Seeing as I updated my 20 dislikes yesterday, I thought I'd better do the same with my likes.
1. Wandering in the woods, gathering mushrooms
2. Breast of Lamb, roasted with Lemon, Garlic, and ground Cumin
3. The smell of newly mown grass; especially when mixed with wild Mint
4. Picking Vegs from Haddock's
5. Playing with Billy
6. Being at home
7. Swimming
8. Simple Cabernet Sauvignon red wine
9. Eating with my children/grandchildren
10. Laughter, and plenty of it
11. Mature Cheddar Cheese, and melting Camembert
12. A really comfortable mattress
13. My own home-made Humus
14. Flaubert, Pagnol, and Camus
15. The architecture of S W France
16. Smoked Bacon
17. Good Scottish Single Malt Whisky
18. Chinese take-aways
19. 25 C Sunshine
20. Beautiful women in diaphanous Summer dresses!
32 comments:
Yes, to concentrate on likes rather than dislikes so much more uplifting. Not that occasionally being down in the dumps isn't instructive.
Make mine a Sauvignon Blanc, and we'll discuss Camus' take on absurdity.
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Perhaps a third list of 'apathy' is also in order.
You forgot the licorice.
I like number 10
I needed more space.
It's what keeps me going.
Ooh...number two!!!
11. Mature Cheddar Cheese.... have you visited SuperU yet for some of their mature English cheddar.
Genuine 12month minimum stuff from Wyke's of Zummerzet!!
The most underestimated cut of Lamb; and the very best way to use it. It's my simple version of a Greek Kleftiko.
Lots of rain after a long dry period..as we have today! ( the garden hose can go away for a while!)
No music on the list? I felt sure there would be space for The Cheeky Girls.
I buy some Scottish Cheddar from Leclerc. 'Seriously Strong Extra Mature'; it's very good.
Rained here too, with some thunder. More storms tomorrow.
I suppose there'll have to be a best and worst 20 songs list. I predict they might appear on the latter.
Number 6 suits me very well.
Almost obligatory these days.
Eh? Who can doubt the beauty of their song lyrics, as in "The Cheeky Song":-
I never ever ask what's in your mind
I never ever ask if you'll be mine
Come and smile don't be shy
Touch my bum this is life, ooh
We have wild mint all over the place at the retirement property. It always reminds me of haying season, and my father. Good list.
A good list. Like Yael, number 6 will do for me.
Good to see that positive list! I enjoy it - it reminds me of J.B.Priestly's "Delight", though he puts every delight into an essay. If I counted right Priestly describes 114 delights.
Lots of wild mint here, it makes such a beautiful aroma when mowed.
Classic!
It's a good one to like, in today's circumstances.
I don't know it; I'll have to look it up.
Lots of delicious things on your list. You've mention lamb breast before and I'm dying to try it - for a country that will nose to tail lamb as a patriotic duty, I've neither seen nor heard of the cut. I do rather prefer the up list to the down one.
The Lamb might be sold as Breast, Belly, Ribs, or even Flank, in Oz. In the UK it's always 'Breast of lamb'. Look for Kleftiko in my search strip, you should find my recipe there.
I can identify with almost all of these Cro - and if possible I would appreciate your recipe for home made humus please.
Interesting. For me much more difficult to limited likes to 20. Agree with no 2 completely. Would also add good coffee, Wagner, Diego Riviera, moss, cats and intelligence
For a start I always use tinned Chick Peas. To one tin I add one large teaspoon of Tahini, the juice of half a Lemon (maybe less), one clove of Garlic, a good pinch of Cumin, Olive oil, and some Chick Pea water to thin. After it's whizzed into a paste, you can see what it needs, or even what you need to add less of the next time. It's really a bit hit-n-miss the first few times, but once you get to know exactly how you like it; it's child's play.
The problem with such lists are all the 'essentials' that one realises one's left out.
I liked reading about your 20 best and all the comments. I'm another number-sixer.
No 9 and no 10 go together . The greatest of pleasures.
And no 19 a big yes, the ideal temperature.
As soon as I'd written No 9, I thought of No 10.
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