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Is this the thread you are looking for anne.?

Dad always called me this and it was my name when we had CB's all the family know me as this or just Mick. Dad'd nom de plume when he had a bet of the horses was Mickey B so maybe it came from this I don't know but I googled it and didn't like what I saw on there some student calling himself the same so I decided to change mine.

That's a lovely piece of history May.

Betty is one of my May's daughters names !

Why Mickey Drippin or should I not ask?

Forgot to say.... May is my given name after my Mum's elder sister May Elizabeth but I didn't get the Elizabeth my cousin did but she was known as Betty, always been a bit miffed about this because the name came down in the family. May Elizabeth was a Tiller girl and married a Spanish waiter because and I quote " he could tango divinely" she went to Spain and formed a troup of circus performers on horse back I think, was there during the civil war had been divorced, inlaws went to S. America and wanted her to go with them but she refused and became destitute after WW2. family got letter from home office if they paid her fare could family accommodate her, she camr to stay at Mum's and we were over crowded and I was a teen in my first job, used to but eau de cologne from Woolies for perfume and she washed her face in it, used my comb etc,, couldn't get on with her , she just sat around all day smoking and reading Milnes and Boon type books, in the end she got a job at the local hospital as a domestic and got digs nearby. Have regretted all this since she could have told me of all her experiences and more importantly as the eldest of her family solve what I now have had as a problem ah, the errors of youth. sorry to go on and on when we started about food. By the way, I used to be Mickey Drippin' but that's another story!

I think it helps if you are mad if you are on this board!

Penny, Grannie Smith is the little old lady in the next street who helps you out now and again remember, don't let on about Aunt Bessie who even Delia knows you have your special helper. I'm sure I'm going crackers since I've been on here......... was bad enough before but OH says we're all mad who come on boards, cheeky so and so.... son back home after split up (42) thinks it's hilarious(sp) .

Neither Penny, I dont eat it lol!!!


Caz xxx

That sounds lovely May. Save a plate for me :-)

Do you mean Aunt Bessie - not heard of Granny Smith - only the apple


OH bought new element & fixed cooker today

Is May your real or "stage" name?

Both my grandmothers were called May. I used to think that whenever anyone became a grandmother they changed their name to May - oh to be young & innocent again !

Penny didn't you tell him in the freezer Grannie Smith does them for you.

I've done steak and onions in the slow cooker today having it with carrots and swede and sprouts and mash, been no effort at all reading the threads on here.

Well just to let you know it was lovely - meat was so tender.

OH just wanted to know where the yorkshire puddings were !!!

Mutton is good for potroasting too Yummy maz

Depends on the joint. Topside should always be oven roasted, but I always pot roast brisket, helps it to stay tender, and the gravy is scrummy!!!

Hi there
I put a nice joint of bacon in But hubby came home sneezzing and blowing
nice hot curry will do me good he says!!
Theyve just opend up an indian restrant round the corner
an we just cant keep away!!!!! yum yum.
so cold meat an pickles tomorow
emx

Hi Penny

I would have sliced it up into steak slice portions fried it to get flavour and then put it in the pot with gravy. Would be quicker too when it has been sliced down.

Enjoy - I hope you are fortifying yourself for that game of scrabble later -when you explain to me in dunce language how to get started? lol

Tina xx

Try a chicken With just a little water not too much seaoning allow it to slow cook it will just fall off the bones .You may need to monitor it first time cos each slow cooker is different maz

No chicken yet Maz, pork chops in cookin sauce, think it was garlic and ginger can't remember OH and son both said enjoyed it. Chilli Concarne, hot pot, anything for an easy life these days. Late Mum used to say " never know what you're going to get at our May's" but she ate it although only usually gave her roast, potatoes and two or three veg and her favorite - trifle!

I know have you noticed the food threads are always around at mealtimes and get good results Lo ,Maz

fried roasties are more popular than oven chips at our school Maz

pot roast is the old way that meat was cooked over the fire with a lid on peat is best cos it smoulders rather than burns .it can be done in pan in oil or drippng once the meat is sealed for roast but silverside or brisket can braised or boiled with lid on if the gravy is ttoo thick it will burn but if the liquor is natural stock it will thiken naturally boiled beef and carrots !!!! however these days any thing goes dont be confused Kitty May have you tried chicken in the slow cooker yummy Maz

*runs downstairs & turns off grill *