WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?

[Big Kev]

Peas are a staple at Chez Kev too. Guess what I've made for tea?

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I should put it in Mystery Objects and give clues as to the filling

[Stanley]

Oh please do! It might get a better response than my objects have of late......
Yesterday I had Ham, Chicken and veggies X three and also a clandestine egg salad butty at Barlic Bites.

[PanBiker]

I don't think any of Mandy's butties are illicit, It's all in your mind.

[Big Kev]

Everything in moderation, I have found a small amount of carbohydrates is beneficial to my digestive system. Wholemeal bread and pasta I find very tasty, a small amount of basmati rice is a better option to whole grain rice too (especially with a curry).

[Stanley]

Oh but they are Ian. If I exceed a very small quantity of bread I know all about it! It has le3d to 999 calls for ambulances before now. I find that happens when I start to relax my bans on bread and sugars. I am OK as long as I don't exceed the odd salad buttie or a small amount of spuds or apples each day. As soon as I relax that it hits me like a brick so I shall continue to enjoy the occasional salad buttie but regard it as illicit......
Yesterday I had Ham, chicken and veggies X three for breakfast, dinner and tea.
Another thing I have found out suits me is three small hot meals a day at regular intervals. We live and learn......

[Stanley]

Ham chicken and veggies X three. I shall be veggie cooking today and roasting my chicken tomorrow.

[Stanley]

Back up after second sleep and having a hot drink before I cook veggies for the week.

[Stanley]

I had the last of last week's cooking for breakfast and tea. Dinner was a nibble on the veggies I was cooking, but not much as I never feel hungry while I am cooking..... Today I shall roast my chicken so it will be a vegetarian breakfast!

[Stanley]

Straight veggies for breakfast but then chicken and veggies for dinner and tea after I cooked my chicken in the morning. We are back on track again.....

[Stanley]

Chicken and veggies X three for breakfast dinner and tea.....

[Stanley]

I had chicken and veggies for breakfast and tea. Dinner was a Fish and some mushy peas from the chippy in Town Square.....

[Big Kev]

30g of wholemeal spaghetti with chicken, chorizo, mushroom and tomato washed down with a very nice Rioja from Aldi. Another 45 minutes of work and I'm done until Monday

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[PanBiker]

Brushetta Ezios for starter, toasted sour dough bread with chopped tomatoes olive oil, garlic, basil and flaked Parmesan. Spaghetti Carbonara, spaghetti with bacon, egg with cream and black pepper. Sweet was a Biscoff cheesecake. Good time was had by all.

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[Stanley]

Why does Rioja have that brass wire mesh on the bottles? I've been asking for years.....
I had chicken and veggies X three for breakfast dinner and tea.

[PanBiker]

Why does Rioja have that brass wire mesh on the bottles? I've been asking for years.....

Branding.

[Big Kev]

Why does Rioja have that brass wire mesh on the bottles? I've been asking for years.....

My understanding is that it was a security measure. High quality wines had a gold mesh around the bottle, to stop the cork being removed and the wine replaced with something cheaper.

[PanBiker]

Better answer than mine Kev, same as Champagne and other variants, although I suppose that is probably more to keep the cork in place under pressure.

[Big Kev]

Better answer than mine Kev, same as Champagne and other variants, although I suppose that is probably more to keep the cork in place under pressure.

I could be talking rubbish but that's what I was always told. I suppose Google probably knows

[PanBiker]

I could be talking rubbish but that's what I was always told. I suppose Google probably knows

Here we go, from said search engine:

Why does Rioja have wire on the bottle?
"Early in the 20th century as some of Rioja's producers had made great improvements and offered wines far superior to others, unscrupulous merchants started to paste labels from the top wines onto undistinguished bottles. To prevent this, the wineries started putting wire mesh around their bottles."
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21 Dec 2011

On the money Kev

[Big Kev]

the bottle I had, from Aldi, was less than a fiver and very good. Certainly recommend it.

[Stanley]

I like that last answer Ian but I suspect my old mate and wine merchant John Martinez was right when he said that nobody could remember what the reason was and it was just tradition. The same as Ian's first answer really.
(None of the mesh I have seen was tight enough or strong enough to retain the cork.....)
I had chicken and veggies X three yesterday. It's nicely on song now.....

[PanBiker]

No but the wire mesh was to discern between the genuine wine and re-labelled cheaper substitutes.

Wired corks for pressure purposes on other types of plonk.

[Stanley]

Chicken and veggies X three for breakfast dinner and tea.

[Big Kev]

Katsu chicken with oriental stir fried vegetables and noodles.

[PanBiker]

It will be takeaway for us tonight from Usmaniyah. Kids were supposed to be coming round but our Carla will have to give it a miss, her husband Ant has torn his Achilles and has a hospital appointment. Likely to have to wear a boot for at least 9 weeks, ouch!

Our Jack will be here and great minds think alike we are both having Shahee Byriani, Jack wants his Rogan Josh sauce extra hot, I think I will order medium for myself.