kalos Posted August 9 #61026 Share Posted August 9 19 minutes ago, Palaceman said: Why do eateries insist on putting raw onion in their salads? After all, it is a vegetable! All depends on what you personally deem as a salad ingredient . As a young un I was brought up with spring onions ,grated carrot and beetroot which are all veg. Folk even have nuts as part of a salad ,I suppose if we don't like it we have to ask those eateries to leave it out . The worst one for me was a wrap from some Indian take away's using raw red cabbage as salad ,hated the stuff. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palaceman Posted August 9 #61027 Share Posted August 9 30 minutes ago, kalos said: All depends on what you personally deem as a salad ingredient . As a young un I was brought up with spring onions ,grated carrot and beetroot which are all veg. Folk even have nuts as part of a salad ,I suppose if we don't like it we have to ask those eateries to leave it out . The worst one for me was a wrap from some Indian take away's using raw red cabbage as salad ,hated the stuff. Unfortunately a lot of eateries make up the salad in bulk at the start of the day, so even if they remove it from my plate, the whole salad is tainted with a raw onion flavour. Yuk! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splice the mainbrace Posted August 9 #61028 Share Posted August 9 The last hour or so I keep getting a ‘we value your privacy’ pop up on this site, I keep managing settings and decline all but it keeps popping up. Annoying. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruzseeka Posted August 9 #61029 Share Posted August 9 49 minutes ago, Splice the mainbrace said: The last hour or so I keep getting a ‘we value your privacy’ pop up on this site, I keep managing settings and decline all but it keeps popping up. Annoying. Likewise. I as wondering if anyone else was having the same problem. They don't seem to be satisfied unless you agree to data collection. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel57 Posted August 9 #61030 Share Posted August 9 Yes, I’m getting it too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted August 9 #61031 Share Posted August 9 1 hour ago, kalos said: All depends on what you personally deem as a salad ingredient . As a young un I was brought up with spring onions ,grated carrot and beetroot which are all veg. Folk even have nuts as part of a salad ,I suppose if we don't like it we have to ask those eateries to leave it out . The worst one for me was a wrap from some Indian take away's using raw red cabbage as salad ,hated the stuff. LOL.I had red cabbage in my salad today. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincslady Posted August 9 #61032 Share Posted August 9 Red onion, which is less strong than ordinary white, is often used in salads - I use it myself in salads and sandwiches, and used to be able to get Spanish sweet onions, white, which are mild and slightly sweet and nice raw. Have not seen them for a few years. I find spring onions, the bulb bits, too strong. A bit disappointed that our girl did not get the gold medal in the heptathlon, but she seemed to take it pretty well. You have to admire those people who do these events, they are always pretty good at all of the individual sports. An awful l lot of - to me - rather peculiar cycling events, which I find pretty boring. Yes, I have got the pop up thing too - maddening; hope it goes off soon. Privacy my eye. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indiana123 Posted August 9 #61033 Share Posted August 9 Today was the last day of the hearing re the 'person, who crashed into our wall exactly two years ago. There were many charges and all were proven except one, that was leaving the scene of an accident. I don't understand this as he said he fancied a pint and invited me along, for a drink, I protested, but he went anyway. after telling my neighbours where he as going. He was found a few hours later by a Sergeant and two officers a mile of so away from the scene. Am I missing something or going nuts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josy1953 Posted August 9 #61034 Share Posted August 9 2 hours ago, kalos said: All depends on what you personally deem as a salad ingredient . As a young un I was brought up with spring onions ,grated carrot and beetroot which are all veg. Folk even have nuts as part of a salad ,I suppose if we don't like it we have to ask those eateries to leave it out . The worst one for me was a wrap from some Indian take away's using raw red cabbage as salad ,hated the stuff. I am one of those who chops up walnuts and puts them in my salad along with raw red cabbage and boiled beetroot when it is in season. I hate pickled beetroot and never eat it so the boiled beetroot is a real treat for me. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalos Posted August 9 #61035 Share Posted August 9 2 hours ago, Splice the mainbrace said: The last hour or so I keep getting a ‘we value your privacy’ pop up on this site, I keep managing settings and decline all but it keeps popping up. Annoying. 1 hour ago, kruzseeka said: Likewise. I as wondering if anyone else was having the same problem. They don't seem to be satisfied unless you agree to data collection. 1 hour ago, Angel57 said: Yes, I’m getting it too. On my laptop "Nothing" yet my phone had this annoying data collection crap that kept wanting me to accept but I declined . It kept coming back so I deleted cookies and cache and removed the Homepage shortcut on the phone . I have re -signed back in made new Homepage shortcut and it seems to have gone away . Think it must have been an old cookie in the system causing the problem . 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Hill Posted August 9 #61036 Share Posted August 9 1 hour ago, Josy1953 said: I am one of those who chops up walnuts and puts them in my salad along with raw red cabbage and boiled beetroot when it is in season. I hate pickled beetroot and never eat it so the boiled beetroot is a real treat for me. Planning to pull a couple of beetroots from my raised bed tomorrow and boil them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted August 10 #61037 Share Posted August 10 9 hours ago, lincslady said: Red onion, which is less strong than ordinary white, is often used in salads - I use it myself in salads and sandwiches, and used to be able to get Spanish sweet onions, white, which are mild and slightly sweet and nice raw. Have not seen them for a few years. I find spring onions, the bulb bits, too strong. A bit disappointed that our girl did not get the gold medal in the heptathlon, but she seemed to take it pretty well. You have to admire those people who do these events, they are always pretty good at all of the individual sports. An awful l lot of - to me - rather peculiar cycling events, which I find pretty boring. Yes, I have got the pop up thing too - maddening; hope it goes off soon. Privacy my eye. We had the famous Tropea onions in our part of Italy.A bit overpriced but all the other red onions in the area were lovely especially the spring onions. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted August 10 #61038 Share Posted August 10 9 hours ago, Josy1953 said: I am one of those who chops up walnuts and puts them in my salad along with raw red cabbage and boiled beetroot when it is in season. I hate pickled beetroot and never eat it so the boiled beetroot is a real treat for me. When I was a kid the greengrocers at the end of our road had a massive beetroot boiler in the backyard.It must have been 7ft tall.Everyone loved beetroot back in the day,lol.PS when I mentioned cheese and beetroot sarnies on the Princess forum most of the Yanks almost threw up.Don't know what they're missing. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted August 10 #61039 Share Posted August 10 10 hours ago, lincslady said: Red onion, which is less strong than ordinary white, is often used in salads - I use it myself in salads and sandwiches, and used to be able to get Spanish sweet onions, white, which are mild and slightly sweet and nice raw. Have not seen them for a few years. I find spring onions, the bulb bits, too strong. A bit disappointed that our girl did not get the gold medal in the heptathlon, but she seemed to take it pretty well. You have to admire those people who do these events, they are always pretty good at all of the individual sports. An awful l lot of - to me - rather peculiar cycling events, which I find pretty boring. Yes, I have got the pop up thing too - maddening; hope it goes off soon. Privacy my eye. Breakdancing today LL.I'm gonna campaign for dad dancing to be included.Had loads of practise. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincslady Posted August 10 #61040 Share Posted August 10 That would be a lot more fun than some of the cycling, Brian, and as fitness is considered so important now a worthy idea! Should be restricted to over 40s or maybe 50s, though. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalos Posted August 10 #61041 Share Posted August 10 Morning , love or hate it ,tis the start of the football season, well for some teams it started last night .Will your team be top of the table? Who knows but for some joy ,others heartbreak. I remember when I used to go to football,if they lost it put me off my food. I would go into the pizza shop and they would ask would I like my pizza cut into eight pieces but I would ask for four as I wasn't that hungry and couldn't eat that many🙃 Hope you all have a great day- Take care .🙂 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsgoggins Posted August 10 #61042 Share Posted August 10 (edited) 20 hours ago, purplesea said: My car must be about the oldest here, at 18 years old with about 74000 miles on the clock. Although it is old and the paintwork is beginning to peel and fade, it's sound mechanically and passed it's last two MOTs with just a minor problem or two. I have an 18 year old Jazz with less than 60000 miles on the clock but bought a new Jazz last autumn, mostly because 'it was time' and I wanted heated seats and a heated steering wheel ☺️But, DH still drives locally in the old one (the front seats go back further giving more legroom and he's tall) and we have another car, a diesel estate, which we use for long journeys (eg Southampton). He also has a (much cherished) long-wheelbase VW van for his hobby! Fortunately we have a very long, concealed driveway. And just to reinforce that we are a bit bonkers to have 4 taxed and insured vehicles for the 2 of us, importantly they are all red! Edited August 10 by mrsgoggins 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eddie99 Posted August 10 #61043 Share Posted August 10 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted August 10 #61044 Share Posted August 10 Good morning. 17°C and sunny here. I hope everyone is safe and happy. I will be listening to BBC Radio Newcastle at 12.30pm for our first game of the season Sunderland v Cardiff. I hope I don't turn it off before the match ends 😀🤞 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josy1953 Posted August 10 #61045 Share Posted August 10 DH has just asked where I am bowling this afternoon because Stoke are at home to Coventry and he was concerned that I could get caught in traffic if I was going on the A50, fortunately we are away out of the city in the opposite direction from the Brittania stadium and our B team is playing the A team from the club where we will be playing the B team so no traffic problems for either games hopefully. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted August 10 #61046 Share Posted August 10 Good afternoon. We had a nice lunch overlooking the North sea. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincslady Posted August 10 #61047 Share Posted August 10 Graham - being nosy - what are the big pink and blue things in the background? They look a bit like giant toothpaste tubes, I wonder if they are bins? They certainly stand out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted August 10 #61048 Share Posted August 10 11 minutes ago, lincslady said: Graham - being nosy - what are the big pink and blue things in the background? They look a bit like giant toothpaste tubes, I wonder if they are bins? They certainly stand out. They are notice boards. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janny444 Posted August 10 #61049 Share Posted August 10 20 hours ago, Snow Hill said: I suspect that will change at some point especially now EVs will start paying from April 2025. I used to drive a diesel when I drove 12,000 miles a year, but it worked out more expensive when I reduced annual mileage to 7,000, so switched to petrol, since January last year I drive a petrol hybrid which I average 62 mpg, longer journeys I am up in the mid 70s, my wife’s hybrid averages 77mpg. My last car averaged around 40 mpg, around 55 on a long journey, so fuel costs have dropped for us. We only do just over 2500 miles a year.....so yes ....if our mileage was a lot higher it may be worth it to change to a petrol/hybrid...certainly not an EV... and for 9 years we have had zero road tax which I appreciate may change. Because of my hubby's age our days of long journeys are long gone and even though I have a driving licence my visual impairment prevents me from doing so. Changing the car is not worth it unless it becomes a necessity 🙂 We only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eglesbrech Posted August 10 #61050 Share Posted August 10 9 hours ago, brian1 said: When I was a kid the greengrocers at the end of our road had a massive beetroot boiler in the backyard.It must have been 7ft tall.Everyone loved beetroot back in the day,lol.PS when I mentioned cheese and beetroot sarnies on the Princess forum most of the Yanks almost threw up.Don't know what they're missing. You just brought back a lovely memory. My dad had a big beetroot boiling pot which was purple even after it had been cleaned (it lived in the basement when not in use). He grew beetroot along with lots of other fruit and veg. The pot fitted over 3 of the gas rings. We ate beetroot for weeks (and weeks and weeks) along with mackerel, which we caught. People grew (and caught or shot) a lot more food back in the day. I still grow herbs, rhubarb, soft fruits, apples etc but nothing like to the extent our family and neighbours did. People used to leave any surplus on each others door steps. One of our neighbours grew exotic things like purple broccoli, purple carrots and purple potatoes, you don’t even see purple veg now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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