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Eddie Mair | 15:04 UK time, Friday, 5 September 2008

Here are the first we were sent yesterday:

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Gordon Ross: "Here's a photo of my fish, ginger & spring onions"

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"Vicky's tea - about to eat it with my boyf. on a rainy day in Hove."


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Betty: "Cooking lovely steak sausages - boiled spuds - carrots - onions and courgettes for hubbies tea. MMM yummee...."


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Sent by Alistair Thomson: "early tea".


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Gary Dickson: It's a chicken and spinach curry, with potatoes and a good helping of garlic (about to go in the oven, eventually to be served with rice)."


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Sent from an 02 phone!


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From Michelle Baldwin.


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The caption sent with this was: "How abysmal... :-("

And this addition just in from a Mr Sykes in Iran: "Tea Time in Teheran":
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  • 1. At 3:58pm on 05 Sep 2008, eddiemair wrote:

    This comment has been referred to the moderators. Explain.

  • 2. At 4:05pm on 05 Sep 2008, Gillianian wrote:

    Yes, Eddie - VERY testing, especially when I'm trying not to eat anything else til dinner time ;o)

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  • 3. At 4:10pm on 05 Sep 2008, eddiemair wrote:

    Mmm. I posted a photo that Hugh sent in from Iran...it appears on my "prep" screen but not here. Mmmm.

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  • 4. At 4:28pm on 05 Sep 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

    We have a yellow le Creuset pot similar to the one in photo five. We got it at an auction center with a box of other stuff for four pounds. It was only thing we wanted from the box.

    Eddie, Do you mean tasting?

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  • 5. At 4:30pm on 05 Sep 2008, Hugh wrote:

    EddieMair (3):

    Shoma deevaneh!

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  • 6. At 4:40pm on 05 Sep 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

    I went to a lot of trouble (cold spag) to post that photo of spag bol and homemade raspberry wine....

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  • 7. At 5:18pm on 05 Sep 2008, Thunderbird wrote:

    Home made raspberry wine, is the no end to your depravity?

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  • 8. At 5:25pm on 05 Sep 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

    Tbird 7, As you will never see its beautiful red color, you won't know. I also make apple, redcurrant, elderberry, elderflower, blackberry, and any other fruit I can steal.

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  • 9. At 5:26pm on 05 Sep 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

    Tbird 7, But no wall depravity to fill.

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  • 10. At 5:45pm on 05 Sep 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

    Uh oh, we have an ex-spurt judging the food in the photos we sent in. So much for the venison and red wine. And he named the sender!!

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  • 11. At 5:47pm on 05 Sep 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

    Eddie, I will sue if your ex-spurt (Anthony Worrel-Thompson) mentions my name and takes the peepee out of my spag bol and homemade raspberry wine.

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  • 12. At 6:00pm on 05 Sep 2008, JaycieBee wrote:

    Gary, sorry mate, but that looks very much like the reason I left my wife and took a catering course.

    Suggest you buy good quality take aways and save on washing up liquid !

    JCB

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  • 13. At 6:54pm on 05 Sep 2008, Big Sister wrote:

    PMHugh(5): You rascal ;o)

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  • 14. At 8:46pm on 05 Sep 2008, Hugh wrote:

    Eddie's been MODDED...

    for writing one word.

    The word was

    "testing"

    Is that something rude in a 'foreign' language?

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  • 15. At 9:30pm on 05 Sep 2008, Stewart_M wrote:

    Good to know even the blog's owner can be modded!! ANd Mr McNickle, I have a cruset dish the same as that in picture 2.

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  • 16. At 11:57pm on 05 Sep 2008, jonnie wrote:

    This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the House Rules.

  • 17. At 11:59pm on 05 Sep 2008, U10783173 wrote:

    This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the House Rules.

  • 18. At 00:01am on 06 Sep 2008, jonnie wrote:

    Apart from Hugh's beautiful display - I thought what a lovely photo Alistair Thomson and his baby made?

    Sooooo cute

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  • 19. At 00:08am on 06 Sep 2008, jonnie wrote:

    Interesting also to observe the different dishes,

    I hope that Vicky in Hove and her Boyfriend won't have to go to Emergency after eating that - though a mouthful looks tempting -

    and as for Betty! - well most of it looks healthy - but three sausauges each is pushing the fat guidelines a little.

    With Vicky and betty's meals in mind - I'd like to see pictures of the froggers tummy's, alongside their meals. :-)

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  • 20. At 5:12pm on 06 Sep 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

    jonnie 19, Somebody named Betty got their dish dissed by the garden gnome on PM yesterday.

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  • 21. At 5:14pm on 06 Sep 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

    pmHugh 14,
    Testing.

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  • 22. At 5:16pm on 06 Sep 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

    Betty, I wish our cooker and pots were as clean as yours.

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  • 23. At 5:22pm on 06 Sep 2008, KhaharBozorg wrote:

    PMHugh: Very testing ;o)

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  • 24. At 5:58pm on 06 Sep 2008, Chris_Ghoti wrote:

    Sausages come by the pound, six or eight in the packet. They don't keep very well once the pack has been opened or defrosted. So if someone wants to give sausages to two people, what's the choice? Eat three each, or take four and freeze the other two hoping one will remember them before their 'eat by' date on some day when only one person is eating, or throw them away, or go out and press them into the hands of a street person.

    Whether they push the fat guidelines or not depends a great deal on the quality of the sausages, too: catering ones that come by the dozens, or the cheapest ones from the supermarket, maybeso; the ones from the local butcher may have less percentage of fat in them by a considerable amount, and the cheapest ones in the supermarket usually aren't Cumberland ones. And a lot probably depends on the cooking method too: if they are grilled, much of the fat is likely to end up in the grill-pan rather than the stomach. (Yes, I know, Betty's are clearly being fried, but it's worth noting, isn't it?)

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  • 25. At 09:31am on 07 Sep 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

    C_G 24, We always refer to the stuff we are looking for in the freezer as being down with the dinosaur chops. I woud eat Betty's meal with no worries, including the sausages.

    As I have said, I was just annoyed that Eddie dragged the garden gnome on to PM to complain about the healthiness of the food in our photos. He could have warned us beforehand. As I remember, A W_T came near the bottom of the heap in that BBC competion to feed a lot of 'important' people.

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  • 26. At 11:05pm on 07 Sep 2008, U10783173 wrote:

    I haven't a baldy notion what I wrote at (17). If it has been moderated I hope it was really, really rude.

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  • 27. At 08:43am on 08 Sep 2008, Sid wrote:

    '... the cheapest ones in the supermarket usually aren't Cumberland ones ...'

    Well, don't sound so surprised!

    Sid Cumberland

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  • 28. At 09:39am on 08 Sep 2008, annasee wrote:

    I love that last photo from Mr Sykes. What a glorious atmosphere it conjures up. Not sure about the sugar lumps though. How's the dental decay level in Iran? Let me guess, probably rather high...

    Speaking of the health police, I was too embarrassed to send in a picture of our dinner for last Thursday, because it included oven chips. Pressure of time (we'd been out of the house for 12 hours) my only excuse. But it goes against all my principles to use them. And to be honest, they were like little sticks of stodgy fat - didn't even crisp up. Serves me right for buying them. Back to the brown rice!

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  • 29. At 10:12am on 08 Sep 2008, Big Sister wrote:

    Mmmm, PMHugh, can we all join you? We'll bring our own rugs ...

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  • 30. At 12:09pm on 08 Sep 2008, Vyle Hernia wrote:

    I thoroughly enjoyed the comments on food during Friday's programme. Excellent audience participation. Maybe this entry chould be in the Glass Box.

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