Knockholt Forever Autumn

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 08:21 AM

PS, Pete, if you thought you saw sunshine last September at Knockers, it was more a case of "Oh, the pretty lights, man". It pissed for three days solid.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 08:20 AM

There is no hurricane coming. Trust me!

It's a computer glitsch.

What I think I do need to do is to review the thread and see what is planned to be cooked when - particularly because one of my favourite players has not, as I thought, vanished, but is doing a gig in Maidstone on Weds night. I may have to arrive, pitch, and go!

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 07:30 AM

Hi folks
Rain does not bother me.
winds of a 140 mph cause concern. Is that for the whole duration of the event Richard or just Saturday
Looking ahead.
Re wind
If that is the case nearer the time I think it would be some what foolhardy to put up the Marquee. there again it will be up prior to Saturday anyway for the feast.

Sitting round a camp fire would be near impossible.
Playing and singing well that would be comical in regards to singing and playing in a Gale force wind and I hope Fisheye films it for the DVD files.
I would certainly shell out £4.50p to see a DVD of John Barden,s Ride On (with full circle participation} in a gale force wind.

Anyway there is sod all we can do about it but wait and see.it was very gusty last year and pissed with rain to boot but it was also quite suuny at times too.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 06:05 PM

Still forecast to be pissing with rain Sat PM - and teh glitsch that is reporting winds of over 140 mph is also still present.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 05:59 PM

One should never discuss anything while drinking Sloe Gin.
Me upstairs neighbours on moving and gave me a sample. ......Creepers?

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 05:54 PM

Can we ahve subtitles?

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 05:39 PM

I have got point here but Im not being rude.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 05:20 PM

!!Mr Bridge!!
"This five year old frozen Lamb is..... "On my foot?"
"I,ll cook it son, you steam it?

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 05:19 PM

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Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 05:10 PM

I put it to you, Richard Please,
"I was not playing clever buggers with the Lamb at all.
I done what I thought the Moroccans would do?
Jesus
I only poured a bottle of wine over it?
I then...................let the juices of the Lamb mingle with the wine.

'Like the sheep mingle at Knockholt.

Only for a few hours?
after that I slaughtered the Lamb.
by ,,,,,,,,,,,,Adding flour and made a paste. I gave you a Sample.
The Judgement for a moment was on a Knife edge. But you liked it. Which I guessed you might. Simple steam cooking.
If one steams something you can maranate any time
through the cooking process.
You have got me Fanny Cradocks Hat on now .
Im Goona go play me broken Mandolin

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 04:11 PM

Richard drown it in red wine once thawed one can always thicken the wine with flour and paste it with red wine paste and peppers prior to cooking it.

One has to be extremely careful with your Harissa paste indeed a bit like working with explosives. but its a nice paste and it mellows after a couple of hours I mean minutes. this is your baby really and it was lovely last time . You added Apricots last time.
this time maybe, beaten lemons and limes maybe in with the lamb and a bit of Mint. Apricots too.         I will have most herbs at knockholt both straight out the garden and also my own dried herbs and my herb shelf indoors.
"oh bye the bye one other herb "which is a personal herb to be kept discreet and at arms length."?

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 03:16 PM

STOP PRESS

I have won, free, a leg of lamb that has been in deep freeze since 2004 - but if I put it in red wine in a watertight coolbox to marinade when I leave on the Weds, it should be pretty good by Sat.

What else were you putting in the marinade, Pete? Shall I put a tbsp of harissa in there to soak in, or will you play clever buggers with it after I arrive? It will need carving off the bone after it thaws right through (probably some time on Thurs).

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 08:26 AM

Thanks for the above advice Richard.
I played the Mandolin this morning for an hour and the grove that i very carefully re-cut    seems to be holding out? The end of the nut looks a bit like a broken tooth but Im satisfied that the mandolin tunes ok and that the action Brian set up has not been affected by my
workmanship.
Having never attempted such a repair i am quite pleased with me self. I cant do nothing about it until after Knockholt whereby I will go and see brian. I was hoping to get my nice little traveling guitar set up next by Brian but that goes to the back of the queue now the mandolin comes first.
I have only been playing the Mandolin for 8months now and progress is slow but im getting used to the strings and can pick through a number of different scales and the chords are now simple.
There are 3 things about a mandolin I have learned,1) There bloody temperamental.
                                                                                             2) they like to be played every day or                                                                                                                                                                                                 they sulk.
                                                                                             3) They are very highly strung and tend to have break downs without warning Ie like my just did. Bloody parlarva.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 05:26 AM

Pete, there have been MANY threads about brass and bone and whatever nuts (and saddles) on guitars. Do a search first. I suspect Brian re-cut your original plastic nut, rather than make a new one.

The cheapest fix will be a tiny hole drilled with a pillar drill and a tiny pin through it.

I have in the past rebuilt nuts with glues and epoxies (also cheap if DIY but time consuming), but it is not a good way.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 06:23 PM

"well the way I see it Richard is with brass I wont have no Nuts breaking or splintering like the plastic one did today that is a certainty .
I will start a thread tomorrow on mudcat titled " Bone or Brass and see what the world of Mandolin players think.
Has far has I know this might be bone that Rogers put on during the set up a few months back. Its hard to tell Bone from Plastic when in a fixed position. And i cant remember what he said it was?

I ,ll bell him.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 05:40 PM

Bone. But I like brass.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 05:23 PM

I know Bone>
A brass one? Hmm Im stuck for choice." what is best or preferable with most players

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 04:43 PM

Rodgers will make you a bone one if you like. Or a brass one.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 04:36 PM

Rogers
is the long/short term answer absolutely.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 04:23 PM

Bloody plastic Nuts if it was made of Bone it would not have happened?

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 04:19 PM

Rodgers

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 04:18 PM

I was practicing Mandolin in the garden this morning having tuned it first when suddenly the very top G string slipped of the Nut.
But it had not lost tension and clearly did not break.

When i looked closely at the Nut I notice that a tiny Gnats cock piece of the nut had broken off the side and at at the string groove to boot?

That is with out doubt what caused the string to slip off. I loosened the G string in question and when i looked closely at the nut I could still see the line of the string groove really only a fractioned of the edge of the groove had gone.

So I got me a hand held mini grinder and worked out the string grove until the string would sit there has prior to this par-larva happening.

I then tuned up the Mandolin and HEY PRESTO
it Tuned perfectly and sounded great has before .
I know I should change the Nut but I have just paid to have it set up and if I replace the Nut it will throw everything out.

What do you think folks change the Nut (More Expense)
Or leave it alone and see what happens? I was bringing it to Knockers but the likely hood of it happening again puts me off.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: The Barden of England
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 03:40 PM

If you're thoruoghly stuck, I have an inverter on board, so no worry there.
John Barden

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 02:29 PM

Oh, yes, I could do that...

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: The Barden of England
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 12:54 PM

What about the generator? Not working?
John Barden

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 06:20 AM

My inverter has not arrived from China yet, so I hope I will not have flat netbook battery syndrome.

I also need to set up the email program in Opera so that it collects all my emails but still leaves them on the relevant servers...

And maybe a mobile drive with my main docuemnts on...

Ho Hum...

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 22 Aug 09 - 03:47 PM

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 22 Aug 09 - 03:42 PM

A 1st class job indeed. .....But.
also ...I have all faith in the Chap destined o repair it. .
"I wont bring the inflatable bath though?

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Lady Raffles
Date: 22 Aug 09 - 04:30 AM

Yes, isn't it a shame he could have got a first class job done, I thought he would have jumped at the chance.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 21 Aug 09 - 04:33 PM

Hmm, Richard I was thinking the same thing too.
Trouble is the pipes on the surface exposed so Sheep walk all over it and worse tractors etc. I hope he does it properly

" I was thinking of taking a Bath on the Saturday.

I,ll know when I get there Wednesday if it been done or not because of the tell tale puddle in the ajoining field.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 21 Aug 09 - 03:05 PM

I bet you "his guy" just wraps it up in gaffa tape again.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 21 Aug 09 - 02:35 PM

Right thats the water parlava sorted out.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Lady Raffles
Date: 21 Aug 09 - 01:35 PM

Hi all from Mick

I have just spoken to Tony the farmer and he says that he will get his guy to fix the leak. I told him we were willing to organise a work party and fix it, no charge. I said if there were any problems and he would like us to do the repair to give me a ring.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 21 Aug 09 - 11:18 AM

If I can find room I will bring sackbarrow (beware, only small wheels) as well as chainsaw. I'm lumberjack and I'm OK...

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 21 Aug 09 - 09:34 AM

Deviled Eggs? " That sounds like one hell of a recipe.

I will be there first thing Wednesday morning. with Woodsie.
There is lots of wood dumped in dead tree copse but its the big stuff that was to heavy to lift last June,

A sack barrow would be handy for shifting them? we had to put them on the back of Micks Van last year Bloody Parlava that was?

I carried the large logs to Dead Tree copse at the end of June(with help) and by the time I had finished me backbone was sticking out me out me eye sockets.
"There bloody heavy"
and I am getting to old for both hangovers and exertion at the same time?

Fisheye I post the Woody Guthrie lyrics tonight from work if I have time if not next weeks/Shift.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: GUEST,Essex Girl
Date: 21 Aug 09 - 08:37 AM

Sue, you're obviously back on line now! I'll be going to Knockholt around midday on Thursday. Will sort out communal food for Thursday night with you next week. Suggestions for anything containing tomatoes or runner beans as I seem to have rathe a lot of them. I'll try to make an apple crumble as well if I get the time.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 21 Aug 09 - 05:47 AM

The MDPE pipe I have here is 20mm. I expect the farm pipe will be 25mm, but I need to know as either I will need to buy two 25/20mm adapters, or I will have to buy two straight 25mm couplers and some 25mm pipe.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Lady Raffles
Date: 21 Aug 09 - 04:36 AM

Sorry, the above message is from me.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Aug 09 - 04:29 AM

Mick phoned the farmer last night and left a message, so far no reply, he is very hard to get hold of on the phone I usually have to write enclosing a SAE to make contact (with the farmer not Mick), If we haven't spoken to him by the weekend we will try and get over there and track him down.

Speaking of banana bread, I made a lovely desert the other week - insert four chunks of milk chocolate into a banana, smear with butter then roll in brown sugar, wrap in buttered silver foil and bake in oven (or placed around edge of camp fire might work) finish off with squirty cream.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 21 Aug 09 - 03:02 AM

Used to do Waldorf with pecans not walnuts (no grapes). Went off it.

Now I like

Galax apple chunks (small with peel on)
finely chopped celery
shredded mature cheddar
mayo
Wonderful on a fresh soft floured bap or eaten with leaves.

Maybe I will make deviled eggs

Hard-boiled eggs, sliced in half the long way
scoop out yolk, mash and mix with
mayonnaise, mustard, dill pickle relish (American kind)
spoon (or pipe if you want them to look pretty) mixture into halved eggs whites
sprinkle with paprika


The trouble is carrying them. Need to make a several layered egg carton like container.

Kind of fancying fresh banana bread (also made with pecans) too. So may bring a couple of loaves to share. Lovely slices warmed, melting butter and cup of coffee for breakfast.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Aug 09 - 12:25 AM

Hi PTC ...julienned is "shredded" or thin strips if you can be arsed.
Goes brown quick too so last minute job.

Enjoy the event, I'll be reading about it!!

Al

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 20 Aug 09 - 05:11 PM

Royston, will you be there? If so pick up email...

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 20 Aug 09 - 05:08 PM

Oscar Tschirky mastered a decent Waldorf Salad.
A Waldolf salad consists of.
Julienned apple,s(What every on earth they might be.
Celery(Yuk)
Chopped Walnuts.
Raisans
Grapes,
Whipping cream thats been whipped(Im not bringing "THAT" to Knockholt)
mixed Green Salad leafs
and Marronaise.

The salad was invented at the Waldof hotel New York.
The recipe is copy right and credited to a certain Oscar Tschirky.
How can one copy write a Bloody Salad.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 20 Aug 09 - 04:16 PM

Not much cop with salad ,Thats Girls stuff,
The Pavlova sounds a right parlava,Airing cuboard?
so I will forget that.
The last time I had spotted dick I ended up in a clinic in Croydon.

Naughty fortys sweet stuff sounds great so that can be her department.

and I will be cooking sausages with apples?or chives and sage on the Thursday just for the hell of it.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 20 Aug 09 - 03:57 PM

PS. has anyone mastered a decent Waldorf salad? I love a good Nicoise, but it has to be eaten on the grass in hot sunshine (with a Rose d'Anjou or a gin and sin, and that weather does NOT look like Saturday.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 20 Aug 09 - 03:55 PM

There are three relevant pipe sizes. I will go onto Screwfix to check.

The harissa is re-adjusted and is more, but not completely, like the second batch from last year.

I will chase Blossom about the wine for the marinades.

Doesn't pavlova demand meringue? If so that demands stable and controlled low heat for 24 hours (the way my mother used to do it, in the airing cupboard) and that is not going to be practical at Knockers. It also does nothing for me and I am NOT going to be traditional English and make fruit crumble and custard or spotted dick and custard (much as I love them). The custard HAS to be returned to the saucepan for double-thickening. Birds, not the poncy stuff.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: naughtyforty
Date: 20 Aug 09 - 01:19 PM

I will be bringing home made chocolate caramel shortbread and a couple of shop bought puds. Can also knock up a potato salad if required. Let me know please and will make it a couple of days before so the flavours can infuse!

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: The Barden of England
Date: 20 Aug 09 - 12:33 PM

Safron supply assured, so no worry on that score.
John Barden

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 20 Aug 09 - 09:31 AM

Sorry slip of the thumb.
But I,ll talk with you about the Lamb I started to early last time.
John Barden could you supply the Saffron?

Im thinking about making a big pavlova or would that be to much of a Parlava.
I love the stuff and I understand it is easy to make.
if its pouring with rain on the saturday I cook in the Marquee.
I aim to cook Saturday morning so I do not miss out on the saturday afternoon drink up down the Tally Ho.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 20 Aug 09 - 09:08 AM

Richard

I asked Sue about the work party last night at Folkmob in regards to the repair to the water pipe. I have no idea of the pipe diameter Id say a inch and a half but Im only guessing and thats nothing to go on .

The farmer whose permission we need to go ahead is .. unavailable. So I suggest you wait for Micks response to the matter before you order anything.

I leave the issue now in Micks hands and if my help with the repair is required then I will be there to help.

Now. Regards cooking.
1. What day are we cooking The Friday or Saturday. Saturday seems to be the favored day
2. Im bringing Beef Lamb Chicken and Pork . along with all the herbs from my garden.
3. I,ll cook the Beef Chicken and pork and all at the same time but