I recently binge watched the first 2 series of The Vikings on a rainy weekend. It's not historically perfect, but it's pretty close. Certainly not for the squeamish (I walked away after one particular episode and nearly gave up) And if binge watching includes watching the first 3 episodes of Outlander about 10 times each, then i'll also include the delicious new Outlander series. I've read all 8 books by Diana Gabaldon, which is the story the tv show is based on. Absolutely loved all the books and am thoroughly enjoying the series too.

Hope the hangover was worth it and you had a seriously good night :zzz: Dinner tonight ..... Traditional English roast beef dinner, with soggy peas and yorkshire puds. As much as I love and usually eat various cuisines from around the world, I occasionally get back to my birth roots and love a good home cooked roast.

I wasn't having a go at you or being nasty, hence the winking smiley. All is good I guess us silly, worrying parents are just that .... worrying.

I travelled to the US and then over to England and the scariest part for me, was the customs officials at LA airport.

As one of three parents on this forum, whose daughters are travelling overseas .......... Shush! We don't need to hear our fears reinforced.

I've never heard of her, so I looked her up ..... Wish I hadn't.

My daughter (Veghead) is flying out next week for 6 months of trekking around various remote areas of Indonesia, Thailand, Nepal and India. I know this will be an amazing adventure for her, but I will be so worried and scared. Why can't she choose a nice safe touristy area, instead of tribal villages accessible only by canoe ...... aarrgghhhhhh. When she boards that plane at Sydney airport, my post will be in the 'Unhappy' thread. I hope your daughter has a wonderful safe time in the States and an incredible experience at Disney.

Happy Birthday Sean! I hope your day was filled with happiness and spent with people you love, lots of good food and great wine .......

Not quite as bad, but yeah, you get the idea. All good now though

I don't want to talk about it, but it's sure gurgling noisily away in my tummy. Meanwhile, i'm waiting for what I think will be the inevitable

I never had any personal contact with pottedplant, but I know members here, who I have great respect for, hold this lovely lady in high esteem. I'm shocked and very sad that one of 'Our Family' has passed away. My deepest sympathies to her family and friends.

We have donuts here, but nothing elaborate, nor anywhere as much as you have in the States. We eat them more as a little snack mid afternoon and never for breakfast. When I was in America a few years ago, I did have a weakness for Cinnabon's cinnamon rolls. Actually it turned into more of an addiction

Cold, and icy winds

Whoooaaaaa! Do you actually eat that? or is that your substitution for colonoscopy medication?

My love and best wishes to you both, Mr and Mrs Puffer ..... xxxxxx

I'm an Aussie, it's winter and i'm in hibernation! Whats the weather like here?!!!! ....... too fucking cold! :freezing:

Ok, so you mean basic foot care. I agree, cracked dry heels look terrible. I've never had foot fungus issues, so I don't know anything about that. I'm surrounded by beaches where I live, so I think walking barefoot on the sand acts as a exfoliant and the salt water is cleansing. I don't know about Aussie's wearing thongs to work ...... that sounds like one of those crazy myths made up about us And if you're coming here for a holiday, you'd better learn the language. They're called 'thongs', not 'flip flips'

Not everyone likes pedicures and painted toe nails, myself included. Don't ever come down here, because you'll see lots of unpainted toe nails in sandals and thongs (flip flops). Thongs are our summer essential and are worn everywhere.

Children are indeed beautiful and a joy, but they can also be annoying little shits. Any parent will tell you about the frustrating experience of taking a child shopping. We walk past a restroom and ask the child if they need to do a wee, they say no. We ask again, are you sure? they answer no again. Then at the most inopportune moment, the child then declares they are busting and need to immediately go to the restroom. This usually happens in the middle of the supermarket, when we have a shopping trolley full of groceries and is of course, a long way from the nearest toilets.

Kingzee, I know exactly what you mean .... and this is a touchy subject. But I can relate it to my own personal experience. Many years ago, when my kids were young, we were struggling financially. We had a mortage and were both working our butts off, we were barely scraping through each week. I remember being in a K.Mart type store and I was umming about buying a few dollar cheap top for one of my kids. I can't remember if i decided to buy it or not, but as i went past the check out, I saw welfare recipients handing over their government assisted cheques, buying brand name extravagent clothing items. Handing over $500 bucks without a thought. These same people had govt assisted new cars, brand new homes, daily free childcare, their kids were paid to attend school and recieve an education, while we paid school fees. They received bonuses for owning a pet, had their own assigned free bus transport , which was not available to anyone else and so many other benefits that were unatainable to us mere people who were working our asses off, paying taxes and struggling to survive, week to week. The fortnightly day their assitance money was provided by the government, was the day everyone stayed clear of the local town area ........ because the recipients spent the whole day in the local pubs and subsequently, all hell broke loose. Luckily they also had free legal help, because it was often needed. The lucky recipients of these benefits, had the fortune of having a different colour skin. But, if we dare speak out against any of this, we were labelled racists.

You must mean that tv show called Dream On ?!!

Belated birthday wishes to you Jules I know you had to work, but it still sounds like you had a lovely day and evening, with a great weekend coming up.

aawwwww ..... it's Bambi with horns in a burger bun

I have honestly never tasted anything else like it. I couldn't even begin to describe it's unique taste. If I had to, i'd say a cross between mint, coriander. lime and basil, but that doesn't even begin to describe it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagetes_minuta http://southamericanfood.about.com/od/saladssidedishes/r/Peruvian-Huacatay-Salsa-Aji-De-Huacatay.htm http://perufood.blogspot.com.au/2006/10/huacatay-indispensable-andean-herb.html http://www.daringgourmet.com/2013/09/26/peruvian-aji-verde-sauce/ Google Huacatay and find some amazing recipes. Grow it alongside Kasey and also works as an insect repellent

Has anyone here eaten huacatay? That green Peruvian black mint herb, which, when made into a aji verde sauce and served with chicken or potatoes is soooooooo amazingly powerful and unbelivably unique. Just one little miniscule dollop on your plate, has you thinking whoa! what is that, wtf is that flavour, what the hell is that???!!!!! I love growing unusual vegies and herbs in my garden and hucatay is my latest magnificent freak. I love it, both for eating and simply running my hands through the plants as I walk past.