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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Earthmaiden » Tue Dec 22, 2020 11:48 am

Am I the only one who still thinks of Corona as a fizzy drink, often delivered to houses in a designated lorry? :?.

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Busybee » Tue Dec 22, 2020 12:27 pm

Earthmaiden wrote:Am I the only one who still thinks of Corona as a fizzy drink, often delivered to houses in a designated lorry? :?.



With especially lurid coloured fizzy pop? The neon green one springs to mind.

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby scullion » Tue Dec 22, 2020 2:09 pm

i have a few mementos of this plague - a large number of cops of thread, a dungbeetle 'janet and john' book and one of those empty beer bottles that i intend to chop the neck off and make into a glass.

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Pepper Pig » Thu Dec 24, 2020 9:22 am

Well this looks interesting. Pompe a l’huile.

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020 ... the-recipe
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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Earthmaiden » Thu Dec 24, 2020 10:23 am

I'm always fascinated by the traditions and superstitions of places not so far away that we might know nothing about unless we have been there. It certainly does look interesting.

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Pepper Pig » Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:14 pm

Felicity is making broccoli and stilton soup.

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/d ... ity-cloake

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Pepper Pig » Mon Dec 28, 2020 2:21 pm

A New Year's Eve menu from Rachel Roddy.

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/d ... -chestnuts

And Californian cooking as therapy.

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/d ... wn-recipes

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Earthmaiden » Tue Dec 29, 2020 1:03 pm

Bucatini - wow!

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby karadekoolaid » Tue Dec 29, 2020 1:35 pm

Bucatini. :o :? :lol:

https://www.grubstreet.com/2020/12/2020 ... ation.html


Only in America. Just because the packet doesn´t say "enriched" and because it lacks 2.1 mg of iron. Puh-lease!!
Di Cecco is the very best brand of dried pasta, in my opinion

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Stokey Sue » Tue Dec 29, 2020 1:48 pm

I gave up - too long to read without skimming
But it does really show up how ridiculous some of these things are

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby karadekoolaid » Tue Dec 29, 2020 3:23 pm

It was very long!
I suppose, in the journalist´s favour, he was trying to be a little humorous - but the writing was ponderous, so the humour got lost.

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby scullion » Tue Dec 29, 2020 3:52 pm

hmm, i didn't find it that long.

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Pepper Pig » Tue Dec 29, 2020 3:57 pm

Given it’s a specialist food publication/website neither did I.

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Amyw » Tue Dec 29, 2020 8:14 pm

karadekoolaid wrote:It was very long!
I suppose, in the journalist´s favour, he was trying to be a little humorous - but the writing was ponderous, so the humour got lost.



I agree , they could have halved it easily

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Stokey Sue » Tue Dec 29, 2020 8:53 pm

Bear in mind I read a lot more slowly than you’d expect, and it really irritates me if I feel the length is down to failure to plan the piece and be concise, to me some of the writing really felt like it hadn’t been reviewed and revised as you’d hope

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby karadekoolaid » Wed Dec 30, 2020 1:51 am

4,000 words.
Just checked :lol: :lol:

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Earthmaiden » Wed Dec 30, 2020 10:17 am

I'm sure we've all at some point been asked to write x number of words and either had to cut it down to the point where some meaning was lost or pad it out with too much filler . That there were exactly 4000 words suggests the latter :lol:.

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Badger's Mate » Wed Dec 30, 2020 11:06 am

It was a long 4000 words. :D

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