I’m sorry for your loss @traumatised sideboard - sending love to you. Go gently on yourself
I think it’s completely normal to feel that way. We don’t really get taught about grief. Plus grief is so different for everyone. It isn’t linear either.Thank you everyone for the condolences. My family is quite small so I've been fortunate enough to be relatively untouched by death up until this point. It's been hard to take. Both my granddads died some years ago now but they both had dementia so in a sense they were already gone. I've not been sleeping well, I feel incredibly guilty especially as I'd made a dusty relatives joke on Tuesday evening not knowing that she'd died earlier that day. She'd sent me a cheque at Christmas that I hadn't got round to putting in the bank so my mum told me to do it before the account got frozen. I felt like I'd sold my soul when I realised that I'd just fed the last thing I had from her into a machine for money.
You know it's been a bad week when forensically combing for a few hours through the same few minutes of JM warbling is not the worst thing you've heard!
I am very on the fence about the doughnuts too. I love Twin Peaks but when Annie's Burger Shack came out with the TP burger (all Annie's burgers can be meat, veggie or vegan for all non-East Midlands fraus) I couldn't bring myself to order it because it had a CHERRY PIE in it. I once had an aim to work through the whole menu but the Elvis (has jam in it) just makes me feel queasy so that is unlikely to happen.Thank you for the well-wishes and advice, I genuinely do appreciate it. I've been talking to my sister about it and when she said she'd normally (as in pre-lockdown) go and see one of her friends to talk it through I realised that I don't have a single person outside the family I would tell. On the money front I'm probably going to put it towards a tattoo. She was always interested to hear about what I'd got recently and what I was getting next so I'm pretty sure she was thinking that's what I'd spend it on! I want to get something for her but I'm not big on memorial tattoos in the traditional sense i.e. portraits, names or dates (not that there's anything wrong with those, it's just not my style). I'll think a bit more laterally, e.g. my granddad was obsessed with railways so I got some railroad spikes for him. It'll probably be something floral, there are a lot of different flowers in bloom at the moment and I'm already working on a floral part of a sleeve where it'd fit in nicely.
The good news is that I had a cracking burger with onion rings and fries for dinner from a new vegan place that's recently opened up near me. They had chocolate brownies as well so I got one, it would have been rude not to. I wish I could recommend it by name but I would massively triangulate myself. You can even request they replace the burger buns with doughnuts; I think I'm getting old because that sounds awful
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If you have a spray bottle I’d recommend spraying some oil over it before popping it in the oven so it gets that crunchy, crispy texture. It’ll be fine baked though.Question for you...I’m making southern fried chicken for tea, but I don’t want to fry it can I dredge in flour then put in the oven instead? Will it come out okay?
Thank you! Could I brush them with oil instead? No spray bottleIf you have a spray bottle I’d recommend spraying some oil over it before popping it in the oven so it gets that crunchy, crispy texture. It’ll be fine baked though.
Yeah that’ll work but it may take some of the coating off. You could just drizzle with oil but I find it doesn’t come out consistently crispy all over.Thank you! Could I brush them with oil instead? No spray bottle
You little minxI seriously love how this chat goes from Russian politics to coils to sheep then to fried chicken.
Anyone know @Alansbigplate behind the scenes? Hope all is ok. I know that I am a loon for worrying about Alan of the famous face swap who I have never met but dear fraus I do.
The Little Green Roasting Tin is a book of total joy. Thanks to all who recommended.
He remains thoughtful, funny, lovely and kind. We do have to try so hard to see one another with our crazy jobs and childcare. However we both had the opportunity for two whole days off this week together (mine is the calm before the storm as you all know I work for a Govt Dept and there is a budget next week ). Well, to echo the MT I had a persistent redness on my face and had assumed Rosacea, spent ages googling and was about to book a Dr appointment when I realised it was beard rash! Reader, I am 50
@PunkyMonkey thank you for the lovely message, I would say to PM me but no matter how many times people have explained it, I still can't PM anyone! I think I joined too late?
@discokebab cherry pie, what on earth, that sounds like a crime! This place I ordered from does a peanut butter and jam burger which I was tempted by but it's strawberry jam and I didn't trust them not to over-jam it. I've had peanut butter by itself on a burger before and it was actually good, I would recommend it.
I've temporarily put an email address in my "about" for you@PunkyMonkey thank you for the lovely message, I would say to PM me but no matter how many times people have explained it, I still can't PM anyone! I think I joined too late?
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My memory didn't serve me entirely correct, the burger is even more batshit than I remembered. I can't even fathom how they veganise this stuff and I've eaten half the menu. Their Kogumaza burger has a peanut-coconut sauce and I wasn't 100% angry about it, but I draw the line at jam in any food stuff
That was one of my favourite stories from last year! I didn’t realise they‘d come back!Thanks for trying @Falkor it’s March next week so not long to go til lambs!
Have got into goats lately am thinking of moving to Llandudno tbh
Goats that took over Welsh town continue reign of terror by climbing on house
Does this count as their daily exercise?metro.co.uk
It took me too long to notice there is a picture of the burger at the top of the page - it looks like the apple is sot of heaty-through but not grilled? Their burgers of the month are usually some special kind of WTF. This is very similar to the best one I ever hadThank you for signing up to the Slopbot lewds subscription @PunkyMonkey, he will be in contact soon.
That burger is mental, what even is flanned apple? Google thinks I mean flannel apple which makes about as much sense.