https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSkeeXBvQ/

Wow…such beautiful old world charm…. Now it’s on my bucket list.  :)

I went to many houses and other places that were 100s of years old in England and guess what?

I am too tall to get through the doorways without ducking down.
People must have been about 5'2" tall in those days?

Sophia wrote on May 29^th, 2025 at 9:05pm:

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSkeeXBvQ/ Wow…such beautiful old world charm…. Now it’s on my bucket list.  :)

No   :(

I haven't been to Scotland or Ireland - only southern England.

One day, maybe.

It does look lovely.

Been there a few times. Great place and well worth exploring.  :)

Never been to England. Afraid they'll put me in Gaol.

As some know, I went to London as part of my tour last September, and stayed a week.
I never thought I was going to like it and was dreading it as our dollar is only worth half buying value.
Well I was surprised how much I fell in like with the place.
Except taxi cab costs… that was gulp time!  ;D
We went on a 2 day tour of stone henge, Roman baths in Bath, castles and cottages etc
I’d love to go back and do more… and go further up towards Scotland.
Maybe next time when our Aussie dollar improves. Or else I win lotto, or maybe crypto might go parabolic before I’m too old to care  ;D

So much yet to see… and I would be happy to see Tasmania, and Ulluru.

Would like to go to Hungary. Don't know about all that Ottoman green influence there. But the Goulash is to die for.

Jasin wrote on Jun 2^nd, 2025 at 7:43pm:

Would like to go to Hungary. Don't know about all that Ottoman green influence there. But the Goulash is to die for.

Oh Jasin….You just triggered a long lost memory of when I used to cook goulash over 40 years ago!
Cooking style changes when kids come along and I adjust with simpler meals… then I totally forgot certain meals I used to cook.
Now I’m all inspired to make Hungarian goulash tonight!
I went out and bought all ingredients today.
But guess what…. no tomatoes in Woolies, and a few unripe pale tomatoes in Aldi… I bought cherry tomatoes instead, and an organic tin of peeled tomatoes to use.
I bought a new container of paprika.
I was lucky to find one tray of chuck steak.

Milk prices seem to have gone up. Restrictions on eggs to 2 cartons per person is in force.
And tomatoes are scarce.

I will put a pic up of the goulash.
Here’s a recipe link…

https://www.recipetineats.com/hungarian-goulash-recipe/

Last night I watched MasterChef… they had Sooshi mango as guests… was a great episode to cook Italian with pasta. I wish I were there… I would’ve loved to have cooked a pasta dish!
Hubby asks if I really want that stress… I said nah…. What puts me off are the wanky food terminology used sometimes  ;D

Sophia wrote on Jun 3^rd, 2025 at 4:07pm:

Jasin wrote on Jun 2nd, 2025 at 7:43pm: Would like to go to Hungary. Don't know about all that Ottoman green influence there. But the Goulash is to die for. Oh Jasin….You just triggered a long lost memory of when I used to cook goulash over 40 years ago! Cooking style changes when kids come along and I adjust with simpler meals… then I totally forgot certain meals I used to cook. Now I’m all inspired to make Hungarian goulash tonight! I went out and bought all ingredients today. But guess what…. no tomatoes in Woolies, and a few unripe pale tomatoes in Aldi… I bought cherry tomatoes instead, and an organic tin of peeled tomatoes to use. I bought a new container of paprika. I was lucky to find one tray of chuck steak. I will put a pic up of the goulash. Here’s a recipe link…

I've been to Hungary a couple of times - don't remember all that much about it.

What I do remember is my father's Hungarian Goulash.

He used to cook it when I was a kid and it was magnificent.

About fifteenen years ago he took me to a restaurant in Austria where they use the same recipe - my grandmother got it from the chef there and handed it down to my father.

It tasted exactly the same!   :)

Their wiener schnitzels were wonderful too.

Mmm, I love goulash.

greggerypeccary wrote on Jun 3^rd, 2025 at 5:19pm:

Sophia wrote on Jun 3rd, 2025 at 4:07pm: Jasin wrote on Jun 2nd, 2025 at 7:43pm: Would like to go to Hungary. Don't know about all that Ottoman green influence there. But the Goulash is to die for. Oh Jasin….You just triggered a long lost memory of when I used to cook goulash over 40 years ago! Cooking style changes when kids come along and I adjust with simpler meals… then I totally forgot certain meals I used to cook. Now I’m all inspired to make Hungarian goulash tonight! I went out and bought all ingredients today. But guess what…. no tomatoes in Woolies, and a few unripe pale tomatoes in Aldi… I bought cherry tomatoes instead, and an organic tin of peeled tomatoes to use. I bought a new container of paprika. I was lucky to find one tray of chuck steak. I will put a pic up of the goulash. Here’s a recipe link… I've been to Hungary a couple of times - don't remember all that much about it. What I do remember is my father's Hungarian Goulash. He used to cook it when I was a kid and it was magnificent. About fifteenen years ago he took me to a restaurant in Austria where they use the same recipe - my grandmother got it from the chef there and handed it down to my father. It tasted exactly the same!   :) Their wiener schnitzels were wonderful too. Mmm, I love goulash.

I hope your dad handed the recipe down to you!
On MasterChef, a lot of the cooks talk about their nonnas and how they learnt much from them.
I never knew my nonnas. My cooking is Australian-Italian … I make up my own take with recipes.
I honestly wish I knew my nonnas, but my parents immigrated and left the old country way before I was Melbourne born.
I’ve done mine tonight, the paprika and caraway seeds really lift it!
I did it quick instead of in oven after…
Will do it properly with timing next time,
I’ve been at it for an hour n half…  such a delight for cold winter night!
Hubby says every second mouthful…. bloody beautiful  :)

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I was born in UK, left in 1984 farthest north Aberdeen, West Snowden. Southwest Lands End, South Channel Isles and East Happisburgh.
The best place of all is the Lake District. Am informed that it is very busy now and expensive. We went walking Old Man of Coniston, Striding Edge to Helvellyn and a swim in Red Tarn. Drank beer in the Drunken Duck. Honeymooned in Ambleside. A nice scenic drive is Hard Knott Pass.
Went to Vietnam and Cambodia this year very busy compared to when we first went 15 years ago.
Bloody tourists ;D