Calendars.

[Roger Kettle]

What kind of calendar do you have on your wall? I think this says a lot about you as a person. I have "Busty Babes Of Bonnie Dundee" and "Halibut of the World".
Only joking.
I always have a couple of calendars in my office---one on the wall and one in my desk to keep track of which scripts will be appearing on which day. The two I'm using this year are "Montana Magazine" and "New Yorker Cartoons". Who has the most bizarre/exotic/stupid?

[Vulture]

For the last four years I've bought myself a Robbie Williams calendar. I wait until the end of January, when they're reduced to about two pounds, then I buy one.

[Roger Kettle]

I really don't know what to say about that, Vulch.

[Diane CBPFC]

Vulture, you are a woman after my own heart - I do that too.

In the meantime I have a free calendar from the co-op grocery store featuring Canadian wildlife - it is pretty nice, I make keep it - it has a coyote this month.

When the arty calendars go on sale I like to buy a couple - last year I had Inuit art in the kitchen. I love the feel of the paper and the colours in a good quality calendar.

[The Peepmaster]

I've got two. One is stainless-steel and easy to clean, which I use to strain potatoes and other vegetables. I have another with a tight mesh which I use for rice. (The former one lets grains of rice though when I'm doing a pre-rinse, and I don't have to strain rice after cooking because I only use just the right amount of water.)

[peter]

I've got two. One is stainless-steel and easy to clean, which I use to strain potatoes and other vegetables. I have another with a tight mesh which I use for rice. (The former one lets grains of rice though when I'm doing a pre-rinse, and I don't have to strain rice after cooking because I only use just the right amount of water.)

You should have gone to specsaver

[The Peepmaster]

I've got two. One is stainless-steel and easy to clean, which I use to strain potatoes and other vegetables. I have another with a tight mesh which I use for rice. (The former one lets grains of rice though when I'm doing a pre-rinse, and I don't have to strain rice after cooking because I only use just the right amount of water.)

You should have gone to specsaver

Er... Specsavers don't sell kitchen equipment.

[Vulture]

I've got two. One is stainless-steel and easy to clean, which I use to strain potatoes and other vegetables. I have another with a tight mesh which I use for rice. (The former one lets grains of rice though when I'm doing a pre-rinse, and I don't have to strain rice after cooking because I only use just the right amount of water.)

You should NEVER strain rice after cooking. Invest in a rice cooker OR wash the rice well, put it in a pan with enough water above the rice to come to the first knuckle of your index finger, bring it to the boil, put lid on pan, lower gas to simmering and simmer for 20 minutes or so.

This has been a public service post!

[The Peepmaster]

Vulch - that's exactly what I do. (Lucy taught me.)

Our only difference is that she likes long-grain, whilst I prefer basmati.

[Vulture]

I use Thai Fragrant rice.

[Vulture]

I really don't know what to say about that, Vulch.

It's a 'woman' thing, Roger. Diane knew what I meant. It would have been odd if you had understood it! 

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

Nowt wrong wi' Robbie! As I may have mentioned before, the best gig by far I've ever been to was to see Mr Williams at Hampden Park in Glasgow, supported by ABC and Toploader. In terms of showmanship, the event was breath-taking. Music wasn't too bad either.

Calendars? Don't think I've bought one since Olivia Neutron Bomb.

[The Peepmaster]

I thought you were from that neck-of-the-woods...



Callendar.

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

Lovely part of the world, Peepsie, and also the location for a lot of the outdoor 'Tannochbrae' scenes in the original Dr Finlay's Casebook series.

[The Peepmaster]

Wow - I hadn't realised that. I'm too young to remember the original series, and I'm impressed that you recall it so well. Maybe you, or Roger, could "fill me in" some time.