Brexit -am I stupid or what

Buerk! or Aubergines à la parmigiana

 

Can't stand aubergines, but I grow them to make the tons of ratatouille that I conserve each summer. I've found lots of ways of disguising them One of the best is Brinjal pickle!

 

The popularity of aubergines always amazed me . I eat them but enjoy them like the dark green cabbage I was force fed as a kid ...

 

No and I'm not likely to, is it really that good?

 

It's that bad!

 

Well I told you it was, brie is slimey, I just guess the British version is slimeyer than the French.

 

I don't think that I could possibly describe Brie as slimey. It's a soft cheese, but not slimey.
I am being slightly harsh about Somerset Brie though. I did once find a nice one, not great like some of the French Brie but certainly very good. Trouble is that it was from an artisan producer and quite simply the dearest brie that I've ever bought.

The thing is that cheese is like films and music - what you want depends on your mood. Cheese (cheddar), bovril and salt and vinegar crisps in a sandwich is the best sarnie ever. But sometimes I want bacon, stilton and mushrooms in a baguette. Sometimes we just want a plate of crackers (Jacobs Cream Crackers, there is no substitute, ever, stop messing with stuff!) and Wensleydale. When I go out to Sicily I make sure that I come back with good Mozzerella because the good stuff is lovely with tommies and watercress (the not good stuff as sold in our s/markets IS slimey).
The Dutch make some great cheeses too. Extra mature Gouda (Overjarg) is a classic. Proper Edam is very different to the rubber that is sold over here. There is also a blue Gouda, a cheese made with cummin seeds (Leidsekaas) and soft cheese too.

 

Totally spot on. Never kept in the fridge here, just left on the side to stink the house out!

 

My village boulangerie was run by a downmarket double of Jack Nicholson, complete with string vest, Gauloise and a very unfortunate personality due to being permanently out of his skull on Pastis. The bread was totally inedible, even freshly baked. The whole village breathed a sigh of relief when the place burned down. The commune bought the premises and we've got a new boulanger moving in next month . Shame I'm cutting out carbs, really....

 

Blimey we have got so right idiots coming out of the closet.
Obviously some kind of exhibionist who needs locking up.
Can you imagine what would happen if a bloke had done that?

Maybe she has the body for radio.

 

Lovely to be back on GC and find this thread today...
you DO make I larf...