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Doc Martens got sold and moved the production to Asia. The dip in quality is very noticeable.

The people who used to produce Doc Martens now work for the company called Solovair. I haven't tried their stuff butt apparently they're as good as Doc Martens used to be.

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Those cats on the street are not meowing, they are yowling. That's a holler to intimidate or to fight, over a territory or hot ladies. That's not a meow for a human to fill the food bowl or give scritches or something else tame and domestic.

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A guy in front of me: what do you mean I can't send black pudding to my friend on the other side of the country? I promised him I would send it. It doesn't matter it's bank holiday weekend, who cares that blood based perishable product would be in transit for a week and stink to high heaven, I promised!

That went on for at least 20 minutes. I had queued for a few hours and lost my will to live

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I’m American and I’ve never eaten Yorkshire pudding. Gonna try making it. Any tips on cooking or serving?

You guys make dutch babies in US, don't you? Similar thing, only Yorkshire pudding batter doesn't have sugar in it.

Originally Yorkshire pudding was cooked in one big tray under the spit roast to catch all the drippings and served before the main meal so you'd fill up with bread and eat less meat. Nowadays it's usually individual puddings, cooked on a special tray with wide shallow holes or on a regular muffin tray. You want the tray piping hot before pouring in the batter so get the oiled tray in the oven warming up at least 15 minutes before. Use caution, don't burn yourself. You can use oil or animal fat of your choice. 350-390°F, if I converted right. (180-200°C). When you fill the divets, the batter should sizzle and when returned to the oven, should start rising high from the edges. Try not to open the oven at least 15 min in the beginning as it can sink the yorkies. Check after 25 min or so, the yorkies should look like golden cups, the hole Iin the middle set and yellow, the edges and the bottom browned. Depending on the temperature and the oven, it can take up to 45 min.

As for the batter, ignore all the recipes and follow a simple formula: even amounts of egg, milk and flour, pinch of salt. Roughly half an egg per nase so mix with 2 eggs should serve 4. Measure with a small cup or a measuring cup and tip it all in the bowl. Two schools about it: mix just lumps out or beat the hell out of it. I go to town with a stick blender until the mix is frothy.

Serve it with something with a lot of gravy. Roasted joint (beef, ham, chicken) and veggies is the most common way. Also good for snacking, rip pieces and dip in gravy, delish!

Sorry, got a bit carried away but I've cooked yorkies for living for over a decade now so...

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The lockdowns were 2020, based on other comments the cicadas were on 2021 and the year of the tiger was 2022 so we are not reading the screenshot from last week here. Still humorous tho, albeit on the darker side. Poor little sod, resigned to the life of continuous catastrophes

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For dogs one spot is the chest between the front legs as well, they really can't reach it themselves. It's quite amusing how they just lean on your scratching hand, eyes rolling back