On Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:44:47 +0000, Nick Odell
<nick@themusicworkshop.plus.com> scrawled in the dust...

>On Mon, 7 Feb 2022 16:51:14 +0000, steve hague
><stevehague82@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On 06/02/2022 23:43, Joe Kerr wrote:
>>> On 06/02/2022 08:46, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>>> Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 04/02/2022 15:44, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 4 Feb 2022 at 14:39:12, Mike McMillan
>>>>>> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote (my responses usually follow points
>>>>>> raised):
>>>>>> []
>>>>>>>> Not just you. Every couple of years I go through the freezer and
>>>>>>>> throw
>>>>>>>> anything I don't recognise away.
>>>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Every couple of years!!!!!????? Puts a new meaning on the expression
>>>>>>> ‘Being
>>>>>>> overzealous’ IMHO, I mean, come on, if you don’t put a date on the
>>>>>>> package,
>>>>>>> it can’t pass a ‘use by’ date - ever! One has to be a little more
>>>>>>> frugal -
>>>>>>> 2 years, stuff and nonsense I say.;-)))
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Indeed! Not sure if two years, but I've had things in the _fridge_ part
>>>>>> that are well past their date (certainly months); if you worry about a
>>>>>> week or two, I think what's in my 'fridge at the moment may be that far
>>>>>> past.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Currently nibbling from a cheddar, oatcakes, and chutney gift pack I
>>>>>> was
>>>>>> given at Christmas, which has 04 JAN 2022 on the outside and on the
>>>>>> cheddars. It's fine (nice, in fact).
>>>>>
>>>>> I know there is stuff in the freezer over two years old without going to
>>>>> check.
>>>>>
>>>>> I found some things in the back of my aunt's kitchen cupboards in
>>>>> bottles with glass stoppers that quite possibly date back to the 1940's.
>>>>> It was rare to find anything in her house that wasn't past its Not So
>>>>> Good After Date.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Would that be the equivalent of the ‘I think I might have to tidy this
>>>> cupboard in the next decade or so’ guideline?
>>>>
>>> Probably. Combined with thrift, "I ought to tidy this away" syndrome, a
>>> bad memory, and being too short to reach the back of her cupboards.
>>>
>>Just a few short steps away from becoming a hoarder I'm afraid.
>>Steve
>
>I also fear that I am a few short steps away from becoming a hoarder..
>...but from the other side of the line.

My name is Penny and I am a hoarder, the rubbish sack I put out tonight is
less than half full.
--
Penny
Annoyed by The Archers since 1959

On 2022-02-04, steve hague <stevehague82@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 03/02/2022 19:43, Nick Odell wrote:
>> On Thu, 3 Feb 2022 08:24:22 +0000, Sid Nuncius <nuncius@hotmail.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I had to date a bag of stuff for the freezer yesterday evening and was
>>> childishly pleased to note that I wrote 2.2.22.
>>>
>>> No doubt people have discussed this elsewhere, but it was the first time
>>> I noticed it.
>>>
>>> Er...that's it.
>>
>> Could you explain this concept of dating bags of food? Doesn't
>> everybody else have a freezer full of UFOs?[1] Oh. Just me then?
>>
>>
>> Nick
>> [1]Unidentified Frozen Objects
>
> Not just you. Every couple of years I go through the freezer and throw
> anything I don't recognise away.

But if it's anyONE you don't recognise best keep quiet about it or
you'll have AC-12 on your case with all the carnage that involves.

Rosie

On 07-Feb-22 23:05, Penny wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:44:47 +0000, Nick Odell
> <nick@themusicworkshop.plus.com> scrawled in the dust...
>
>> On Mon, 7 Feb 2022 16:51:14 +0000, steve hague
>> <stevehague82@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 06/02/2022 23:43, Joe Kerr wrote:
>>>> On 06/02/2022 08:46, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>>>> Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On 04/02/2022 15:44, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>>>>>>> On Fri, 4 Feb 2022 at 14:39:12, Mike McMillan
>>>>>>> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote (my responses usually follow points
>>>>>>> raised):
>>>>>>> []
>>>>>>>>> Not just you. Every couple of years I go through the freezer and
>>>>>>>>> throw
>>>>>>>>> anything I don't recognise away.
>>>>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Every couple of years!!!!!????? Puts a new meaning on the expression
>>>>>>>> ‘Being
>>>>>>>> overzealous’ IMHO, I mean, come on, if you don’t put a date on the
>>>>>>>> package,
>>>>>>>> it can’t pass a ‘use by’ date - ever! One has to be a little more
>>>>>>>> frugal -
>>>>>>>> 2 years, stuff and nonsense I say.;-)))
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Indeed! Not sure if two years, but I've had things in the _fridge_ part
>>>>>>> that are well past their date (certainly months); if you worry about a
>>>>>>> week or two, I think what's in my 'fridge at the moment may be that far
>>>>>>> past.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Currently nibbling from a cheddar, oatcakes, and chutney gift pack I
>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>> given at Christmas, which has 04 JAN 2022 on the outside and on the
>>>>>>> cheddars. It's fine (nice, in fact).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know there is stuff in the freezer over two years old without going to
>>>>>> check.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I found some things in the back of my aunt's kitchen cupboards in
>>>>>> bottles with glass stoppers that quite possibly date back to the 1940's.
>>>>>> It was rare to find anything in her house that wasn't past its Not So
>>>>>> Good After Date.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Would that be the equivalent of the ‘I think I might have to tidy this
>>>>> cupboard in the next decade or so’ guideline?
>>>>>
>>>> Probably. Combined with thrift, "I ought to tidy this away" syndrome, a
>>>> bad memory, and being too short to reach the back of her cupboards.
>>>>
>>> Just a few short steps away from becoming a hoarder I'm afraid.
>>> Steve
>>
>> I also fear that I am a few short steps away from becoming a hoarder..
>> ...but from the other side of the line.
>
> My name is Penny and I am a hoarder, the rubbish sack I put out tonight is
> less than half full.

Covid & Brexit-linked disruptions of 'the supply chain' have caused a
fair few people to shift further along the hoarder spectrum.

--
Sam Plusnet

On Tue, 8 Feb 2022 18:34:27 +0000, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> scrawled in
the dust...

>On 07-Feb-22 23:05, Penny wrote:
>> On Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:44:47 +0000, Nick Odell
>> <nick@themusicworkshop.plus.com> scrawled in the dust...
>>
>>> On Mon, 7 Feb 2022 16:51:14 +0000, steve hague
>>> <stevehague82@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 06/02/2022 23:43, Joe Kerr wrote:
>>>>> On 06/02/2022 08:46, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>>>>> Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 04/02/2022 15:44, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 4 Feb 2022 at 14:39:12, Mike McMillan
>>>>>>>> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote (my responses usually follow points
>>>>>>>> raised):
>>>>>>>> []
>>>>>>>>>> Not just you. Every couple of years I go through the freezer and
>>>>>>>>>> throw
>>>>>>>>>> anything I don't recognise away.
>>>>>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Every couple of years!!!!!????? Puts a new meaning on the expression
>>>>>>>>> ‘Being
>>>>>>>>> overzealous’ IMHO, I mean, come on, if you don’t put a date on the
>>>>>>>>> package,
>>>>>>>>> it can’t pass a ‘use by’ date - ever! One has to be a little more
>>>>>>>>> frugal -
>>>>>>>>> 2 years, stuff and nonsense I say.;-)))
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Indeed! Not sure if two years, but I've had things in the _fridge_ part
>>>>>>>> that are well past their date (certainly months); if you worry about a
>>>>>>>> week or two, I think what's in my 'fridge at the moment may be that far
>>>>>>>> past.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Currently nibbling from a cheddar, oatcakes, and chutney gift pack I
>>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>> given at Christmas, which has 04 JAN 2022 on the outside and on the
>>>>>>>> cheddars. It's fine (nice, in fact).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I know there is stuff in the freezer over two years old without going to
>>>>>>> check.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I found some things in the back of my aunt's kitchen cupboards in
>>>>>>> bottles with glass stoppers that quite possibly date back to the 1940's.
>>>>>>> It was rare to find anything in her house that wasn't past its Not So
>>>>>>> Good After Date.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Would that be the equivalent of the ‘I think I might have to tidy this
>>>>>> cupboard in the next decade or so’ guideline?
>>>>>>
>>>>> Probably. Combined with thrift, "I ought to tidy this away" syndrome, a
>>>>> bad memory, and being too short to reach the back of her cupboards.
>>>>>
>>>> Just a few short steps away from becoming a hoarder I'm afraid.
>>>> Steve
>>>
>>> I also fear that I am a few short steps away from becoming a hoarder..
>>> ...but from the other side of the line.
>>
>> My name is Penny and I am a hoarder, the rubbish sack I put out tonight is
>> less than half full.
>
>Covid & Brexit-linked disruptions of 'the supply chain' have caused a
>fair few people to shift further along the hoarder spectrum.

I'm not blaming either of those. I developed a siege mentality from living
in places where a little snow/wind/rain or injury/illness might cut me off
from supplies for a couple of weeks. For some of that time I was also
responsible for feeding other people and animals, as well as keeping them
warm.

The media may go on about people hoarding loo rolls but what they are
actually doing is stocking up while they can, just as I will make sure I
have four loaves of bread in the freezer if snow is forecast.

Hoarding is a different kettle of fish, or pile of books, or stack of
newspapers. Not to mention all those useful looking things which 'might
come in handy one day', if only you can find them when the day comes.
--
Penny
Annoyed by The Archers since 1959

On Wed, 09 Feb 2022 08:37:33 +0000, Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Tue, 08 Feb 2022 23:46:00 +0000, Penny <spam@labyrinth.freeuk.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 8 Feb 2022 18:34:27 +0000, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> scrawled in
>>the dust...
>>
>>>On 07-Feb-22 23:05, Penny wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:44:47 +0000, Nick Odell
>>>> <nick@themusicworkshop.plus.com> scrawled in the dust...
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 7 Feb 2022 16:51:14 +0000, steve hague
>>>>> <stevehague82@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 06/02/2022 23:43, Joe Kerr wrote:
>>>>>>> On 06/02/2022 08:46, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>>>>>>> Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 04/02/2022 15:44, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 4 Feb 2022 at 14:39:12, Mike McMillan
>>>>>>>>>> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote (my responses usually follow points
>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Would that be the equivalent of the ‘I think I might have to tidy this
>>>>>>>> cupboard in the next decade or so’ guideline?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Probably. Combined with thrift, "I ought to tidy this away" syndrome, a
>>>>>>> bad memory, and being too short to reach the back of her cupboards.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just a few short steps away from becoming a hoarder I'm afraid.
>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>
>>>>> I also fear that I am a few short steps away from becoming a hoarder..
>>>>> ...but from the other side of the line.
>>>>
>>>> My name is Penny and I am a hoarder, the rubbish sack I put out tonight is
>>>> less than half full.
>>>
>>>Covid & Brexit-linked disruptions of 'the supply chain' have caused a
>>>fair few people to shift further along the hoarder spectrum.
>>
>>I'm not blaming either of those. I developed a siege mentality from living
>>in places where a little snow/wind/rain or injury/illness might cut me off
>>from supplies for a couple of weeks. For some of that time I was also
>>responsible for feeding other people and animals, as well as keeping them
>>warm.
>>
>>The media may go on about people hoarding loo rolls but what they are
>>actually doing is stocking up while they can, just as I will make sure I
>>have four loaves of bread in the freezer if snow is forecast.
>>
>>Hoarding is a different kettle of fish, or pile of books, or stack of
>>newspapers. Not to mention all those useful looking things which 'might
>>come in handy one day', if only you can find them when the day comes.
>
>I've always done that too. As a mother of two small children with
>Merchant Navy husband, away 2/3 of the time, and no supermarket
>deliveries then, there was what the milkman had, more then than now,
>and my store cupboard. Or my mum :). We ere expecting supply lines to
>be disrupted when Brexit first hit and B had boxes of army rations
>ready! We haven't room for a big freezer, only fridge-freezer and
>electricity can go off too. I remember the 80s. Power cuts. And we
>didn't have a big freezer then either.

Exactamundo. I started keeping a store cupboard after the last of the
kids left home against the possibility of breaking a leg or something
and not being able to go shopping for a month or so. (Before the days
of on-line groceries, obvs, (although since I am mobile and I do have
a store cupboard I've never signed up for any home deliveries, leaving
the delivery slots for those who need them))

Then after June 2016 it became my Brexit cupboard. Not to hoard German
sausage and French cheese but just to keep the regular staples against
the potential supply chain issues that were bleedin' obviously going
to happen from even that far back. Which became my Pandemic cupboard
in 2020.

Which became my Pantry late last year. The cupboard-under-the-stairs
is now my pantry, darkroom and recording studio. Yes, it is a big
cupboard-under-the-stairs. To the extent that I haven't yet decided
how best to use the walk-in part.

Nick

On 9.2.22 08:37, Vicky wrote:
> my store cupboard

Yes but is it as exotic as Ian's?

--
Kosmo Richard W
www.travelswmw.whitnet.uk
https://tinyurl.com/KRWpics

On Wed, 09 Feb 2022 08:37:33 +0000, Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com> scrawled
in the dust...
>On Tue, 08 Feb 2022 23:46:00 +0000, Penny <spam@labyrinth.freeuk.com>
>wrote:

>>I'm not blaming either of those. I developed a siege mentality from living
>>in places where a little snow/wind/rain or injury/illness might cut me off
>>from supplies for a couple of weeks. For some of that time I was also
>>responsible for feeding other people and animals, as well as keeping them
>>warm.
>>
>>The media may go on about people hoarding loo rolls but what they are
>>actually doing is stocking up while they can, just as I will make sure I
>>have four loaves of bread in the freezer if snow is forecast.
>>
>>Hoarding is a different kettle of fish, or pile of books, or stack of
>>newspapers. Not to mention all those useful looking things which 'might
>>come in handy one day', if only you can find them when the day comes.
>
>I've always done that too. As a mother of two small children with
>Merchant Navy husband, away 2/3 of the time, and no supermarket
>deliveries then, there was what the milkman had, more then than now,
>and my store cupboard. Or my mum :). We ere expecting supply lines to
>be disrupted when Brexit first hit and B had boxes of army rations
>ready! We haven't room for a big freezer, only fridge-freezer and
>electricity can go off too. I remember the 80s. Power cuts. And we
>didn't have a big freezer then either.

We had many power cuts too, but usually during gales, rather than snow
storms. I don't recall losing much from the freezer when power was off for
over a week after the 1987 hurricane but can't recall how we managed that.

Well stocked up with logs and camping gas lamps, we did ok when the power
was out.

I do remember the time the chap who drove the snow plough taking a day or
so to dig himself out of his farm - further up the Downs, above the village
- before he could make much difference to the roads. The milkman had made
it into the village to start his round as the snow started. He abandoned
his vehicle in the middle of the village and there was nothing left on it,
in terms of milk and other groceries, by the time it was retrieved. We
didn't use cows milk so were not involved in the looting.
--
Penny
Annoyed by The Archers since 1959

On 2022-02-05 23:21, Penny wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Feb 2022 19:35:05 +0000, Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com>
> scrawled in the dust...
>
>> I know there is stuff in the freezer over two years old without going to
>> check.
>
> Likewise, I think some of the fruit in mine may be 10 years old... it get's
> a bit dry but the flavour seems to last.
>
>> I found some things in the back of my aunt's kitchen cupboards in
>> bottles with glass stoppers that quite possibly date back to the 1940's.
>> It was rare to find anything in her house that wasn't past its Not So
>> Good After Date.
>
> I know there is stuff in my kitchen that is much older than my children,
> possibly even older than me, which came from my Granny's place. I'm not
> likely to actually use it but the novelty (that can't be the right word) of
> the product and the glass vial it was sold in, meant I wasn't going to
> throw it out.
>
> I think there may also be a few items, not quite so old, which predate the
> dating of edible groceries. Not sure why I've moved house twice without
> discarding them.

Christmas, New Year, birthday, Burns Night, having each slipped by
unactioned, I'm pleased to report that I'm seizing this palindromic day
as the occasion to start on my 2018 M&S haggis. It is, after all,
itself sort of symmetrical.

If I survive this I'll be grateful for any advice about an unopened
bottle of advocaat that's at least ten years old. According to the
label it should be consumed within six months of purchase.

--
tiny

On 22/02/2022 17:59, tiny hadron wrote:
> On 2022-02-05 23:21, Penny wrote:
>> On Sat, 5 Feb 2022 19:35:05 +0000, Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com>
>> scrawled in the dust...
>>
>>> I know there is stuff in the freezer over two years old without going to
>>> check.
>>
>> Likewise, I think some of the fruit in mine may be 10 years old... it
>> get's
>> a bit dry but the flavour seems to last.
>>
>>> I found some things in the back of my aunt's kitchen cupboards in
>>> bottles with glass stoppers that quite possibly date back to the 1940's.
>>> It was rare to find anything in her house that wasn't past its Not So
>>> Good After Date.
>>
>> I know there is stuff in my kitchen that is much older than my children,
>> possibly even older than me, which came from my Granny's place. I'm not
>> likely to actually use it but the novelty (that can't be the right
>> word) of
>> the product and the glass vial it was sold in, meant I wasn't going to
>> throw it out.
>>
>> I think there may also be a few items, not quite so old, which predate
>> the
>> dating of edible groceries. Not sure why I've moved house twice without
>> discarding them.
>
> Christmas, New Year, birthday, Burns Night, having each slipped by
> unactioned, I'm pleased to report that I'm seizing this palindromic day
> as the occasion to start on my 2018 M&S haggis.  It is, after all,
> itself sort of symmetrical.
>
> If I survive this I'll be grateful for any advice about an unopened
> bottle of advocaat that's at least ten years old.  According to the
> label it should be consumed within six months of purchase.
>
Sell it and restart the timer.

--
Ric

>
> Christmas, New Year, birthday, Burns Night, having each slipped by
> unactioned, I'm pleased to report that I'm seizing this palindromic day
> as the occasion to start on my 2018 M&S haggis.  It is, after all,
> itself sort of symmetrical.
>
> If I survive this I'll be grateful for any advice about an unopened
> bottle of advocaat that's at least ten years old.  According to the
> label it should be consumed within six months of purchase.
>
You're very brave, or possibly reckless. Wild haggis should be hung for
a week to ten days after being shot, then with great respect placed in
the nearest bin. Advocaat and its close relative eggnog deserve a
special place in the drains.
Steve

steve hague <stevehague82@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Christmas, New Year, birthday, Burns Night, having each slipped by
>> unactioned, I'm pleased to report that I'm seizing this palindromic day
>> as the occasion to start on my 2018 M&S haggis.  It is, after all,
>> itself sort of symmetrical.
>>
>> If I survive this I'll be grateful for any advice about an unopened
>> bottle of advocaat that's at least ten years old.  According to the
>> label it should be consumed within six months of purchase.
>>
> You're very brave, or possibly reckless. Wild haggis should be hung for
> a week to ten days after being shot, then with great respect placed in
> the nearest bin. Advocaat and its close relative eggnog deserve a
> special place in the drains.
> Steve
>

After it has been hung, should the haggis not also be drawn and quartered?
(But leave the lead shot in place as the extra weight will help it to sink
in the other detritus.)

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On Tuesday, 22 February 2022 at 18:00:04 UTC, tiny hadron wrote:
> On 2022-02-05 23:21, Penny wrote:
> > On Sat, 5 Feb 2022 19:35:05 +0000, Joe Kerr <joe_...@cheerful.com>
> > scrawled in the dust...
> >
> >> I know there is stuff in the freezer over two years old without going to
> >> check.
> >
> > Likewise, I think some of the fruit in mine may be 10 years old... it get's
> > a bit dry but the flavour seems to last.
> >
> >> I found some things in the back of my aunt's kitchen cupboards in
> >> bottles with glass stoppers that quite possibly date back to the 1940's.
> >> It was rare to find anything in her house that wasn't past its Not So
> >> Good After Date.
> >
> > I know there is stuff in my kitchen that is much older than my children,
> > possibly even older than me, which came from my Granny's place. I'm not
> > likely to actually use it but the novelty (that can't be the right word) of
> > the product and the glass vial it was sold in, meant I wasn't going to
> > throw it out.
> >
> > I think there may also be a few items, not quite so old, which predate the
> > dating of edible groceries. Not sure why I've moved house twice without
> > discarding them.

> Christmas, New Year, birthday, Burns Night, having each slipped by
> unactioned, I'm pleased to report that I'm seizing this palindromic day
> as the occasion to start on my 2018 M&S haggis. It is, after all,
> itself sort of symmetrical.
>
> If I survive this I'll be grateful for any advice about an unopened
> bottle of advocaat that's at least ten years old. According to the
> label it should be consumed within six months of purchase.
>
Well, the tuits never arrived last February. But even now the
aforesaid haggis is being boiled to death and beyond, and the smell from
the kitchen so far seems pretty auspicious, so I think we have Go. If things
do go pear-shaped, my will's in the top drawer of my filing cabinet.

Onward.
--
tiny

On 14-Feb-23 19:38, tiny hadron wrote:
> On Tuesday, 22 February 2022 at 18:00:04 UTC, tiny hadron wrote:
>> On 2022-02-05 23:21, Penny wrote:
>>> On Sat, 5 Feb 2022 19:35:05 +0000, Joe Kerr <joe_...@cheerful.com>
>>> scrawled in the dust...
>>>
>>>> I know there is stuff in the freezer over two years old without going to
>>>> check.
>>>
>>> Likewise, I think some of the fruit in mine may be 10 years old... it get's
>>> a bit dry but the flavour seems to last.
>>>
>>>> I found some things in the back of my aunt's kitchen cupboards in
>>>> bottles with glass stoppers that quite possibly date back to the 1940's.
>>>> It was rare to find anything in her house that wasn't past its Not So
>>>> Good After Date.
>>>
>>> I know there is stuff in my kitchen that is much older than my children,
>>> possibly even older than me, which came from my Granny's place. I'm not
>>> likely to actually use it but the novelty (that can't be the right word) of
>>> the product and the glass vial it was sold in, meant I wasn't going to
>>> throw it out.
>>>
>>> I think there may also be a few items, not quite so old, which predate the
>>> dating of edible groceries. Not sure why I've moved house twice without
>>> discarding them.
>
>> Christmas, New Year, birthday, Burns Night, having each slipped by
>> unactioned, I'm pleased to report that I'm seizing this palindromic day
>> as the occasion to start on my 2018 M&S haggis. It is, after all,
>> itself sort of symmetrical.
>>
>> If I survive this I'll be grateful for any advice about an unopened
>> bottle of advocaat that's at least ten years old. According to the
>> label it should be consumed within six months of purchase.
>>
> Well, the tuits never arrived last February. But even now the
> aforesaid haggis is being boiled to death and beyond, and the smell from
> the kitchen so far seems pretty auspicious, so I think we have Go. If things
> do go pear-shaped, my will's in the top drawer of my filing cabinet.
>
> Onward.

We had a sort-out a couple of years ago, and the last items with
stick-on price labels (in £.s.d) were thrown out.

--
Sam Plusnet

On Tue, 14 Feb 2023 11:38:45 -0800 (PST), tiny hadron
<tinyhadron@gmail.com> a gribouillé dans la poussière...

>On Tuesday, 22 February 2022 at 18:00:04 UTC, tiny hadron wrote:
>> On 2022-02-05 23:21, Penny wrote:
>> > On Sat, 5 Feb 2022 19:35:05 +0000, Joe Kerr <joe_...@cheerful.com>
>> > scrawled in the dust...
>> >
>> >> I know there is stuff in the freezer over two years old without going to
>> >> check.
>> >
>> > Likewise, I think some of the fruit in mine may be 10 years old... it get's
>> > a bit dry but the flavour seems to last.
>> >
>> >> I found some things in the back of my aunt's kitchen cupboards in
>> >> bottles with glass stoppers that quite possibly date back to the 1940's.
>> >> It was rare to find anything in her house that wasn't past its Not So
>> >> Good After Date.
>> >
>> > I know there is stuff in my kitchen that is much older than my children,
>> > possibly even older than me, which came from my Granny's place. I'm not
>> > likely to actually use it but the novelty (that can't be the right word) of
>> > the product and the glass vial it was sold in, meant I wasn't going to
>> > throw it out.
>> >
>> > I think there may also be a few items, not quite so old, which predate the
>> > dating of edible groceries. Not sure why I've moved house twice without
>> > discarding them.
>
>> Christmas, New Year, birthday, Burns Night, having each slipped by
>> unactioned, I'm pleased to report that I'm seizing this palindromic day
>> as the occasion to start on my 2018 M&S haggis. It is, after all,
>> itself sort of symmetrical.
>>
>> If I survive this I'll be grateful for any advice about an unopened
>> bottle of advocaat that's at least ten years old. According to the
>> label it should be consumed within six months of purchase.
>>
>Well, the tuits never arrived last February. But even now the
>aforesaid haggis is being boiled to death and beyond, and the smell from
>the kitchen so far seems pretty auspicious, so I think we have Go. If things
>do go pear-shaped, my will's in the top drawer of my filing cabinet.
>
>Onward.

I hope it was enjoyable, even if you did miss Burn's Night again.

I guess I'll never have the necessary relationship with a butcher to make
my own, as my mother did. As I recall it always seemed to be several weeks
in the planning to get hold of the right offal. The stuff I find in the
supermarkets is always too heavy on the pepper (and probably light on fat
and salt, for which pepper seems to be the unnecessary substitute).
--
Penny
Annoyed by The Archers since 1959

On Tue, 14 Feb 2023 23:15:59 +0000, Penny <spam@labyrinth.freeuk.com>
wrote:

>On Tue, 14 Feb 2023 11:38:45 -0800 (PST), tiny hadron
><tinyhadron@gmail.com> a gribouillé dans la poussière...
>
>>On Tuesday, 22 February 2022 at 18:00:04 UTC, tiny hadron wrote:
>>> On 2022-02-05 23:21, Penny wrote:
>>> > On Sat, 5 Feb 2022 19:35:05 +0000, Joe Kerr <joe_...@cheerful.com>
>>> > scrawled in the dust...
>>> >
>>> >> I know there is stuff in the freezer over two years old without going to
>>> >> check.
>>> >
>>> > Likewise, I think some of the fruit in mine may be 10 years old... it get's
>>> > a bit dry but the flavour seems to last.
>>> >
>>> >> I found some things in the back of my aunt's kitchen cupboards in
>>> >> bottles with glass stoppers that quite possibly date back to the 1940's.
>>> >> It was rare to find anything in her house that wasn't past its Not So
>>> >> Good After Date.
>>> >
>>> > I know there is stuff in my kitchen that is much older than my children,
>>> > possibly even older than me, which came from my Granny's place. I'm not
>>> > likely to actually use it but the novelty (that can't be the right word) of
>>> > the product and the glass vial it was sold in, meant I wasn't going to
>>> > throw it out.
>>> >
>>> > I think there may also be a few items, not quite so old, which predate the
>>> > dating of edible groceries. Not sure why I've moved house twice without
>>> > discarding them.
>>
>>> Christmas, New Year, birthday, Burns Night, having each slipped by
>>> unactioned, I'm pleased to report that I'm seizing this palindromic day
>>> as the occasion to start on my 2018 M&S haggis. It is, after all,
>>> itself sort of symmetrical.
>>>
>>> If I survive this I'll be grateful for any advice about an unopened
>>> bottle of advocaat that's at least ten years old. According to the
>>> label it should be consumed within six months of purchase.
>>>
>>Well, the tuits never arrived last February. But even now the
>>aforesaid haggis is being boiled to death and beyond, and the smell from
>>the kitchen so far seems pretty auspicious, so I think we have Go. If things
>>do go pear-shaped, my will's in the top drawer of my filing cabinet.
>>
>>Onward.
>
>I hope it was enjoyable, even if you did miss Burn's Night again.
>
>I guess I'll never have the necessary relationship with a butcher to make
>my own, as my mother did. As I recall it always seemed to be several weeks
>in the planning to get hold of the right offal. The stuff I find in the
>supermarkets is always too heavy on the pepper (and probably light on fat
>and salt, for which pepper seems to be the unnecessary substitute).

But what happened to your Advocaat? (thinks: did I get the
attributions right?)

2023 is the 25th anniversary of the great strawberry glut of 1998 and
I still have two unopened jars of the fruit I preserved at the time. I
plan to open one of them in August and then leave instructions in my
will about the other.

Nick