Deke

Opera fined vast sums.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007 1:30:52 AM

potatoes, gmtv, quiz shows, shopping, neh, scandals, Opera

See for yourself.

It's on the internet. It's gotta be true.

Tut. How could our favourite browser maker ever got mixed up in something so underhand? I feel dirty

just blogging. Oh the inhumanity of it al(Oh do get on with it - The Man in the Big Hat)

In other news, today I went shopping.

We have potatoes!

10Kg.

Apparently that's quite a lot. Er...

What is it in lbs?

I think I should be told.

We ran out of potatoesOK, who am I doing now?

Comments

Loiscakkleberrylane # Tuesday, September 25, 2007 3:18:54 PM

22.046226218 pounds. Everything in Canada suddenly went metric years ago. The worst thing was when I had a sick child and bought Tylenol for the first time. 2am, with a pocket calculator, a purple crayon and the back of an envelope, not to mention a crying baby, trying to convert from metric to something recognizable - turned out to be almost a cupfull - that didn't sound quite right, so I gave a couple of spoonfulls and cursed the PM - Trudeau for this asinine decision to "go metric" in such a hurry.
Glad you got your spuds!

Deke # Tuesday, September 25, 2007 9:01:23 PM

I'm a firm believer that the metric system is the work of some minor devil somewhere. Switching to it gave the con men carte-blanche to con old ladies out of their miserly pensions and simultaniously gave birth to a series of generations who can't do mental arithmetic any more.

Leonardavl_wamp # Wednesday, September 26, 2007 2:20:24 AM

1Kg = 2.2lbs.

Deke # Thursday, September 27, 2007 4:27:28 PM

I knew it. I bought too much.

I shall have to make some mash. For some reason potatoes don't go as far when you mash them.

Why is that?

I think we should be told.

Loiscakkleberrylane # Thursday, September 27, 2007 7:46:59 PM

I've noticed that too, I think it's because they taste better, especially when you add heavy cream, lots of butter, some garlic and some, actually, quite a lot of cheese. Maybe not diet food...

Deke # Thursday, September 27, 2007 11:27:33 PM

I've never tried creaming it. I actually bought rather a lot of cream (Special offer) when I bought the potatoes so I guess it would have been a good time to try it, but I went for the safe option. Butter, onions, and cheese. Then I stuck it in the oven for 5 minutes.

Next time I'll try 10...

Loiscakkleberrylane # Friday, September 28, 2007 12:24:27 PM

You put it in the over AFTER you mash them? That sounds like something good. I guess they would get kind of a crispy top to them.

Deke # Saturday, September 29, 2007 12:54:29 AM

That's what I was going for, but I didn't leave it long enough for the full effect. It still tasted great though, the cheese melted just enough to become stringy.

Loiscakkleberrylane # Saturday, September 29, 2007 12:07:11 PM

OK, it's 8:06 am. I have at least part of dinner planned!