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yeah that's the only difference - the mince. If it's lamb's mince then it's Shephers'd pie and if it's beef mince then it's Cottage Pie I like veal but it's very very pricey in UK and not many shops stock it as there is too many people who think it's wrong to produce it. Yeah the rice was cooked in stock with chopped tomatoes and tomato puree and you can add minced chillies if you want (I used cayanne pepper instead)

i like stuffed chicken with different things - cheese, mushrooms, garlic butter. Sometimes I would wrap it in bacon rasher(s) too. I like Shepherd's pie but have not made it for a while. Do you know the difference between Shepherd's pie and Cottage Pie (at least here in UK). I like trying new recipes too - I've made Jollof rice on tuesday (it's quite simple african dish I know from long time ago)

What is Oyster? Oyster is a blue plastic card you can use instead of paper tickets. You can put Travelcards, passes and railcards on it, as well as credit which you use up as you travel.

hello Kijo anything yummy?

hello everyone Wish - have a great time with BooBear at the weekend

byeee Zoonie and make sure you put some plaster on it

Happy Birthday TAN! have a wonderful day

byeeee Kijo and take care

well I was just posting stuff like - nothing is showing and it's not working not sure about Gill's posts

yeah!!! we are back

the same charity that done the London one is going to do one in Copenhagen next year and they were in Amsterdam last year or the year before

Happy Birthday Tanya

sweet dreams Tanya

no Zoonie - I didn't know about that one and I don't think we'll have the time when we are there to be honest but there may be another day. We managed to get a good deals on train tickets for £9.50 one way I think the whole UK (and now not only UK) got fibre-glass animal crazy Elephants in London Lions in Bath Toads in Hull Rhinos in Chester Dragons in Newport Penguins in Liverpool someone even said sheep in Cumbria but not sure if they are real ones LOL but I think it fun way to raise awarness and also cash for importnant issues as all the "statues" are at the end of each event auctioned for charity. The elephants (261 of them) raised over £4 million for the charity that looks after endangered Asian elephants

it's contagious! I will be looking forward to see the pictures Tan.

shrimp hunting like in Forrest Gump? I would love to see real lions but from safe distance (but I'm in wrong country for that unless I go to zoo)

thank you - it's all in the fun stage of talking to people and planning - once I get to nailing down the schedule and booking flights that when the fun stops (once I know how much it will really cost). Yes I'm very excited about it - I will get to meet Mindy in LA, Mary Callahan (not sure if you know her) in Seattle, my friend Lenka in Chicago, Frannie in Ohio, Tanya and Kjio in Florida and Savannah and maybe even a day in Washington DC. The Bath trip - I hope it all woks out well - we are going on saturday morning and coming back on sunday evening so we'll stay one night in YMCA.

I just read back few pages Zoonie - you've been busy but at least I hope that kept your minds off the horrible stuff that happen IMOM. I hope it will all work out for you two - you deserve it. I'm doing good - can't keep my mind of planning my US trip next June (yes we are talking about it a lot here of forum last few days). 5 weeks before my trip home and 4 weeks before my trip to Bath to do some Lion Safari with a group of people I met when I was doing my elephant spotting. Train and accommodation sorted for this one - we are all meeting tomorrow evening to iron out detail. There is 14 of us going so I'm hoping that it will be good laugh

Tan hope you are having a wonderful day Zoonie how are you this lovely day?

Just a quick update if anyone read it - Jollof rice was success and now I'm off to bed (yes I know it's only 21.35 but I'm tired)

Hello Mindy and enjoy your lunch - it's dinner time here LOL I'm personally not that bothered about Vegas (as you said need to leave some stuff for next time) so it will be just LA. I guess someof the "indoor" activities will be determined by ticket prices but I'm sure there it loads other stuff to see that is free (blond moment) is Disney in LA? don't worry Mindy once I finally kick my backside into reading up on LA I will come up with loads fo things (I bet) to see

I guess I will go and atempt some cooking. I shall be trying to make Jolloff rice - in a nutshell it's rice cooked in tomatoes and stock with some chilli peppers. We used to have it all the time when I was working as nanny for nigerian familly years ago. I will have it for lunch tomorrow with some salad and raast chicken (if I mess it up then it's just salad and roast chicken

I'm baaaack in case anyone's around it's still so hot and sticky so I'm lazying in my bedroom by open window

I hope that will not be the case and he will make full recovery. Sorry that I'm deserting you but I will check here in couple of hours. Hope you enjoy rest of you day in case I don't speak to you again

sorry but I will be leaving in 10 minutes as boss is sending me to post office but I will be at home in about 2 hours if you still be around I have a good news - my ESTA has been approved so I'm another step closer. There was talk that they should start charging $10 for it from September