Chris Head Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 It's a device for slicing food Gary, slices fingers fairly efficeintly too! (The 'e' before the 'i' looks wrong, but it's after a 'c' so it can't be)Edit, that's the second edit, oh sod it, I don't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 It does contradict because it's 'efficiency', why I know not..................where's Dick ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 The rule is i before e except after c except when it isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Our (read SWMBO) recipe for sprouts is to cook them and serve with chestnuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Head Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Sprouts and chestnuts are just great if tweaked a little. Cook the sprouts until they're not quite cooked enough, the chestnuts have to be roasted, peel them and set aside. Slice up some bacon, start to fry it off in butter in a large frying pan or wok on a medium heat with a couple of crushed cloves of garlic, after a couple of minutes add the sprouts and chestnuts and cook through for ten minutes or so, glaze with the jus that will be served with on the table and serve hot.I learned alot from a very close friend of mine who is wonderful chef trained in the French classic methods. My interest started just after I had met my now wife, he and her are soulmates. I spent hours with him boning out various poultry (six birds I think) for the BBB that was the family Christmas meal.Edit, he's also possibly the longest term AIDS sufferer in the UK, 27 years (I think) diagnosed. He's an amazing man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Sprouts are great if you like them but not if you don't.[quote user="Gary Bugbear"]It does contradict because it's 'efficiency', why I know not..................where's Dick ?[/quote]"i" before "e" when the sound is "ee" except after "c".Not sure where that leaves "weird" - it is is strange werd. [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 And why is the name Neil spelt as it is? It's always sounded more like Niel to me. Funny thing this English lingo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 That's because people called Neil are often weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Please see previous posts regarding Professor Albrow and his Polysystemic Spelling System. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 [quote user="Dick Smith"]Please see previous posts regarding Professor Albrow and his Polysystemic Spelling System.[/quote]I looked but did not see, Dick; it's too late in the evening if you understand my meaning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 I looked but it's buried too deeply. Maybe the best thing for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 [quote user="Cassis"]Sprouts are great if you like them but not if you don't.[quote user="Gary Bugbear"]It does contradict because it's 'efficiency', why I know not..................where's Dick ?[/quote]"i" before "e" when the sound is "ee" except after "c".Not sure where that leaves "weird" - it is is strange werd. [:)][/quote]Hang on, isn't your whole argument skewed somewhat by your insistence on speaking with that funny regional accent henny pet? Can't really trust you on phonetic matters can we? [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Aah, hadawayanshite. Ah divvent reyt leyk ah speek, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 [quote user="Cassis"]Aah, hadawayanshite. Ah divvent reyt leyk ah speek, man. [/quote]Nor me. My mum was struck by lightning when I was being delivered, rendering me unable to speak anything other than Basque, yet my written first language is English, or at least the Herefordian variant of it, which some cruelsters would suggest is, in fact, Welsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Weird. I didn't even know I could read Welsh, yet I can read your posts just like they are in English. Or is this not your first language you're writing in? I can't tell, to be honest. Whatever, it's a lot better than most. English was Joseph Conrad's third language yet he wrote a few half decent books in English (though he's not considered PC these days). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Me too Cassis. Maybe we have a weird form of Susac's syndrome?http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/825674/ShowPost.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Ah yes, Sinead Cusack. She was a very attractive actress, though Ididn't understand what she was saying most of the time. I think shewas in something by Shakespeare when I saw her, which would explain my problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 My keyboard goes through a filter. I've had to replace the 'L' key many, many times in the last year or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 George Bush had a fling with her. Or it might have been Best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted December 17, 2006 Author Share Posted December 17, 2006 Talking about the English language have you every wondered...........................How come your house can burn up while its burning down?Or how you have to fill in a form to fill it out Plus you have to chop down a tree before you can chop it upYou have a nose that runs and a feet that smell. when the lights are out they are invisible when the stars are out they are visible ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Blimey DT a bit deep for such an hour on a Sunday!! You obviously didn't waste your afternoon watching Eastenders!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Don't get me started : you used to meet people; now you seem to meet up with them, you parked your car, now you park it up - there are loads more. How come we now need more words to say what we mean than we used to.Sprouts? Yes - if properly cooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 [quote user="Chris Head"]Try them finely shredded on a mandolin (watch the pinkies), seasoned and pan/wok fried with sesame oil and a touch of butter, keep the heat high and keep them moving.[/quote]Tried it and it's lovely. Also added some chopped walnuts. Didn't taste at all sprout like!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 [quote user="KathyC"]No way - they're the spawn of the devil![/quote] [:D][:D][:D][6]I never thought of them as such but they are definitely not allowed on my plate! Ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nico Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 i hate the taste of them but i guess xmas wouldnt be the same without eating them so i will be forcing some down! the trick is to bite it only a couple of times and swallow each piece whole! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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