Life's Little Pleasures

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  • IanTIanT Posts: 573MI6 Agent
    It's Cornish talk.

    Tiddly = proper
    Oggie = pasty

    Now, pay attention everyone; there are many pastry based products that claim to be a Cornish Pasty.

    Rule One: A pasty from Cornwall is a pasty. Never refer to it as a Cornish pasty.
    Rule Two: A pasty has never had one half meat, one half fruit. That's just Cornish myth.
    Rule Three: A pasty has a crimp that goes around the side, NEVER EVER over the top!!!!
    Rule Four: If the crimp goes left to right, it is a Hen pasty (female), if it goes right to left, it is a **** pasty (male) :))
    Rule Five: The ingredients of a pasty are chuck steak, potato, and turnip/swede. They go in raw and are cooked in the pastry. Peas and minced meat are NEVER found in a pasty.
    Rule Six: Pasty pastry is hot water pastry only. No other sort is acceptable.
    Rule Seven: Only ever eat a pasty with your hands
    Rule Eight: It is pronounced "paasty" not "parsty" - elongate your vowels, never roll your Rs (unless you're from Somerset in which case- why aren't you drinking cider?)

    I like pasties.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,863Chief of Staff
    No onion, Ian?
  • IanTIanT Posts: 573MI6 Agent
    Errrrr.... yes. Well spotted Barbel.

    I'm glad you read my posts so thoroughly :))
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I too am a lover of the pasty {[]

    Interesting the meaning of the word "Tiddly" as one of my first girlfriends must have been from
    Cornwall, as I remember her laughing and saying that a lot ! :D
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,863Chief of Staff
    IanT wrote:
    Errrrr.... yes. Well spotted Barbel.

    I'm glad you read my posts so thoroughly :))

    :)) :)) Have you tried a Forfar Bridie? They're similar, though I prefer the pasty.
  • IanTIanT Posts: 573MI6 Agent
    I haven't had the pleasure. Although a deep fried Mars bar or two has passed down my cavernous maw.

    One of my Scottish traditions when visiting the great city of Edinburgh is a haggis supper.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,863Chief of Staff
    Never had a deep fried Mars bar, they're pretty much an urban legend (although I'm told some chippies will make one if you ask). Haggis supper, now, that's a thing of joy!
  • IanTIanT Posts: 573MI6 Agent
    Haggis is one of life's little pleasures. A Sunday breakfast of a slice of thick white bread, cut into a circle, and fried until golden brown. Then top it with a ring of black pudding, a ring of haggis and a poached egg.

    Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,906Chief of Staff
    My Gawd. . .I thought only us Americans deep-fried already unhealthy things, usually at state fairs--the origin of the corndog, which I understand most Brits find disgusting, and the current craze. . .deep-fried butter! And all I know of Cornwall is what I see on Doc Martin. Please don't tell me it's filled with inaccurate stereotypes!
    Vox clamantis in deserto
  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    Hardyboy wrote:
    My Gawd. . .I thought only us Americans deep-fried already unhealthy things, usually at state fairs--the origin of the corndog, which I understand most Brits find disgusting, and the current craze. . .deep-fried butter! And all I know of Cornwall is what I see on Doc Martin. Please don't tell me it's filled with inaccurate stereotypes!

    We actually have our own take on the American Corndog. We call them battered sausages, or jumbo sausages with batter. Great with chips and curry sauce!
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  • The Domino EffectThe Domino Effect Posts: 3,638MI6 Agent
    Thanks for the awesome paasty lesson, Ian. I have enjoyed a life-long love affair with pasties, maybe dating back to regular summer holidays in Cornwall. It's very hard to find a genuine pasty but luckily even those that aren't particularly accurate are still often tasty at least!
  • IanTIanT Posts: 573MI6 Agent
    Fortunately for me work takes me down the M6 past Knutsford from time to time where, at the motorway services is a West Cornwall pasty stall which do the most tiddly oggies you will find up north.

    Ironically, the best pasty I ever had was from Ivor Dewney in Plymouth, just over the Tamar in Devon. How bizarre.

    And Hardyboy, Cornwall is a bit like Doc Martin, just with fewer job prospects. But if you are ever over this way you must visit. Remember DAD was filmed in Cornwall.
  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,906Chief of Staff
    IanT wrote:
    And Hardyboy, Cornwall is a bit like Doc Martin, just with fewer job prospects. But if you are ever over this way you must visit. Remember DAD was filmed in Cornwall.

    Thanks, Ian. I'm hoping to be in London and Dorchester this July, so maybe I can swing by Cornwall. And if the women look anything like Louisa and Morwenna, I may not want to leave. . .
    Vox clamantis in deserto
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,216MI6 Agent
    Dipping into the ajb007 website is always a little pleasure for me now - I love the differing opinions and reading about what other ajb'ers are up to.
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    Getting letters from my five year old niece in Bergen (yes, I'm bragging on her behalf :D )
    This winter we have been pen pals, and every letter is a joy. She writes her own letters, but needs some help reading mine. I think she'll do well when she starts school in the autum ....
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I too need some help reading your posts ...... :p :D

    Nice achievement for a five year old. -{
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    :))
  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    im sitting in the garden (its sunny ) with my coffee, from my George Clooney Nespresso machine :D
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    A sausage roll, smothered in HP brown sauce.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,216MI6 Agent
    What you do with your sausage is your own affair, TP :))

    It's gone 3pm our time and I am sitting on the balcony with an ice cold bottle of San Mig - I will spend the next couple of hours on the laptop then watch the sunset around 6pm - it's a lovely day and the temperature is in the high 80's F - THIS is one of life's little pleasures :) -{
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    I was up at 7-15 today ,took the hound up the woods ,the sun rising in the east probing its finger like rays through the branches of the trees ,like giant laser beams from an old star trek show . the birds chirping away claiming their spot .The first of the blue bells have managed to break through ,only another 5 million to go :) then home .Breakfast in the garden ,fresh coffee ,whole grain toast with Jersey butter smothered in little scarlet jam (I read that some where ) :D the cheapest things in life are the best . :) and to top it all today is Saturday . :D
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    I enjoy those lazy Saturday mornings where you relax, crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the women.
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
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  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,216MI6 Agent
    I was up at 7-15 today ,took the hound up the woods ,the sun rising in the east probing its finger like rays through the branches of the trees ,like giant laser beams from an old star trek show . the birds chirping away claiming their spot .The first of the blue bells have managed to break through ,only another 5 million to go :) then home .Breakfast in the garden ,fresh coffee ,whole grain toast with Jersey butter smothered in little scarlet jam (I read that some where ) :D the cheapest things in life are the best . :) and to top it all today is Saturday . :D

    I always enjoy your descriptions AS it makes me want to be there too {[]
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    Mrs AS has gone out for the day (well that's a pleasure in itself) :D I have the house to myself :)
    so today, I did my famous secret mission breakfast ,I call it that as one day you might not come back from it :p
    first I had to find the Christmas turkey plate (its big) then on that 3 slices of toast ,2 potato waffles, 2 fried eggs sunny side up ,2 pork sausages ,3 slices of Lancashire black pudding ,half-a-a doz mushrooms ,2 rashers of bacon, baked beans ,and a whole tin of plum tomatos ,I like my toast soggy with the tomato juice :D washed down with a mug of tea (Q mug)and Florida fresh orange juice ,the sun was out so I sat in the garden and ate it there, perfect start to the day .
    garden_2015_004.jpg
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent
    Mrs AS has gone out for the day (well that's a pleasure in itself) :D I have the house to myself :)
    so today, I did my famous secret mission breakfast ,I call it that as one day you might not come back from it :p
    first I had to find the Christmas turkey plate (its big) then on that 3 slices of toast ,2 potato waffles, 2 fried eggs sunny side up ,2 pork sausages ,3 slices of Lancashire black pudding ,half-a-a doz mushrooms ,2 rashers of bacon, baked beans ,and a whole tin of plum tomatos ,I like my toast soggy with the tomato juice :D washed down with a mug of tea (Q mug)and Florida fresh orange juice ,the sun was out so I sat in the garden and ate it there, perfect start to the day .
    garden_2015_004.jpg

    I think that's what they call an "all day breakfast", AS! That said, I really think you'd have trouble putting all that lot into a tin! :)) -{

    P.S. I hope that Mrs AS doesn't read AJB! :D
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  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,320MI6 Agent
    Mrs AS has gone out for the day (well that's a pleasure in itself) :D I have the house to myself :)
    so today, I did my famous secret mission breakfast ,I call it that as one day you might not come back from it :p
    first I had to find the Christmas turkey plate (its big) then on that 3 slices of toast ,2 potato waffles, 2 fried eggs sunny side up ,2 pork sausages ,3 slices of Lancashire black pudding ,half-a-a doz mushrooms ,2 rashers of bacon, baked beans ,and a whole tin of plum tomatos ,I like my toast soggy with the tomato juice :D washed down with a mug of tea (Q mug)and Florida fresh orange juice ,the sun was out so I sat in the garden and ate it there, perfect start to the day .
    garden_2015_004.jpg

    Are you still alive? :))

    Could do with that now!

    Would have preferred to see the pic of your plate then your garden lol
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  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    I was sort of tagging onto coolhandbonds post 55 ,I didn't think to photo my brekkie 8-)
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • The Domino EffectThe Domino Effect Posts: 3,638MI6 Agent
    If I ate that breakfast, I would be fast asleep within half-an-hour of downing the last mouthful.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    We actually get sun in the middle of the day where my house is now. So far we have only looked at other places getting sun, but due to the mountains we have lived in shadow. Go sun! B-)
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    With the weather recently I feel like I've been living in the shadow of a mountain :(
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
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