Which vegetable is the one you most enjoy preparing, and which is the least?

[Malc]

If you mean the bananas, yes, we grow them here in abundance. The type of banana isn't important, it's the taste. I find Aussie bananas drier and less tasty than the Caribbean types. Probably due to the soil. There was a huge campaign in Oz to develop a tastier tomato. The Australian tomatoes are much bigger than in Europe, but, like the houses on Millionaire's Row near me, with size you sacrifice taste.

[Vulture]

Has anyone here tried "ladies' fingers"? I think they're popular in the Far East and Tescos.

Okra? In lots of Indian dishes..... nice!

[The Peepmaster]

That's it - "okra". I can't remember what it tasted like, but it's called dead-man's fingers, or ladies' fingers, or something like that, in remote parts of Tescos. (Tescos is a supermarket chain in the UK, Vulch.)

[Diane CBPFC]

You need 50 lady's fingers to make Tiramisu

I only have had it twice - the first time was at a restaurant where is was just heavenly. The second time I picked up a frozen one for Christmas and it was like soggy old triffle.

[The Peepmaster]

It's a vegetable.

Having said that - Lucy and her lad are making the pudding for tomorrow's Sunday lunch. (We always have Sunday lunch on Wednesday evenings.) The main ingredient is sweet-potato. Should I be worried..?

If an ellipsis has a question mark after it, should the ellipsis contain only two dots?

Why is life so damn complicated?

[Vulture]

It's a vegetable.

Having said that - Lucy and her lad are making the pudding for tomorrow's Sunday lunch. (We always have Sunday lunch on Wednesday evenings.) The main ingredient is sweet-potato. Should I be worried..?

If an ellipsis has a question mark after it, should the ellipsis contain only two dots?

Why is life so damn complicated?

Only if it's a rainy Wednesday evening and you think it could be Sunday lunch-time!

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

 

[The Peepmaster]

I went out this morning to buy a new device for slicing runner-beans. It takes the sides off them neatly, but it's still a lot of effort pushing them through.

I had spinach last night. Lately I've found that spinach leaves a little bitterness in the mouth. I'm sure it never used to be thus.

[peter]

I think that the booze has that effect on the pallet.

[Roger Kettle]

I went out this morning to buy a new device for slicing runner-beans. It takes the sides off them neatly, but it's still a lot of effort pushing them through.

I had spinach last night. Lately I've found that spinach leaves a little bitterness in the mouth. I'm sure it never used to be thus.

The world of vegetables has certainly been unkind to you of late, Peeps. I think it's time you returned to the simple comforts of mashed potato. Hang on in there, big guy.

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

I had spinach last night. Lately I've found that spinach leaves a little bitterness in the mouth. I'm sure it never used to be thus.

Have you noticed any involuntary bulging in any of your muscles of late, Peepsie?

[Mince]

The world of vegetables has certainly been unkind to you of late, Peeps.

It must be awful when your own turn on you.

[Malc]

I do think the quality of the one-liners is far superior on this forum. I wouldn't like to see it besmirched by the arrival of hordes of less witty foreigners.



Did I say that out loud?

[Vulture]

I do think the quality of the one-liners is far superior on this forum. I wouldn't like to see it besmirched by the arrival of hordes of less witty foreigners.



Did I say that out loud?

No - it's OK, Malc, no-one was listening! 

[The Peepmaster]

We had sweet-potato pie for pudding, which apparently is an American dish. Very nice, but gave me indigestion all night. (Eating puddings late does that to me.)