Comments on: EVOO is not a dirty word

By: FDB

FDB — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:46:27 +0000

The main problem was he’d done everything else perfectly, and we were all pretty drunk, so I didn’t notice until I’d already swallowed half a mouthful.

By: Zoe

Zoe — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:39:53 +0000

Ew, not a fresh clean taste then?

By: FDB

FDB — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:15:32 +0000

“Palmolive dishwashing liquid but obviously far tastier”

Heh. A nutcase former bandmate and housemate of mine was once making a South Indian fish curry and we had no citrus. I advised he just bung in a bit of ship’s lime cordial – “it’s on the shelf above the sink”.

Not Palmolive, but pretty bad.

By: Cohen the Grammarian

Cohen the Grammarian — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:51:07 +0000

One is an adjective and one is genative case, indicating ownership.

That would be “genitive” case, because it is the market of the farmers*. The word “farmers” isn’t an adjective.

* unless there’s only one farmer, o’course, in which case it’d be “farmer’s market”.

By: Zoe

Zoe — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:40:13 +0000

I drizzled the tiniest bit on top of a beautiful, simple jerusalem artichoke soup that Owy made tonight. It was great.

Emily, the Homeleigh Grove people refill, and have tanks about the place at specialty stores where you can also refill. Unfortunately the big 4L tins aren’t refillable. And grammar nerds are always welcome here ;)

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:10:52 +0000

Oh yeah, and I can’t decide if it’s farmers market or farmers’ market. One is an adjective and one is genative case, indicating ownership. Grammar nerd…hmmm…

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:07:34 +0000

What a lovely colour! When I can be faffed, I get oil from the Broadway Markets in Hackney, east London (http://www.broadwaymarket.co.uk/). If you bring the bottle back, they knock a pound of the price and the regular supermarket stuff just isn’t the same. In winter when it’s really cold, the oil solidifies in the bottle which looks really unattractive but it soon liquifies in the cupboard

By: Lucy

Lucy — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:12:37 +0000

Oooo…it’s good stuff that throat-catching, grassy early pressing. Kinda just needs bread and drops of fresh lemon. VERY jealous. In a good way.

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