tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post3566195002738596382..comments2023-04-26T03:57:43.775+01:00Comments on The Magpie Files: Last Minute Panicsalice chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-16855012231653744002007-10-31T13:33:00.000+00:002007-10-31T13:33:00.000+00:00We have a flock of about 30 pigeons living in/on o...We have a flock of about 30 pigeons living in/on our silo if MrM is interested!! :)He'd have to do the shooting and cooking of course....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-1472758084398489602007-10-31T12:02:00.000+00:002007-10-31T12:02:00.000+00:00gms - I clearly have not told you/bored you about ...gms - I clearly have not told you/bored you about the famous school spam fritter strike in deepest Lincolnshire during the 3 day week in the early '70s.<BR/><BR/>MasterM and MissM can give a pretty accurate verbatim account if needed.<BR/><BR/>Needless to say the strike was effective and spam fritters did not emerge from the school kitchen ever again. The pity was that I quite liked them on an Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-33606212669943909422007-10-31T08:47:00.000+00:002007-10-31T08:47:00.000+00:00Back to work MrM otherwise you will get me started...Back to work MrM otherwise you will get me started on nostalgia!<BR/>Did you have to endure sardines on fried bread for breakfast? We used to call it the miracle breakfast- one barley loaf and two small fishes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-41722108198247245872007-10-30T21:30:00.000+00:002007-10-30T21:30:00.000+00:00Tuck ?! These young people should count themselves...Tuck ?! These young people should count themselves lucky.<BR/><BR/>In my day we were reduced to shooting the local pigeons to supplement the rations ! Town pigeons do not make great cuisine as they live on a diet of chewing gum and other detritus. In case you think I am joking MasterM's godfather was the chef as he was best qualified (doing an A level in Biology and subsequently became a senior Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-15468160385383546852007-10-30T19:47:00.000+00:002007-10-30T19:47:00.000+00:00Lovely!PLovely!<BR/><BR/>PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-56078621759216676232007-10-30T17:48:00.000+00:002007-10-30T17:48:00.000+00:00I would have a hard time with my son gone. When h...I would have a hard time with my son gone. When he goes away to school I told him I wanted him at a school that is close to us...however, I am looking forward to him leaving home. Can't wait really, well sort of.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08957439866764235491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-13034055409733538412007-10-30T17:21:00.000+00:002007-10-30T17:21:00.000+00:00so do you need a courier for all these forgotten t...so do you need a courier for all these forgotten things, or can you send them with an owl like at hogwarts?tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908739057086813722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-18500071034120960202007-10-30T16:13:00.000+00:002007-10-30T16:13:00.000+00:00Welcome to ChezMagpie Liz! I am trying hard to ima...Welcome to ChezMagpie Liz! I am trying hard to imagine getting up at midnight to fry sausages but I'm not getting there. It is the thought of the smell lingering on your dressing gown. Ewwww....alice chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-40291410983449824782007-10-30T15:28:00.000+00:002007-10-30T15:28:00.000+00:00Ooh, you brought back distant memories of reading ...Ooh, you brought back distant memories of reading about the twins at St Clare's. I didn't go to boarding school but I did re-create the descriptions in the books of midnight feasts, getting up in the night (by myself) to fry sausages. It helped that my parents had a grocery store and we lived on the premises.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-33660564656210079352007-10-30T14:48:00.000+00:002007-10-30T14:48:00.000+00:00Welcome to ChezMagpie RW! Yes, bacon and cheese an...Welcome to ChezMagpie RW! Yes, bacon and cheese and sausages. They have a fridge and limited coooking facilities and as far as I can make out he cooks the bacon and the sausages and then melts the cheese on top and puts it between two slices of bread. We are not talking haute cuisine here. And I don't have to worry about the food going off because he eats it very quickly and then calls to tell mealice chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-52932105822717468252007-10-30T14:40:00.000+00:002007-10-30T14:40:00.000+00:00Do you actually send bacon and cheese to the schoo...Do you actually send bacon and cheese to the school? Where do they keep it?RWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11391821500572006905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-42177990511165235492007-10-30T12:49:00.000+00:002007-10-30T12:49:00.000+00:00Wait for university load ups. I recently had an in...Wait for university load ups. I recently had an interesting culinary conversation with a lady in a well known local supermarket on the merits of tinned coconut milk as compared with the solid block. Her very full trolley had significant ingredients for Thai cookery, hence the conversation. It turned out that the whole trolleyful was destined to keep her daughter (who only just looked 18) in 'tuckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-62986284662205790502007-10-30T10:59:00.000+00:002007-10-30T10:59:00.000+00:00It's just the same here - I ferry them off to scho...It's just the same here - I ferry them off to school and over the course of hours I get phone calls or find things they've left behind.<BR/><BR/>Was it hard to let them go when they first went? I'm never letting Youngest go anywhere. He's never leaving me.blackbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474831322702380602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-91591823860258104802007-10-30T08:07:00.000+00:002007-10-30T08:07:00.000+00:00It happens everyday here at Willow House!It happens everyday here at Willow House!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com