What are YOU doing here?

Post by **Avatar** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 4:30 am

--A

Post by **MsMary** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 3:05 am

Except for Stevie G, who continues to periodically check in.

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 2:43 pm

I'm listening to this song> https://youtu.be/3jCnAAeEJSQ?list=PLcHq ... IjUfUSVf31

And I wanted to give the story about my new av somewhere, here seems good. It was posted on facebook by the US Dept. of the Interior, of all things.

A beautiful photo of first light at Glacier National Park in Montana. Of the image, photographer Kevin LeFevre says: "While shooting the sunrise at Bowman Lake, we were graced with this meandering doe. I scrambled to change my camera settings to accommodate the movement and pulled off this solitary photo. A once in a lifetime." While parts of Glacier are closed because of #ReynoldsCreekFire, most of the park remains open, including Bowman Lake area. Photo courtesy of Kevin LeFevre.

Post by **Sorus** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 7:21 pm

That is a really beautiful picture.

Post by **Avatar** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 5:37 am

Procrastinating.

--A

Post by **sgt.null** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 8:47 am

having toast

Post by **peter** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 11:06 am

Do you guys have Marmite in the US; it's like Vegemite, but stronger?Seriously good on toast.

Post by **Sorus** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 8:24 pm

I've seen it in import-type shops, but not in regular supermarkets. Never tried it.

Post by **Avatar** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 5:15 am

Several points before Sarge gets in with his usual retort to any mention of Marmite:

1) It's a hell of a lot better than Vegemite. (And Bovril)
2) It's very salty.
3) You either love it or hate it.

I love it. It's one of the things my kitchen is never without. You know, the stuff you replace before it's finished, so you never have to face the terrible prospect of a day when it is not an option.

--A

Post by **peter** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 11:10 am

Beyond minor differences in external appearance Av and I could almost be the same person!

[Sorry Av - I take it back; no-one deserves that

]

Sorus - get some in! I personally guarentee a refund if you are not raised to a new and more exaulted plane of existance by the experience!

Post by **Avatar** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 4:34 am

Hey, if you like Marmite...

Sorus, I warn you, you may consider it the worst culinary experience of your life.

(My GF hates it. Can't stand even the sight of it.

)

--A

Post by **Sorus** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 8:39 pm

I am not adventurous when it comes to trying new food, though I will admit I've always been a bit curious about Marmite. The one place I know I can definitely get it is not in an area I frequent, and I'm not curious enough to make a special trip, but next time I am in that neighborhood I will try to remember.

Was amused by a review on the shop's webpage - here's an excerpt:

A World Market reviewer wrote: ...it was absolutely disgusting, at first. I actually bought some of those mini toasts and spread it on those. It reminded me of vinegar and oyster sauce and burnt radioactive materials and then burned hair and then spoonfuls of salt and the texture reminded me of mucus or maybe I'm just imagining that this texture is the same kind as the unicorn blood I saw on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Or the Philosopher's stone, in the UK). So if there were evil unicorns in England, I think Marmite would be their blood that comes out after you sniped them from a distance with some hunting hounds or something. I don't know, so I tried it a second time...it was still absolutely and despicably horrid and the mucusy, viscid texture just coated my tongue and teeth like I had a cold and all this slime was coming up from my lungs. I guess the reason I gave this an excellent rating is because I knew what I was getting into, I knew I was putting something completely foreign into my body, and it met my expectations that I would probably despise it. But I paid for it and I plan on eating it all.

Post by **Savor Dam** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 12:28 am

Came to the Watch to avoid work, which is thoroughly demotivating of late.

Uplifted by the story provided by deer about her new avatar.

Not into Marmite and the variations thereon. If I want something in that genre at all, a good tapenade hits the spot.

Take discussion to the Galley...

Post by **Avatar** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 5:15 am

Great review.

Cheese and Marmite is awesome. Also with butter on toast, which you dip in your tea, or mixed with butter to form a beige paste and spread on Marie biscuits. Otherwise...uh...I put a teaspoon in while cooking spaghetti bolognaise. That's about the extent of its usefulness.

--A

Post by **peter** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 11:00 am

Where am I?

Post by **JIkj fjds j** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 10:02 pm

qfufs wrote: Where am I?

I might have said the very same thing at 7am this morning. The air outside was thick with mist and any buildings down below were just faint grey outlines. Like being adrift on a cloud bound for nowhere.
Best of all was the freshness in the air, cool enough to stretch and yawn out on the balcony in my underpants without fear of anyone seeing me, and gulp in deep lungfulls of it.

I've been learning the art of Kundalini Yoga, and discovering with each new day a feeling of sheer exhillaration in simple things like breathing fresh morning air.

Post by **MsMary** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 11:46 pm

qfufs wrote:Do you guys have Marmite in the US; it's like Vegemite, but stronger?Seriously good on toast.

Yes.

Avatar wrote:Several points before Sarge gets in with his usual retort to any mention of Marmite:

1) It's a hell of a lot better than Vegemite. (And Bovril)
2) It's very salty.
3) You either love it or hate it.

I love it. It's one of the things my kitchen is never without. You know, the stuff you replace before it's finished, so you never have to face the terrible prospect of a day when it is not an option.

--A

And yes, again. Especial #3.

And now I want Marmite. I have some right here in my kitchen...

Post by **MsMary** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 11:56 pm

Avatar wrote:Great review. Cheese and Marmite is awesome. Also with butter on toast, which you dip in your tea, or mixed with butter to form a beige paste and spread on Marie biscuits. Otherwise...uh...I put a teaspoon in while cooking spaghetti bolognaise. That's about the extent of its usefulness.

--A

Ooh, Marmite and cheese!

The Marmite site has a few recipes.

Post by **MsMary** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 12:10 am

To answer the question what am I doing here: I came to read the forum while waiting for stuff to download.

Post by **Avatar** » Thu Nov 05, 2015 5:24 am

I'm catching up.

--A

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