Tag Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Just noticed johd, BEAVER CHEESE? Something from the Marais, the Somerset wetlands or much more douteux à la Cosmo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le bouffon Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Somerset,which dept in France is that in then?Could it be Somerset-sur-mer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 [quote user="Tag"]Just noticed johd, BEAVER CHEESE? Something from the Marais, the Somerset wetlands or much more douteux à la Cosmo?[/quote]I was just about to ask the same myself. Come clean, Mr Johnd, do you eat it or smoke it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 Fresh Belgian family loaf bread, Belgian ham and cheese with a trappist beer (more is dangerous for driving). Then cut out the cheese, cut out the danger..................[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 [quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Tag"]Just noticed johd, BEAVER CHEESE? Something from the Marais, the Somerset wetlands or much more douteux à la Cosmo?[/quote]I was just about to ask the same myself. Come clean, Mr Johnd, do you eat it or smoke it? [/quote]Sod eating or smoking it, I want to know if there's a job milking the beavers ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tag Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 johnd, do you really have a beaver farm in that delightful part of the world you live in? In which case I'll be down the road faster than a French farmer claiming a handout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opas Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 why can`t I quote Mikis third post in this thread?Anyway back to what I want to say...... Nearest me and the boffin get to cross dressing is when I knick a pair of his sox `cos me feet are cold . As to swapping Tachos....well I do have a HGV license as it happens......never used it `cos I havn`t mastered the knack of peeing up the wheel!Tag....I thought a farmers hand was out because he was turning.Mrs O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedon Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 [quote user="Dicksmith"]Ebay the Eaagle.[/quote]I thought you meant an exclamation from oop-yawksher...ebay gumweedon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tag Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Logically then this explains why French farmers' wives never never put their hands out - the ladies are not for turning! OOOps, its not what you say but how you tell 'em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Ah. Oh. Um. Unintentional double entendre. Sorry. Beaver cheesewas (I think) refered to in a sketch many years ago in an entirelyinnocent context. As I am clean of mind, I managed to insert thiswithout realising that some of you smutty buggers would twist my wordsinto pure filth. Miki, Tag - I think it highly unlikely that my wifewill let me come to the pictures with you ever again...On a more practical note (A# perhaps) I would imagine that if one could ensnare enough lactating female members of the genus castorand could avoid being knawed to death (and carefully sidestepping the"b" word), one could possibly fashion some kind of cheese from theiroutput. The Encylopedia Brittanica is remarkably uninformative on thistopic.However....many years ago in Eastern Europe (Romania, I think, though Iwas badly drunk at the time due to the accidental collapse ofcommunism. That's cowboy builders for you.), I was offered a plate ofblack bread and a cheese made from horse milk. In the spirit of thefamily moto (tendo panton quondam praeter prosapia diligo quod tripudio morizzio - and you can imagine thathas gained me a few scars over the years, and not a little trouble,particularly from retired latin teachers), I took a large mouthful,and, to be quite fair, it was disgusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tag Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Yes jond they do slip out, the little bu*****. I once wrote a children's short story for an American magazine competition entitles " Billy the Beaver". Cant think why I didnt win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tag Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Well, jond you were right:Venezuelan Beaver cheeseFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchVenezuelan Beaver cheese is a variety of cheese referred to in the "Cheese Shop sketch" from Monty Python's Flying Circus. Although this delicacy appears to be entirely fictional, various recipes for Venezuelan Beaver cheese have in fact been published. The active ingredients generally include beaver milk (Venezuelan beavers apparently preferred, though Venezuela has no native beavers), rennet and salt.Venezuelan Beaver cheese also makes an appearance in Sierra's computer adventure game Leisure Suit Larry VII, and in the webcomic Triangle and Robert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 What, exactly, does Billying the Beaver entail? Is it like Muffin the Mule? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tag Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Grammar Dick. "Muffying the mule" is the correct nomenclature. Given your youthful foto on another post I can appreciate your interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert the infopikey Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Tag wrote the following post at 06/02/2006 19:01:> I once wrote a children's short story for an American magazine competition entitles " Billy the Beaver". Cant think why I didn't win!And back in the sixties the UKCatholic Truth Society published a children's book called 'S h a g the pony, and other stories', honest! Is Scunthorpe still on the blacklist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulcrum Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 [quote user="Albert the infopikey"]Tag wrote the following post at 06/02/2006 19:01:> I once wrote a children's short story for an American magazine competition entitles " Billy the Beaver". Cant think why I didn't win!And back in the sixties the UKCatholic Truth Society published a children's book called 'S h a g the pony, and other stories', honest! Is Scunthorpe still on the blacklist?[/quote]THAT does not surprise me.[;)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Tell us more about beaver cheese, Jond [;)] Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patmobile Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 [quote user="Dicksmith"]What, exactly, does Billying the Beaver entail? Is it like Muffin the Mule?[/quote]I used to tickle trout but it made my fingers go numb and wrinkly. And they never even tittered.Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 [quote user="Tag"]Grammar Dick. [/quote]Would that be like a Clever Dick then, but specialising in grammar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 I'm a Grammar but they call me Nana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercat Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 CRUST2 1/2 cups white flour 2 tbsp. sugar 1/4 tsp. salt 1/2 cup cold butter, broken into small pieces 5 tbsp. cold vegetable shortening 8 tbsp. ice waterFILLING1/3 to 2/3 cup sugar 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon Pinch of salt 8 medium sized apples (a medium apple = about 1 cup) 2 tablespoons margarine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 [quote user="Sc"]Tell us more about beaver cheese, Jond [;)] Steve[/quote]Right! Such information as I have been able to devine indicates thatthe fat content of beaver milk (why anyone should bother tomeasure this I have no idea) is NOT high enough in its raw state tomake a viable hard cheese. In the highly unlikely event that anyone isable to come by about 15l of beaver milk that is no more than 12 hoursold, I would suggest that following should make a cheese somewhatsimilar to pont l'Eveque (i.e. it would smell like some kind of cheesein the same way that human meat reputedly tastes like pork, but I feelthe need to in some way link this gibberish with La Belle France).First, pass the milk through a cream seperator to extarct the cream,then dilute back the cream to 12l with some of the skimmed milk.Heat to 32 C and add a teaspoonful of rennet to the "milk" then leavefor 30 minutes to curdle, then once the curd can be cut with a knife,strain out the curd and place it into a cheese cloth.Press hard to drive out the remaining whey, then cut again. Place alayer of curd about 1cm thick into a 15 cm square by 4 cm deepmould resting on a straw mat, then sprinkle with salt. Addanother layer of curd and continue until the mould is full, then placeanother straw mat on top. Weigh down with a 500g weight and leave forthree days, turning every day.The beaver cheese can then be banged out of the mould and either eatenimmediately or matured in a cool celler for upto 3 months. Enjoy with afruity red wine form the Loire valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 I know someone that used to work for for Beaver Medical a UK company - always made me smile. I met another friend one day and asked how he and his wife were - he said he was fine but his wife was a bit upset as she was going to be made redundant within a few days from her job as a switchboard telephonist.He said she was not sure what to do next - I enquired as to where she was working at the moment, he said she was working at Booker Phipps.I mmediately knew the answer and suggested she answered the phone on her last days using a spoonerism... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owens88 Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 'Milking the Beaver' generated the following...http://www.venissimo.com/store/store.asp?action=subcat&category=37 Hands up who followed the link.Hands up those who were disappointed ! So Now I change my OT question.Which would you be more proud of:*creating e-bay*inventing Google*finding a source of Beaver milk NB this question is NOT about the joy of the process ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 I am sorry the company involved in the spoonerism was Booker Fitch.Does anyone else fall into my problem of calling Yasa Arafat - Yasa Fat Arab or Alan Titchmarsh - Titchy Alan Marsh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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