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In England the only traditional christmas lunch I had was at my mums. While my 2 children were small my husband was working in restaurants. Finally when we had our own restaurant s we always worked, when customers had left we would have our lunch same food as customers.
My husband is the eldest of 7 and all have children so we are a big family and of course in Italy we are all together. The woman all prepare a dish each the men provide the wine, beer and soft drinks for the kids. Its usually a long drawn out affair ending with the women at one end of the long table the men at the other and the kids running riot. It ends with everyone singing. A lot of the songs are what the alpini soldiers sing. Very enjoyable to listen to. The food varies there isn't a particular speciality as traditional dishes are nearly always on the menu, such as insalata russa, ( russian salad) carne cruda, ( slices or minced raw meat) bagna cauda, with roasted peppers( hot garlic sauce, fondue, and many more.
Christmas eve many go to midnightmass ( I'm not catholic) the children go home to open their pressies. New year is dedicated to the saying... "Natale con i tuoi e anno nuovo con chi vuoi " ( christmas with yours and newyear with who you like) after the new years celebrations and a pizza or wherever theyve been they go dancing to a night club until the early and sometimes late morning. Then we have Epiphany ( La Befana) visits the children who have been good and gives them presents or else if theyve been naughty " coal"
The street decorations stay up for ages after all the festivities. This year both my son and daughter are working Christmas day . My husband is chef for my son so I dont know yet where I'm going may be have starter at one go to the other for main course and go back for sweet and finish with coffee and liquore at who knows where.
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Wow Carni , a bitlike my mum she buys herbs , spices etc then doesnt use them and she doesnt like to throw them away just in case she needs them Last time I visited she asked me to sort them out. Some were very old but not 10 years outdated. My suet was only a few weeks outdated but I still havent found out if I can use it. We cant get it here so I stock up on things like that when I'm in uk. Last year I made loads of xmas mincemeat and Ive still got a few jars left so I dont need it.
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Just found this .topic .I happened to be looking on Safari for suet Having some slightly outdated packs. ."can I still use it" then nottingham caught my eye. I never did find out if I could use it☹️
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I like that Stephen. It really is a small world even though its big.
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Nobody here asks me if I'm from Nottingham. They ask where do you come from you're not Italian are you? I must have an english accent. When I say I'm english they always tell me that they know someone in London and you've guessed right....Do you know them. .? Don't they know the world is a big place. Its usually people that have never left the village that ask.
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Years ago when we lived in Radcliffe we had next door neighbours from Lichfield. Chatting with the wife, as you do with your neighbour when the husband came home from work he would ask "have you been talking to ............ Thought so you've picked up her accent." I was convinced I didn't have a Nottingham accent being from Lancashire but obviously I have. There is a saying here" he who walks with a person who limps sooner or later will limp himself"
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So pleased that everything went well and hope your wife has a speedy recovery. (Spoil her in the next few....forever).
Darkanza, Im glad you feel the same as me with alternate medication. I use aloe vera for stings and any sort of irritation but I use
aloe Arborescens to help with cancer. We have a garden centre that sells it and I make it up myself. Im not completely into alternate medication as believe everything has its own cure including conventional medication. Where would we be without it?
Welcome home Mrs Michael.
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I love going out for breakfast too. On thursdays its market day so I go into one of the bars and have a cappuccino and croissant,
then sunday nearly everybody and their brothers and sisters go the bar for breakfast. Its a good social event because as its only a small village you see everyone.
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Thanks Dave.I hope I don't have much problem in sorting things out. Its the time my instinct is to carry on looking and sorting in Ancestry but my conscience won't let me ,I have many other things to do. I am having trouble with one particular person. One tree that I have on my maternal grandmother goes back to 1793. The name is Hannah Trevellan / Trevellyan. I cannot get a hint that tallies. She was born in Cornwall or rather I presume she was as most of that side come from there. I've been given alternate names which tally but I'm not convinced. Her husbands name was / is quite common. Its about 2 yrs since I did any research so I really must go over it all again in all the ancestry web sites.
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So your dog eats at the table as well Steven. I can't sit down to eat before the dog scratches at my side for something. Then won't eat her own food.
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I suddenly remembered this afternoon that at the beginning of 2014 i downloaded FTM. I've just found it on pc and updated it and converted all my files now I have to remember how to use it. I have to go through about 2700 as a lot of dates are wrong or theres people missing. My paternal g/ father and thats a near ancester goodness knows about the rest. Will admit though Ftm is a lot easier to use.
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My uncle was a butcher and so was my brother in law. My sister in law always had the best meat stacked up in her freezer. My BIL used to slaughter for the local farms here and once my children went with him. It put them off meat for a very long time.
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I agree Carni. The new look is difficult to understand and what you're looking for doesn't appear. Wondered if it would help to make a complaint !!! Did use my pc instead of ipad its still the same. ,
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Sounds a bit like my mum giving you extra cobs Fly2. Her name is Madge and she worked in Fannys bar I think it was called.
I worked in Sawyers in '67-68 thereabouts. I worked downstairs with Cindy the spanish girl and Jean. Cant remember Linda but maybe she worked in the other restaurant.
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I have just renewed my membership after a couple of years absence. It has changed so much. At the moment I'm not happy with it. The records of historical events is great and Ive added quite a few but I work on ipad and its so slow that when I try to select it takes ages to appear and comes on in fits and starts. All other programmes work well. I've just switched on my pc or rather I switched it on an hour ago and I'm still waiting for it to decide if it wants to work or not. If it works well I shall continue to work on that but I don't like using the pc as its old and does take a long time to bootup with all the antivirus scans and updates. Maybe I shall have to switch it on more often. It would be interesting to hear what others think. I have noticed too that a lot of B&D dates are either mixed up or are wrong.
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You brought back a few memories oztalgian. I worked part time in a Berni Inn Sawyers in fact and my mum worked at the Chateau as a waitress. I worked in the bar and must have opened hundreds of Mateus Rose, along with all the various reisling and hock.
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Can't add any more to whats already been written. I am sure that the surgeons, doctors and nurses will be more than attentive with your wife. They are the experts and their professionality will make everything as comfortable as possible. I think all those who have been through this found in oncology that there is this positive attitude towards patients. Your wife will be well looked after and when she comes home she'll enjoy all the fuss and attention she will be getting. All the best and a big hug for your wife we are all with you.
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I started this topic but never said what I have for brekky. Well if I'm lucky, before hubby goes to work he'll bring me an espresso. When I'm awake and ready to eat I'll have either a yogourt, a banana, a grapefruit or 2 little toasted biscuits with jam and a mug of instant coffee. Oh and my cod liver oil capsule!
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I have one pooh bear. I had it years ago, it was heavy but it steam cleaned very well. I don't use it now every time I fill it and switch on it trips the meter. I know I should get it seen to but when I think of how heavy it is to lug around despite it having wheels I leave it where it is. As for killing weeds I would imagine it would work the temperature it gets to is 100 C. We've got loads of weeds and grass growing between paving blocks. We've put bleach down before that works too but takes a long time.
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I've never been a great meat eater, I don't smoke and only have the occasional glass of wine in company and love a glass of beer with pizza . So you tell me how I manged still to get 4 tumors.
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I agree look what they said about Papa Francesco
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I was going to suggest salt for weeds but Iandawson suggested it. I've just been bitten on my arm carrying a pile of chillies that I pulled up. Don't know what bit me but I immediately put lavender essential oil and aloe vera gel on just 15 mins ago and all the swelling has gone down.
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Agreed ...I love a full english breakfast but sadly we can't buy decent bacon here . They sell it but its so thin or else its in cubes. I usually stock up when I go to UK or friends bring them down along with cheddar.
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The other evening on TV I was watching a documentary on food connected to cancer. During the discussion a famous dietician made a comment that got me thinking and I was to say the least indignant.
I don't know if this scare has arisen in UK but its quite high on the lists here. They say that red meats and highly processed foods should be avoided or at least restricted to a couple of times per week. We have a lot of salami type foods and a lot are made by small farms. One thing this dietician said was that in Uk everyone has a cooked breakfast with sausages and bacon , black pudding etc. I thought hang on a minute how can you say that you don't live there so you don't know what the British eat. He says that carbohydrates should be kept to A.M. and proteins in the evening. I follow more or less this way but my daughter has to as shes borderline diabetic. She's been following this diet for a few years and shes now in perfect health.
Returning to red meats etc they have interviewed many people with very mixed views. Some reply that they are scared others rarely eat red meat and others va..........o!
Its true though if you take notice of everything thats told us we'd starve.
I think I'll carry on with what I'm doing, just being careful with the occasional "a little of what you fancy does you good"
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What Jobs Have We Done?
in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !
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Well gentlemen you've certainly had a variety of jobs and on the whole enjoyed yourselves and done well. My job seems to very tame and unadventurous. I left school at 15 and went into hairdressing. One day a week at clarendon college. Had to study hygiene, science and English. I hated science at school so of course I failed my city and guilds. I was good at the other two. Worked for 11 yrs for the same salon then left to be manageress at a salon at canning circus. The girls that ran it before me were very close friends and one ofthem had to go before I arrived . The remaining one made my life very miserable for a few weeks then she decided to leave. The apprentice was put under my wing and 45 years later we are still very close friends in fact they are coming down soon to visit. I was actually sacked atthis salon because the boss had insisted that he was going to get a cleaning lady . A promise repeated manytimes. He asked the apprentice to wash the floor...I told the apprentice it wasn't her job. The Following day " a private word" then my notice. I wasnt bothered for me but I was worried about the other girls having to do these jobs. I was getting married a few months after. When I had had my children I helped my husband at our first restaurant. Waitress, head waitress, wine waitress, dessert maker And chef or whatever needed doing at the time. A job that still happens now and again.
Being english I often help school children with their english homework especially when an exam is coming.
A bit boring to some but I enjoyed it.