General Chat

*throws clothes under beds*

Finished the ironing..................just off to check the soup

*fights through smoky haze and throws pan in garden*

Err...............soups off Hayley, have an apple instead

xx

*** pop's head round corner***

"Nope no-one's missed me"

*** wipes tears from eyes, closes door on way out ***

Wmsl,

a bit late seein this......see, ya didn't miss me *sob*

well yer books not that rare then CC cos I got one too. *pokes tounge out*

Have already given Kitty the recipe for Kangaroo pie twas fun watchin her catch it first though.


I miss ~Lesley~

Lol,

well if we're braggin ( and even if were not lol )

Mine is 1895 second edition smaller version but also have an earlier larger version.

Tis amazing how some of the recipes are still useful today ( not the parrot pie though ) .

Just had a thought....perhaps we should give Kitty some hints from the servants section if she's goin ter be workin for Hayley.

orf ter find me Mrs Beeton's

Oooh................parrot pie

*eyes daughters African Grey*

One more nip from you matey *show parrot this thread*

Very intelligent birds these parrots..............look, he's got his wing over his beak now.

*comforts parrot and explains I was just kidding*

xx

Hey CC.....give me my Mrs Beeton's back.....yer grubby hands will ruin it.. Sides....thats how I got mine!

Kitty, stop pesterin the Parrot.....we'll need that for the soup

there is someone but i cant remember

Hmmmm.................................

See no one's missed me ;-(

*sighs*

Story of my life......................

Wanders, sadly, off thread.

I am sure I read somewere that Mrs Beeton could not actually cook, It was a con she got these recipes from other sources. Anyone else know anything about the story?

Ann
Glos

Oh Ann, I am disappointed now

Just found this

If Mrs Beeton had been alive today she would be in trouble for plagiarism on a shocking scale, the Guardian Hay festival heard yesterday.
The image of the original domestic goddess and author of the definitive book on cookery and household management has been tainted. The real Mrs Beeton was in fact a strip of a girl who could not cook.

The historian Kathryn Hughes has written the definitive biography of a woman born in 1836 who became a template for hardworking housewives. Hughes became so obsessed with her that she mortgaged her flat so she could buy Mrs Beeton's collection of letters.

and the story continues.....

http://books.guardian.co.uk/hay2006/story/0,,1788623,00.html

Susan
x

( sorry Hayley for pinchin yer thread but me flabber is Ghasted over this shockin revelation )

*Helps Christine to her feet, gives her a chair to sit in and a brandy for the shock*

If Kitty wants to sub-contract the toe nail painting job then I can give a very competitive quote.

And if one of you lovely ladies, who nostalgically collect old recipe books, could loan me your B&Q senior citizens discount card then I can keep the cost down with a tin of their own brand vinyl silk.

Ah... I would lend you mine if I had one Mr Connor, but unfortunately I haven't reached the required age yet. Don't tell me you have lost yours.

Have you got your glasses on CC??? only, I am sure Mr C said 'Brand Vinyl Silk' and not 'Brandy'.....still there is no accounting for taste....beats meths I suppose, which I expect Home Base also sells.

Susan I miss you all the time....mwahhhh xxx


Good morning all...

Kitty its time to tickle my back and I have left you a list of jobs..

pick up dry cleaning and pay for it ..
Tickle my back ..
nip out and get my lunch I may get my hair wet !
pop the washing in the machine
pick up my lippy I orded a week ago ..
feed the cat
mop the kitchen floor
put the rubbish

I have not seen Joyce from Holland recently - any one in contact with her?
Love Mary xx

Hi Mary

I am sure I saw on another thread that she was in England and meeting up with one of the other members.......a few pages back has her name in the heading I think.

Susan
x

~~~~~Waves to Hayley~~~~~

*whispers under breath* Cor wot a slave driver that Hayley is....poor Kitty*

Hi all... I would miss everyone if you were not here.

I need to find a crowd when I come on here...

AND....... HAYLEY!

Will you stop slapping Kitty.... you'll give her a complex.

Deanna X

** hangs head in shame and Glares at Kitty for getting me told off **


Please dont let me stay up again and watch the Omen 1V on the TV I hardly slept a wink...

Thanks for that Susan - must have missed that !!!
Love Mary xx