Beverages and Blades - Traditional of Course

[Jack Black]

Sitting down with a coffee and a sausage sandwich has become part of my Sunday morning routine, but I've been so busy with work today, it got pushed into lunchtime. Hope everyone is having a good Sunday

 

[Jack Black]

 

[hamsco]

This is such a wonderful photo. Dave makes beautiful knives and your composition exhibits yours in an elegant, classy way. Well done.

Glad you like the photo, and the knife. This knife from Dave (Horsewright) is a great EDC. The way it feels in the hand is fantastic. It preforms as good as it looks.

 

[donn]

Thanks Donn for that info!

Your welcome

It's a few years since I've been to Derby, I might have to arrange a field-trip! The first time I heard the word 'butty', it was c/o Ken Dodd and the fabled Jam Butty Mines! I think the word only began to spread out of the NW in the late 60's/early 70's, in Sheffield it was just a chip sandwich (at home) or 'chips in breadcake' (in the chippy) before then (stottie is a bit further north I think, they say breadcake in Sheffield, Leeds also). I'm not sure about sarnie, I don't recall hearing it before around 1970, but that might have just been because I was a kid!

My dad used to reckon that my very first word as a child was "Sandwiches!" Always seemed a bit unlikely to me

LOL! Yes, the chip butties are quite mountainous at that old climber's cafe (I am sure Donn will know it well)

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That's so funny Jack. I don't know what my first words were but I doubt it was 'beer'
Thanks for the info on sarnie and stottie. It gets confusing I think we should all just call them butties
And we've got to add 'food' to the title of this thread. Those pictures of yours have got the whole of the northern hemisphere salivating and thinking of chips! But I'm going to say, you know what I don't know where that café is.

 

[Jack Black]

That's so funny Jack. I don't know what my first words were but I doubt it was 'beer'
Thanks for the info on sarnie and stottie. It gets confusing I think we should all just call them butties
And we've got to add 'food' to the title of this thread. Those pictures of yours have got the whole of the northern hemisphere salivating and thinking of chips! But I'm going to say, you know what I don't know where that café is.

LOL! It's the cafe at Grindeleford station Donn, on the Manchester-Sheffield line. I remember when the cafe was actually part of a working station, but that is 50 years ago. For decades, it was run by a notoriously miserable bloke called Phil, who littered the walls with hand-written notes with various 'rules', and you couldn't ask for even the slightest variation from the menu (eg they'd make you a cheese sandwich or a ham sandwich, but woe betide anyone who asked for a cheese and ham sandwich!). They keep the remaining notes (and the large sign outside) up now as a bit of joke, but the older ones are starting to crumble from old age. It is a great down-to-earth cafe, with pint mugs of tea, and a fantastic chip butty. I thoroughly recommend it Excellent photo my friend

 

[TheFactor]

SUNDAY Cheers !!

 

[WhittlinAway]

Jack Black and donn I envy the wonderful selection of pubs and Real Ales you have access too. Fantastic stuff, please do keep posting it.

I believe I’ve posted tonight’s cocktail before, but my I thought I’d show it’s making as well....

A few weeks ago my Lambsfoot helped me halve a pint of purple figs from the farmers market:

These were puréed, combined with apple cider vinegar, cinnamon and sugar, and aged to make a shrub. Said shrub was then mixed with rye whiskey, peaty scotch, bitters, and a splash of soda water to make a take on an old fashioned called an ultramodern.

Of course the one that helped make it had to be with me while I sampled the rewards of our work.

I hope everyone had a good weekend and has a pleasant, productive, and satisfying week ahead. Cheers ya’ll!

 

[Jack Black]

Wow Greg, I would love to taste that! Cool pics of your Lambsfoot Maybe we can visit some of those pubs together one day

 

[Cambertree]

LOL! It's the cafe at Grindeleford station Donn, on the Manchester-Sheffield line. I remember when the cafe was actually part of a working station, but that is 50 years ago. For decades, it was run by a notoriously miserable bloke called Phil, who littered the walls with hand-written notes with various 'rules', and you couldn't ask for even the slightest variation from the menu (eg they'd make you a cheese sandwich or a ham sandwich, but woe betide anyone who asked for a cheese and ham sandwich!). They keep the remaining notes (and the large sign outside) up now as a bit of joke, but the older ones are starting to crumble from old age. It is a great down-to-earth cafe, with pint mugs of tea, and a fantastic chip butty. I thoroughly recommend it Excellent photo my friend

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Cool story and pic, Jack. I like that you could order fried bread and a pint of Bovril to wash it down.

Jack Black and donn I envy the wonderful selection of pubs and Real Ales you have access too. Fantastic stuff, please do keep posting it.

I believe I’ve posted tonight’s cocktail before, but my I thought I’d show it’s making as well....

A few weeks ago my Lambsfoot helped me halve a pint of purple figs from the farmers market:

These were puréed, combined with apple cider vinegar, cinnamon and sugar, and aged to make a shrub. Said shrub was then mixed with rye whiskey, peaty scotch, bitters, and a splash of soda water to make a take on an old fashioned called an ultramodern.

Of course the one that helped make it had to be with me while I sampled the rewards of our work.

I hope everyone had a good weekend and has a pleasant, productive, and satisfying week ahead. Cheers ya’ll!

Oh that looks delicious, Greg. I think I'll do a version of that, if the birds leave me any figs this year. Maybe with a little birdseye chilli to give it a bit of zing.

I think I'd like this beer on the strength of the label alone, but the contents are pretty flavoursome too.

 

[Jack Black]

Cool story and pic, Jack. I like that you could order fried bread and a pint of Bovril to wash it down.



Oh that looks delicious, Greg. I think I'll do a version of that, if the birds leave me any figs this year. Maybe with a little birdseye chilli to give it a bit of zing.

I think I'd like this beer on the strength of the label alone, but the contents are pretty flavoursome too.

Thanks pal, I don't think the menu has changed too much there over the years! By coincidence, my mate who runs a tool stall on the market gave me a bottle of that just the other week, had it about a week ago! Your ebony Lambsfoot is looking fab mate

 

[Emspop]

I wish I was clever enough to have set this up on purpose but this is actually what I was washing my lunch down with when the postman delivered this the other day!

 

[Mitt]

 

[Pàdruig]

Light was fading, but I wanted to snap a quick pic of my birthday beverage from earlier this evening. Quite potent...

 

[WhittlinAway]

Wow Greg, I would love to taste that! Cool pics of your Lambsfoot Maybe we can visit some of those pubs together one day

I was happy with how it turned out. The figs and peat gave a nice earthy character to complement the spice of the rye and cinnamon.

As for visiting some of those pubs together, I'd like that very much. I hope we have an opportunity to make that happen some day.

Oh that looks delicious, Greg. I think I'll do a version of that, if the birds leave me any figs this year. Maybe with a little birdseye chilli to give it a bit of zing.

Oh, that's a good idea! I hope you get to try it.

I've been on a bit of a shrub kick lately. I've finished off my supply of my blueberry one, but, in addition to the fig and cinnamon one, I have one made from fresh ginger and another from strawberries and black peppercorns in my fridge right now.

Here's the strawberry peppercorn one mixed with soda water to make a tart, refreshing non-alcoholic beverage that I'm enjoying as I type this:

It's been quite some time since I've had a Franziskaner Hefeweizen. I'll have to rectify that soon. Lovely to see your ebony lambsfoot with it.

Light was fading, but I wanted to snap a quick pic of my birthday beverage from earlier this evening. Quite potent...

Happy birthday! That sounds like quite a potent beverage indeed. That's a lovely Churchill you've got with it.

 

[Jack Black]

Light was fading, but I wanted to snap a quick pic of my birthday beverage from earlier this evening. Quite potent...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DYLAN!!

I was happy with how it turned out. The figs and peat gave a nice earthy character to complement the spice of the rye and cinnamon.

As for visiting some of those pubs together, I'd like that very much. I hope we have an opportunity to make that happen some day.



Oh, that's a good idea! I hope you get to try it.

I've been on a bit of a shrub kick lately. I've finished off my supply of my blueberry one, but, in addition to the fig and cinnamon one, I have one made from fresh ginger and another from strawberries and black peppercorns in my fridge right now.

Here's the strawberry peppercorn one mixed with soda water to make a tart, refreshing non-alcoholic beverage that I'm enjoying as I type this:

It's been quite some time since I've had a Franziskaner Hefeweizen. I'll have to rectify that soon. Lovely to see your ebony lambsfoot with it.



Happy birthday! That sounds like quite a potent beverage indeed. That's a lovely Churchill you've got with it.

I hope so too my friend, fantastic pic

 

[Cambertree]

Thanks pal, I don't think the menu has changed too much there over the years! By coincidence, my mate who runs a tool stall on the market gave me a bottle of that just the other week, had it about a week ago! Your ebony Lambsfoot is looking fab mate

Thanks mate, that ebony Lambsfoot just seems to improve with age like a fine wine.

Light was fading, but I wanted to snap a quick pic of my birthday beverage from earlier this evening. Quite potent...

Happy Birthday Dylan! Another fine photo, steeped in the essence of the Pacific NW, my friend. Whoa, I don't think I've sampled an ale that strong, it must have some real dry heat to it! Your Churchill looks like a great EDC knife.

I was happy with how it turned out. The figs and peat gave a nice earthy character to complement the spice of the rye and cinnamon.

As for visiting some of those pubs together, I'd like that very much. I hope we have an opportunity to make that happen some day.

Oh, that's a good idea! I hope you get to try it.

I've been on a bit of a shrub kick lately. I've finished off my supply of my blueberry one, but, in addition to the fig and cinnamon one, I have one made from fresh ginger and another from strawberries and black peppercorns in my fridge right now.

Here's the strawberry peppercorn one mixed with soda water to make a tart, refreshing non-alcoholic beverage that I'm enjoying as I type this:

It's been quite some time since I've had a Franziskaner Hefeweizen. I'll have to rectify that soon. Lovely to see your ebony lambsfoot with it.

Thanks Greg. Yeah, those shrubs you've been showing look like they'd be refreshing and delicious, with or without alcohol in them. Nice way to use up excess fruit harvest. Thanks for showing that strawberry, peppercorn and soda water shrub as well. You got a stunningly beautiful Guardians Lambsfoot knife too, my friend - but I think everyone did!

 

[Jack Black]

 

[donn]

Cool story and pic, Jack. I like that you could order fried bread and a pint of Bovril to wash it down.

Thanks pal, I don't think the menu has changed too much there over the years! By coincidence, my mate who runs a tool stall on the market gave me a bottle of that just the other week, had it about a week ago! Your ebony Lambsfoot is looking fab mate

Was at work yesterday so didn't sign in so I thought I'd catch up with the thread whilst drinking a mug of what is, after beer, my favourite beverage. And whaddya know! I find everyone's talking about....

There's some of this still at Captain Scott's hut on Cape Evans in the Antarctic.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13079351

LOL! It's the cafe at Grindeleford station Donn, on the Manchester-Sheffield line. I remember when the cafe was actually part of a working station, but that is 50 years ago. For decades, it was run by a notoriously miserable bloke called Phil, who littered the walls with hand-written notes with various 'rules', and you couldn't ask for even the slightest variation from the menu (eg they'd make you a cheese sandwich or a ham sandwich, but woe betide anyone who asked for a cheese and ham sandwich!). They keep the remaining notes (and the large sign outside) up now as a bit of joke, but the older ones are starting to crumble from old age. It is a great down-to-earth cafe, with pint mugs of tea, and a fantastic chip butty. I thoroughly recommend it Excellent photo my friend

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Thanks for that great story Jack! I'm definitely going to have to visit that. NEVER used Grindleford Station. Edale and Hathersage loads, Hope and Bamford less frequently.

Jack Black and donn I envy the wonderful selection of pubs and Real Ales you have access too. Fantastic stuff, please do keep posting it.

I believe I’ve posted tonight’s cocktail before, but my I thought I’d show it’s making as well....

A few weeks ago my Lambsfoot helped me halve a pint of purple figs from the farmers market:

These were puréed, combined with apple cider vinegar, cinnamon and sugar, and aged to make a shrub. Said shrub was then mixed with rye whiskey, peaty scotch, bitters, and a splash of soda water to make a take on an old fashioned called an ultramodern.

Of course the one that helped make it had to be with me while I sampled the rewards of our work.

I hope everyone had a good weekend and has a pleasant, productive, and satisfying week ahead. Cheers ya’ll!

Your welcome WhittlinAway! I'll keep posting pubs and ale on condition you keep posting instructions for fantastic concoctions like that!!
Oh and I almost forget this. Fantastic knives everyone as usual!

 

[donn]

Light was fading, but I wanted to snap a quick pic of my birthday beverage from earlier this evening. Quite potent...

Sorry missed this somehow. Happy Birthday sir! May the ale flow freely!

 

[Jack Black]

Was at work yesterday so didn't sign in so I thought I'd catch up with the thread whilst drinking a mug of what is, after beer, my favourite beverage. And whaddya know! I find everyone's talking about....

There's some of this still at Captain Scott's hut on Cape Evans in the Antarctic.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13079351





Thanks for that great story Jack! I'm definitely going to have to visit that. NEVER used Grindleford Station. Edale and Hathersage loads, Hope and Bamford less frequently.




Your welcome WhittlinAway! I'll keep posting pubs and ale on condition you keep posting instructions for fantastic concoctions like that!!
Oh and I almost forget this. Fantastic knives everyone as usual!

Like the pic Donn!

Grindleford Cafe (it's actually at Nether Padley) is definitely worth getting off the train for It's a historic destination for rock-climbers, with plenty of good climbing close by. It's right next to the Derbyshire end of the Totley Tunnel and close to Padley Chapel (http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/derbyshire/properties/padley-chapel.htm). If you fancy a walk, there's lots of of good routes to choose from, and it's not too far to walk up to The Grouse for a pint There are plenty of grindstones lying around the area from the numerous nearby quarries, such as Lawrencefield, but they were mostly for grinding corn rather than knives