The Tumbleweed Connection
and other obscure albums by artists you wouldn't have thought of but fucking hell it's quiet here so...

A glass of Aussie Shiraz, Man City V. Bolton on SKY sports, chilli con carne and chicken wings...

what are you drinking, watching, eating?

rafter
baz
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 20:27, 38 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Hmm...
Drinking: 7up
Eating: Chorizo and oniony mash
Watching: Mad men season 3
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 20:37, Reply)

did you make the mash yourself and if so, would you please share your method?

(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 20:38, Reply)

Yup. Peel the potatoes, boil them for about 20 minutes or so they're falling apart when you fork them, put the sausages in the oven at the same time.
Take the water out, dice an onion, grate a LOT of cheese over it, put in a slop of milk, mash it all up and eat it. Simples.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 20:39, Reply)

have you chopped up the chorizo first?
why the oven?
what about frying?

thanks!
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 20:42, Reply)

Nope. Leave them whole and don't pierce them, it lets all the goodness out.
Oven is better for slow baking, retains the flavour better than frying. Plus I hate frying stuff.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 20:44, Reply)

I'll give that a whirl, thanks!
I like diced and fried chorizo as an accompaniment to a tomato and rocket salad as the juice left in the pan makes a lovely dressing. Now I get that pouring the fat from the pan on top of the salad might be perceived as defeating the purpose of eating salad but some salad actually tastes good.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 20:49, Reply)

Tomatoes are the stuff of evil
Use red pepper instead, much nicer.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 20:53, Reply)

i like a roasted red pepper as much as the next man
but there is little better on this earth beats the taste of a cherry tomato rolled in olive oil, basil and coarse ground black pepper.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 20:58, Reply)

Cherry tomatoes are ok at a push, but regular tomatoes can fuck right off.

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:00, Reply)

regular tomatoes make for better bolognese
and chilli con carne and pomodoro and such.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:02, Reply)

No they can fuck right off and that's final

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:13, Reply)

well, it certainly sounded final!

(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:17, Reply)

Coke, soon to be Cava
Fucking poncing Quorn bolognese, hummous on toast (rendering the Quorn bolognese useless in my effort to lose 4lb.)
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 20:55, Reply)

vegetarian diet?
are you losing weight or just not eating meat?

I've a couple of veggy recipes you might enjoy. Not much of baz' cooking is conducive to weight loss, mind.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 20:59, Reply)

Weight loss
Quorn makes the weight drop off you.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:01, Reply)

what about tofu?
Tofu in oriental soups is good.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:03, Reply)

Does that make you lose 4lb?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:10, Reply)

no,
but it makes you really good at Kung Fu!
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:16, Reply)

Oh no
No.
No thank you.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:18, Reply)

How many times do I have to tell you, Quorn is made of cat vomit. That's why they have to freeze it, to get rid of the smell.

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:01, Reply)

I know Becky
I've eaten enough of the stuff to agree with that!
But needs must when you've eaten cake all week.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:02, Reply)

Just cut out a meal or eat a salad or something
There's really no need to resort to eating Quorn
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:14, Reply)

There so is
I've never seen anything like it.
That and mushy peas. The EAT weight.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:15, Reply)

is it weight or fat?
Are you simply weighing in lighter or actually losing fat and regaining shape?
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:18, Reply)

Who gives a shite?
All I know is it puts my tush in some tightass jeanz.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:19, Reply)

that sounds like shape then.
You should patent that and make a million.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:20, Reply)

Slimming World are onto it
Cunts
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:26, Reply)

Totally isn't.
It's bad and wrong
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:21, Reply)

The proof is in the reconstituted funghi, Bexley

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:23, Reply)

cat vom

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:25, Reply)

Vom nom nom

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:26, Reply)

Adebayor just scored a beauty.

(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:19, Reply)

Just finished my second bottle
of Sauvignon Blanc, watching Fulham smash Burnley. Good times. Although we're 3-0 up now and I employ the two goal rule. Which means if we go either 2-0 up or 2-0 down I stop watching because it's boring.

I am now finishing the first season of Dexter again, because it's ace.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:22, Reply)

Beats SATC

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:24, Reply)

if I drink more than a couple of glasses of white wine,
I have to die and be reborn - same with champagne - terrible stuff!
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:24, Reply)

I get total insanity and amnesia
But the upwards journey is ace.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:26, Reply)

urgh...
give me the slow comfortable seduction of a decent red any day.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:28, Reply)

I can't go out if I drink this much
I did it on Sunday and have absolutely no idea what happened, granted I hadn't slept for three days but I woke up Monday morning on a bird's sofa with glitter all over me from head to toe. Never again.

But when sitting indoors watching football and hating the world, a couple of white are perfect. Just annoyed I was asleep all day and didn't grab any Prosecco.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 21:29, Reply)