The Frying Pan

I don't know precisely what haram is (though I can guess), but if it means one can't look at an attractive, more or less clothed adult of the opposite sex, I don't agree with it

SAJ14SAJ

@ElendilTheTall Forbidden

Neil Fein

7:50 PM

Hey @Cerberus

ElendilTheTall

so I gathered

SAJ14SAJ

So it means to them the same as treif for Jews, as well as being the name for the famous harem, since the women were forbidden.

Also, with connotations of dirty.

Cerby was here earlier, but was going out tonight

Neil Fein

@SAJ14SAJ The icons under the room name lied to me

:D

SAJ14SAJ

@NeilFein Mendacious icons are not contraindicated at SE

Neil Fein

God damn cache

ElendilTheTall

8:04 PM

it's just the way it works

all recent chatters are shown

he was here 4 hours ago

@SAJ14SAJ who in their right mind would forbid Isla Fisher?

SAJ14SAJ

@ElendilTheTall Evidently, either that is answered, or the individual does not meet the qualification specified

ElendilTheTall

quite

I despair for the world, I really do

SAJ14SAJ

Although googling that name indicates she was born about 50 years too late to be a real pinup girl

ElendilTheTall

indeed

that was from a Vanity Fair shoot with several modern ladies photographed in a pinup style

vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/05/…

SAJ14SAJ

I see...

that explains why the picture did not look quite period correct.

ElendilTheTall

8:15 PM

indeed

here's a thought for the day: the longest journey starts with a single step. And a fear you've left the heating on.

SAJ14SAJ

My cats were indifferent to your kitchen table philosophy. They want to know where the next can of Friskies is coming from.

ElendilTheTall

Pester, and ye shall receive, O felines

SAJ14SAJ

Friskies is a morning treat.

So there is no begging, as there are no inappropriate rewards.

ElendilTheTall

So what's on the cards today @SAJ14SAJ

it's what, half three there?

SAJ14SAJ

About... I am thinking of heating up my calzone.

ElendilTheTall

8:30 PM

at half three?

is that lunch or dinner?

SAJ14SAJ

I tend to eat only twice a day if I don't go to the office.

ElendilTheTall

I would faint

SAJ14SAJ

You get a 'tea' as well, no?

ElendilTheTall

no

breakfast, lunch, dinner

some people call dinner tea

but it's not a common extra meal

SAJ14SAJ

But you have to eat those little sandwiches with no crust!

ElendilTheTall

8:35 PM

sorry to shatter your illusions

SAJ14SAJ

I don't think you are really English now; tea is the very soul of being English. Everyone knows that.

ElendilTheTall

tea the drink

SAJ14SAJ

Which is consumed... at tea! QED

ElendilTheTall

which is consumed throughout the day

now, it may be that you might sit down and have a cup of tea and a slice of cake of a Sunday afternoon

and you could possibly call that Afternoon Tea

but it's by no means a regular or common occurrence

nowadays if you want a 'proper' Afternoon Tea you need to at least go to a certain type of cafe, or a posh hotel

SAJ14SAJ

So England is no more, and all that is left is the corpse in the eU? :-)

ElendilTheTall

8:39 PM

Also if you're in Devon or Cornwall on holiday you might have Cream Tea or two - tea, with fruit scones, jam, and clotted cream

SAJ14SAJ

I have never clotted a cream. I don't like sour cream, creme fraiche, or any of that nonsense.

ElendilTheTall

clotted cream is not sour

it is just extremely thick cream

in fact, I think by American standards it is technically butter

it's utterly fucking delicious

SAJ14SAJ

Interesting; that is not a product we get here.

ElendilTheTall

so I understand

though I do have an American pie book that mentions it

make your own! get some raw milk, and simmer it on an extremely low heat in a wide pan overnight

SAJ14SAJ

It is extremely difficult to come by raw milk here. It cannot legally be sold in most channels.

ElendilTheTall

8:48 PM

imagine - a rich, buttery scone, packed with succulent fruit, thick, cool, clotted cream - the very definition of creaminess - and a sweet, sharp, raspberry jam on top

mmmmmm mm!

@SAJ14SAJ in that case I will send you a case

as it were

SAJ14SAJ

Not until I move

ElendilTheTall

no one should go through life without clotted cream

@SAJ14SAJ too late!

ordered and shipped

SAJ14SAJ

I think you can buy it in jars.

ElendilTheTall