Adawn47 Posted March 27, 2021 #17876 Share Posted March 27, 2021 34 minutes ago, Beckett said: Before we finish the Chinese theme, if anyone wants a really good laugh, go onto You Tube and search for Lee Mack's Wok Around the Clock ( from Would I Lie to You). It's worth a watch if only for the so-called recipe for Beef in Oyster Sauce! Have a great weekend everyone. Best wishes. Jane.x Stir Fried Beef and Cashew Nuts in Oyster Sauce is our dinner tonight. The Ken Hom recipe though😉 Avril Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobstheboy Posted March 27, 2021 #17877 Share Posted March 27, 2021 I love a Chinese, but my favourite Saturday dinner tonight, steak, chips, fried battered onion rings and mushrooms , followed by fresh fruit salad, yum yum ! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted March 27, 2021 #17878 Share Posted March 27, 2021 29 minutes ago, Angel57 said: I remember those sweets that were shaped like a cigarette (white with a pink tip I think)....... A very different world back then. X When kids were kids, allowed play make believe, have fun and get dirty. Skipping with a length of old clothesline or filling an empty shoe polish tin with dirt and stones to play hopscotch.😊 Avril 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted March 27, 2021 #17879 Share Posted March 27, 2021 15 hours ago, grapau27 said: Thanks Avril I will. Graham. I hope Pauline is a little better today Graham. You're unusually quiet this morning. Avril 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Presto2 Posted March 27, 2021 #17880 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Gosh I remember the toy cigarettes - here they were made of chocolate and we used to walk home from town pretending to puff away on them ! I also remember conkers before some idiot in health and safety somewhere thought that children needed to wear protective gloves and a face shield. You couldn't make it up really ...... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindylooellalouise Posted March 27, 2021 #17881 Share Posted March 27, 2021 It’s sad to think our grandchildren will never have those experiences 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted March 27, 2021 #17882 Share Posted March 27, 2021 7 minutes ago, Adawn47 said: I hope Pauline is a little better today Graham. You're unusually quiet this morning. Avril Thanks Avril. Pauline is a lot better so we were in the garden. Graham 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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zap99 Posted March 27, 2021 #17885 Share Posted March 27, 2021 17 minutes ago, Presto2 said: Gosh I remember the toy cigarettes - here they were made of chocolate and we used to walk home from town pretending to puff away on them ! I also remember conkers before some idiot in health and safety somewhere thought that children needed to wear protective gloves and a face shield. You couldn't make it up really ...... No funny. I bet hundreds if kids are taken to A&E each autumn with severely bruised knuckles, or string burns. Dangerous games kids play. No don't start me off about wedgies.🤣🤣 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodaxe Posted March 27, 2021 #17886 Share Posted March 27, 2021 43 minutes ago, Adawn47 said: Try as might, I cannot use chopsticks. I've been shown countless times and just can't do it. I wondered if it's because I'm left-handed, but then I'm probably just trying to find excuses. Avril 45 minutes ago, Adawn47 said: Try as might, I cannot use chopsticks. I've been shown countless times and just can't do it. I wondered if it's because I'm left-handed, but then I'm probably just trying to find excuses. Avril Surprised at you having spent so many holidays in Asia, I was them same until I was told no more Chinese meals until you learn, I learnt. Use them all the time now even at home, Chinese tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennizor Posted March 27, 2021 #17887 Share Posted March 27, 2021 TerrierJohn, it was lovely to see the word ‘courting’. I have not heard that word for years. I’m not sure what the word used for it is these days - ‘seeing someone’ maybe. Not as good as courting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Peterson Posted March 27, 2021 #17888 Share Posted March 27, 2021 19 minutes ago, Adawn47 said: When kids were kids, allowed play make believe, have fun and get dirty. Skipping with a length of old clothesline or filling an empty shoe polish tin with dirt and stones to play hopscotch.😊 Avril Rest assured Avril - still happening with our grandchildren I'm pleased to say, and no doubt with many others. Our children were brought up that way, and with freedom to roam, and so are the grandchildren. We're not talking here about major towns and cities, though, and that makes a difference. They're out in the open, covered in mud from head to toe, bundled into a huge cloth in the car and cleaned down when they get home! Fully home educated too, and have always been - daughter's a qualified teacher but has no time for what passes as 'education' at the local schools. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted March 27, 2021 #17889 Share Posted March 27, 2021 1 minute ago, Harry Peterson said: Rest assured Avril - still happening with our grandchildren I'm pleased to say, and no doubt with many others. Our children were brought up that way, and with freedom to roam, and so are the grandchildren. We're not talking here about major towns and cities, though, and that makes a difference. They're out in the open, covered in mud from head to toe, bundled into a huge cloth in the car and cleaned down when they get home! Fully home educated too, and have always been - daughter's a qualified teacher but has no time for what passes as 'education' at the local schools. My son likes to jump in puddles and play with mud and stuff. DW told him ' You can clean up after yourself, your 42, not 2. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplesea Posted March 27, 2021 #17890 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Been reading through today's posts and has bought back many memories, Vesta meals, sweet cigarettes, Vienetta, conkers, etc. It is a pity that a lot of the games we used to play in the playgrounds are not longer allowed - skipping, what's the time . . .?, tag, and many others all for safety reasons. Heard from my daughter yesterday that her and her partner are getting their jabs today. It's overcast again down here, but the wind has dropped from last night. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted March 27, 2021 #17891 Share Posted March 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, Presto2 said: Gosh I remember the toy cigarettes - here they were made of chocolate and we used to walk home from town pretending to puff away on them ! I also remember conkers before some idiot in health and safety somewhere thought that children needed to wear protective gloves and a face shield. You couldn't make it up really ...... Children are being too mollycoddled nowadays. Keep them safe most definitely, but what's wrong with a child getting dirty with a few bumps and scrapes? Let them enjoy their childhood while they can. Avril 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted March 27, 2021 #17892 Share Posted March 27, 2021 1 hour ago, lindylooellalouise said: It’s sad to think our grandchildren will never have those experiences Mine have, and the great grandchildren are. Avril 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted March 27, 2021 #17893 Share Posted March 27, 2021 1 hour ago, grapau27 said: Thanks Avril. Pauline is a lot better so we were in the garden. Graham I'm glad she's much better. You must be having nicer weather than us if you're in the garden, there's a cold wind blowing here today. Avril 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted March 27, 2021 #17894 Share Posted March 27, 2021 58 minutes ago, Bloodaxe said: Surprised at you having spent so many holidays in Asia, I was them same until I was told no more Chinese meals until you learn, I learnt. Use them all the time now even at home, Chinese tonight. I know, and believe me , I'm ashamed to admit I can't master them. Three weeks, every year in various Asian countries for 20 years. I've been shown by numerous people in restaurants in that time, I know how it's done, I just can get my fingers to co-operate. Everytime I try the chopsticks cross and the food either falls off or I flick it off. Chinese for us too tonight Eric, Chopsicks for Frank and a fork for me. It's fortunate that I'm the cook😄 Avril 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted March 27, 2021 #17895 Share Posted March 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Adawn47 said: Try as might, I cannot use chopsticks. I've been shown countless times and just can't do it. I wondered if it's because I'm left-handed, but then I'm probably just trying to find excuses. Avril Snap,I'm left handed sis.I hold my knife and fork right handed though.Reminds me of the left handed shop at Pier 39 in San Fran,probably sell left handed chopsticks there for an arm and a leg,lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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grapau27 Posted March 27, 2021 #17897 Share Posted March 27, 2021 40 minutes ago, Adawn47 said: I'm glad she's much better. You must be having nicer weather than us if you're in the garden, there's a cold wind blowing here today. Avril It was sunny earlier and warm sheltered from the wind. It got cloudy so we came in the house but it is sunny again now. Graham. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Peterson Posted March 27, 2021 #17898 Share Posted March 27, 2021 (edited) Edited March 27, 2021 by Harry Peterson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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delgirl Posted March 27, 2021 #17900 Share Posted March 27, 2021 3 hours ago, Adawn47 said: Try as might, I cannot use chopsticks. I've been shown countless times and just can't do it. I wondered if it's because I'm left-handed, but then I'm probably just trying to find excuses. Avril I'm left handed as well and I can't use chopsticks. Defo not an excuse!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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