MORE PORRIDGE

[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

Comments

[tiny-tear.livejournal.com]

was 2008 takeaways, i have a vague memory of you being desperate for one

[shewho.livejournal.com]

oooh yes i think you're right! good memory!

[dj-alexander.livejournal.com]

You gave up pints in 2007? How do you buy milk?

[shewho.livejournal.com]

by the cow.

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

[dj-alexander.livejournal.com]

That's a bit pretentious. I like it!

[suicideally.livejournal.com]

Milk cartons have been litres and half litres since before 2007, haven't they?

[dj-alexander.livejournal.com]

I just bought a pint of milk. It says 568 ml on the side, but they're fooling no-one.

[suicideally.livejournal.com]

Oh, right, I thought they were in fully metric now! You're right, 568ml is just pretending to be metric.

[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.

[suicideally.livejournal.com]

I thought briefly about giving up alcohol for Lent, but about 2 seconds later I thought 'nah'.

[shewho.livejournal.com]

same here. i'm sort of kind of having a dry february anyway, so considered extending it. we shall see!

[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!

[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/

[charleston.livejournal.com]

oh, thanks!

[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...)

[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.

[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
:-)

[exliontamer.livejournal.com]

Cheese mwahahahaha.

[shewho.livejournal.com]

it's too late for that, i ate some today! PHEW!

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

[exliontamer.livejournal.com]

Very well, thanks! It's meant I've been eating lots of fruits and vegetables which is making me feel virtuous.

[mrs-leroy-brown.livejournal.com]

I am giving up cheese! FEAR ME.

Also, filth.

I am so pious!

[shewho.livejournal.com]

for lent, or for good? i am not strong enough to give up cheese!

(does plastic cheese count?)

[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.

[hoshuteki.livejournal.com]

GIVE UP LENT.

zing!

[shewho.livejournal.com]

PARADOX!

[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

[shewho.livejournal.com]

yesbut i'm already kind of doing that!

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

[green-badger.livejournal.com]

You are giving up wine? What sort of freak are you? xxx

[green-badger.livejournal.com]

Or how about giving up mid-week drinking? xxx

[charleston.livejournal.com]

How about wanking?

[shewho.livejournal.com]

NEVER

[charleston.livejournal.com]

that icon is highly irregular

[exliontamer.livejournal.com]

OH GOD I'd forgotten about that. Hahahaha!

[stoopidbird.livejournal.com]

Give up FUN.

[shewho.livejournal.com]

what... is... FUN?

[amuchmoreexotic.livejournal.com]

How about mince?

[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

[amuchmoreexotic.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I mean in porridge - giving up mince would be too easy.

[(Anonymous)]

2月中に、東京で話し合いをしましょうね。
必ず。

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

What about caffeine? 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.

[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!

[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?

[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!

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

That's a good one, you'll live much more money left at the end of the month!

[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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