Deny thy burger and refuse thy bacon, and if thou wilt not, be but corn my lovage and I will no longer be a cabbage head - 10/10 thread. All welcome!

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Your. . your. . .word. . . .for you or me FK?

[horror and shame]

It's not me you know. It is Anne. She is bossy and tyrannical, I am gourmet and messy.

Please - a carrot cake recipe that tastes goods

FK doesn't mean you silly! She means herself, although I'm sure she's not at all like that either.

I like UnderRated.

We have candles at dinner usually. Not anything fancy, maybe a tea light in a glass pot or even on its own, I like the ritual of it, and the flicker. Bistro sounds fun.

I had an enormous chicken and vegetable stir-fry with no noodles or rice as I ate so much toast earlier and all I keep thinking about is a plate of veg with no rice. Its hardly deprivation is it but I keep checking out the cupboards as I walk past.

LOL 100, FK meant herself not YOU
that was an uncharacteristic paranoid moment

My word for you 100 would be numpty.

Not really.

It would be something nice - but one word isn't enough is it, would have be be an amalgamation, like 'practicapablunny'

Snort!

Sorry 100!

I meant meeeeeeeeee

didn't everyone describe others in two words here once?

Yes, I think OverRated was making me a bit depressed actually!

Nigella's carrotcake cupcake recipe is ok - do you want me to type it up? I had a great recipe but it's somewhere in a box in England.

Yes, I remember that MrsC, was good.

Am still snorting at the though of FK suddenly becoming incredibly rude and calling 100 tyrannical.

Phew.

She is worryingly silent. God, it would be awful if she meant me though wouldn't it?

I am paranoid. It was a edgy business. DS2 took a long time, and he stared at me and kept smiling to himself, and I glared at him and eventually he said 'Warm'. I'm telling you, it was nerve-wracking.

And I am ashamed to say that particulalry under my own roof, I am

Eldest child and all that

Oh no she has spoken.

LOL.

thank god.

No we mustn't play that game MrsC. I couldn't stand it again this evening.

I'm an eldest child, I'm not tyrannical. I could probably do with a little more tyranny and a little less anarchy though.

I don;t think we better had play, no

I was away then, but I remember skim reading it, have forgotten what everyone was though.

Ur - I have to disagree and say those cupcakes are quite disappointing, far too light and dry for my liking.

UnderRated is v good, it also abbreviates better as I always thought it looked we were saying OR, as in the word or

Overrun is a fab 10 / 10er who was with us way way back in the dark ages, wasn't she Avi? When we just banged stones together to communicate with each other. She moved house, lost her pc connection and half dropped off the face of MN so it is lovely when she comes back for a bit

that has reminded me of two things

one a joke one of the teenage girls made up today: what is a chicken's favourite way to communicate with its peers? MS-Hen

ROFL

and

I was on the phone last night to sensible business person, doing my best phone voice with no sloppy Essex accent and trying to use posh diction and everything

and I said "I found your number on the interweb"

aaaaargh
spent the nest 5 minutes not listening to a word she said, just thinking "oh god I said INTERWEB, oh god, shall I say "sorry about that, when I said interweb" or shall I leave it, oh GOD" etc etc

ooh I saw Juno
it is very good yes indeed

lol at interweb popping out just when you wish to sound least provincial

I want to see Juno

I have eaten stuff as well

erm mange tout, baby corn, carrots
not v good is it, but I did have major fruity breakfast. Will have more fruit in a minute

it's v good MrsC
really v good indeed

I think I may have got the the 10/10 today you know. Because normally I might only get one side of the 10, well not normally but you know what I mean.

But actually I have done the other 10 because of all the dog walking. TWO walks today.

And [ahem]

Raisins (in porridge, is that allowed?], orange juice, fennel, beans, carrots, celery, tomatoes, courgettes (in soup), and tonight roasted pots, carrots, broccoli, celery and cauliflower with supper.

Come on. That's got to be 10/10 for the first time EVER.

[10/10 GOURMET emoticon]

Oh I'm pleased you liked Juno F&Z. I wanted you to like it. It has gone rather HUGE since I saw it hasn't it?

And I had this delicious Rhubarb yoghurt too.

God it's the exercise and fresh air. I'm hungry. I didn't used to be hungry when I sit inside drinking coffee and eating Brie.