Baggs

mumra Wrote:

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> I like this thread. Coffee snobbery is a good

> thing! My order of preference in SE22/SE15 is -

> 1) General Store (they serve Workshop)

> 2) Old Spike Roastery

> 3) Cafe Viva (they serve Volcano)

> 4) Toasted (I think it is Square Mile)

> 5) Brickhouse Bakery/Peckham Refreshment Rooms

Great list - Only one I would add is Small White Elephant

Hands down the best coffee from General Store on Bellenden road. Not open on Monday and Tuesday.

Yep - due to open 'Summer' that is looking optimistic, and BoxPark currently floating September...

Comparing raw pollock with cooked cod is a bit misleading

Croydon branch is excellent too. Pretty much a carbon copy of Franco Manca in all but a few menu options.

Westfield open soon? If you think 2020 is soon, then you might be right! It looks like BoxPark, where I think MeatLiquor may be opening a branch, is going to be opening September at the earliest - so if they are focussing on that first, expect a long wait.

It is not a batty way of measuring things, but it is a potty way of measuring things *accurately*. A cup of chopped walnuts varies hugely to a cup of walnuts, chopped. It can make a difference to a recipe.

With cheap electric Tare scales so readily available and so quick to use I find cups rather unnecessary, but then again this all goes out the window if using imperial measurements.

Using a baker's percentage method - or scalable metric ratios - allow you to scale recipes up and down so much more easily than with either imperial or cup.

All that said - get a cup measure, and use it when needed in a recipe. As far as I remember the cheap white plastic cups (that might get filled with orange squash on sports day) are 240ml, the size of an american cup - if you can't find a fancy metal one.

Urm, a cup measurement will only really be used in an american recipe, and yes a cup will contain different weights of different ingredients. It's a pretty potty way of measuring things accurately. The Tala measure has one unchanging line for american cup measurements - you might as well just use a cup. Tala measuring cup is useful for quick measuring of different ingredients that DON'T use an american cup system.

There is a BMC in Croydon too... They're spreading.

Toasted.

Today's menu has about 6 meat free dishes I would shove in my face with delight.

http://toastdulwich.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Dinner12.pdf

goosey-goosey Wrote:

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> You are all wrong. The very best croissants I have

> tasted in the UK, as good as anything in France,

> are sold by The General Store on Bellenden Rd. Not

> exactly East Dulwich but worth the detour. I

> believe they are only available on weekends.

Well said Goosey Goosey. General Store serve croissants direct from the bike of the little bread pedlar. Arguably London's best croissant. Superb lamination. Genevieve also makes one of the best flat whites in all of the South East.

Good spot Mick Mac.

First Base would be a great name... *doddles off*

davidk Wrote:

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> If we mention Classic Lofts enough times in this

> post about Classic Lofts being rude and agressive

> on Classic Lofts sites then there is a good chance

> that our mentions of Classic Lofts and the abusive

> behaviour of Classic Lofts employees on Classic

> Lofts sites will bring this Classic Lofts thread

> about Classic Lofts rude and abusive behaviour

> near the top of any internet searches for Classic

> Lofts or Lofts companies offering Classic Lofts

> type services.

>

> With a bit of luck, this will come to the

> attention of Classic Lofts or Classic Lofts

> employees which might lead to an improvement in

> the behaviour of Classic Lofts and Classic Lofts

> employees on Classic Lofts sites or might lose

> Classic Lofts some business and force a rethink

> from the management of Classic Lofts.

>

> Or not.

A classic response to a post about Classic Lofts. Will go straight into my classic posts about lofts folder.

I was almost glad to miss the first 15 minutes trying to get in the match was so dull. That said, the atmosphere, as always, was great and the goal was worth waiting for. Billericay had the best chances and we were lucky to have Phil and some fortunate last ditch defending to save us.

I should have said "organised" :D

https://instagram.com/p/7DQ51NIB6a/?taken-by=mr_lap_ryder

Looks like this was some organised 'ride out' rather than anything sinister.

Jules-and-Boo Wrote:

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>

> And, while we're on the topic of knotweed - how do

> i get the railway company to deal with the

> infestation on their side of the fence?

Make sure you change your wifi password every half an hour, should get rid of most of them, whichever side of the fence.

Last Friday I had

Butternut squash soup with watercress

Coq au vin with parsnip puree

Glass of wine

?6.95

Excellent

ditto 1maura!

RE: Above - I will have one spare ticket to this event. PM me if you would like it.

One work around might be to pop it in to a google drive - available with a G-mail account. Then open the file using Google Sheets. Sheets works on opening excel spreadsheets pretty well. You can then save it back down as an excel if you need.

Happy to give more help if needed. Aware the above might sound like gobbledegook to some.

It is actually far more effective for removing coffee drinkers than it is with Knotweed. Even the threat of it removes most.

The best thing to do with this kind of infestation is to cut the tops off and fill them with a concentrated glyphosate solution (if they are thick enough). Then spray the ones which are too small to fill/inject.

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Constructive Criticism like suggesting a name

> change. (under the circumstances) or removing the

> blank out

> window material or having more regular opening

> times is not wishing a business ill will.

> No ill will was ever intended and any sensible

> person would know that..

>

> No one else who suggested disapproval of the

> original name got any stick..

>

> It's just the faceless Anti-Foxy brigade having a

> pop.

>

> How many of them have actually been themselves..

> ??

>

> DF.

DF,

My response was to JenF, Not you. I have edited the post to make this clearer.

They just happened to be posted at the same time. The constructive criticism you mention is exactly the type of thing I meant - and feel is justified on a forum like this.

To: JenF

The winky-face after that comment was supposed to convey a sense of jovial sarcasm - notoriously difficult on the interwebs.

There is a fine line between having an interesting (and sometime constructive) discussion about the future of the restaurant industry, pop-up culture, and its impact on our local area and wishing ill on a local business. I am keen on the former, but not the latter.

NB. THIS POST IS IN NO WAY CRITICISING DULWICHFOX