How do we cheer up the English?

[Comrade Ceasefire]

Brexits most obvious one but the predated that.

At least you get to hote out your clowns this year probably 5 years for us (2 years minimum).

I'm not sure, but I hope it makes them happier.

If not, Auntie always has a nice photo or some cheery advice for silly chumps who are down in the dumps, no matter how "low" they are.

The Duchess of Sussex has launched what appears to be a new lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard.
The part of California where Meghan, Prince Harry and their children live is often referred to as the "American Riviera".

American Riviera Orchard: Meghan launches surprise new lifestyle brand

A pending trademark application reportedly shows the brand plans to sell home goods and preserved foods.

www.bbc.com

 

[Comrade Ceasefire]

Not a Canadian thing?

Could be more of a Quebecois thing, if you'll pardon my French.

"I eat porridge as well (more for diet reasons vs choice)."
I have 1/3 of a Mars bar every day, just to help me rest.

 

[Comrade Ceasefire]

...U.S. think tank Sapien Labs

Your concern for the English is admirable, Narz, but I'm worried about what they might be growing in that "think tank".

 

[Farm Boy]

Your concern for the English is admirable, Narz, but I'm worried about what they might be growing in that "think tank".

Round about the cauldron go;
In the poison’d entrails throw.
Toad, that under cold stone
Days and nights has thirty-one
Swelter’d venom sleeping got,
Boil thou first i’ the charmed pot.

Def def definitely the think tank's stew we've got to question here.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Not a Canadian thing?

Oh, we have them here, at least going by various Skip the Dishes menus that have breakfast sections. It's just that I never actually tried any, wasn't even sure what they look like, and prefer my eggs either scrambled or in omelet form.

Or chocolate. Chocolate eggs work, too. I have a few in the freezer that will hopefully last until the end of the month.


I had YEARS' worth of porridge for breakfast. It's what my grandfather wanted, so it's what my grandmother made. Decade after decade. Until one day, I got completely fed up with it (no pun intended). I wanted something different.

So I asked for scrambled eggs. My grandfather got mad and called me selfish, but my grandmother didn't mind. She approved of eggs, and so did my doctor (I had medical issues going on at the time, and the doctor recommended adding eggs to my diet).

Normally I'm not a fussy eater. Once I find something I like, I'm happy to exist on it until I don't like it anymore. That can take years. Just so long as there's a bit of variety, I'm fine.

 

[Zardnaar]

Oh, we have them here, at least going by various Skip the Dishes menus that have breakfast sections. It's just that I never actually tried any, wasn't even sure what they look like, and prefer my eggs either scrambled or in omelet form.

Or chocolate. Chocolate eggs work, too. I have a few in the freezer that will hopefully last until the end of the month.


I had YEARS' worth of porridge for breakfast. It's what my grandfather wanted, so it's what my grandmother made. Decade after decade. Until one day, I got completely fed up with it (no pun intended). I wanted something different.

So I asked for scrambled eggs. My grandfather got mad and called me selfish, but my grandmother didn't mind. She approved of eggs, and so did my doctor (I had medical issues going on at the time, and the doctor recommended adding eggs to my diet).

Normally I'm not a fussy eater. Once I find something I like, I'm happy to exist on it until I don't like it anymore. That can take years. Just so long as there's a bit of variety, I'm fine.

I ate weekbix most days for 15 Years.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Oh, well. I had sardine sandwiches for my school lunch for a few years. If nothing else, it prevented anyone else from stealing my lunch, because the other kids considered it "cat food."

 

[Zardnaar]

Oh, well. I had sardine sandwiches for my school lunch for a few years. If nothing else, it prevented anyone else from stealing my lunch, because the other kids considered it "cat food."

You can keep them.

 

[Comrade Ceasefire]

I had YEARS' worth of porridge for breakfast. It's what my grandfather wanted, so it's what my grandmother made. Decade after decade. Until one day, I got completely fed up with it (no pun intended). I wanted something different.

Horrible memories of the horrible muck as a child.
I stared into bowls of porridge going cold more often than colleagues looked you straight in the eye in the maths department.

Oh, well. I had sardine sandwiches for my school lunch for a few years.

When I was a poor student in Canberra, I tried a tin of sardines mixed with a tin of baked beans.
Don't do it. (c.f. Farm Boy's "recipe" ^^.)

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Horrible memories of the horrible muck as a child.
I stared into bowls of porridge going cold more often than colleagues looked you straight in the eye in the maths department.

When I was a poor student in Canberra, I tried a tin of sardines mixed with a tin of baked beans.
Don't do it. (c.f. Farm Boy's "recipe" ^^.)

²

I don't mind porridge now and then these days. Provided it's cream of wheat, flavored with honey.

 

[EnglishEdward]

MacBeth and his witches and Porridge are Scottish, not English.

And Eggs Benedict ,makes me think of the Papal states.

 

[Comrade Ceasefire]

²

I don't mind porridge now and then these days. Provided it's cream of wheat, flavored with honey.

Oddly enough, I liked semolina with a sprinkle of sugar. Similar texture and colour to porridge. Shrug.

 

[Zardnaar]

I have porridge mist days. It's flavored generally berry or applewith peaches or blueberries.

 

[EnglishEdward]

I have porridge with skimmed milk, and flavoured with cinnamon, ginger or nutmeg.

 

[EvaDK]

Whenever I eat porridge, my body tells me that this must be what being dead feels like.

 

[lymond]

Porridge is basically all carbs. Highly recommend almost avoiding all carbs and sweets in the morning. Just protein (eggs) and coffee or tea will change your world.


I assume Zard meant Wheatabix above. I believe those fiber bombs are the No 1 reason the Brits are sad

 

[Arwon]

Probably best just to abolish the place. We've moved past the need for it.

 

[Farm Boy]

It is beautiful though. And after the rains comes the sun.

 

[Narz]

Probably best just to abolish the place. We've moved past the need for it.

It's a bit surreal, I'm like, "these are the lads who conquered the whole world, really?"

 

[Comrade Ceasefire]

MacBeth and his witches and Porridge are Scottish, not English.

Thanks, Edward.
I was confused by the sad case of Thomas Muir who did a fair bit of English porridge and never made it back to Scotland.

Thomas Muir of Huntershill - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Muir is one of the people featured in a new exhibition touring Australia.

Unshackled Exhibition

exhibition.unshackled.net.au

Good 32 min. podcast about organized labour and convicts in early Australia.

Unshackled: true convict stories - ABC listen

Historians Tony Moore and Hamish Maxwell-Stewart guide us through Unshackled: a multi media touring exhibition that tells a new and different story about convicts, transportation and colonial Australia. A/Prof Tony Moore: Head of Communications and Media studies, Monash University. Lead Chief...

www.abc.net.au