Squiggle, I like your fish picture It must be a rainbow trout

 

Some blueberry muffins fell into my basket:

I love blueberry muffins - rainbow trout I love it

lol I love the 'rainbow trout' pic.

 

Those blueberry muffins look yummy, El.

Afternoon everyone  

Likes the look of that muffin 

And the tish too 

Have a great weekend  

An Italian councillor has suggested that fish and chips mat have been introduced into the UK by Italian immigrants,

http://www.theguardian.com/wor...la-european-classics

 

His argument is somewhat tenous. The above article mentions Dickens' Oliver Twist. So I did a search online on the novel. The closest I found was this extract from chapter 26:

"Near to the spot on which Snow Hill and Holborn Hill meet, opens, upon the right hand as you come out of the City, a narrow and dismal alley, leading to Saffron Hill. In its filthy shops are exposed for sale huge bunches of second-hand silk handkerchiefs, of all sizes and patterns; for here reside the traders who purchase them from pick-pockets. Hundreds of these handkerchiefs hang dangling from pegs outside the windows or flaunting from the door-posts; and the shelves, within, are piled with them. Confined as the limits of Field Lane are, it has its barber, its coffee-shop, its beer-shop, and its fried-fish warehouse. It is a commercial colony of itself: the emporium of petty larceny: visited at early morning, and setting-in of dusk, by silent merchants, who traffic in dark back-parlours, and who go as strangely as they come. Here, the clothesman, the shoe-vamper, and the rag-merchant, display their goods, as sign-boards to the petty thief; here, stores of old iron and bones, and heaps of mildewy fragments of woollen-stuff and linen, rust and rot in the grimy cellars."

 

There's nothing there about Italy or Italians, The extract would position Field Lane (which doesn't seem to exist anymore) at close to the southern end of Saffron Street. The opposite end of Saffron Street is Clerkenwell Road. What is known as Little Italy is tradtionally the triangle marked by Clerkenwell Road, Farringdon Road and Rosebery Avenue. But that triangle cannot include Field Lane.

 

Though there is mention of Saffron Street in the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons". This extract - Lestrade talking to Holmes:

“We have an inspector who makes a specialty of Saffron Hill and the Italian quarter. Well, this dead man had some Catholic emblem round his neck, and that, along with his colour, made me think he was from the South. Inspector Hill knew him the moment he caught sight of him. His name is Pietro Venucci, from Naples, and he is one of the greatest cut-throats in London."

 

Intriguiging, but hardly convincing.

 

I don't think fish and chips is an Italian sort of food somehow so I can't see it originating in Italy.

For the night owls

 

http://i100.independent.co.uk/...ortraits--ekIJQtch3x

They've got pasta and pizza - fish and chips belong to us!

 Love the pics. The barn owl is my favourite pic,

Lovely owl pics I liked the eastern screech owl in particular

I too think fish & chips are ours I had them on Thursday night for tea

Another busy day, but all is done now and I can totally relax for the weekend

I hope you can have a relaxing day tomorrow, Summer.

Thanks yogi you too!

How's your day been?

My day has been quite relaxing. Bought some new Egyptian cotton bath and hand towels and had a visit from middle son. Other than that, it's been a lazy day.

I did do some housework in the morning, I haven't been totally lazy!

 

My IPad isn't pinging when I get emails! I think I need to switch it off and on again.

Hiya Buddies  

Hope all is well with you 

Hi Moonie.

All is well with me, how are things with you?

That's good Yogi 

Yep all ok now fankoo 

I was going to say, is your Virgin okay, but that sounds soooo wrong!

Is your broadband working okay now, and your tv?

Yep, could be misconstrued  

Seems like it now, I hope  

Yay moonie! how are you?

Yogi that sounds like a nice day what colour towels?

They are a warm cream colour, if you know what I mean?

 

Sweeeeeeeeet  

I am ok fankoo. How's you?

 Yes, it might have been.

Fingers crossed it's sorted now.

I hope so Yogi, it was a nightmare, no internet and tv 

I'm fine thank you Moonie, got a glass of red wine too
How did your team do today?

No broadband and no tv would have been horrible! What did you do to relieve the boredom, did you listen to the radio or do you like to read books?

Glass of wine sounds good to me Sweet 

They drew 0-0 but a good result on the whole 

I went out and bought a DAB radio and had wall to wall everything radio 

 That sounds like a good move.

It was, believe me 

Off to feed meself now, so if I don't get back later, nite nite, sleep well and have sweet dreams everyone  

 Maybe I should buy a radio too, just in case of emergencies.

Okay Moonie, goodnight and sweet dreams.

Aw I didn't realise your tv & broadband had gone down moonie thank goodness for radio! DAB is so clear too

Maybe see you later, enjoy your tea

Are you on your second glass of wine yet, or are you just sipping, Summer?

I am on my second yogi but I am just sipping, I had some lovely pasta for tea so I'll be alright

Are you having any treats tonight?

I have been a bit naughty and eaten some liquorice allsorts.

Hubby asked me to throw a few to him, but as I threw them over, Keira jumped into the air and snaffled a couple. I did hand him a few more.

cheeky Keira! I love liquorice, those bobbly buttons are my favourites in the all sorts

I give the bobbly buttons to hubby and the coconut ones - well, he gets the ones that Keira doesn't nick!

I got some bobbly buttons last week, they're so moorish
I like strawberry liquorice too

I love strawberry liquorice!