annual sport to see how near to 'Henge you could get before being turned back by the police. Some people really took it seriously, crawling across fields in camo gear etc. It was rather fun.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:56, Reply)
a bunch of creeps slinking through the dark to worship
sounds a little lame to me, Monty
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:58, Reply)
Nah, it was funny. Honest.
You need to understand the context of the Stonehenge Free Festival and the (really serious) battles with the authorities, to get why people treated sneaking to Stonehenge as a kind of sport.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:04, Reply)
I'll never understand. Le sigh.
Did you see how they discouraged me from coming to London, yesterday?
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:13, Reply)
That isn't fair K!
I was under the impression you were planning on staying for a while and were hoping to see lots of the country, not just making a flying visit.

I revised my stance once you said you were only thinking of coming over for 3 days.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:16, Reply)
I think it is fair. You asked if I would get fired for taking 2-3 weeks to go on a trip.
I said it would take years to generate the money it would take to have a trip that long.
So I said I was thinking of coming for 3 days in february for my birthday because I could afford that.
Then it all kicked off.

Never had my birthday ruined in June before.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:40, Reply)
You sounded like you would happily talk yourself out of it
You siad yourself that you are a worrier
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:21, Reply)
I made a spreadsheet showing what I needed to save over 9 months in order to come.
I said that I didn't want to stay in a hostel.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:22, Reply)
Don't worry, K
London's fucking shit and full of cunts, anyway. Not that you'll meet any of them as it's also jam-packed full of Jap and Yankee tourists. It's absolutely bloody miserable.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:23, Reply)
When I worked in Bath
We'd make a point of trying to send American tourists to Stonehenge for the solstice, purely for the amusement factor in them getting lumped in with a load of crusties.

We'd also insist that if they wanted to visit Wales whilst on their European break, they'd need their passport.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:14, Reply)
My mate was in the navy
When they sailed to Gibraltar they told all the new ratings they needed to change their pounds into giblets
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:17, Reply)
hahaha

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:21, Reply)
I hold a pagan festival in my pants most weekends.

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:58, Reply)
Re-enacting the Exorcist doesn't count, Blousie.
"Fuck Jesus, fuck me!"
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:58, Reply)
...and everyone's invited!

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 13:59, Reply)
Hahaha!

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:06, Reply)
*Hides in the bushes*

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:06, Reply)
It's official
All the good questions have been asked.

I suggest we go back to page 1 of OffTopic and start recycling.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:06, Reply)
What's wrong with my question chutney ferret?

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:07, Reply)
Not as gay as AA, he saw Busted live
Nowt wrong with it mate, I think the issue of which citrus fruit is superior to its fellows is long overdue rapt discussion.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:10, Reply)
YEAH BUT ORANGES MATE
IT'S NOT JUST A FRUIT, IT'S ALSO A COLO[U]R
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:13, Reply)
What words rhyme with orange?

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:15, Reply)
Your mum.

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:16, Reply)
AND NOTHING RHYMES WITH IT
HOW DARE I INVITE DISCUSSION ABOUT IT IN RAP FORM
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:16, Reply)
He only saw them once.
You on the other hand still willingly wear spandex with sequins.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:16, Reply)
Never worn either actually you FUCKING CUNT
That's how it's done, missy
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:16, Reply)
Not even fake tan?

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:19, Reply)
Nope, not even fake tan
It'll probably have to be done at some point, but am resisting for as long as I possibly can
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:20, Reply)
Blimey.
For a supposed gaybo, you're not very into the lifestyle.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:22, Reply)
Why "have to"?

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:24, Reply)
Ballroom dancing has a lot of traditions to do with appearance
Notably the slicked hair & tailcoats in the Ballroom disciplines, and in the Latin competitors wear ridiculous clothes, frequently slashed to the waist on men and sporting many a sequin. And fake tan is an absolute must at the upper levels. When we get there, we'll look out of place being pale.

Please don't bother telling me how utterly ridiculous a state of affairs this is, or that these people must look like utter mongs. I am aware of this.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:28, Reply)
You gotta do what you gotta do to get to the top Darth.

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:29, Reply)
It sucks though
I fucking hate it
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:29, Reply)
You got to show your commitment

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:29, Reply)
I've got mental images of you now looking like the Aviva ballroom dancers.

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:29, Reply)
Fuck fucking off
Despite their outfits, we're significantly better than Whitehouse and his trophy wife. Furthermore, I'm not sure what they thought they were doing in that advert, but it sure as hell wasn't any of the ten WDC-approved competition dances.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:32, Reply)
Haha!
Calm down dear. It's only a commercial.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:32, Reply)
Oops, I think I've touched a nerve here.
Next you'll be saying Strictly Ballroom isn't an accurate depiction of the ballroom dancing circuit!
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:34, Reply)
It may well have been in early 90s Australia
But who cares about Australia anyway? They can't even play cricket
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:39, Reply)
Fuck it, stay pale
You could be the less historically significant Rosa Parks of the ballroom world
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:32, Reply)
Hahahaha!
Brilliant *clicks*
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:36, Reply)
Busted...i knew he was a girl

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:16, Reply)
Did you actually check page 1 before posting this?
The pastures there are no greener. No-one was excited that 'The Faint' were coming to London then and I doubt they will be now.
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:25, Reply)
If that really is on page 1

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:26, Reply)
Bill's got the best meme in a long time.

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:28, Reply)
I like it
It is also entirely unoffensive
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:30, Reply)
Can't be a meme then can it

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:32, Reply)
If indeed it is entirely unoffensive

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:33, Reply)
inoffensive

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:34, Reply)
Tell that to sportscow

(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:36, Reply)
Of course I fucking didn't
Effort
(, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 14:29, Reply)

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