The following Dodgers have been smited by the JDK for their crimes against Jam:
All the girls! for picking on the JDK and damaging his already delicate self esteem!
The Basserd Who Nicked Copper's Stuff For the offense of nicking Copper's stuff. You are a tw*t, whoever you are and we all hope you get run over by a tram in Nottingham. Or Liverpool. Or whereever else they have trams!
Copper For the crime of playing with her Wii instead of her Jammie pals!
quote: Originally posted by: ddvmor "That's really bad, mate. Do you get overtime for that or a nice fat bonus? Or did you just get more grief in the morning?"
Afraid not me ol' China, more work and a speech about entitlement and optimal performance (grief).
quote: Originally posted by: NateO "Yep, all of that and a broken DB, nice! Well, the storm seems to be calming. And just had Sheppard's Pie for lunch. "
Not cottage pie then?
quote: Originally posted by: ddvmor "What about empowerment (greif) or personal development (grief). Or dedication (grief) to the company (grief, grief, griefy grief)?"
Isn't it weird that the more you look at some words, the more convinced you are that they don't look as if they're spelt correctly? Grief looks just plain wrong to me now...
Cottage pie has beef in, Shepherd's pie has lamb in. Fry the mince first (till it's brown) and if it's very fatty, pour off some of the fat (otherwise it just sits on top and makes it all greasy). I always also put onions, carrots, sometimes tomato (if there's some in the fridge that need used), salt, pepper, water (to make the gravy!) if the meat isn't very good, or not too tasty, stick in a stock cube too (one relevant to the meat type you are using!) peas are good in it also. Cook it for long enought that the mince is nice and cooked (about an hour is good) but you don't want the carrots to be soggy, so sometimes, I only put the veg in half an hour before the end (unless I'm in a hurry, then it only gets 30 mins on the hob anyway so I just stick it all in at the beginning!).
Then stick it in a casserole and dollop loads of mashed potato on top (obviously mashed with cream and butter and pepper and salt!). For extra yumminess (especially if cooking for JDK) put grated mature cheddar cheese on top and stick it in the oven on fairly high for 20 mins - nice!
Hey presto cottage/shepherd's pie. I'm sure there's other ways to do it that are just as tasty - this is how my Granny and my Mum did it and I learned from them!!