sime42
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Thanks. Lucky bugger. (Whatever his first love is).
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Not exactly an experienced popcorn man but never struggled. Fairly high heat but no idea what exactly, half way round on our gas hob dial. They normally start popping pretty quick so if yours didn't maybe it was too low, or maybe dodgy batch of corn? Think you're meant to use a splash of vegetable oil as well..
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I been meaning to ask this; whereabouts has Mr Silky Fox got to these days? Not seen him on here for ages.
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Indeed. I know I wouldn't want to be one. Bloody glad some people are good enough to do the job though, think how much more of a mess we'd be in without them. In some cases a social worker knows there is serious problem but is powerless to do anything about it as those above either don't believe them or don't have the resources to resolve the situation. That must be horrendous. I've heard that story in a few instances like this tragic one.
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Also depends how much the saw has been pushed on whilst cutting. Obviously if the chain is kept sharp there shouldn't really be too much pushing/forcing the bar through.
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Don't, I wouldn't recommend it. Kind of wish I hadn't heard about it on the news last night.
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This is horrible, sickening and sad in equal measure. Not sure if it's because I've got a young son myself but this one really got to me. Actually makes me shudder to think what that poor little lad went through. I can't even begin to comprehend how those two people could treat a defenceless child like that. Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: Emma Tustin and Thomas Hughes jailed over killing WWW.BBC.CO.UK Thomas Hughes will serve 21 years and Emma Tustin a minimum of 29 for the killing and torture of his son.
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Ah, that's bigger than I've spotted before, must be a good age. Enough to get a few spindles and knitting needles from I guess.
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Robotic tree cutters are on the way as well. We're all fcked then. Technological advancements, so called progress eh?
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Thanks. It'll be interesting to know.
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Anyone know how big they get? Or seen one with decent diameter wood? The ones I've seen have only ever been shrubs or very small trees really. Hard to imagine being able to make anything from them.
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I love em too. For the majority of the year they're completely inconspicuous, but round about now they really stand out; vivid splashes of colour when almost everything else is faded, brown or nothing but twigs. I also enjoy seeing them in the knowledge that they're indicators of ancient woodland or hedges, as has already been mentioned. I've got a small one that I cultivated from a hedgerow cutting. (So by no means ancient!). I think the flowers are small and white, but obviously not memorable. I think I read somewhere that they're called Spindle as they used to be used for making the bobbin spindles on spinning wheels, so a hard wood when sizable.
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Can't be many trees either, I'd have thought.
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Seems to me that there was more than a little needless provocative involved. I don't think it was as much about the subject as certain of the protagonists. There's never a need to disparage family members.
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They're tasty enough but a bit of a faff and fiddle to peel enough for a mouthful. The leaves of beech are also edible. When young you can use them in a salad, rather bitter though. There's a drink called Beech Leaf Noyau as well, french I think. My dad used to make it. Gin or brandy with the leaves soaked in it then some sugar added. Tasty.
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Bit of an irony given that the UK has just hosted COP26. Not a great surprise after our lame or at best lacklustre leadership of the event, Boris wasn't even there most of the time, kind of indicative of his view on the issue. I'd want to move here if I was Shell.
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Increased bike use would kill at least two birds with one stone. It would go a long way to sorting the obesity epidemic for starters.
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Some types of slugs are actually partial to each other, carnivorous slugs. Disgusting creatures! Though I'd happily have more of those particular ones around, to see off the veg munching buggers.
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More bad news, not much of a surprise though; all that rubber wearing off has got to go somewhere. Another reason to reduce the number of cars on the road, rather than just switching them all to electric, IMO.
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I do use Szechuan quite a bit. We cook a lot of stir fry type dishes so normally chuck some in those. You can buy it in a liquid form; an oil infusion. We've always used that as never had enough homegrown seeds until now. I know what you mean about the sensation, it is weird. It's all about the "Ma - La". I remember not liking it initially, but was encouraged to try again by my Mrs. I love it now. I think it's less harsh when cooked. That Agroforestry place looks to be doing some good work. We need more of that kind of thing.
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I'd not heard of Heron Farm, though I'm from down that way. Just looked them up. So they're making Szechuan Gin; interesting.
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I was given a very small plant, only about 6" high. My brother ordered it online somewhere. That was six or seven years ago, it's now grown into an 8 or 9 foot tree. Grows like stink! I think it first fruited 3 years ago, not many, but this year it was covered. They have large vicious thorns so picking is a bit perilous! Where did you get your seeds from?
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I'm drying them out now, then I'll separate the husks from the shiny black seeds inside. It's only the husks that have the flavour apparently. I'll grind it all at once to make powder or otherwise just put them in a pepper grinder as you say. It's probably an acquired taste but very moreish once you've got it!
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Good crop of Szechuan peppercorns here this year.
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Good work sir! Lucky it was a schwalbe tyre.
