Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

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WHERE IS HAYS???????????????????

he's infiltrated the brighton conference masquerading as a militant union member :-)

Eat your heart out Hays,

WOW WOW WOW...........

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UK - YouGov/Sun poll: CON 32%, LAB 40%, LDEM 10%, UKIP 12%

YouGov/Sunpoll; the biased one for the tories.

This was neck and neck last week. Labour now with 8% lead over Tories.

That give s Labour a massive outright majority at next election. We dont need the Lib/dems.

carp and barbel!

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Cynic get your carp fried. Lovely with fried onions and scrambled egg.

confess i really do not like carp at all and have tried it several times ..... my pal in hamburg is a keen fisherman for same and they also eat a lot of it in that region - mainly poached i think

from memory, carp is also a traditional christmas eve and easter dish for the polish community

Greeks eat a lot of it as do Hungarians.

Don't the Polish traditionally eat it on Christmas eve ?

was going to say that Skinny but with Cynic in attendance thought better not.

see above :-)
pike too, but haven't even tried that since my youth at what was then a very popular restaurant in soho called the gay hussar .... i recollect they also had a resident zither player

Pike ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh yuk. Bloody awfull no matter how many ways ive tried to cook it. Tastes like dead leaves and mud. Even tobasco sauce doesnt liven it up.

How was she free to traval from the uk undetected , or did they let her ?

Ms Mohamed's comments have fuelled speculation about the possible involvement in the attack of British terror suspect Samantha Lewthwaite - the widow of 7 July suicide bomber Jermaine Lindsay.

Kenyan police released a passport photo believed to be of Samantha Lewthwaite earlier this year
She is known to be in East Africa and is wanted by Kenyan police over alleged links to a terrorist cell that planned to bomb the country's coast.

i came across this this tip for removing the muddy taste of pike, and also carp i should imagine

Combine 4 cups milk and 1 cup mayonnaise in a large bowl and immerse the fish fillets in the mixture. Cover the bowl with a sheet of plastic wrap and refrigerate for 24 hours. The milk draws out oils and the mayonnaise binds to the oils so they do not re-enter the fish. This removes the distasteful muddy flavor of the Northern Pike.

i suspect that pike and carp sold commercially are farmed or at least "prepared" by putting them in clean-water tanks for a few days to clean them

i have a "larousse technique" at home so i'll try to remember to check that out for tips

Hunt for Nazi gold in Bavarian town using marks on sheet of music that is actually 'a coded treasure map'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2430004/Nazi-treasure-Hunt-gold-Bavarian-town-using-marks-sheet-music-actually-coded-map.html