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Bic Basher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Miacis Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > I can afford a cab but > > that?s just bonkers. > > I'd recommend the Kapten app. They're doing fixed > price fares unlike Uber. The fare from Goose > Green to Guys as I type is ?10.30. That's very good. I had to get a taxi home from Guy's a few weeks ago and it was more than twice that :(

Yes, thanks TAD. I realised after I'd posted that just because someone else likes a particular brand doesn't mean that I will!

I have bunions. They run (no pun intended) in my family. I was told by a podiatrist I saw for something else that an operation would not be worthwhile. My mother had an op for hers. I'm not sure exactly what happened, but it didn't work. I think it probably depends on individual circumstances and whether for you the likely advantages would outweigh the cons? Is your GP recommending you have it done? ETA: Could you have one foot done at a time, so you could hopefully still hobble about?

dbboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You tend to get what you pay for when it comes to > oil. It depends what you want to use the oil for, > general cooking, salads, as part of marinades, the > flavour you want or want to add to a dish. It's > very much personal choice. If you watch some of > the Saturday cookery programmes you'll see they > tend to consistently use the same oil which comes > in an octagonal shaped bottle with a cap. > Ultimately it comes down to personal taste. Yes, I guess that's the problem! I need at least two, I know. Don't watch much TV at the moment for various tedious reasons, but have been reading cookery books in a belated attempt to improve my cooking before I snuff it :))

I have a vague memory of someone having tasters of olive oil somewhere in Lordship Lane one Saturday. Could it have been the new (ish) cheese shop? I vaguely remember sampling some and not liking it much because it was quite bitter, but as my memory is not great I could be completely wrong :)) Actually it's just occurred to me I could try Borough Market. Walked through there recently just as it was closing, we got a free portion of very delicious herby chips thrust upon us! They would probably have oils you could sample, wouldn't they, rather than taking a chance on a whole expensive tin or bottle?

Thanks Beansprout, I will check those out as well. But will need to get something pro tem as am down to my last inch! Can't go too far afield today.

dbboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Spanish Olive Oil in Sainsbury's comes in a tin > and is adequate, Thanks dbboy (and also RichH, yes I used to use that one but haven't for a while). The M&S one is perfectly OK, I just wanted to try something a bit "better", but I don't have enough knowledge even to know what that might mean :)

carlafindle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > carlafindle Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Maybe try the Italian deli in lewishame? > > > > > > I didn't know there was one, whereabouts in > > Lewisham is it? > > > Antonio Delicatessen 23 Lewis Grove SE13 6BG Thanks, I will investigate!

carlafindle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe try the Italian deli in lewishame? I didn't know there was one, whereabouts in Lewisham is it? ETA: ooops sorry double posted

TheArtfulDogger , that brings back childhood memories :)

carlafindle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe try the Italian deli in lewishame? I didn't know there was one, whereabouts in Lewisham is it?

Thanks, I was thinking more of a specific recommended brand and where to buy it?

After a lifetime of going for the cheapest (within reason) I have belatedly realised that it's quite nice to spend a bit more and have something that tastes a lot nicer (sorry about the repetition of nice :) ). Not just with olive oil, but I'm starting there :) I know nothing about olive oil except that you use different types for salad dressing and actually cooking with. I'm presently using M&S olive oil (purely for convenience as I get other things from M&S). Can anybody point me in the direction of the best place locally to buy something a bit better, and also maybe to make some recommendations of what to buy?

edcam Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "The low classes". Where did that google search > take you, The Lexicon of Jacob Rees-Mogg?! :-) :)) :)) :))

julesheaton Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue one is our catering business the other is our > restaurant business. We've been catering at > private events and festivals with a different menu > for over 6 years. Makes sense to keep them > separate in > Our opinion. Thanks for clarifying! Yes of course it makes sense to have two separate websites for two different aspects of your business. I was just confused because you don't seem to have a restaurant menu (or much information) on the restaurant website, but the restaurant opening comes up first on the catering website, but I can't see a menu there either.... Have I just missed them? Is there somewhere I should be clicking? My technological expertise is somewhat lacking :) Please don't take this as a negative comment! I am looking forward to your opening, but I'd like to know what your menu will be! ETA: And as somebody who also has to keep a website up to date, I do appreciate that at present you probably have a lot more priorities than updating your website!

natty01295 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > https://saucychip.com > > https://mobile.twitter.com/saucychip?lang=en They appear to have two separate websites, which is confusing. I assumed the saucychip.com one above related to their mobile van business (I think they go to festivals etc?) and the saucyrestaurants.com one related to their restaurants , but who knows ......

Well, the website isn't very informative.

Sephiroth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I suppose in the interests of fairness, I should > point out before LouTwo does that beer is in fact > already sold in multiple bars already in existence > on the lane, it isn't very healthy and isn't > particularly cheap :)) :)):))

The demo yesterday was polite, peaceful and benevolent. Except towards Trump :))

Yes! Didn't last long. Then Franco Manca completely remodelled the space, which took ages.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Donald Trump has come to this country and > basically caused chaos - turns out Sajid Javid > wasn't invited to the Queens banquet (the only > senior minister not invited) as people were scared > Trump might mix him up with Sadiq Khan. That would be very very funny if it wasn't so terrifying. Also terrifying is that there is now a petition attempting to get Sadiq Khan sacked. When I first saw it I thought it was a joke. It isn't. Last night it had already got thousands of signatures. I don't want to look again. I feel physically sick at what this country and the world is becoming, and that so many people seem oblivious.

Sephiroth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "Except everyone on the left who thinks they have > any control whilst in the EU." > > Amazing - after 3 years that we still have to ask > some people - "what was the EU preventing you from > doing?" > > And there is never any real answer ^^^^ This ^^^^

I like the net bags (except for things which may fall through the holes!) They are light and easy to carry as they take up virtually no room, but expand to hold a lot. I used to use those nylon (?) ones which fold up into a tiny bag. Until the day I put keys in them, and the keys made a hole in the bag and dropped out through the hole. Somewhere in Penge :)) Unluckily they were somebody else's keys. Luckily they didn't have any identifying features. Ooops.

This was what they posted last October, so I don't know what happened: "Just to keep you all in the loop regarding our food offer... From this week we will have the magnificent Stranger Naans guys providing delicious meals every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 5pm onwards and on Saturdays from midday 'til late. Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays from Sunday 14th October we will have local foodsters Taco De Planta serving up their gorgeous Tacos. If you have any questions feel free to drop us a line at [email protected]. Much love, The DBD team x"

TheArtfulDogger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > One of my nemesis' is Wing Yip on the Purley Way. > Not quite local but it's like going into the pub > for just one pint, going in for one item normally > sees me coming out with a trolley load and a few > hundred quid worse off but with a big grin on my > face and weeks of joyous cooking to follow I went there a few years back and bought masses of stuff, intending to cook all sorts of interesting dishes. Trouble was I never did, and most of it went past its use by date and got binned. In future I'm just deciding on recipes first and then buying the ingredients for them :))