I think my mum is probably putting her sprouts on the boil today.

yes.

peurile, I know but it made me snigger

 

Not aloud sprouts anymore ...as last year i breaking ripping tarpaulin sounding farts before i left dining table .

 

It sounds like it should be

 

I’ve seen picked sprouts for sale. Mushy, whitey-pale colour trapped in a jar and pressing against the glass like corpse eyeballs.
Just say no.

However grating fresh sprouts and quickly stir-frying them with butter and chestnuts are pretty damn good...

 

I belive my Aunt had them on the boil in July....

 

I’m bloody starvin after reading this with these fabbo suggestions too. I might leave it till after the Chrimbo spectackleeear to try. Three years ago I was in charge of the very delicate operation of making the gravy for about a dozen or so, and one of my pals has extra awesome gravy every single time and I prised the secret ingredients from him one night in early December. Chrimble day and most of us are steaming from the gravy with five cups of red wine in he swears later he told me five spoons and tea spoons at that but I reckon I was stitched up good and proper

Ozziedog,,,,,,,, tucked up like a kipper ( where does that phrase come from hhhmm)

 

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Ozziedog,,,,,,,, tucked up like a kipper ( where does that phrase come from hhhmm)[/QUOTE]
Probably some Cockney geezer darn Camden

 

Probably some Cockney geezer darn Camden [/QUOTE]

Not many cockneys in Camden. They’re all Guardian-types called Roz and Marcus.