BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern

Subject: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 02:30 AM

It's here again, Autumn/Spring, depending on whether you're vernal or not...

The days are about equal to the nights this week, we've got a fantastic full moon in the Northern hempisfere and the early mornings are decidedly crisp, if not downright chilly! Berries and fruit are burgeoning in the hedgerows and foxes can be seen crespuscing.

On the other side, the days are growing warmer, the flowers are starting to peep out and blossom is on its way.

Pull up a comfy chair, settle down with the last of the summer or winter ales and enjoy.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 04:38 AM

Just to be social, I'd better have a pint of one hemisphere's local Spring special and one of the other one's local Autumn ale, then.
Quack!
GtD.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 04:44 AM

What a beautifully crisp morning here, I'll have a pint and Harry will have a banana!!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 04:49 AM

So Harry has taken to solids like Duck to beer then?!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 04:54 AM

Indeed! Very much so!! Although the banana needs to be mushed up but he loves them!!

Bacon sandwich anyone??!!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: GUEST,Phot at work
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 05:15 AM

I could just go a bacon buttie! Slightly early for beer, but what the hell! A pint if Wassail please!

Wassail!! Chris.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: GUEST,LTS still pretending....
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 05:26 AM

Mmmmmmmmmmm bacon butty...............

Crisp bacon with Heinz tommy catchup please!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: bfdk
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 05:45 AM

Liz, watch out for all that pretending, someone might actually end up believing it to be true :o))

I'll have a couple of pancakes with maple syrup and a Jägertea to go with it, please!

Bente (not even pretending..)

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: GUEST,LTS still pretending
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 05:56 AM

Funny how for all my pretending, I still have a large pile of stuff to put away, as opposed to my colleague, sitting next to me, who during the same time period has worked 3 pieces of post identical to mine, eaten a mug of cornflakes, read the paper, chatted for 20 minutes and farted horribly several times.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 06:00 AM

Fancy a stroll in the woodland with the crisp breeze and the changing colours of the leaves? what a fantastic time of year!

Bacon butties on their way......now there must be an emoticon for bacon butties!!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: Megan L
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 06:08 AM

Meg looks in the door sees a chew toy at the bar.

Why do they call people who work for the goverment Civil Servants they never are either civil or mak decent servants?

*runs as fast as her three legs will allow to avoid the paperwork Liz is trying to throw at her.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: bfdk
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 06:11 AM

What cosy company you keep, Liz. I do hope his farting took place while he himself was eating.. ;o)

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 06:15 AM

What's all this sing song about Equinoctial and your Phoebe Liz?
G

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: GUEST,LTS not even bothering to pretend now...
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 06:19 AM

It's not a him, it's a her...

She's buggered off now, to get her next food fix.

My Phoebe??

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: GUEST,Mingulay at work
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 08:00 AM

Is it crisp smoked bacon in the butty and is it emebellished (nay enhanced) by dark and meaty field mushrooms??? Is the bread proper bread sliced by hand to a decent doorstep thickness and liberally coated with golden yellow butter?

Tomato ketchup? Ok if you like red flavoured food I suppose!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work again
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 09:04 AM

Why do I have a sudden craving for a Christmas Pudding sandwich?

Hot, dark Christmas pudding in 'plastic white' bread, smothered in butter which melts into the pudding and down your sleeve.... Mmmmmmmm.

Instead I've had the world's most flavourless egg fried rice, in which I couldn't even taste the spring onions, and we know how hard they are to disguise!

Now bring on the spiced sloe cider!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 09:06 AM

Don't forget you are in the Equinoxious Tavern. Perhaps they couldn't decide whether they were spring or autumn and cancelled themselves out?
Quack!
GtD.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: Rapparee
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 09:07 AM

Banana, hickory smoked thick-sliced bacon, and peanut butter on a good multi-grain wheat bread, please.

And a quart of Sheep Dip to wash it down. I have to a) see the Mayor and b) be checked for hearing aids today, as well as c) do a whole bunch of work.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: wysiwyg
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 09:12 AM

I got the seasonal clothes swapped. I got the old fridge out on the porch awaiting pickup. I got the closet almost ready for that second hanging bar. But before I can chill out for the season we have to swap the LR furniture into its huddle-near-the-heater position in front of the hoceky TV and put the treadmill facing into the sunnysunny window.

But I'll take an iced coffee to zoom off on....

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: GUEST,Phot at work
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 10:13 AM

I'm supposed to be working, but there's sod all to do until tonight(Bloody Navy!)

Any more bacon butties? And a pint of Bass would go down well..............

Wassail!! Chris.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: Amos
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 10:14 AM

I prefer vernal knowledge to the platonic sort. No use beating about the bush, if you know what I mean.


A

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 10:31 AM

I can give you an address in Inverness Amos.
G

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 10:44 AM

today I took more pics of lovely spring flowers - the red passionfruit vine is flowering again - why, it was only the 18th April it was last flowering.

sandwiches? got any wholgrain fruit & nut bread to go with that yummy butter! if so, please put it under the grill to lightly toast it then smother with butter. A spot of cheese would go well with it. And a cool lemon flavoured glass of cold water!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: MMario
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 10:51 AM

I envy people who can have passionflower vines.

Mulled cider dumplings simmering in the back of the kitchen - be careful! The syrup is hot-hot!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 10:58 AM

I just made a shipping order of cassoulet, 14 portions all boxed up and heading for the freezer.
Scrummy.
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: Alba
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 11:04 AM

Now that sounds much more appealing and scrummy to me than the thought of a few fried slices of a Piggy's arse slapped between two slices of Bread so it does Giok ~*smile*
Jude x

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: Becca72
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 11:06 AM

This is an odd time here in Maine...there are places where the leaves are blazing orange and red and yellow....and it's 83 degrees! Damndest thing, that.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: Alba
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 11:10 AM

Yeah Becca it is a strange run up to the Fall indeed.
My neighbor's trees are nearly bare and mine...still green!
Thing is I have all the leaves from their tree in my garden..LOL

Might be due to lack of rainfall and the hugh temps or something else entirely....
Hey what do I know I am just a Musician..*Grin*

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: Alba
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 11:11 AM

hugh temps?
Should read high. Hugh had nothing to do with it, he is not guilty of anything....:)

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: Becca72
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 11:17 AM

Well, if Hugh Grant shows up asking questions about the leaves, you just sent him on to my place. :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 11:38 AM

MMario, pics of passionflower here!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: MMario
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 12:17 PM

T.Ruth, sister to T. Rex.

Correct?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: MMario
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 12:20 PM

sorry wrong thread. Don't want Rex to come barging in here worried about what Rapire doing with his sister.

Rex has never got on with the Squid, anyway - and if he gets made at Rapaire as well - things could get sticky.

Especially since there is syrup on the stove.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: bfdk
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 01:18 PM

Hugh Grant, Becca? Isn't he the Divine one? *dives for cover ;o))

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: open mike
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 01:51 PM

Mulled cider dumplings?? (recipe, please...) ;-)

i have been hearing about how eggs can be stood on end an the equinox

anyone tried it? (oh, and i have a batch of pickled eggs a-brewing or
whatever pickles do...a-pickling i guess!)

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: open mike
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 02:01 PM

EQUINOCTIAL AND PHOEBE--Father Grumble

Old Crumley--More Work in a Day

the Phoebe commection

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: open mike
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 02:05 PM

that's connection..
and here is the egg balancing connection
(or i guess it is actually a myth or an urban -- or rural -- legend)

http://www.plantea.com/equinox-egg.htm

http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/egg_spin.html

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: MMario
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 02:13 PM

Mulled Cider dumplings can be made with either fresh/sweet cider or with the UK kind - spiced with mulling spices, and sweetened to taste.

Thicken with arrowroot or cornstarch. I usually do this in a wide shallow pan - something with a good lid though, because once the dumplings are added you need to cover it.

Bring to a simmer and drop in dumplings made with:

2.5 cups baking mix (I use bisquick)
2/3 cup milk
1/4 cup sugar

Using a heaping tablespoon to drop them into the simmering syrup.

simmer for 10 minutes
Cover tightly and simmer for another 10 minutes
then uncover; take from the heat and let them cool a bit. Serve Warm with the syrup ladled over the dumplings themselves - possible with ice cream or a good thick whipped cream.

Also possible to make with just about any fruit juice.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: SINSULL
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 05:12 PM

There was a time when summer in Maine fell on July 15th. This tear it is almost October and the temperature is in the 90s with the humidity not far behind.
I am hot, sticky and cranky. One wrong move from that squid and I will strangle him with his own tentacles.
I want a COLD lemonade with a shot or two of vodka, a private fan and no one within ten feet of me.
Equinoctal, my ass!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 05:13 PM

You have your fan club Mary !
G

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: Amos
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 05:58 PM

I am not sure, but you might get into the Guinness book of World Records if you could prove that your ass was equinoctial, Mary. There might be some money in it -- maybe a visit with John Stewart, or a late-evening spot on Focks Noise.

It's worth a shot. Fire up that xerox machine and start preparing your documentation...


A

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: Rapparee
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 06:14 PM

Caribou, si vous plait. Grande.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: GUEST,Sick Squid
Date: 27 Sep 07 - 05:22 AM

Do not worry good Taverners for I am still away in Antarctica and in no position to splash jello or make anyone cranky let alone hot, sticky might be another matter tho'.

Just gotta love this global warming, can you imagine 2-3lb krill?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: MMario
Date: 27 Sep 07 - 08:54 AM

Those are called "lobsters"

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: Rapparee
Date: 27 Sep 07 - 09:18 AM

Screech, please. And please just keep it coming.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: JennyO
Date: 27 Sep 07 - 09:24 AM

Any bacon butties left? I like them any time - whatever the weather.

I expect there will be a lot of lemon flavoured ice water floating around here in the next few months. Just had the spring equinox, and the seriously warm weather is now kicking in. Our main Sydney water supply, the Warragamba Dam, is covered with blue-green algae due to the warm weather, but we've been assured it is safe. I think I might stick to beer, wine and gin and tonic - with a slice of lemon of course. In fact I think I'll have one right now. Anyone else? There are plenty of lemons!

We've been doing major cleaning up in our yard, but there's lots more to do yet. I think we must have been bitten by the spring cleaning bug!

Sandra, where were those pictures taken? The red passionflower is very pretty, but you don't get passionfruit. I prefer my plain ones that lead to fruit. They are a bit slow getting going this year. The plant is recovering from the snail attack - there is a lot of fresh new growth - but no flowers yet.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 27 Sep 07 - 11:13 AM

I don't know about these bacon butties, but I have a home-grown fall tomato on my window sill that is just about perfect for a BLT. I've tried making them with store-bought tomatoes, but they just aren't good enough.

I'll bring two, one for the birthday girl JennyO.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: Cats
Date: 27 Sep 07 - 01:05 PM

I think I'll go for Pimms 3 this time. Served hot, of course. very reminiscent of baked apples. Yummy.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 27 Sep 07 - 01:17 PM

The weather is fresh and crisp here today, had to put on my winter coat.

Loads of bacon butties available....just ask at the bar!!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Equinoctal Tavern
From: SINSULL
Date: 27 Sep 07 - 01:19 PM

HMMM - an equinoctal ass..."There's a moon out tonight, wah wah wah ewwwww let's go strolling"

It's a music thread now. Move it upstairs. Amos - you just got added to the tacky gift list. Giok, you're at the top. I am cranky and you don't want to mess with me!

Another lemonade please with four shots of vodka and hold the lemons.