bickster Posted May 26, 2023 Moderator Share Posted May 26, 2023 14 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: I’m not a prolific consumer of the scotch egg, but you’d be hard pressed to get a soft one from the Spar. Morrisons, ASDA, M&S, Tesco all sell them these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 26, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2023 (edited) Hard/soft scotch eggs are simply different beasts. The soft-boiled variety is exquisite served warm as a starter in a restaurant (preferably with good quality black pudding). As a pub snack (salad/ploughmans), with a pint, you want the cold, hard-boiled type. Edited May 26, 2023 by mjmooney 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 Why there are numerous transfer rumour threads for individual players in On Topic, when there's an actual Summer Transfer Thread they could all go in. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted May 26, 2023 Moderator Share Posted May 26, 2023 31 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Hard/soft scotch eggs are simply different beasts. The soft-boiled variety is exquisite served warm as a starter in a restaurant (preferably with good quality black pudding). As a pub snack (salad/ploughmans), with a pint, you want the cold, hard-boiled type. Do you mean a scotch egg and some black pudding, or do you mean a Manny egg, Mike, where the casing is a mix of sausage and black pudding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 3 minutes ago, rjw63 said: Why there are numerous transfer rumour threads for individual players in On Topic, when there's an actual Summer Transfer Thread they could all go in. Mods all on holiday? Its bandit country with the player link stuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Mods all on holiday? Its bandit country with the player link stuff Must admit I don't read many of them, as they come from crap Internet sports sites that make shit up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted May 26, 2023 Moderator Share Posted May 26, 2023 4 minutes ago, rjw63 said: Why there are numerous transfer rumour threads for individual players in On Topic, when there's an actual Summer Transfer Thread they could all go in. Because of 2 things. Firstly the site’s guidelines and secondly the general summer thread is where people can post about how they want the midfield or whatever area addressed but the individual threads are for discussion of specific players linked with us, and their merits or otherwise. One thread with just everything in it would move so fast and be so all over the place that it would be really hard to follow. The one advantage of that way would be people could ignore all that stuff in one go, instead of ignoring it separately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted May 26, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2023 43 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Hard/soft scotch eggs are simply different beasts. The soft-boiled variety is exquisite served warm as a starter in a restaurant (preferably with good quality black pudding). As a pub snack (salad/ploughmans), with a pint, you want the cold, hard-boiled type. Was fully agreeing but I just don't think there's ever a place for the hardboiled type. Well, if there was a home/pubmade version of that then possibly as you describe, but as I said the supermarket ones are just terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Follyfoot Posted May 26, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted May 26, 2023 21 minutes ago, blandy said: Do you mean a scotch egg and some black pudding, or do you mean a Manny egg, Mike, where the casing is a mix of sausage and black pudding? My mother in law makes these and they are lush, almost as good as her gray peas. Marrying a black country lass has its benefits and makes up for the beatings 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 13 minutes ago, blandy said: Because of 2 things. Firstly the site’s guidelines and secondly the general summer thread is where people can post about how they want the midfield or whatever area addressed but the individual threads are for discussion of specific players linked with us, and their merits or otherwise. One thread with just everything in it would move so fast and be so all over the place that it would be really hard to follow. The one advantage of that way would be people could ignore all that stuff in one go, instead of ignoring it separately 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 26, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2023 52 minutes ago, blandy said: Do you mean a scotch egg and some black pudding, or do you mean a Manny egg, Mike, where the casing is a mix of sausage and black pudding? Either/or. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 12 hours ago, choffer said: Used to be my mantra. Then the doc told me I was 90% of the way to diabetes. Can’t stand the full sugar stuff now. Fair one although I think if that was me I just wouldn't drink soft drinks anymore at all. Just can't get on with the sugar free stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted May 26, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Wainy316 said: Fair one although I think if that was me I just wouldn't drink soft drinks anymore at all. Just can't get on with the sugar free stuff. Only because you haven't weaned yourself off sugar. Takes time but then just becomes normal, sugary drinks taste shite and your health improves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 14 hours ago, choffer said: Used to be my mantra. Then the doc told me I was 90% of the way to diabetes. Can’t stand the full sugar stuff now. I dread to think where I'd be if I stayed on full fat, it's a fight not to drink a 2l bottle of coke a day As for Pepsi max vs coke zero....coke zero all day, Pepsi max has that little tinge of artificial sweetener which doesn't make it as nice But....realistically I'm going for flavoured anyway and the king is Pepsi max lemon closely followed by cherry coke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 3 minutes ago, sidcow said: Only because you haven't weaned yourself off sugar. Takes time but then just becomes normal, sugary drinks taste shite and your health improves. I don't drink enough for it to be an issue anyway. Fizzy drinks are for hangovers and when I eat junk food (which sometimes goes hand in hand). I should also add I absolutely never touch those horrific energy drinks too apart from the rare occasion that somebody hands me a jaeger bomb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted May 26, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2023 Just now, Wainy316 said: I should also add I absolutely never touch those horrific energy drinks too apart from the rare occasion that somebody hands me a jaeger bomb. Yeah, those things are a horror show. All advertising should be banned. Completely unnecessary that they exist other than for elite sports. Diabetes, high blood pressure and heart attack in a can, all for no purpose. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 26, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2023 2 hours ago, sidcow said: Yeah, those things are a horror show. All advertising should be banned. Completely unnecessary that they exist other than for elite sports. Diabetes, high blood pressure and heart attack in a can, all for no purpose. Only ever tried Red Bull once, before playing football after a tiring day at work. I thought it tasted absolutely foul, never touched it since. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 I had a falafel scotch egg once. Tasted nice even if I still don't really know what's in falafel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 Scotch eggs. Mmm scotch Eggs. black pudding ones, white pudding ones, normal ones, falafel ones, choritzo ones, lincolnshire ones, cumberland ones, dragon ones (with chilli in the sausage meat), hard boiled, soft boiled(ftw), Mmm Scotch eggs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 I like to bite off a chunk and then squeeze a load of salad cream in the gap between the egg and the meat. Unless theyre the soft ones which are a thing of wonder to be fair. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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