"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

Eating a breakfast of chicken hearts and chicken gizzards that have been slowly cooking and seasoning overnight.

LIFE IS GOOD!
 
leghog said:
Eating a breakfast of chicken hearts and chicken gizzards that have been slowly cooking and seasoning overnight.

LIFE IS GOOD!
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No worry about cholesterol there!:eek:

:D

I miss the way my mom used to do the chicken livers with onions and a gravy. I could never quite duplicate it, and I've tried many times. :confused:
 
My Nan used to make devilled kidneys - I never get it right either. I suspect that even if mine now were actually better, they still wouldn't taste right to me because the memory is so strong.
 
pmew said:
My Nan used to make devilled kidneys - I never get it right either. I suspect that even if mine now were actually better, they still wouldn't taste right to me because the memory is so strong.
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Aaah the liver.
My mum used to over cook the liver to the point of chalky dryness and gagging from young meako.
Throughout my teenage and young adult life I spurned liver with utter disgust.
Then ...
One day...
I was at a cafe in Randwick, Sydney.
The Winning Post Cafe-Randwick is one of Australias largest thoroughbred racecourses.
with a mate of mine James and he ordered the "lambs fry" and bacon.
In my ignorance I also ordered it (I'll have what he's having):)
It came with buttered slices of white bread and onion gravy.
Delicious I thought. Unbelievably delicious.
What is "lambs fry"? I asked.
Lambs liver.
Well there y go -how come it tastes so good.
Most people overcook it.My mum overcooked it he said.SNAP.
I now devour liver with the gusto of a starving Goanna.

The Secret is -thin thin slices, a dust of flour,hot pan sizzling butter. Very quick both sides. Eat.
It needs to be juicy.
cheers.
 
I was tasked with retrieving an injured Python a couple of days ago.
Apparently it had been thrown from a car outside someones house after they parked there and had a massive blue in the wee hours..
The householder had put it in a box.It was to be released into the wilds of Mt Keira.
Unfortunately it was DOA with blood coming from its nose and mouth when I got there..
My theory-it was a pet belonging to people who should never have animals.It had been badly mistreated.
At home later
I cut its head off and skinned it. There was nothing in its guts which means it hadn't eaten for some time(not a big deal for a snake).
It is now soaking in a mix of metho and glycerine.
 
meako said:
I was tasked with retrieving an injured Python a couple of days ago.
Apparently it had been thrown from a car outside someones house after they parked there and had a massive blue in the wee hours..
The householder had put it in a box.It was to be released into the wilds of Mt Keira.
Unfortunately it was DOA with blood coming from its nose and mouth when I got there..
My theory-it was a pet belonging to people who should never have animals.It had been badly mistreated.
At home later
I cut its head off and skinned it. There was nothing in its guts which means it hadn't eaten for some time(not a big deal for a snake).
It is now soaking in a mix of metho and glycerine.
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We have no snakes on Lewis. What are you planning to do with it Meako?
 
I will get the rolled up (like a toilet roll) skin out of the potion tomorrow.
It will be stretched out and tacked to a fence paling to hopefully stop it from curling .
It should be soft and pliable.I might get a hat band and maybe some to use on a knife handle.
Watch this space for a pic.
Cheerz.
 
As for the head .ive got that under a flower pot up the garden.the ants should do their work removing all flesh and skin in approximately 3 weeks.then its into some bleach for a clean . hopefully the skull will be ok in one piece.i think it suffered a head trauma which killed it sadly.not a big snake at just over a metre long.only a baby.:(
 
As for the head .ive got that under a flower pot up the garden.the ants should do their work removing all flesh and skin in approximately 3 weeks.then its into some bleach for a clean . hopefully the skull will be ok in one piece.i think it suffered a head trauma which killed it sadly.not a big snake at just over a metre long.only a baby.:(
 
Good for you buddy. Glad to hear they'll be some life for it yet, as it were. :)
 
pmew said:
I used to see adders during the summer in Derbyshire. My mother was bitten by one once, her whole leg became swollen. It was quite scary!
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Blimey! :eek: Despite all my time spent out walking and climbing, I don't think I've ever seen a snake in this country
 
Really?!?!

We were walking on the hill above Wirksworth and Cromford at the time, not far from the triangulation point. My folks had a cottage at Bolehill.
 
For every snake you see there was 15 you didn't see. They are hide n seek blue ribbon champions.
 
pmew said:
Really?!?!

We were walking on the hill above Wirksworth and Cromford at the time, not far from the triangulation point. My folks had a cottage at Bolehill.
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Yeah, strange isn't it?

I know where you mean Paul.

meako said:
For every snake you see there was 15 you didn't see. They are hide n seek blue ribbon champions.
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True, my friend, they could probably hear my big feet coming! :D
 
pmew said:
Good for you buddy. Glad to hear they'll be some life for it yet, as it were. :)
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Thanks Paul
It was either that or its going in the bin.:mad:
Here are some pics in the mean time of a success story with one of the same species-Morelia spilota Diamond Python.
See what I mean about hide and seek- I'm almost 6ft tall but there's no way I could hide in that bag
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I think one may have been gravid(ready to lay eggs)
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Slither and be free! Ryan handled this python like a pro. NB these pics are 3 years old.
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This is Ryans "pet" Spotted Python- these are among the smallest species and come from the northern parts of Aus.
Full grown at just over 1 metre.It was seized in a drug raid and baloted to us thru the reptile society.Why do druggies keep reptiles?
Very friendly and handles well -except if you are a rat(frozen and warmed for dinner):)
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Cheers -he is in high school now and his ambition is to breed whistling spiders-they are also known as "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHRRRRRGGGG LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT THING!.... hey anyone seen the budgie?":D
 
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