One Morning In May

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Post by paul jh » Tue May 01, 2007 4:05 pm

It's May again and the first song I played this morning was "One Morning In May". I played it three times in a row! :) I think it's Matt Monro's best swing number. And the percussion is superb. Each time I hear it I get excited about the perfectly placed cymbal clashing. :D And have you noticed how he carries over the phrases? It's almost like he never breathes across four phrases. I try to do the same when I sing-along, but I run out of air!

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Post by Gray » Sun May 27, 2007 1:00 pm

Hi All

It's Sunday afternoon and I'm listening to Michael Parkinson on Radio 2 play this fabulous song, in fact it finished his show today.

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Post by Lena & Harry Smith » Sun May 27, 2007 2:55 pm

We had the programme on Gray, but missed it somehow. :roll: Harry was making up some CDs.
I must have been checking the Yorkshire pudding or something. :lol: :lol:

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Post by Gray » Sun May 27, 2007 8:30 pm

:)

Oh Lena, Yorkshire Puds, my favourite, with onion gravy I hope! :)

I've been at a barb-q this afternoon and so missed a Sunday lunch, still I did have my dinner cooked for me so it was a good 2nd choice!

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Post by Lena & Harry Smith » Sun May 27, 2007 8:51 pm

Oh definitely onion gravy Gray.
When I first went to Harry's house for dinner his Mum served the Yorkshire pud on it's own as a first course. :? I didn't know then that it was tradition. . :lol: :lol:
I'm never too sure about Barbi-q's, the last one we went to the fish was raw :shock: :? :? :evil: and what do you do, mention it very casually and put everyone off. They didn't even have a cat to slip it to.:cry:

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Post by Gray » Mon May 28, 2007 9:05 am

:)
That's made me laugh, Lena.
I do know what you mean about Barb-q's, I have been to many where the grub has been at the opposite end of the spectrum and has been cremated, in fact I felt sure i would find a diamond amongst the charred carbon remains on my plate. :)
I'm happy to say that yesterday's food was very, very nice, and so I really enjoyed it.

Going back to Yorkshire Puddings (and I don't mean the Leeds Utd football team), I nearly asked earlier if you had them as a starter, but wasn't sure if you thought I was going looney!
If you were checking on the Yorkshire Puds, can i take it that you make your own, as opposed to buying the pre-made ones?
The Aunie Bessy pre-made ones are very nice, but not quite the same as home made.
Amanda cannot get her puds to rise, I'm in hysterics everytime she makes them, imagine hot frisbies emerging from the oven. (she's gonna kill me for telling you this, by the way! :))


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Post by Lena & Harry Smith » Mon May 28, 2007 2:25 pm

Yes those Barby-s can be a bit suspect Gray, but we did one for one of our charity days. It was about the time of the Mad Cow epidemic and we watched everyone who walked away with one of our burgers. Just to see how they were walking. I do make my own Yorkshire puddings Gray, but also keep the quickie frozen ones to hand, with Marks and Spencer's 4 large ones taking preference over Auntie Betty's.
On our trips to relatives up North it was perhaps taken for granted that the women would all be qualified in makng a pretty mean Yorkshire pudding. Not so. But I always thought that my efforts were pretty good until i sampled one of Harry's Aunts Yorkshire puds, but now i suppose I can call mine passable.
So Amanda needn't worry. The recipes usually recommend beating for a couple of minutes, but in my opinion it's not necessary. Plain flour, half Milk Half water, One or Two eggs, pinch of salt, smoking hot pans and you're away.
Unless our Robert can put us on the road to the perfect one. :wink: :o

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Post by mariana44 » Mon May 28, 2007 2:55 pm

In my limited experience--the best way to get a really good well risen Yorkshire is to have a really hot oven !! I would usually do the rest of the meal--take it out--turn the oven up high and do the Yorkshire pudding !
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Post by Gray » Mon May 28, 2007 3:03 pm

Thanks for the tips, Lena & Marian, guess what I'm going to do with our lamb chops for tea, yup, Yorkshire Puds.
I will take all your advice on board and give you an update of how successful I was later on :)

Thank you!

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Post by Gray » Mon May 28, 2007 9:26 pm

Lena & Marian,

Having taken your tips for hot pudding trays and the mixture, I can report that the Yorkshire's rose and were devoured heartily by my family.

Many thanks! :)

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Post by mariana44 » Mon May 28, 2007 10:42 pm

Well done Gray---or was this Amanda who deserves the praise???
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Post by Lena & Harry Smith » Tue May 29, 2007 11:25 am

Yes well done Gray, but now Amanda may allocate you this privilege every Sunday lunch time from now on. :lol: :lol:

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Post by Gray » Tue May 29, 2007 6:20 pm

:)
Absolutley correct Lena, I think she saw me coming a mile away.

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Post by michduncg » Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:54 pm

Glad to see people enjoying real Yorkshire puds! even my Auntie Marian (the Fanny Craddock of North Yorkshire) uses Aunt Bessies nowadays! Tuppaware used to make a shaker that you could shake batter mix in to get the air through it - which my Mum used to say is the secret of good Yorkshires, as well as very hot fat - preferably lard!

Well, i'm trying to ease myself back into normal life after the excitement of the 'do' and the madness of preparing for summer sales at work! Reading all your comments here has a very calming effect :lol:

'One morning in may' has been covered by a few artists looking at i-tunes but matts version certainly seems the liveliest!

July seems to be taken care off in Pauls musical Calendar, and we know what he plays in September, but August seems a musically challenging month! However, there is a very mellow sounding song called simply 'August' on i-tunes which is by an unknow (to me anyway) band called Rilo Kiley

As far as music stores go, like the smaller HMV on Oxford Street, near the old branch that Marian remembers so fondly! The larger one down near the Pantheon is great but just doesnt have as much 'character' to it! As I have mentioned before though, I tend to avoid town centre branches of HMV as they can be very tiring!
Michael

Here I go again, I hear those trumpets blow again.......

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Post by Marian » Sat Jun 02, 2007 8:17 am

I see Mike's Auntie Marian has now been added to the great "Yorkshire pudding" debate, to add to all the Marians!!
Anyway, this Marian uses Aunt Bessies now, I used to make my own, but not any longer. :lol: :lol:
Marian :wink: :wink:

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