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...

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.

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.

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.

Used to live in Clapham, moving to Croydon just stopped off at the EDF in between.

/S

That's very encouraging Otta, we loved South Croydon but were outbid on a number of houses down that way. And it moved out of reach during our search. I hope Addiscombe will be equally friendly. All encounters with neighbours during visits have been very warm.

Otta Wrote:

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> My cousin (who used to rent in ED) recently bought

> a place in South Croydon and is loving it. Her

> neighbours have been REALLY welcoming and lovely,

> she's over the moon.

We're making the exodus to Croydon where, for the price of a studio in East Dulwich, we can afford a two bed house with garden. Commute will be shorter, the area is nowhere near as bad as its reputation (and yes, I have lived there) and trips to Gatwick/South Coast when it all gets too much are very convenient. I'm excited, but I'll miss ED.

Sorry LondonMix, it looked like there were extensive renovations/new signage being installed when I walked past last night. I presumed it was a different shop not an update to Tierra Verde.

LondonMix Wrote:

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> The Spanish Deli has been open for a while now. I

> go there every Saturday for jamon. Also, on

> Friday's and Saturday they sell the most amazing

> tortilla sspanola (one of the them typically has

> chorizo in it). They have a good selection of

> wine, meets, cheese, olives, oil etc. Well worth

> checking out if you like Mediterranean food.

>

> Baggs Wrote:

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> > Amazing tiling above what looks to be a new

> > spanish deli on North X road, anyone got any

> more

> > info?

Amazing tiling above what looks to be a new spanish deli on North X road, anyone got any more info?

Why don't you start your own PohSuan?

Not a cheap shop generally but often their price per kilo on seasonal basics - Tomatoes, potatoes etc. is better than village grocer + free herbs.