What time is the world supposed to end today?

[TheLightSideOfTheMoon]

Wondering if I could get out of going to work...

I don't parboil roasties. I used to until I was discussing roast dinner with the old folk I used to care for. They all said they didnt parboil and didn't understand where the obsession with doing so came from.

Put baking tray with oil (or fat if you don't need veggie potatoes) in the oven.

Peel and chop potatoes.
Put potatoes on tray.
Roast.

I can't believe people are still discussing spuds when the whole actual world is about to end.!
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@Samtsirch

I can't believe people are still discussing spuds when the whole actual world is about to end.! 🤣🤣🤣

Its important information. We might need to know in the next life. It might be something we get asked in order to get into heaven!

Can it at least wait till my cakes are out of the oven ffs?
Bloody world! It's ending every 5 minutes these days! Honestly it's worse than the BBC weather app! You never know whether to pop sun cream or a packamack in the car for an afternoon out

Hopefully after I have my roast beef.

@iklboo

Once you’ve par boiled your potatoes for roasts take the saucepan outside and shake them about

Why outside (curious)? Do I have to make them a picnic or bring wine?

Hah

I have a new roast potato method - par boil and do the rough up in a saucepan bit then I cover them in roast potato seasoning from M&S. It's bloody amazing - I think it is a mixture of semolina, salt pepper and onion granules and the potatoes are seriouly crunchy with an amazing flavour. I nearly had a tantrum in M&S Foodhall the other day when I found they had sold out. I roast the potatoes in lard now too instead of oil. Deeeelicious.

I've lived through a lot of end of the worlds - they always seem to be at the weekend. I guess Sunday is a pretty good day for the world to end though.

Its important information. We might need to know in the next life. It might be something we get asked in order to get into heaven!

I don't want to go to anywhere if there are no potatoes! Definately not heaven without them😄

I need to get the lamb in the oven if the world isn’t going to end - is it is I won’t bother.

Not being inpatient or anything - but shall I pre order an Indian takeaway for later or what?

‘Cos there’s no point scrimping on the sides of its going to be our last meal.

@ErrolTheDragon

You do know potatoes are just as nice not peeled, you can still mash them and so on without peeling them ?

They need peeling if they're going to be roasted.

Missing the point of the thread but roasties are nicer with skin left on imo

I actually love just a plain, boiled baby potato. I could eat them like grapes. We used to call the tiny ones ‘bools’ when I was a child and they were never sold - not you pay extra for a bag of baby new potatoes.

I've had a bloody miserable day and just spilt hot tea over myself so would appreciate it ending now if possible.
Not even any potatoes in the house never mind the oven. Dinner is salad. Salad isn't apocalyptic.

@SerenityNowwwww

I need to get the lamb in the oven if the world isn’t going to end - is it is I won’t bother.

Cut that lamb up into chops and grill, you don't have time for slow cooked braised lamb!

Good job I reserved a table at Milliways.

Well my DS has his first day back in school tomorrow but I am damned if I am wasting the last day of the world on ironing his uniform.

@SegregateMumBev

Good job I reserved a table at Milliways.

I thought about it but the last time I went the sales pitch from the menu items was quite off putting. I'm sticking to my 12 pints of beer and packs of peanuts.

Fuck vegetables, I'm aiming for hard drugs!

Jersey Royals are delicious roasted in their skins, in butter though.

Maybe its regional rather than age TheFormerPorpentina as my Mum was born in 1924 and I think she would have disinherited me if I had even considered roasting potatoes without parboiling and roughening them in the pan. That's how she did it and how her mother had taught her. It certainly isn't a modern idea.
I need to go and get mine startes in fact. If the world ends before 8pm I will be annoyed as I'm looking forward to tonight's roast.

@SegregateMumBev

Good job I reserved a table at Milliways.

I patiently spent most of the afternoon lying down with a towel over my face braced for the worst. But nothing happened so I've just put the dinner on.

Have a pan galactic gargle blaster, I know I am! At least, I think I am....

I wish it would hurry up. My heads bursting and tablets aren't touching it.

@MrsAvocet

Maybe its regional rather than age TheFormerPorpentina as my Mum was born in 1924 and I think she would have disinherited me if I had even considered roasting potatoes without parboiling and roughening them in the pan. That's how she did it and how her mother had taught her. It certainly isn't a modern idea. I need to go and get mine startes in fact. If the world ends before 8pm I will be annoyed as I'm looking forward to tonight's roast.

Possibly and my own Grandparents parboiled, although they are 10-20 years younger than the ladies at work. Either way I don't bother anymore and my roasties are as nice as always

I always, always have my towel with me.

And now I'm considering putting a potato peeler in my apocalypse backpack.

I always toss my roasties in tumeric and semolina. So nice