Bob is in particularly fine form this morning. It still amazes Angus how enthusiastic the family fellow is about life. Did previous generations of PONs always rush to the front door, tail wagging, at such high speed ? Did they show such a keen interest in any and everything ? Is this joie de vivre a Bob specific thing ? Perhaps Angus is slowing and the PONs have always been high speed companions ?
The supermarket now has a fully fledged exotic products aisle. It provides an interesting insight into national tastes in food.
The Polish section is stocked with bottled beetroot, gherkins and cucumbers.The English shelves are full of crisps, baked beans, canned peas, Heinz salad cream and organic spelt.
According to the supermarket stock controllers Americans would seem to live on a diet of jelly beans, peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies. The jars of Fluff remain lined up and completely untouched. Perhaps marshmallow spread is simply too exotic for local tastes ?
The hoverboards don't seem to be selling. A further 33% reduction has been applied in order to shift them.
The underground car park in front of the cathedral has been filled in. The lady at the bakers thinks a garden is planned. I've heard of car parks being demolished but never filled in. Angus wonders what alternative arrangements have been made for shoppers.
Four things I saw yesterday :
Dog and cat :
https://twitter.com/i/status/1150090057329586181
How cool is this ? :
https://twitter.com/MichaelaWiegel/status/1150323769648582656
A Simone Weil quote from Laphams Quarterly :
https://mailchi.mp/laphamsquarterly/back-matter-simone-weil-thinks-about-revolution?e=171f023a74
This Edinburgh restaurant has an interesting dinner menu. Pepper dulse is a new one on me :
https://fhior.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/SAMPLE-Dinner-Menu-1.pdf
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Let's hope with the discounts on hoverboards, you don't get the whole family of tykes riding outside your gate.
Canned peas (yuk, school dinners) and organic spelt on the same shelf indicate an attempt to appeal to a wide British demographic.
The flying soldier is super cool. (Although I have to admit my first thought was that you-know-who will be very upset if he cannot have one himself for next year's 4th of July celebration on the Mall. Or better yet, a whole flock!)
Considering the cost of building underground parking, this one must have some serious structural problems to make the town fill it in. OTOH, do people use it? The underground parking in Toulouse tends to fill up because street parking is nearly impossible. But in Carcassonne, free street parking is plentiful and locals loathe paying for the underground spots.
Hari OM
You offered us quite the selection today, Angus... meanwhile, "Fhior allows you to enjoy food and hospitality delivered with passion and skill, without pretension" - methinks by opening such a place, the owners might have overlooked the irony of that last part of the statement! YAM xx
New Town in Edinburgh is not noted for its lack of pretentiousness.
Pepper dulse - I wonder if they mean dulce? And skirlie -as someone from south of the border (and a long way south these days) what on earth is that? Pretensions indeed!
As for the flying soldier - what great fun - and where can we buy one of those? Not the soldier, just his jet propelled boots! Think of all the traffic jams that could be avoided in future! I rather think that Sophie might like one of those too, -she could creep up on those darned cats!
Pepper dulse, according to Wikipedia, is: "Osmundea pinnatifida is a species of red alga known by the common name pepper dulse. It is a small seaweed widely found with the tidal zone of moderately sheltered rocky shores around Britain and Europe."
In other words, a type of seaweed. Although a great variety of seaweed is eaten, however, I am in doubt as to whether it's all actually edible or just added to indicate the lack of pretensions that are otherwise painfully obvious in that menu!
Thanks for the share. We love the cute close up face photo. Our supermarkets around here have been trying and some have with having different kinds of food now. Maybe it's time to try something new. Have a great day.
World of Animals
Pepper dulse is a new one to me, but dried dulse, in flake form, is readily available on the US east coast and is a good addition to the diet. Yes, it's seaweed, and it's loaded with good minerals and so on. Lots of other seaweeds are used in various regional cuisines, although I've never before seen it touted as Scottish.
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