Minor Pleasures (11 Viewers)

[magicbastarder]

one thing i would have been very interested in was whether there was any way of growing something in ireland which you could make into a coffee substitute (though caffeine would have been a lofty goal).
apparently there's a species of oak which can grow here - not a native one - which can produce passable coffee if you roast the acorns.

 

[GO]

I just stripped the wallpaper from a HSL in 3 hours. Thought it was gonna be a day and a half. It just peeled off!

Fucking saweeeeet .

 

[pete]

I just stripped the wallpaper from a HSL in 3 hours. Thought it was gonna be a day and a half. It just peeled off!

Fucking saweeeeet .

Damp?

 

[GO]

Damp?

No! Bone dry.

The absolute gentleman that put the wallpaper up painted the wall first. A man of foresight

 

[Lili Marlene]

one thing i would have been very interested in was whether there was any way of growing something in ireland which you could make into a coffee substitute (though caffeine would have been a lofty goal).
apparently there's a species of oak which can grow here - not a native one - which can produce passable coffee if you roast the acorns.

Dandelions apparently, albeit without the caffeine. Here, from the River Cottage Handbook Number 7(!)




I have some serious doubts but I might give it a shot this year

 

[magicbastarder]

ooh, i might send that to gary imbibe.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Dandelions apparently, albeit without the caffeine. Here, from the River Cottage Handbook Number 7(!)

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I have some serious doubts but I might give it a shot this year

Dandelion and burdock is amazing. Clipper used to make a dandelion and burdock tea that was gorgeous but discontinued now.

 

[Deadmanposting]

I just stripped the wallpaper from a HSL in 3 hours. Thought it was gonna be a day and a half. It just peeled off!

Fucking saweeeeet .

The fucking joy of this when it happens

 

[Cormcolash]

I just stripped the wallpaper from a HSL in 3 hours. Thought it was gonna be a day and a half. It just peeled off!

Fucking saweeeeet .

A Hospital Services Limited?

 

[flashback]

one thing i would have been very interested in was whether there was any way of growing something in ireland which you could make into a coffee substitute (though caffeine would have been a lofty goal).
apparently there's a species of oak which can grow here - not a native one - which can produce passable coffee if you roast the acorns.

i have a vague sort of recollection of people using chicory root as coffee substitute during WWII or something.

I only remember this because it grew like a lunatic in my allotment in the US, and I wasn't sure what to do with the stuff. I never actually made coffee with it. Pretty little blue flowers though...

 

[therealjohnny]

i have a vague sort of recollection of people using chicory root as coffee substitute during WWII or something.

I only remember this because it grew like a lunatic in my allotment in the US, and I wasn't sure what to do with the stuff. I never actually made coffee with it. Pretty little blue flowers though...

Camp Coffee - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[therealjohnny]

Camp Coffee - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The evolution of the label is interesting

ASI Heritage - Camp Coffee

The lab has been working on washing the artifacts from a 19th century farmstead in Durham and found this completely intact aqua bottle with embossed lettering on the exterior. The bottle is inscribed with the words “Glasgow”, “Paterson’s” and “Camp Coffee & Chicory”. It contained a coffee and...

asiheritage.ca

 

[seanc]

Had a long chat with a friend in Australia today, and his kids.
It was lunchtime here but bed time there, so I could hear the Mum on the phone "why are they on the phone still?!"

That makes me the cool uncle.

Chat lasted about two hours, which wrecked any other plans I had for the day. Don't care.

 

[jimmybreeze]

Bike slid from under me yesterday,was turning a corner and the back wheel slid on a wet grate,came right down on my elbow.Suspected fracture didn't turn up on the x-ray I just got.Fuckin delighted.ive the elbows of a newborn

 

[Unicron]

Bike slid from under me yesterday,was turning a corner and the back wheel slid on a wet grate,came right down on my elbow.Suspected fracture didn't turn up on the x-ray I just got.Fuckin delighted.ive the elbows of a newborn

Glad you're ok but that sounds like a hell of a bang.

 

[Unicron]

Taking a half day to head down to Waterford and finally meet my 2 month old niece today.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

I've just had a 5-6pm project meeting cancelled!!

My future discounting primate brain is delighted... even though it fucks me in the future not to have gotten this done.

its the freakin' weekend...

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

"hey google ye prick"
"hey google you're a piece of shit"

I never get bored of it

 

[JohnnyRaz]

There’s so many good things growing around us that people are ignorant of (me included). We started picking rosehips a few years ago to make a paste out of them that can be used to add a really nice custardy flavour to cocktails and desserts.

rosehip sauce is lovely..

 

[therealjohnny]

We used to rip rosehips in half to expose the insides and then stick them down the back of people's jumpers to cause horrible itching

A versatile plant