Comments on: Winter Minestrone http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/winter-minestrone Cooking - Photography & More Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:59:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/winter-minestrone#comment-1041 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:48:46 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/winter-minestrone#comment-1041 Elsie, I look forward to the virtual soups.... could you include some virtual hot lemon as well! Colin as Vermeer eh..... I must remember to wear a pearl earring as I munch some popcorn... that image could well have inspired the great man to change career :) To you and yours, a wonderful New Year. Cid Elsie,

I look forward to the virtual soups…. could you include some virtual hot lemon as well!

Colin as Vermeer eh….. I must remember to wear a pearl earring as I munch some popcorn… that image could well have inspired the great man to change career :)

To you and yours, a wonderful New Year.

Cid

]]> by: Elsie Nean http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/winter-minestrone#comment-1040 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:58:41 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/winter-minestrone#comment-1040 Cid, I shall be creating soups for you and Miles and send them via e'mail thus avoiding unnecessary exposure to bugs. Don't worry about Colin Firth spotting you in your beauty mask. As he is Vermeer tonight you might just be total inspiration to him :). A speedy recovery and a Healthy New Year. Prost Elsie Cid,
I shall be creating soups for you and Miles and send them via e’mail thus avoiding unnecessary exposure to bugs.
Don’t worry about Colin Firth spotting you in your beauty mask. As he is Vermeer tonight you might just be total inspiration to him :) .
A speedy recovery and a Healthy New Year. Prost
Elsie

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/winter-minestrone#comment-1032 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:36:58 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/winter-minestrone#comment-1032 Miles, <i> here's to New Year's Eve with a cup of tea and a runny nose </i> ... yes indeed, but think of the millions who will wake up hovering over a toilet bowl! Not us though, we'll be contented with Vick and a good book. :) Ditch the echinacea tea and get some tincture which tastes like a shot of brandy anyway.... says she <i> achoooo </i> who knows <i> achooooooooo </i> a thing or <i> atttchhhhhoooooo </i> two about natural medicine <i> sniff, sniff, cough </i> :) Cid Miles,

here’s to New Year’s Eve with a cup of tea and a runny nose … yes indeed, but think of the millions who will wake up hovering over a toilet bowl! Not us though, we’ll be contented with Vick and a good book. :)

Ditch the echinacea tea and get some tincture which tastes like a shot of brandy anyway…. says she achoooo who knows achooooooooo a thing or atttchhhhhoooooo two about natural medicine sniff, sniff, cough :)

Cid

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/winter-minestrone#comment-1030 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:54:55 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/winter-minestrone#comment-1030 Cid, I have been drinking echinacea tea recently, fat lot of good that did. The fact is that since I stopped taking non steriod weight training supplements and cut my alcohol intake by 90% I've never been right since! Here's to New Year's Eve with a cup of tea and a runny nose. Miles Cid,
I have been drinking echinacea tea recently, fat lot of good that did. The fact is that since I stopped taking non steriod weight training supplements and cut my alcohol intake by 90% I’ve never been right since!
Here’s to New Year’s Eve with a cup of tea and a runny nose.
Miles

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/winter-minestrone#comment-1029 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:16:11 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/winter-minestrone#comment-1029 Miles, I've taken to spoonfulls of manuka honey for the throat and echinacea tincture for everything else. Did I mention the olbas, the propolis and the chesty chest rub? Just hope I can remember what goes where :) I will knit you a vest with all the above ingredients incorporated into it to save time and ward off evil spirits :) Elsie, Forget saving Miles, I'm older and far more frail... feel free to cook what ever you like as long as it includes cheese and schnapps :) Tonight I plan to have the biggest bubble bath of all time and a face pack that promises a youthful, healthy glow (that'll be the schnapps preservative!). It would be just my luck tonight that Colin Firth gets diverted through Lincolnshire and ends up on my doorstep seeking dry clothes and B & B.... Cid Miles,

I’ve taken to spoonfulls of manuka honey for the throat and echinacea tincture for everything else. Did I mention the olbas, the propolis and the chesty chest rub? Just hope I can remember what goes where :) I will knit you a vest with all the above ingredients incorporated into it to save time and ward off evil spirits :)

Elsie,

Forget saving Miles, I’m older and far more frail… feel free to cook what ever you like as long as it includes cheese and schnapps :) Tonight I plan to have the biggest bubble bath of all time and a face pack that promises a youthful, healthy glow (that’ll be the schnapps preservative!). It would be just my luck tonight that Colin Firth gets diverted through Lincolnshire and ends up on my doorstep seeking dry clothes and B & B….

Cid

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/winter-minestrone#comment-1028 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:17:13 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/winter-minestrone#comment-1028 Cid, Now you can see where the term 'currying (masking!) the flavour' comes from! Good luck with that and your recovery. Miles Cid,
Now you can see where the term ‘currying (masking!) the flavour’ comes from!
Good luck with that and your recovery.
Miles

]]> by: Elsie Nean http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/winter-minestrone#comment-1027 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:46:07 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/winter-minestrone#comment-1027 Miles, Sorry to hear of your second bout of man flu, there, there, there...It appears to have been severe virus infections this winter. Soups are such comforting food to eat. Cid, we might have to pool our chicken stocks and be on standby for the kitchen. We could get them all around your huge fondu, some of this schnaps for extra warmth and digestion, some fireworks at the ready and off into the New Year they'll go... Elsie Miles,
Sorry to hear of your second bout of man flu, there, there, there…It appears to have been severe virus infections this winter. Soups are such comforting food to eat.
Cid, we might have to pool our chicken stocks and be on standby for the kitchen. We could get them all around your huge fondu, some of this schnaps for extra warmth and digestion, some fireworks at the ready and off into the New Year they’ll go…

Elsie

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/winter-minestrone#comment-1026 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:10:19 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/winter-minestrone#comment-1026 Miles, You are not alone in feeling under par, everyone seems to have one plague or another. I have taken your advice and written a menu and told the cook to get on with it.... just as I'm enjoying the power of delegation I realise I'm the cook. I also remember last night preparing a pot of chicken stock so what follows shouldn't be too much trouble. Another fact that has come to light is that the fridge and cupboards are still stacked with festive food.... so much for not over ordering! Looking at the mountain of cheese..... a huge fondu, the panettone, a bread and butter pud and everything else, curry surprise! Cid Miles,

You are not alone in feeling under par, everyone seems to have one plague or another. I have taken your advice and written a menu and told the cook to get on with it…. just as I’m enjoying the power of delegation I realise I’m the cook. I also remember last night preparing a pot of chicken stock so what follows shouldn’t be too much trouble. Another fact that has come to light is that the fridge and cupboards are still stacked with festive food…. so much for not over ordering! Looking at the mountain of cheese….. a huge fondu, the panettone, a bread and butter pud and everything else, curry surprise!

Cid

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