PB cooking update.

Yesterday I went on a long cycle, and after getting back had a strong desire not to go to the store, and also -given the particularly hilly route I'd rode- for some pasta.

So... I put some spaghetti in a pot to boil (with a little olive oil and lots of salt).

While that was cooking I heated some olive oil in a pan, and put in one clove of thinly sliced garlic, and another 2-3 crushed cloves. Once those were getting a little fragrant, I chucked in a spoonful of capers. I then grabbed a little can of the nicest tuna I could find, and chucked it in with the capers and garlic. I then kept this on a very low heat and broke the fillets up somewhat.

When the pasta was al dente, I drained all but a cup (or maybe a little less) of the water, and put it in with the garlic, olive oil, capers and tuna, and mixed it well.

I then headed off to the fridge again, found some parsley, chopped it, and dumped it in with the pasta.

Very simple, really. The only expensive bit was the tuna. But even that is only $7 on Amazon if bought as part of a pack of 6. (Tonnino yellowfin tuna fillets in olive oil.)

Wife and children declared it deilicious.

Tonight I'm doing a tortellini soup.

...

FindOutNow just smells off.
I wouldn’t trust them as far as I could throw them.

Main purpose seems to be to provide pear-clutchers with content for shit-posting on X etc.

The only poll I know of that isn't a bit off is the Curtice poll on election day, which, as I understand it, is done on the expensive traditional model of asking the right number of people from the right groupings from the right places how they voted. He is generally right.

I am amazed that any other method works at all. And no method can be checked out apart from those conducted immediately before an election.

It's possible that FON methodology will be shown to come unstuck in May. But I wouldn't bet on it.

FWIW, in trying to predict the future in general polls are of limited use in my view. So, for example, the Tories and Labour are both in deep and similar numerical trouble polling wise.. But the Tories face a party on the right who seem to be eclipsing them. Labour do not face a similar single party challenge. So, while both might recover, Labour stand a better chance of doing so. For millions of voters in hundreds of seats there being nowhere else to go.

The Tories need to remind ALL former Tory, potential Reform voters that Nathan Gill made pro-Russian, anti Ukrainian speeches for Russian money to the EU Parliament. Several of his colleagues who now stand under the Reform banner made (very, very) similar speeches, albeit in their cases free from Russian bribes. A fact that is in many ways more troubling than that of Gill, who at least can justify why he did what he did for hard cash. The others must have made their speeches because they believed the narrative.

Come on Tories. Reform are not your friends they like and promote Vladimir Putin for free. Tell the World!

PB cooking update.

Yesterday I went on a long cycle, and after getting back had a strong desire not to go to the store, and also -given the particularly hilly route I'd rode- for some pasta.

So... I put some spaghetti in a pot to boil (with a little olive oil and lots of salt).

While that was cooking I heated some olive oil in a pan, and put in one clove of thinly sliced garlic, and another 2-3 crushed cloves. Once those were getting a little fragrant, I chucked in a spoonful of capers. I then grabbed a little can of the nicest tuna I could find, and chucked it in with the capers and garlic. I then kept this on a very low heat and broke the fillets up somewhat.

When the pasta was al dente, I drained all but a cup (or maybe a little less) of the water, and put it in with the garlic, olive oil, capers and tuna, and mixed it well.

I then headed off to the fridge again, found some parsley, chopped it, and dumped it in with the pasta.

Very simple, really. The only expensive bit was the tuna. But even that is only $7 on Amazon if bought as part of a pack of 6. (Tonnino yellowfin tuna fillets in olive oil.)

Wife and children declared it deilicious.

Tonight I'm doing a tortellini soup.

Mm! Very reminiscent of our supper last night - fried aubergines and onions and courgettes with hot smoked salmon and an egg broken in, served with pasta and cooked samphire. Normally we have capers but we'd run out!

But yours is still simpler. Definitely worth a try.

You want simple ?

My recipe for omelette in a paper cup.
Microwave a knob of butter for 1min to melt it. Add coarsely chopped watercress and three eggs; stir.
Microwave at the medium setting for 2min 20 sec (may need experimentation for your particular microwave).

Surprisingly good.

Omlettes are not exactly that complicated to make, though. You are basically swapping a tiny bit of washing up for a disgarded paper cup.

For breakfast without a kitchen.

But with a microwave.

Got it.

Very useful, but only in a limited range of scenarios.

Many offices have only a microwave.

Quite a few people live in tiny flats with minimal cooking facilities - there's a whole genre of cook books on how to live out of a rice cooker, for example.

Blimey, the housing shortage is more serious than even @BartholomewRoberts thought if we're pressing rice cookers into service as living spaces.

Living in a rice cooker?

Luuuuuxury….

When I were lad a rice cooker was called t' saucepan.

PB cooking update.

Yesterday I went on a long cycle, and after getting back had a strong desire not to go to the store, and also -given the particularly hilly route I'd rode- for some pasta.

So... I put some spaghetti in a pot to boil (with a little olive oil and lots of salt).

While that was cooking I heated some olive oil in a pan, and put in one clove of thinly sliced garlic, and another 2-3 crushed cloves. Once those were getting a little fragrant, I chucked in a spoonful of capers. I then grabbed a little can of the nicest tuna I could find, and chucked it in with the capers and garlic. I then kept this on a very low heat and broke the fillets up somewhat.

When the pasta was al dente, I drained all but a cup (or maybe a little less) of the water, and put it in with the garlic, olive oil, capers and tuna, and mixed it well.

I then headed off to the fridge again, found some parsley, chopped it, and dumped it in with the pasta.

Very simple, really. The only expensive bit was the tuna. But even that is only $7 on Amazon if bought as part of a pack of 6. (Tonnino yellowfin tuna fillets in olive oil.)

Wife and children declared it deilicious.

Tonight I'm doing a tortellini soup.

Mm! Very reminiscent of our supper last night - fried aubergines and onions and courgettes with hot smoked salmon and an egg broken in, served with pasta and cooked samphire. Normally we have capers but we'd run out!

But yours is still simpler. Definitely worth a try.

You want simple ?

My recipe for omelette in a paper cup.
Microwave a knob of butter for 1min to melt it. Add coarsely chopped watercress and three eggs; stir.
Microwave at the medium setting for 2min 20 sec (may need experimentation for your particular microwave).

Surprisingly good.

Omlettes are not exactly that complicated to make, though. You are basically swapping a tiny bit of washing up for a disgarded paper cup.

I’ve got two omelette pans. Quite old. They only need a wipe as they are magnificently seasoned and totally non stick.

...

FindOutNow just smells off.
I wouldn’t trust them as far as I could throw them.

Main purpose seems to be to provide pear-clutchers with content for shit-posting on X etc.

The only poll I know of that isn't a bit off is the Curtice poll on election day, which, as I understand it, is done on the expensive traditional model of asking the right number of people from the right groupings from the right places how they voted. He is generally right.

I am amazed that any other method works at all. And no method can be checked out apart from those conducted immediately before an election.

It's possible that FON methodology will be shown to come unstuck in May. But I wouldn't bet on it.

FWIW, in trying to predict the future in general polls are of limited use in my view. So, for example, the Tories and Labour are both in deep and similar numerical trouble polling wise.. But the Tories face a party on the right who seem to be eclipsing them. Labour do not face a similar single party challenge. So, while both might recover, Labour stand a better chance of doing so. For millions of voters in hundreds of seats there being nowhere else to go.

The Tories need to remind ALL former Tory, potential Reform voters that Nathan Gill made pro-Russian, anti Ukrainian speeches for Russian money to the EU Parliament. Several of his colleagues who now stand under the Reform banner made (very, very) similar speeches, albeit in their cases free from Russian bribes. A fact that is in many ways more troubling than that of Gill, who at least can justify why he did what he did for hard cash. The others must have made their speeches because they believed the narrative.

Come on Tories. Reform are not your friends they like and promote Vladimir Putin for free. Tell the World!

For this to be true, the Tories would have to convey to the public that given a choice they would prefer to sustain a Labour led government rather than a Reform one. This is (IMO) essential and necessary. But hard.

SPotY tonight btw so if you want to check your betting books and how to vote...

I do hope Gary Lineker won't be presenting

Britain's top sports presenter is laughing all the way to the Bank of Netflix:-

Gary Lineker to earn whopping £14million from Netflix deal for 2026 World Cup – TEN TIMES his old BBC salary
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/37655980/gary-lineker-netflix-world-cup-deal-podcast/

You can't keep a good Leicester boy down 😃

I don't pay for Netflix so I couldn't give a monkeys what he gets paid.
I wonder if his following has dropped since he left the BBC?

His following of enraged righties seems as substantial as ever.

I dont think so. Its more likely that right of centre are enraged with him not supportive of.

Hopefully I will never have listen to.his smarmy voice ever again.

You do seem to get very angry at all and any sort of stuff. Chill. How on earth can Gary Lineker make you angry? If you don't like him ignore him. It certainly looks like the BBC had a bargain when they had him. Presumably they made some sort of saving when they let him go (did they?) but was it worthwhile comparing the loss of his profile (and those that left with him) to the current presenters.

WHICH BIT OF THE NO DISCUSSION OF THE GROOMING STORY DO PBers NOT UNDERSTAND?

THE SPAM TRAP HAS BEEN UPDATED, DON’T MOAN IF YOU FIND YOURSELVES BANNED.

Hi TSE, I have no wish to be banned but as a long standing female poster on this site from the early days who was once a young lassie who has spent her whole life trying to make sure I was safe in the work place and elsewhere and who has recently found the hill I am prepared to die on that crosses political lines when it comes to defending women only safe spaces, why can't we talk about something that has had such a huge and traumatic impact on so young women in so many communities and is currently just about one of the the biggest political stories right across the UK?! Are we saying on this site we simple ignore this huge scandal and the current implications for political parties and how they all deal with it?!