Sell/use by dates

Krummhorn

Administrator
Staff member
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Well, you see, the "diet" coke cancels out all the fat in the big macs and fries ... :lol:

It is silly though ... order all that horridly fattening stuff then insult it with a diet drink. :banghead:
 

teddy

Duckmeister
I am becoming concerned about artificial sweetners. Being a diabetic I use them for my tea but I am starting to hear horror stories. Can anyone shed any light on this matter?

teddy
 

Dorsetmike

Member
Not heard any, I use "Splenda" can't stand the taste of the saccharin or aspartane based ones, it might be a bit dearer, but if I've got to cut sugar I ain't going to spoil the taste.
 

JHC

Chief assistant to the assistant chief
Just heard the end of a news bulletin about some fat joker found dead in the loo wedged between bowl and wall I think he had been there 6 wks? what a poo eh
 

Contratrombone64

Admiral of Fugues
And this business of geting everything ready at the same time so you are not waiting for the potatoes or gravy beats me. Greatest admiration for people who can.

teddy

Ah yes, it's all in the timing and once you get your head around some basics it's pretty simple.
 

Contratrombone64

Admiral of Fugues
I am becoming concerned about artificial sweetners. Being a diabetic I use them for my tea but I am starting to hear horror stories. Can anyone shed any light on this matter?

teddy

Shame on you for ruining a good cup of tea by adding sugar!

I let the tea brew for three minutes (only English Breakfast will do), no longer no less, then add a mere dash of milk (full cream, none of this lite shite). Then enjoy - the BEST most refreshing drink I had all day.
 

JHC

Chief assistant to the assistant chief
Shame on you for ruining a good cup of tea by adding sugar!

I let the tea brew for three minutes (only English Breakfast will do), no longer no less, then add a mere dash of milk (full cream, none of this lite shite).

Milk in tea???? what the.... may as well put water in your whisky:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
 

Dorsetmike

Member
Tea for me used to be with full cream mik and 3 sugars, now the 3 sugars have become 1 sugar and 2 sweetener tabs, coffee also gets the 1 sugar 2 sweeteners, but not milk, coffee whitener does for me. Never drink whisky, try not to drink water either, fishes pee in it!.
 

teddy

Duckmeister
Why are there no sell by dates on wine and spirits? Or for that matter bottled milk. There are on milk cartons and all other dairy products.

teddy
 

JONESEY

New member
No sell by dates on wine and spirits ... probably because they don't need them - they don't hang around that long :)
 

teddy

Duckmeister
Yes Colin, although in the village I live in delivery is only three days a week. I try and support any services like that as one day I may not be able to get to the shops.

teddy
 

JHC

Chief assistant to the assistant chief
Yes Colin, although in the village I live in delivery is only three days a week. I try and support any services like that as one day I may not be able to get to the shops.

teddy
How quaint and nostalgic, nothing like that here I suppose you would have to pay in cash or do they have a portable card terminal.
 

teddy

Duckmeister
No, the milkman leaves the milk on your doorstep at about 5 am and calls round on a Saturday morning for the money. Very civilised. Very English. They usually have eggs, orange juice, bread etc which you can pre-order. I believe in France they do the same with bottles of wine.

teddy
 

Dorsetmike

Member
I often hear the delivery vehicle (electric "milk float") about 2.30am when I can't sleep; must be over 30 years since we stopped having milk delivered, and bread deliveries more than 40 years.
 

teddy

Duckmeister
I actually like the sound of the electric milk float. It is a reassuring sound to me. Living on an estuary as a child I got used to all sorts of noises, some of them almost subliminal. We never crept around the house when we had young children, assuming that they liked the reassurance that we were still there.

teddy
 

JHC

Chief assistant to the assistant chief
No, the milkman leaves the milk on your doorstep at about 5 am and calls round on a Saturday morning for the money. Very civilised. Very English. They usually have eggs, orange juice, bread etc which you can pre-order. I believe in France they do the same with bottles of wine.

teddy
It would all be gone in 2 minutes in some places
 
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