Chatterbox Wednesday

I have some friends who live in Cheltenham. They love it when the horsey stuff is on. They speak particularly highly of the punters, who are exceedingly polite and very good at handling their booze and drugs.

Ah ok, I just got it.

Very good

From memory (since 27 not been supposed to eat them.)

1. Hazelnuts* Just look!
2. Walnuts (I remember 'hunting' for these ... about a third were rotten, but the two thirds made it worth it)
3. Almonds (here because they go so well with river Trout, but I hate Marzipan.)
4. Pecans (the only thing a dozen visits to the USA left me with a liking for was Pecan pie.  Oh, and C&W music)
5. Pistachios (I love Pistachio ice cream)

*gorgeous...


cobblers : Drupes - I guess you know about this ...  it's really useful to know for quizzes.

Greetings.

Apologies to gongfarmer. Trust me, building toilets never goes out of fashion in DQB2. Also, what amipal said. You've got a hell of a journey ahead of you.

I stayed up into the small hours last night and I have now seen the credits roll for that game. I regret nothing. It was great.

That said, you do not want to die against the final boss. There's a lot of unskippable dialogue. I got through on my first try but I've meanwhile seen people complaining online who apparently played even worse than I did (how??) and who had to re-do that section, sometimes more than once.

It's not exactly Dark Souls as far as combat is concerned but the writing is just really good.

And I checked that pot. You should, too.

I've been on the CoD Warzone all day, and now feel decidedly square headed. Its beyond top banana. They've excelled. Its really really high level banana. 4 starts. If there was a higher accolade than 4 stars I would award it.

Theres a system where you can collect mini-quests during the match, including ones to hunt down and terminate another player. You can also be targeted yourself. Nothing like being holed up in a building while enemy players converge on your team, and you try and beat them all off. It takes some doing, believe me!

You can also buy airstrikes and suchlike. My crowning achievement so far was knocking off 4 players in one go with a single strike. I've yet to win but had some top ten finishes.

Still get some spanners who just run off on their own. Why do people do that?

www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2016/nov/10/hips-haws-and-drupes-when-is-a-nut-not-a-nut

1. Cashew

2. Hazelnut/Macadamia

3. Almonds, mainly because of marzipan (sorry Chumbles, I cannot betray Lübeck)

4. Pistachio

5. Walnut/Pecan

I have put nuts with similar taste/function/appearance together. I'm not sorry. Peanuts are nice but I can take them or leave them. My mother hates them.

Nuts no one likes: Coconut, Brazil.

My preferred type of mixed nuts for my nightly nibble with whisky has been out of stock for weeks and I have to slum it with decidedly inferior brands. Brexit now.

I like Brazil nuts, especially chocolate covered ones

I see E3 has succumbed to the lurgy. No all expenses paid trip for Keza & Keef then.

tenthenemy - not a fan of curries?  Half the recipes I used to cook with used cream of, or milk of coconut...  If I'd forgotten how much fluid an ingredient gave off, a little cream of c dealt with that and enhanced the flavour, whereas any other thickener detracted.  But I  reckon you're a helluva sight better cook than me, so what do I know ...

Coconut in curries is wonderful and I'm a fan of coconut water and even chocolate, cakes and biscuits but it's an unloved nut in our household because Pref.Mam. cannot stand it. I don't dislike Brazil nuts, either - there's very little foodstuff that I don't like eating anyway - but I think on the whole people are less keen on those.

They are also really hard to break into.