shewho: (cheese!)
[personal profile] shewho
today i had porridge again with curried cabbage, but also with feta cheese.

it was alright. i think a different cheese would have been preferable, but the feta is at work and needs eating. (NO WASTE!)

***

i have not thought of an appropriate thing to give up for lent this year.
(2009 = meat
2008 = ? hmmm i can't remember takeaways (thanks tinytear!)
2007 = pints)

it will not be porridge

Date: 2010-02-17 03:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tiny-tear.livejournal.com
was 2008 takeaways, i have a vague memory of you being desperate for one

Date: 2010-02-17 03:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shewho.livejournal.com
oooh yes i think you're right! good memory!

Date: 2010-02-17 03:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dj-alexander.livejournal.com
You gave up pints in 2007? How do you buy milk?

Date: 2010-02-17 03:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shewho.livejournal.com
by the cow.

(for 'pints' read 'cider and beer'. this was the year i discovered WINE OBLITERATION.)

Date: 2010-02-17 03:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dj-alexander.livejournal.com
That's a bit pretentious. I like it!

Date: 2010-02-17 03:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] suicideally.livejournal.com
Milk cartons have been litres and half litres since before 2007, haven't they?

Date: 2010-02-17 03:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dj-alexander.livejournal.com
I just bought a pint of milk. It says 568 ml on the side, but they're fooling no-one.

Date: 2010-02-17 03:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] suicideally.livejournal.com
Oh, right, I thought they were in fully metric now! You're right, 568ml is just pretending to be metric.

Date: 2010-02-17 04:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dj-alexander.livejournal.com
To be fair I had a look at the Tesco website and it seems that the exotic milk (Cravendale, Yeo Valley etc) is all by the litre now, but the regular stuff is still by the pint (568ml, 1.136/2.272/3.408 ltr).

I doubt we'll ever truly give up on pints. It'll be like living in France, and nobody really wants that.

Date: 2010-02-17 03:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] suicideally.livejournal.com
I thought briefly about giving up alcohol for Lent, but about 2 seconds later I thought 'nah'.

Date: 2010-02-17 03:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shewho.livejournal.com
same here. i'm sort of kind of having a dry february anyway, so considered extending it. we shall see!

Date: 2010-02-17 03:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] charleston.livejournal.com
So did I but then remembered I'm going to Lisbon in two weeks time (that won out over Morocco in the end) and can't possibly go to Portugal without drinking port, that woudl be stupid!

Date: 2010-02-17 04:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tiny-tear.livejournal.com
in Lisbon go to an old man's bar and try Ginginha... a sort of cherry liqueur... i think there is a place near Rossio (a quite central square) that has it...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginjinha

http://www.10best.com/Lisbon,Portugal/Nightlife/Bars/19723/Ginginha_do_Rossio_Lisbon_PT/

Date: 2010-02-17 04:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tiny-tear.livejournal.com
I left Lisbon 10 years ago so not too up to date with what's more in right now, but if you want any tips ask away...

(the Bairro Alto is still the area to go for bars and restaurants though... that much I know...)

Date: 2010-02-17 05:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] green-badger.livejournal.com
Ooh, yes, definitely go there. It's the tiniest bar ever! Also, mmmm, Ginginha! You can order it with or without the cherries in.

Date: 2010-02-17 05:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tiny-tear.livejournal.com
I am actually a weird Portuguese who doesn't like either Port (apart from white port and lemonade) or Ginginha, but I know most of my friends like them so I recommend it
:-)

Date: 2010-02-17 03:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] exliontamer.livejournal.com
Cheese mwahahahaha.

Date: 2010-02-17 03:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shewho.livejournal.com
it's too late for that, i ate some today! PHEW!

(so, er, how IS the veganism going, eh? :P)

Date: 2010-02-17 03:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] exliontamer.livejournal.com
Very well, thanks! It's meant I've been eating lots of fruits and vegetables which is making me feel virtuous.

Date: 2010-02-17 04:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrs-leroy-brown.livejournal.com
I am giving up cheese! FEAR ME.

Also, filth.

I am so pious!

Date: 2010-02-17 04:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shewho.livejournal.com
for lent, or for good? i am not strong enough to give up cheese!

(does plastic cheese count?)

Date: 2010-02-17 04:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrs-leroy-brown.livejournal.com
For Lent, and then possibly for good with the occasional Rubbish Vegan moment (if it is rly good quality organical Borough Market cheese).

Plastic cheese counts too! I wonder how long I'll last.

Date: 2010-02-17 03:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hoshuteki.livejournal.com
GIVE UP LENT.

zing!

Date: 2010-02-17 03:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shewho.livejournal.com
PARADOX!

Date: 2010-02-17 03:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] green-badger.livejournal.com
Give up wine? Or is that too shocking?

Or, instead of giving something up, why not take up an exercisey thing? xxx

Date: 2010-02-17 03:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shewho.livejournal.com
yesbut i'm already kind of doing that!

and exercise would require time and or money. no no.

Date: 2010-02-17 04:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] green-badger.livejournal.com
You are giving up wine? What sort of freak are you? xxx

Date: 2010-02-17 03:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] green-badger.livejournal.com
Or how about giving up mid-week drinking? xxx

Date: 2010-02-17 03:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] charleston.livejournal.com
How about wanking?

Date: 2010-02-17 03:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] charleston.livejournal.com
that icon is highly irregular

Date: 2010-02-17 04:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] exliontamer.livejournal.com
OH GOD I'd forgotten about that. Hahahaha!

Date: 2010-02-17 03:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stoopidbird.livejournal.com
Give up FUN.

Date: 2010-02-17 03:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shewho.livejournal.com
what... is... FUN?

Date: 2010-02-17 04:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amuchmoreexotic.livejournal.com
How about mince?

Date: 2010-02-17 04:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shewho.livejournal.com
in porridge? or to give up?

it could work. would need something saucy with it, i imagine. a postcard of some boobs

Date: 2010-02-17 04:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amuchmoreexotic.livejournal.com
Sorry, I mean in porridge - giving up mince would be too easy.

Date: 2010-02-18 01:16 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
2月中に、東京で話し合いをしましょうね。
必ず。

Date: 2010-02-19 09:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com
What about caffeine? [livejournal.com profile] alextiefling has given that up again (it was his 2009 Lenten discipline as well) and had a couple of crap days but seems to be on good form.

Date: 2010-02-19 09:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shewho.livejournal.com
ah, see, i rarely drink coffee (it messes me up!) and don't like coke etc. i drink green and white teas only. so probably not!

Date: 2010-02-19 10:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com
He's given up chocolate too, ftb small amounts of caffeine. Maybe just give up chocolate? Or cake? Or some similar indulgence?

Date: 2010-02-19 10:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shewho.livejournal.com
heh, i feel all virtuous now. don't eat chocolate because i don't like it (cue chorus of WEIRDO) and rarely eat cake.

i think the ultimate challenge would have been cheese, but i am not that strong. and, er, my lunches next week are broccoli and blue cheese soup.

i think i may try giving up buying lunches during the work week. i've managed so far!

Date: 2010-02-19 11:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com
That's a good one, you'll live much more money left at the end of the month!

Date: 2010-02-19 10:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com
(I never in my life drink coffee, so that bit wouldn't be useful to me either. But caffeine, hm, I do do a bit of that.)
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