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imjingl Sat 28-Apr-12 14:14:50

................after a fairly dry morning, suddenly decided you really needed something nice for your lunch, and got your bike out, only to find when approximately three yards down the road the wind got up and the heavens opened with a really cold, driving rain, would you:

a. Press on regardless, with thoughts of M&S old fashioned white crusty bread, on-the-vine Rosa tomatos, and iced chelsea buns, as encouragement.

or

b. Turn back and make do with Hovis wholemeal sliced and Waitrose half-fat cheese.

Good mac, no gloves, stupid footwear. (hmm)

You can guess which I did. And halfway along the river towpath I just wanted to get off the bike, stand very still, and HOWL!!! It was sooo cold and sooo wet!

It was the right decision in the end though.smile Lunch was very nice. smile

Anagram Wed 02-May-12 10:58:28

Sardines and sweetcorn?? confused

GoldenGran Wed 02-May-12 10:57:05

I used to do the same with sardines, my family loved it.

imjingl Wed 02-May-12 10:12:33

Maniac, I should have said THANK YOU for the recipe. My DH and my daughter would really like that so perhaps I'll make one for them, and have a taste too. Might surprise myself! smile

Nonu Wed 02-May-12 09:01:04

Love tuna sandwiches with mayo , lettuce and cucumber smile

dorsetpennt Wed 02-May-12 08:54:57

Really hate that combination - why would you do that to tuna? Plain tuna with either a hint of vinegar or mayo is sufficient

imjingl Mon 30-Apr-12 10:22:32

gangy5 that'll be it! grin

Bags Mon 30-Apr-12 09:29:53

Thanks for the recipe, maniac. I'm going to try it. smile

whenim64 Mon 30-Apr-12 09:22:06

Love sweetcorn, love tuna - hate them mixed up together - it doesn't make sense to me. hmm

gangy5 Mon 30-Apr-12 09:07:17

Unexplainable!! Since the 50's tuna has been thrown together with sweetcorn. Maybe it's something to do with them both being tinned and in the cupboard!

Anagram Sun 29-Apr-12 12:13:30

I love tuna, but why does sweetcorn seem to be an obligatory addition? Fine if you like it, but so many ready-bought tuna sandwiches (I know, should make my own!) and sandwich fillings contain it, and I'm not at all keen...confused

imjingl Sun 29-Apr-12 11:50:23

Faye, Freddos for grandsons only in this house. liar liar, pants on fire

imjingl Sun 29-Apr-12 11:49:07

Maniac hmmmmm...... grin

(Not that struck on Tuna. Made too many sandwiches from it for dd2 years back! hmm)

Only like sweetcorn if I can chew it straight off of the cob with loads of butter. smile

imjingl Sun 29-Apr-12 11:45:53

harrigran, you're right. I felt as though I'd 'earned' it! hmm grin

Maniac Sun 29-Apr-12 10:52:36

jingle you'd definitely get 'drownded' today.
It's blowing a gale and bucketing down.
So I would turn back and raid my store cupboard.
Here's a good stand-by recipe.-an old family favourite.

Tuna /sweetcorn/mushroom pie

Tin of (Tuna
(Sweetcorn
(Campbell's condensed Mushroom soup.
Pkt of frozen Short cut pastry

Roll pastry to 12" square
Mix 3 tinned contents and pile into centre of square.
Bring points to centre and pinch edges together.
Bake in fairly hot oven (210 deg Fan ).

Good hot or cold with salad

I think I might just make one today

Faye Sun 29-Apr-12 00:55:28

This week the weather here has been beautiful, not too hot and not at all cold, lots of sunshine, no clouds, beautiful blue sky, gorgeous autumn days. Today is expected to be sunny and around 18C by Tuesday back up to 23C and then on Wednesday 19C and rain. Winter is on its way. I will send you some sunshine while I can but it is sadly running out. sad sunshine sunshine sunshine

jingle I would brave the weather for some nice home made bread, home grown tomatoes, olives, avocado, some roasted vegetables and a freddo frog confused (did I say a freddo frog, I have given them up).

glassortwo Sat 28-Apr-12 23:48:51

[smug emoticon] we have had sunshine all day.......... hope you have dried out jingle

Oldgreymare Sat 28-Apr-12 23:37:16

Such a brave girl Jingle! I'm totally fed up with this cold wet weather. Huddled up in winter woollies, the wind blowing a hoolie(sp?) rain lashing against the window. Thank goodness for your antics, catching up and smiling at lots of lovely posts on GN.

harrigran Sat 28-Apr-12 19:41:02

jingl I bet your lunch was so much tastier for having put yourself through an obstacle race to get it.

Hankipanki Sat 28-Apr-12 16:28:05

I would have continued too once your drownded you can't get any wetter.

Zephrine Sat 28-Apr-12 16:26:41

It's actually not raining here today and I have got three loads of washing dry!

gangy5 Sat 28-Apr-12 16:13:00

Can't bear to even stick my nose outside today - had to brave it though beacuse I needed some chives from the garden. 10C in the south of England and we're nearly into May. Doesn't seem to be any sign of it warming up.

soop Sat 28-Apr-12 14:36:18

...but not today grin

soop Sat 28-Apr-12 14:34:50

A nice lady sold me the bike for a £10 donation to a dogs home. It comes with all mod-cons wink The manual is rather intimidating - far too wordy for my liking. If I can tear myself away from this forum sometime, I may read the blurb, grasp the fundamentals, and build up some much needed muscle power.

imjingl Sat 28-Apr-12 14:33:31

It does, doesn't it Green! grin

imjingl Sat 28-Apr-12 14:32:44

Yes. and NO!!!

Evil grin