Don’t bother with the starch washing, it doesn’t work. The trick is to use a saucepan with a heavy lid. Use the ratio of 2:1 water:rice. Lightly saute the rice first in butter on high heat, add salt, then add boiling water. Put on the lid and drop the heat to the lowest setting your stove can handle. And leave it for…

So you’re looking forward to all that advance chatter from the non-America members here when they see the movies ahead of the US.

I would love them to have a round where the contestants compete to out-camp each other, the winner being crowned Queen. And they should call it Ready Gayer One..

The Quiet Place and Blockers is already here (as is Duck Duck Goose and Ghost Story- released for school half-term holidays). And Infinity War is opening on the 19th...

Or “a gel”. It’s how they define cheese too.

Counterpoint- it can be absolutely heartbreaking to lose chickens to a fox strike (as happened to our chickens). After we lost our last pair, my wife decided that we would never have any again. It’s a pity, I really miss their little presences in the back garden.

The advantage over here in Ireland is that a pancake is a crepe and even my kids can rustle one of those up in 5 minutes...

I noticed that too- I was wondering if it was my browser.

In Europe, Dutch Oven means something altogether different...

In Europe, Dutch Oven means something altogether different...

I see no problem with eating out with young children/babies. Three rules though:

My kids (12 and 16) always order their steaks rare to medium-rare (depending on the cut).

In fairness, hopless beers are hardly a new thing- we still have beers on the market with the likes of heather and bog-oak as the bittering agent.

The jaeger designs from the first were incredible- Even the most generic one (Gipsy Danger) was still great looking. There was a website which showed other designs from the other countries (that were not in the movie).

I once pointed out to a vegetarian that the leather jacket he was wearing came from an animal. His response was “I’m just wearing what the meat-eaters left behind.” to which I replied “I’m just eating what the leather-wearing vegetarians left behind.”

That makes sense. I always wondered why masturbation depicted in American TV/film required “lotion”. And one day I realised it’s to make up for the fact that the wankers don’t have any foreskins.

You’re Wrong.

I loved the way that, as they were pushing the camera put his rectal passage, they were playing the theme tune to Doctor Who.

I think that if you consider the whole thing a Zero Sum Game, then you need to use number of meals paid for as the metric rather than the amount paid. If a friend buys as many meals for you as you do for them, that’s a good friend.

Ha, that was my first thought too. What is it about America and Male Genital Mutilation?

It’s just a label. But like most labels, they cease to have any meaning when the definition becomes so nebulous that it’s practically meaningless- It’s like “vegetarian” which now includes people who eat fish; poultry; and/or bacon.