Hope it goes ok @Jay-cloth Cow 
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Had my McDonald's brekkie this morning, that was supposed to be the great recreation of the big breakfast. None of the extras were put on it, so I just had pancakes and sausage. Very disappointed 
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Hope it all goes okay @Jay-cloth Cow - a Macca's breakfast is definitely a good treat idea 
Not sure if urban myth, but in the days before mobile phone we had pagers which used to vibratewtf!!!! i bet the technical term is just the latin translation of bumhole surgery
Hugs mooey enjoy your maccys & hope it’s not too uncomfy x
What the!? Oh maaaaan!Had my McDonald's brekkie this morning, that was supposed to be the great recreation of the big breakfast. None of the extras were put on it, so I just had pancakes and sausage. Very disappointed
Hope it goes well @Jay-cloth Cow ! I would also recommend cocodamol to help relax you and ease any of momentary pain if they do need to take a sample. If they do, it is a very fleeting discomfort - not the kind of thing you feel for hours after if that makes sense! I'd also have something sugary like chocolate on hand to have after as a treat as that's what I like to do after a hospital appointment and it usually helps bring back any colour I lost from nerves!
Yessss! Enjoy the McDos breakie, sounds like a good plan
Yessss! Enjoy the McDos breakie, sounds like a good plan
Hope your daughter has a good rest up today @Flumps - rest and tea are as good for colds as anything. It’s a shame there’s this cloud of other stuff hanging over that makes you second guess your instincts. Hope she feels better tomorrow
For today @Jay-cloth Cow ! Hopefully it will be over before you know it and you’ll be stuffing that McMuffin down your gob before you can say highland cow X
For today @Jay-cloth Cow ! Hopefully it will be over before you know it and you’ll be stuffing that McMuffin down your gob before you can say highland cow X
Thanks lovelies - i had a double sausage and egg mcmuffin, 2 hash browns and tropicana so nice and satisfied! I think I have some cocodamol in the cupboard so will take that before, great tip I didn't think of the codiene aspect! Thanks again and glad to hear they tend to be a bit nicer! X
Good luck today!! Ooh I had 2 hash browns the other day, it felt ridiculous
swear maccy’s Tropicana is somehow more refreshing? Maybe because there’s so little of it and you’ve just ingested a pile of salt@Nottonightbabe omg!! That’s a disappointment?!
Totally understand this. It can be really difficult to be inspired to cook for one. I like meal planning even if I'm just cooking for me or others through the week as I try to focus on saving money and less food waste. Cooking a chicken on a Monday can give you a meal for that day and then lunch and tea for Tuesday (maybe something like a paella?). If you've only got a small freezer then maybe try and fill it with things you can make a meal around, like frozen fish to have with fresh veg. I had a phase of batch cooking and ended up with loads of the same thing and got fed up of eating it. I also forget to take stuff out of the freezer so meal planning helps me with this and I feel a bit more inspired and organised. Also the Ice Kitchen by Shivi Ramoutar has some great recipes and advice about freezing and defrosting food safely which you could either batch cook or scale down to make 1 or 2 portions.
Ive got dinner on now so its ready, and I dont have to fight through the afterschool haze of tiredness. Chicken curry, nothing fancy. My eldest wont eat it. He will literally just eat dry rice. He was distraught when I served up cottage pie 
Am on a mini grunka so someone has likely answered but our GP surgery has been sharing the following info pic - if the school are difficult it could be worth sharing with them?
Also not helped that we’re now in cold/flu season. Given we were all in lockdown (rightly so) for so long so our immune systems probably took a bit of a dip compared to normal so that doesn’t help either.
Good luck Jay Cloth, hope it isn’t too uncomfortable.
Thank you @Flumps - I was pre warned I might need one of these due to a cervical polyp that was found a few weeks ago when still pregnant. Good to know what it entails. Just need to wait for the GP post natal check to discuss with them re smears etc. I get it’s due to our anatomy but at times everything about being a woman just feels so damn undignified and intrusive doesn’t it?
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I'm not sure I have much to add from @Flump's suggestions except maybe to also check out Big Has on insta and for middle eastern food I recommend The Palestinian Table by Reem Kassis - its a really good book thats very informative of the history of Palestinian cooking and shows how its really all about the method of cooking rather than having loads of ingredients! Its a brilliant one for weekday home cooking.My apologies, dear hearts, but before this thread closes may I repeat my request for helpful information on Turkish cuisine (#628). Appreciate no one may want to respond, but the original did get a little buried in discussions of novelty Pringles tubes and alternative confectionery (
@Jay-cloth Cow hope all goes okay today!
@Pocahontas Your story about the headteacher made me cry with laughter
. Thank god you didnt curse himFeeling pretty fed up...today's news has brought some pretty devastating repercussions for the industry I work in and I'm not feeling hopeful I'll have a job much longer if the furlough scheme isn't extended! Feels like one step forward then a million steps back.
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Has anyone ever charged anything back to a credit card? I don’t know if I’ll even “be allowed to”? It’s a Barclaycard I’ve had for nearly a decade and never done this on before so surely they’ll say fair does and allow it?
It was a helicopter ride (husband’s birthday, he asked for it, I know it’s really not my thing and arguably quite naff). We tried to book in a few times and they’d always cancel due to bad weather, I had to pay to extend our terms and conditions despite having booked like 4 flight days with them that were always cancelled? I don’t think I got a receipt for that extension though
Last night on the news there was this feature about how ducked the aviation industry is and how they’re getting rid of all these planes going to these plane graveyards and I’m like duck, this firm may not even exist now / in a few months?! It was a lot of money, the sort of thing JM gets gifted tbh, do you reckon they’ll help?! :/ Any tips gratefully taken! x
It was a helicopter ride (husband’s birthday, he asked for it, I know it’s really not my thing and arguably quite naff). We tried to book in a few times and they’d always cancel due to bad weather, I had to pay to extend our terms and conditions despite having booked like 4 flight days with them that were always cancelled? I don’t think I got a receipt for that extension though
Last night on the news there was this feature about how ducked the aviation industry is and how they’re getting rid of all these planes going to these plane graveyards and I’m like duck, this firm may not even exist now / in a few months?! It was a lot of money, the sort of thing JM gets gifted tbh, do you reckon they’ll help?! :/ Any tips gratefully taken! xI thought it had been extended, though with different conditions, it was on the Martin Lewis showI'm not sure I have much to add from @Flump's suggestions except maybe to also check out Big Has on insta and for middle eastern food I recommend The Palestinian Table by Reem Kassis - its a really good book thats very informative of the history of Palestinian cooking and shows how its really all about the method of cooking rather than having loads of ingredients! Its a brilliant one for weekday home cooking.
@Jay-cloth Cow hope all goes okay today!
@Pocahontas Your story about the headteacher made me cry with laughter
Feeling pretty fed up...today's news has brought some pretty devastating repercussions for the industry I work in and I'm not feeling hopeful I'll have a job much longer if the furlough scheme isn't extended! Feels like one step forward then a million steps back.
I ordered some stuff online in June it hasn’t arrived, one item was via PayPal who were worse than useless, so I contacted the bank who refunded me, not a huge amount but stillHas anyone ever charged anything back to a credit card? I don’t know if I’ll even “be allowed to”? It’s a Barclaycard I’ve had for nearly a decade and never done this on before so surely they’ll say fair does and allow it?
It was a helicopter ride (husband’s birthday, he asked for it, I know it’s really not my thing and arguably quite naff). We tried to book in a few times and they’d always cancel due to bad weather, I had to pay to extend our terms and conditions despite having booked like 4 flight days with them that were always cancelled? I don’t think I got a receipt for that extension though
Call Barclaycard and speak to them. As you haven’t received what you paid for, you are entitled to your money back. I’ve had very good service from First Direct Visa card with things I’ve bought and not received. The company has quite a few weeks to challenge it but you should get the money back immediately. How long ago did you purchase the flight?Has anyone ever charged anything back to a credit card? I don’t know if I’ll even “be allowed to”? It’s a Barclaycard I’ve had for nearly a decade and never done this on before so surely they’ll say fair does and allow it?
It was a helicopter ride (husband’s birthday, he asked for it, I know it’s really not my thing and arguably quite naff). We tried to book in a few times and they’d always cancel due to bad weather, I had to pay to extend our terms and conditions despite having booked like 4 flight days with them that were always cancelled? I don’t think I got a receipt for that extension though
Thank you!! I wasn't being like our 5 bedded pal in mentioning the amount, just I'd imagine if it was a £40 train ticket they'd refund it in a heart beat as I'm an old customer and it's nothing to keep me in the Barclaycard universe, but if it's more they'll be less likely to? Especially as the aviation industry is ducked / they may not claim back from the firm if it's gone?
I'll see how it goes, they've got a whole department working on this stuff apparently as there are so many charge backs from flights and hotels etc so the drama will conclude in 5-ish days!
Either Dec 2018 or Janaury 2019!
The thing is my original email would have had T&Cs saying I can only have a flight for 6 months I think it was, after I got unwell that year I extended it for more money, but that was on my proper cash card (and I'm okay to write off £50 in the grand scheme of covid losses), I don't think they ever sent me updated T&Cs, so I'm worried BC will say... oh but it's an expired good we can't claim for this! I did call BC and she said they're doing it all online as there are SO many, just submitted my initial form, for them to send me my next form to submit evidence on. I've never waited so long to chat to anyone on the phone there, so I imagine they're busy af. She gave me a dedicated number to check on my claim once it's submitted, I'm just going to have to hope & pray really. If they don't do it I might pretend I'll close the card as it's a tit interest rate anyway (I always pay it off after the purchase has been made I just use it for protection!). Thank you though this is really promising.
Yep it has, but for some industries the new conditions are just not enough to keep companies afloat! Going into winter things like cinema, theatre and hospitality need something closer to the original furlough scheme. We can't sell tickets if half the UK's cinemas are shut! There will be tons of redundancies. Bloody james bond.
Sorry i'm being very moany and boring! On topic: lunch was a bagel with avocado and pickled onions and feta. Wanna make cornbread with veggie chilli for dinner, anyone care to share a cornbread recipe? @crystaleyesd ?!
I suspect you, like me, are probs a fan of Felicity Cloake and her perfect cornbread is my favourite. Plus, you get to read an article thoroughly discussing all the options for your enjoyment (I figure you enjoy this as much as me)......
Oh and in almost cooking news. Made the plague child a treat for lunch. Mozzarella, Parma ham and Parmesan pinwheels. That, a la JM, is essentially the recipe what I made up in maverick style because I needed to use up a sheet of puff pastry and some mozzarella.
They are winning no prettiness prizes. But they taste pretty nice.
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