The Last to Post-2nd Edition - Part 3

[skiingfast]

Stella isn't a premium...it is just a 'good' easy drinking common one...

I agree, but some people don't know that it is nothing special, they just don't realize it is in every store. In the US it's not real common to find on tap either.

Why does the data keep getting reposted? Is that on purpose or the board screwing up?

No, as more people put in a guess, I copied it with their guess included. And once when I added what the previous LTP threads ended on.

 

[skiingfast]

Good night all the cough medicine is taking me out.

 

[franandaj]

I don't think they sell Moosehead around here My mom just didn't think that a different beer would make it taste different, and we had Bud Lite in the house.

I can't imagine that they don't sell Moosehead there, but maybe the distribution of it has become more limited. I drank it a lot in college, but that was some time ago.

While I'm surprised that some people find Stella Artios to be premium, what they don't know is it's common. The most comsumed beer on the planet. Nothing wrong with it. But I mostly drink an uncommon beer on the rare occasions I'm having beer.

I think Bud, Coors and Miller are in the bottom. Things like Labatt's, Schlitz, and a couple other beers that escape my mind are not even considered on the beer scale. Stella is at least allowed at the Disney festivals, so they have a little bit of clout, but non a huge "craft" beer.

I don't drink beer. It just... Bleh. Makes me want to puke.

It took me a while to find a beer that I actually liked. I think the first one was Henry Weinhard's which I don't think they are even in business any more. It is definitely an aquired taste.

Why does the data keep getting reposted? Is that on purpose or the board screwing up?

I think he is reposting it as more people put in their responses.

My question is this (and I know I could go out and find it, but I want it handed to me on a platter). What are the times when the threads have been closed?

 

[PrincessInOz]

Back on...nearly dinner time here. We're having leftovers.


From these...

...to....

My dinner!

 

[queenie82]

Interesting......
Chicken? Carrot? Mushroom? Onion?
Rice...
What else

Homeward bound...
Feel like Oops for dinner. But I don't think we have and in the cupboard even though it used to be a staple for hungry children
And it is likely PIO is the only one who has a chance of knowing what it is.....

 

[PrincessInOz]

Sweet potato; , not carrot.

I just posted the recipe up on the What's For Dinner thread....

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42599740&postcount=2565




Oops for dinner??? What's that?

 

[queenie82]

Ah I see. Close...although not in flavor or texture...lol...

I assume it's spaghetti-o's in the USA although I've never looked for or seen it.

It's o's of pasta in sauce...like tinned spaghetti. They come in smaller tins. They were always that snack in the cupboard. Dinner or lunch could be two small tins on toast. So that's the plan. I will say though last time I had them the O's had suffered genetic modification and were now twice the size. So I'll see....
I took a gamble and tried doing a run to the shops and back to get some before my bus but just missed it....darn it...but I got them.

Interestingly they didn't have alphaghetti or dinosaur shapes or anything else. The only non spaghetti or baked beans was Oops.

Yes....I'm a weird person with odd food nostalgia....but I believe that is a requirement here

 

[PrincessInOz]

I remember those. I think the Spaghetti O's were tinned in England.


And whilst it is a requirement to be weird in here, I suspect that you, like the rest of us, were already weird to begin with (with or without food). There really is no hope for us.

 

[queenie82]

Me....weird??? Never......

I'm simply delightfully nuts....with a dash of Dutch stubborness....and Irish and Scottish blood to boot

I know the name from tv etc but I don't recall ever seeing a tin of spaghetti o's. It's strange.....

Just read the recipe and cooking. Hold the salted fish and I'll have some
My dad eats herring and all that sort of stuff from his European heritage....but me...
I have my fish unsalted and cooked

 

[queenie82]

Just a quick question...you know how you 'leave for later?? Is that just left in the pot in the fridge or what??? Just a curiosity thing...

 

[PrincessInOz]

Next time you're in a chinese eatery with claypot rice on the menu, you should try some. Cooking in the claypot adds the crusty rice at the bottom. And don't hold the salt fish. It does pretty much melt into the dish....much like anchovies does.


And nuts....yes.....delightful.....

 

[queenie82]

I resemble that eye rolling....




And I don't like anchovies...so that isn't a good advertisement

 

[PrincessInOz]

Claiming LAST again.

 

[queenie82]

Claiming LAST back...

 

[PrincessInOz]

 

[queenie82]

Welcome to The Vintage Hunter Valley Grand Mecure Resort

This is a resort found in wine country....
Australia has a few wine making areas and this is the one closest to Sydney. The Barossa Valley, The Hunter Valley and Margaret River are the 3 main ones to me. The Hunter is known more for white wines. The Barossa gets colder so has more red wines.
Having said this...I found some red wines I quite liked during this trip and I'm pretty much a loyal white wine only drinker.

This resort is fairly new. It is a Golf resort with the Golf course designed by Greg Norman. It is NOT an easy course and they take themselves very seriously. I don't know how much it costs but you do need the right attire (including shoes) to play here. And the carpark was PACKED on Sunday.

As well as the Grand Mecure there are also private residences surrounding the course.

This is the basic resort layout...streets of rows of two storey buildings

This is the view from our humble abode - a two bedroom apartment. They are found on the top floor and the garage goes with it.

It seemed so good being near the pool...
Until we realised the pool hours weren't enforced...

There USED to be individual BBQs with each apartment but now there is just a communal area...

That view was from one of the balconies...which we are pretty sure used to house the BBQ. It currently looks like this -

The other has deck chairs -

It was the last vineyard I visited...but something that made me laugh...and bring a bit of a tear...was the Hope Winery
DBF and I love Wombats...he ADORES wombats...
And currently Hope have a theme of Wombats. Some kind of promo. So they were all through the Cellar Door tasting room...

They were even tasting.............

 

[PrincessInOz]

Resort looks okay...but is it me? Was it missing something? Just seems like there's something missing to me....

 

[queenie82]

Resort looks okay...but is it me? Was it missing something? Just seems like there's something missing to me....

umm...Photos of the golf course? Didn't get any. You couldn't see it very well without going right up to it and I didn't have time...

You need to go up the hill and back over the other side to get to it. It does kind of surround it...and it's only a 5min walk to the carpark for it. But you just can't 'see' it from where we were.

Not sure if you're hankering at something else? Too tired...

This is the living room.
As I arrived after everyone else it was already a bit lived in...

 

[PrincessInOz]

No, no hanky panky at this end. The resort is probably too new...and not showing any age at all.

Bedtime for me too.

 

[DisneyFirefly]