Eddie

Perhaps you could get one of those flights that so many seem to catch on match day? ?
 
Mojacar in Almería? Pubs etc are opening over here with limited attendance. I'm not sure I'd be too keen just yet, and you're obviously better off not risking. Keep strong, you'll appreciate so much more once we're through this and are able to return to a "normal" life.

I don't get out much.

I don't get out much.

I don't get out much.

I don't get out much.

Healthy tonight..

I'm quite proud of myself - I just completed a jigsaw inside a week.
The box said '5 to 7 years'.

I can't match @froggg for his artistic presentation. 
Just had my first attempt at making samosas. They don't look great (they're a bit tricky, and I'm an absolute novice at rolling pastry), but they sure were tasty...

 
Recipe if anyone is interested:
Samosas (makes 10 samosas)
Ingredients – dough
·        100 g Chakki Atta Flour ·        100 g Plain flour ·        0.5 teaspoon thyme ·        0.25 teaspoon salt ·        40 g oil ·        70 ml water Ingredients – filling
·        100 g lamb mince, fried ·        200 g potatoes ·        Half an onion, chopped and fried ·        I teaspoon cumin seeds ·        0.5 teaspoon fennel seeds ·        1 teaspoon ground coriander ·        0.5 teaspoon ginger paste ·        2 green chillies, chopped ·        0.5 teaspoon garlic paste ·        0.5 teaspoon garam masala ·        0.25 teaspoon red chilli powder ·        0.25 teaspoon salt ·        Handful of frozen peas Additional – flour+ water glue
Method – dough
·        Sieve flours into mixing bowl. ·        Add salt and thyme, mix well. ·        Mix in oil, working to incorporate using just fingers (3-4 minutes – should become like sand or crumbly gravel, when squeezed will hold shape) ·        Slowly add water, mixing until a stiff dough is formed. ·        Cover with damp cloth, leave for 30-40 minutes. Method – filling
·        Parboil and roughly chop potatoes ·        Fry onions until caramelised ·        Add peas, continue frying for 2 or 3 minutes ·        Fry keema/lamb 10 minutes until cooked ·        Add chopped potatoes, stir, fry for 1 minute ·        Add all spices with onions, potatoes and keema, mixing continually, fry for 5 minutes ·        Set aside, leave to cool Method – constructing the samosas
·        Divide dough into 5 equal balls ·        Roll dough ball (keep others covered with damp cloth) into 6 or 7 inch oval/circle ·        Cut in half ·        Construct cones (use the straight edge of each half to form the seam) ·        Fill samosa with meat/spice filling (2 or 3 dessert spoons – divide filling into 10) ·        Glue together with flour/water ·        Pinch edges to seal ·        Repeat with other half ·        Repeat with other dough balls (should now have 10 samosas) ·        Lightly oil (vegetable/sunflower, not olive oil) ·        Cook samosas (4 or 5at once) in air fryer for 10 minutes on low heat (160 C) – turn once ·        Cook for a further 5-10 minutes on higher heat (190 C) to brown – turn once

I know a couple of people with these, and both very happy, often do good deals on short date kegs as well. Would invest myself but hardly touch a drop these days.?

That’s the curry after effects isn’t it?  @sageis an animal at times.

It was utterly brilliant, heart-wrenching stuff.

Really brilliant piece that. Not just the video but the talk afterwards was spot on. Insightful, educational and very needed for some people in cricket to hear. 
For those who missed it, this is the first bit. Most of the conversation afterwards has also been posted on Sky's cricket twitter page.
 

Indeed.
There are a few people on this forum id like to sit and watch that with to see them still in denial...or not.
 

and it's raining. Hoping for play later but what a typically British start to the series.
It did give time for a very powerful interview with Michael Holding, Nasser Hussein and Ebony Rainford-Brent. 
 

That's an excellent beer. We, too, were celebrating Christmas earlier today (early or late Christmas - who cares) - with a 75 cl bottle of N'ice Chouffe. We followed that up by splitting a Tynt Meadow, which I have now decided is my all-time favourite English beer.

I’ll advance you this Sir, if it’s good enough for William Shakespeare I’ll give it a punt.

3 series of "The Americans" now done and dusted on Prime, 3 series to go.
Some episodes are lame, but some are really superb. Overall, pretty good - thanks, @Mostyn6

Trex.
As in cooking fat.

Sound great Eddie ?

I can't match @froggg for his artistic presentation. 
Just had my first attempt at making samosas. They don't look great (they're a bit tricky, and I'm an absolute novice at rolling pastry), but they sure were tasty...

 
Recipe if anyone is interested:
Samosas (makes 10 samosas)
Ingredients – dough
·        100 g Chakki Atta Flour ·        100 g Plain flour ·        0.5 teaspoon thyme ·        0.25 teaspoon salt ·        40 g oil ·        70 ml water Ingredients – filling
·        100 g lamb mince, fried ·        200 g potatoes ·        Half an onion, chopped and fried ·        I teaspoon cumin seeds ·        0.5 teaspoon fennel seeds ·        1 teaspoon ground coriander ·        0.5 teaspoon ginger paste ·        2 green chillies, chopped ·        0.5 teaspoon garlic paste ·        0.5 teaspoon garam masala ·        0.25 teaspoon red chilli powder ·        0.25 teaspoon salt ·        Handful of frozen peas Additional – flour+ water glue
Method – dough
·        Sieve flours into mixing bowl. ·        Add salt and thyme, mix well. ·        Mix in oil, working to incorporate using just fingers (3-4 minutes – should become like sand or crumbly gravel, when squeezed will hold shape) ·        Slowly add water, mixing until a stiff dough is formed. ·        Cover with damp cloth, leave for 30-40 minutes. Method – filling
·        Parboil and roughly chop potatoes ·        Fry onions until caramelised ·        Add peas, continue frying for 2 or 3 minutes ·        Fry keema/lamb 10 minutes until cooked ·        Add chopped potatoes, stir, fry for 1 minute ·        Add all spices with onions, potatoes and keema, mixing continually, fry for 5 minutes ·        Set aside, leave to cool Method – constructing the samosas
·        Divide dough into 5 equal balls ·        Roll dough ball (keep others covered with damp cloth) into 6 or 7 inch oval/circle ·        Cut in half ·        Construct cones (use the straight edge of each half to form the seam) ·        Fill samosa with meat/spice filling (2 or 3 dessert spoons – divide filling into 10) ·        Glue together with flour/water ·        Pinch edges to seal ·        Repeat with other half ·        Repeat with other dough balls (should now have 10 samosas) ·        Lightly oil (vegetable/sunflower, not olive oil) ·        Cook samosas (4 or 5at once) in air fryer for 10 minutes on low heat (160 C) – turn once ·        Cook for a further 5-10 minutes on higher heat (190 C) to brown – turn once

I can't match @froggg for his artistic presentation. 
Just had my first attempt at making samosas. They don't look great (they're a bit tricky, and I'm an absolute novice at rolling pastry), but they sure were tasty...

 
Recipe if anyone is interested:
Samosas (makes 10 samosas)
Ingredients – dough
·        100 g Chakki Atta Flour ·        100 g Plain flour ·        0.5 teaspoon thyme ·        0.25 teaspoon salt ·        40 g oil ·        70 ml water Ingredients – filling
·        100 g lamb mince, fried ·        200 g potatoes ·        Half an onion, chopped and fried ·        I teaspoon cumin seeds ·        0.5 teaspoon fennel seeds ·        1 teaspoon ground coriander ·        0.5 teaspoon ginger paste ·        2 green chillies, chopped ·        0.5 teaspoon garlic paste ·        0.5 teaspoon garam masala ·        0.25 teaspoon red chilli powder ·        0.25 teaspoon salt ·        Handful of frozen peas Additional – flour+ water glue
Method – dough
·        Sieve flours into mixing bowl. ·        Add salt and thyme, mix well. ·        Mix in oil, working to incorporate using just fingers (3-4 minutes – should become like sand or crumbly gravel, when squeezed will hold shape) ·        Slowly add water, mixing until a stiff dough is formed. ·        Cover with damp cloth, leave for 30-40 minutes. Method – filling
·        Parboil and roughly chop potatoes ·        Fry onions until caramelised ·        Add peas, continue frying for 2 or 3 minutes ·        Fry keema/lamb 10 minutes until cooked ·        Add chopped potatoes, stir, fry for 1 minute ·        Add all spices with onions, potatoes and keema, mixing continually, fry for 5 minutes ·        Set aside, leave to cool Method – constructing the samosas
·        Divide dough into 5 equal balls ·        Roll dough ball (keep others covered with damp cloth) into 6 or 7 inch oval/circle ·        Cut in half ·        Construct cones (use the straight edge of each half to form the seam) ·        Fill samosa with meat/spice filling (2 or 3 dessert spoons – divide filling into 10) ·        Glue together with flour/water ·        Pinch edges to seal ·        Repeat with other half ·        Repeat with other dough balls (should now have 10 samosas) ·        Lightly oil (vegetable/sunflower, not olive oil) ·        Cook samosas (4 or 5at once) in air fryer for 10 minutes on low heat (160 C) – turn once ·        Cook for a further 5-10 minutes on higher heat (190 C) to brown – turn once

When you finally trace the smell, and discover half a mouse that's been dead for a month ...
"I'll kill that cooking fat"

First beers in a pub yesterday. Went to two local places. Everyone was well behaved and the atmosphere was chilled. 
Beers consumed -
Huyghe Bavo Pils 4.2%
Kona Big Wave Golden ale 4.4%
Oakham Inferno 4.0%
Erdinger Weissbier 5.3%
Not the most imaginative selection but nice to have them in a pub rather than at home.
 

Today's order, just put in to web-bier.de:
Erdinger Pikantus - 6 Weltenburger Kloster Asam Bock - 4 Paulaner Salvator - 4 Hacker Pschorr Munchner Kellerbier Anno 1417 - 4 Augustiner Beer Munich Edelstoff - 4 Tegernseer Spezial Lager Beer - 2 £53 the lot, including P&P
 

3 series of "The Americans" now done and dusted on Prime, 3 series to go.
Some episodes are lame, but some are really superb. Overall, pretty good - thanks, @Mostyn6