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@kiwiwomble said in Covid Free Positivity Thread:
@bones said in Covid Free Positivity Thread:
Fuck yeah London! Popped into the city to play...errr... netball and hoooooleeee fuck if it isn't jam packed with approximately a third of that jam being top quality oggle material. Most pleasant walk from London bridge to Liverpool Street ever.
Hey gurl
now thats all i can imagine your avatar screaming..."hey gurl!"
It’s so cute that where @bones is concerned you assumed the species would be human. Rather than canine.
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@kiwiwomble or would I...
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Feeling pretty good at the moment. Spent the last week in the Charente Maritime at my nephew’s house, so free accommodation. Weather on the whole pretty good, just one day that was a bit rainy. Most days 25-27c. Every day in the pool. Good company, good food and mainly good wine (brother-in-law does buy some shit). Drank a few Leffe Blondes too which is just great beer. A standout lunch of three courses for 18 euros and I swear I would have paid that for each course.
Smoked leek salad.
Perfectly grilled steak with a dauphinoise of carrot and celery (yes, celery but by the cringe it was good).
Finished off with a cafe gourmand that had three perfect little pieces of patisserie.18 bloody euros! 😁
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Well, it's goddamn Thursday. Been a tough few weeks, but live rugby this weekend. I can't wait.
In other news, got a delivery of fruit/vege today ... and there was the biggest kumara I've seen. The kids weighed it; 940g. That is some kumara!
And yes, nearly 5 weeks and Level 4 and we're laughing about a big root vegetable. No words.
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@nzzp said in Covid Free Positivity Thread:
Well, it's goddamn Thursday. Been a tough few weeks, but live rugby this weekend. I can't wait.
In other news, got a delivery of fruit/vege today ... and there was the biggest kumara I've seen. The kids weighed it; 940g. That is some kumara!
And yes, nearly 5 weeks and Level 4 and we're laughing about a big root vegetable. No words.
Was it an Orange Kumara? They grow massive.
Hang in there mate!! Not long now. I'm really feeling it for you guys at the moment.
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@hooroo said in Covid Free Positivity Thread:
Was it an Orange Kumara? They grow massive.
Sure was, I can post a pic if people are really interested
Hang in there mate!! Not long now. I'm really feeling it for you guys at the moment.
Ah yeah. This one's been tough; lots of people tired and fractious, lots of hard work but less output (we seem less efficient remotely). Too much time at the desk.
But, this is the positivity thread, so I'm just going to close with the fact that I've got a bigger kumara than just about everyone here
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@nzzp said in Covid Free Positivity Thread:
@hooroo said in Covid Free Positivity Thread:
Was it an Orange Kumara? They grow massive.
Sure was, I can post a pic if people are really interested
Hang in there mate!! Not long now. I'm really feeling it for you guys at the moment.
Ah yeah. This one's been tough; lots of people tired and fractious, lots of hard work but less output (we seem less efficient remotely). Too much time at the desk.
But, this is the positivity thread, so I'm just going to close with the fact that I've got a bigger kumara than just about everyone here
Rejoice the Kumara, everyone!!
I had one last night that I just in to wedges and baked. Really really good, those orange ones.
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@hooroo said in Covid Free Positivity Thread:
I had one last night that I just in to wedges and baked. Really really good, those orange ones.
They really are. For some reason the kids don't love them like we do ... but that's kids not appreciating excellence.
I would wear the hell out of T-shirt that said 'Rejoice the Kumara'
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I like Toka Toka (gold variety). Less sweet.
My knowledge of kumara
Modern kumara are nothing like those traditionally cultivated by Maori but are South American varietals
Maori trained gulls to keep caterpillar off the plants
They are not a sweet potato as they're not a potatoCourtesy of a sign at the Oka Toka pub in Ruawai
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@dogmeat said in Covid Free Positivity Thread:
Modern kumara are nothing like those traditionally cultivated by Maori but are South American varietals
It is quite amazing how much veges have changed over the last few hundred years. Animals have obviously got much bigger, often triple the size+
But veges, like carrots and stuff, changing colours, shapes etc. Go back to market in the middle ages and you wouldn't recognise the veges even though we still eat versions of them today
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@dogmeat said in Covid Free Positivity Thread:
I like Toka Toka (gold variety). Less sweet.
My knowledge of kumara
Modern kumara are nothing like those traditionally cultivated by Maori but are South American varietals
Maori trained gulls to keep caterpillar off the plants
They are not a sweet potato as they're not a potatoCourtesy of a sign at the Oka Toka pub in Ruawai
Cheers Crucial!
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@bones said in Covid Free Positivity Thread:
@dogmeat said in Covid Free Positivity Thread:
I like Toka Toka (gold variety). Less sweet.
I like the sound of that, always wished I like Kumara but the sweetness just makes me urgh.
This times a heaps.
Especially when I was based abroad, I'd come home - and really WANT to like kumara... but then have some, and think "yeah... nah" - just too bloody sweet. -
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@nzzp said in Covid Free Positivity Thread:
@jc said in Covid Free Positivity Thread:
@dogmeat Ruawai: kumara capital of the world.
Did you check out that nipple on the Tokatoka peak?
Ruawai? Sure it's not Dargaville?
I’m sure. I went out with a girl from there when I was a young fella and ended up there most weekends digging the little bastards. The things you’ll do for a root eh?
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@jc said in Covid Free Positivity Thread:
@nzzp said in Covid Free Positivity Thread:
@jc said in Covid Free Positivity Thread:
@dogmeat Ruawai: kumara capital of the world.
Did you check out that nipple on the Tokatoka peak?
Ruawai? Sure it's not Dargaville?
I’m sure. I went out with a girl from there when I was a young fella and ended up there most weekends digging the little bastards. The things you’ll do for a root eh?
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