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  1. Missy Hellfire

    The most important meal of the day!

    Smithy - Apologies for duplicating your thread, I did a search for breakfast related threads but I obviously didn't search effectively enough! I do love eggs, the best I have had was a Two Fat Ladies (wonderful cookery programme) recipe that involved seperating off a few whites and using more...
  2. Missy Hellfire

    Kippers

    That's the only problem really Smithy is that kippers do err towards the stinky side; my grandmother wouldn't allow them to be cooked in the house and my grandfather had a camping stove in the garden shed to cook them on! Boil in the bag kippers, whereas not as nice as the 'proper' ones are a...
  3. Missy Hellfire

    The most important meal of the day!

    Following on from my thread enquiring of people's appreciation of kippers http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?54579-Kippers it got me wondering about breakfast. I think that breakfast is my favourite meal of the day although in the week I am guilty of skipping it when I am in a rush...
  4. Missy Hellfire

    Kippers

    I won't lie, I am a fan of the kipper. Manx or Scottish kippers grilled with a little butter and maybe a fried or poached egg on top and some hot buttered toast is just bliss, especially with a cup of tea to go with. I prefer a straight undyed smoked kipper but I have tried boil in the bag and...
  5. Missy Hellfire

    If you had a chance to travel through a TIME MACHINE for a WEEK? where would you go?

    Oh, so many places... Whitechapel at the end of September 1888 (assuming that I would have some sort of protection) to try and see just who was the Ripper (I have a macabre streak a mile wide, sorry) VE day here in Britain Where I live in Lincolnshire when it was a Bomber Command base -...
  7. Missy Hellfire

    Cricket - willow and leather

    I am reliably informed that the counties that the little blighter (my nephew) may be up for are either Berkshire or Buckinghamshire. Both minor counties, but from small acorns mighty oaks do grow and all that! Thanks all so much for your good wishes, fingers crossed eh? :D
  8. Missy Hellfire

    What is your favorite aircraft of all time?

    The Avro Lancaster, otherwise known as the Lancaster Bomber. Beautiful and sounds like a dream with its four merlin engines. I live at an old Lancaster base and live in hope that maybe the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster which is stationed not too far away may one day decide to set...
  9. Missy Hellfire

    House histories?

    Our house is neither old nor pretty but I do love where we live. My home is a 1950s built RAF house on the base that the Dam Busters squadron was based at during World War 2. The place still has so many of its 1950s features which I love, including a lovely serving hatch into the dining room...
  10. Missy Hellfire

    Cricket - willow and leather

    I will confess to never having played cricket except for 'a bit of fun' (My ham fisted legspin has been politely described as 'deceptively slow'!) as I went to an all girl's school and hockey, netball and rounders were the sports de jour. I do enjoy watching a good game of cricket though and...
  11. Missy Hellfire

    British designer decries "scruffy" British men.

    I think that assertions of the gentleman in the article are quite correct, very few people in the UK today seem to take care of themselves and take a pride in their appearance like people did in the past. In a way I think that it is irrespective of the style of clothing, the pride is not there...
  13. Missy Hellfire

    The Joy of Sunday Lunch

    Wow, such lovely replies! Here's a thing then, are roast dinners (roasted meat, with vegetables and gravy etc etc) eaten regularly elsewhere in the world like they are here in the UK or are they generally reserved for high days and holidays such as Thanksgiving and the like?
  14. Missy Hellfire

    The Joy of Sunday Lunch

    Growing up in a fairly traditional British family, Sunday lunch was always a regular weekly staple and generally consisted of (with various additions, subtractions and permutations): Some sort of roasted creature (usually beef, pork or lamb), roast potatoes and parsnips, boiled carrot and swede...
  15. Missy Hellfire

    You Big Softy! - Your Favourite Soft Drinks

    I love Fentiman's ginger beer and their dandelion and burdock, too. But my very favourite drink at the moment is Barr's cream soda with raspberry which (as a fan of the Roald Dahl book The BFG) I refer to as 'frobscottle' as it is so very yummy... The bubbles don't fizz downwards though :(
  16. Missy Hellfire

    Potato Salad

    I like to make my potato salad thus; Boil baby new potatoes in their skins, drain, allow to cool and just coat (not so they are covered in tons of goop) with a mixture of half mayonnaise and half sour cream. Add as much or as little chopped chives and finely chopped spring onion (scallion)...
  17. Missy Hellfire

    Strange Superstitions and The Superstitious Among Us

    I come from a very superstitious family too, much to the confusion of my beloved other half at times! Some of the superstitions already mentioned are very familiar to me: You must buy a knife or a blade, never be given it, never, ever put new shoes on the table, always throw a pinch of salt...
  19. Missy Hellfire

    How Old Are The Members of The Fedora Lounge?

    I know that a lady should never reveal their age, but then I'll admit to not being that ladylike in some respects! :-P I am 32 and I have always felt like the 20s, 30s and 40s sounded in many ways a better place to be. Don't get me wrong, I love things like medical advances, voting and the...
  20. Missy Hellfire

    Time Warp Wives

    :offtopic: Hi Tamamiko, sorry about the late reply, I only just re-stumbled across this thread! No, we don't re-enact SCA we are members of the Wars of the Roses Federeation who re-enact life from the period of the Wars of the Roses (York v Lancaster) which was from around 1455 - 1485...
  21. Missy Hellfire

    Old - timey names!

    I wouldn't worry too much about her official moniker, dogs are intelligent things and can know more than one name. My little dog is called Ellie but also answers to 'Boo' (which I call her most often) and also 'Stinky' (Which my OH calls her most often!). You can still call her Winnie, just make...
  22. Missy Hellfire

    Old - timey names!

    I've always rather liked the name Lily :) Beautiful wee pup, by the way!
  23. Missy Hellfire

    Odd State Laws!

    Tango - As far as I understood the blurb on the back of the license, if you have a TV on your premises, whether switched on or not, which is capable of functioning it must have a license. The same now applies for computers that can pick up tv as well. It is however only one license per household...

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