tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post488035129117381567..comments2023-04-26T03:57:43.775+01:00Comments on The Magpie Files: Adventures in Gastronomyalice chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-51402133976822728612007-11-21T17:05:00.000+00:002007-11-21T17:05:00.000+00:00That is funny.That is funny.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08957439866764235491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-39064099859886104442007-11-20T20:54:00.000+00:002007-11-20T20:54:00.000+00:00Hello Lissa Jane! Welcome to Chez Magpie. I think ...Hello Lissa Jane! Welcome to Chez Magpie. I think that I should make it clear that it is entirely my fault that my children cannot cook - they have never needed to. Now that he needs to learn my son is showing a lot more interest.alice chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-79551689022709069922007-11-20T14:58:00.000+00:002007-11-20T14:58:00.000+00:00Love it!!!Love it!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352283065863856112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-25077567906101096562007-11-20T05:22:00.000+00:002007-11-20T05:22:00.000+00:00While at college, I made a similar phone call home...While at college, I made a similar phone call home -- I wanted to cook a special dinner for a special person, and didn't know how.<BR/>My mother talked me through much of it, including telling me to get to Heffers to buy the Joy of Cooking.<BR/><BR/>I still recall laughing when a friend was looking at my bookshelves a few months later and said "Oh, you have the Joy of.... oh! cooking!"<BR/><BR/>BreadBoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14551973313066578118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-63170695246371950122007-11-20T03:08:00.000+00:002007-11-20T03:08:00.000+00:00I'd be happy with any master or miss cooking anyth...I'd be happy with any master or miss cooking anything... <BR/><BR/>I thought frozen peas were lollies when I was a kid, so mum didn't tell me any different, I remember sneaking them out of the freezer until I went to school and learnt that 'frozen peas are not sweets'... <BR/><BR/><BR/>LissaLissa Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06119914465709077744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-65528791113826363752007-11-19T23:02:00.000+00:002007-11-19T23:02:00.000+00:00Hee, hee.Hope the dinner turned out!Hee, hee.<BR/><BR/>Hope the dinner turned out!carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038972194323564240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-87246811143319477152007-11-19T22:51:00.000+00:002007-11-19T22:51:00.000+00:00The first time my son wanted to make noodles he as...The first time my son wanted to make noodles he asked, "So... how do you boil water?"<BR/><BR/>Perhaps my son could be a consultant to your son and between them they could manage frozen peas!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-58608267282626848922007-11-19T16:08:00.000+00:002007-11-19T16:08:00.000+00:00and then mine would follow that with:I knew that.and then mine would follow that with:<BR/>I knew that.blackbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474831322702380602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-27769647241546606412007-11-19T13:45:00.000+00:002007-11-19T13:45:00.000+00:00That's ma boy !That's ma boy !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-78471771583909022042007-11-19T12:56:00.000+00:002007-11-19T12:56:00.000+00:00Oh, my goodness...that is too funny! But frozen pe...Oh, my goodness...that is too funny! But frozen peas has saved many a meal in many households I suspect! Happy week to you all ((HUGS))Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-56201775411633876282007-11-19T12:44:00.000+00:002007-11-19T12:44:00.000+00:00Frozen peas still frozen are a special treat in ou...Frozen peas still frozen are a special treat in our house. I know, I'm a mean mummy. I had them believing grapes were sweeties for a long time too.dottycookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295592896941235130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-33606287757048373292007-11-19T09:12:00.000+00:002007-11-19T09:12:00.000+00:00think positive - he knows how to cook steak!!think positive - he knows how to cook steak!!tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908739057086813722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-80851951011916684642007-11-19T08:54:00.000+00:002007-11-19T08:54:00.000+00:00Perhaps an 'indoor' Ray Mears survival course is c...Perhaps an 'indoor' Ray Mears survival course is called for!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-9214804855607131012007-11-19T07:32:00.000+00:002007-11-19T07:32:00.000+00:00I bow before Peppermintpatcher (aka Tracey) who vi...I bow before Peppermintpatcher (aka Tracey) who visits here and seems to have instilled in her children some magical cooking abilities.<BR/><BR/>Some evil little part of me would have thought briefly about letting him find out the hard way!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578720378832806483noreply@blogger.com