I am new to this dont know what I am doing anyone from england

Hi Linda & welcome! We have several UK members here. I'm US/California.

Hello Linda
from Scotland...looking forward to knowing you better.
Mountain ash

Hi I am English but live in Western New York

Hi Linda. Welcome. I hope you'll jump around and join us in the other forums. I look forward to getting to know you. How long have you been in the states?

Ladies,
Linda is my new neighbor. She is a Christain and real joy
to know. I feel blessed that she has moved into my neighborhood.
We had lunch together yesterday and I told her about this site.
I'm delighted that she has joined! Boomer women and Linda Popiel
are a blessing to my life!

Hi, Linda. Welcome to BWS. I'm from NY but, have been living in London for 18 years now. So, there you are...and here I am...and a wide pond in-between but, BWS can be our meridian line. What a swell thing that is. Your last name "Popiel" is almost similar to one of the ladies here who has become a good friend. I'm sure Poppie would "pop" around soon as well. Looking forward to running into you in the threads.

Welcome, Linda!

I am from Sweden..but originally American..eventho I am born in the Czech rep.

Anyhoo..welcome to this place..take it as it is right now..

Hugs!

Welcome Linda. You will get used to using the site the more you use it. Glad to see you here.

where abouts in CA we used to live in Valencia

thanks for all the nice greetings I used to live in Cleveland Ohio and Vermont New England and southern California but grew up in Huddersfield West Yorkshire. I live to go running and cycling and walking so like the outdoor life and meeting new friends. My Daughter and her husband came over to live with us from England also. Nice to talk with you

My Uncle and Aunt moved from England to New Hampshire then were joined by my cousin and her husband and children.
Our loss the US gain.
I have close contact with my US family.
I love Vermont and New Hampshire. due I think to the pictures and familar scenery to our Perthshire.


Friend moved to Huddersfield where her husband was a footballer.Been back here for a while
she is a Boomer too.
Mountain ash

Hi Linda, I am new here, as well. I just joined this evening. I'm from Pennsylvania....welcome! Susan

Hi Susan, welcome aboard as well. It's so nice to see another Boomer on the site.

Linda and Susan---WELCOME! It's so nice to meet you both. I hope you make a lot of friends here and have a wonderful time posting. Watch out though, the laundry will go undone, the dust will pile up, and things will start growing in your refrigerator. This place is so addictive that you'll neglect housework and everything else! HA!

But hey, is that so bad? I think not...WELCOME!

Welcome Linda and Susan; so glad both of you joined. GroovyUKlass, aka Linda, jump around and have fun. If you need
prayer, words from those who care, or simple wisdom, this is the place where you can get some!

Welcome Susan..from Scotland

Mountain ash

WELCOME Linda Popeil and Susan50.... Wow we are once again branching out, way out, to reach women in other lands. How exciting to meet you both. I do believe you will be happy here.

jabber, thanks for introducing your neighbor to BWS. How sweet is that?

Linda, when did your daughter and husband move, and are they living near you? What a blessing.

Susan, where in PA are you? I'm right in Towson,, MD. Might not be too far apart.

Hi thanks for the welcomes again My daughter and her husband live with us so that is such a blessing they have a bakery selling pork pies on the internet. They moved over last December to Vermont then with us to Buffalo NY a few months ago welcome Susan as well

Hi mountain Ash did your friends Husband play for Huddersfield Town football club?

Welcome Linda & Susan. I live in Arizona and have been here for 15 years. I was born in North Wales and lived in England until my family moved to the US in the 60s. I've lived up and down the East Coast from New Hampshire to Florida and all along the Gulf Coast until I moved out here.

welcome aswell to susan and linda

i am a scot living in ireland. good to meet you and i sure it be good talking to you.

jabber isen't it good when you recomend heer and someone comes along. hope you enjoy your stay.

Linda, how about sharing their Web address for those pies?

The pie address in www.theenglishporkpiecompany.com

Linda, that link doesn't work.

Is this your daughter's company?

http://www.englishporkpiecompany.com/

Could this be it?

www.englishporkpiecompany.com/

Yes that's it wonder why it doesn't work I click on it worked yes that is my daughter on the picture on the page it Damian and Victoria Parker business. My daughter and son in law from england now living in Western New York

Jabber has asked me to tell everyone that she is without a computer but is hoping to get it fixed soon. She misses talking with everyone

yes that is the link hope it works

Linda, the problem was that you had the word "the" in thier Web address.

Neat site. Great idea for a business.

thanks for that

Linda, please tell Jabber we miss her, won't you?

Welcome Linda and Susan. This is the best place to be on the net! Seriously. The women here are the ones that will care about you, pray with you, laugh, cry and share joy with you.

I am originally from Northern Illinois but been in Central Florida for 22 years. I'm glad you both found us. Look forward to reading more of you and hope you surf the threads and join in when there is something you want to add.

I just got reconnected to the internet a few minutes ago.
Gosh do I hate it when I can't get on here. Linda thank you
for telling these ladies I had computer trouble. I pray
the english pork pie company is a success. Daughter and son-in-law are a joy, as well. I'm glad my neighbor decided to join so
she can chat with others from around the world.
Prayers and blessings,

Thank you jawjaw. I missed this membership so much,
it was worse than quitting smoking, which I did almost 25 years ago.

Hey Jabber good to seeeee you again!

And welcome Linda and Susan! Looking forward to your posts.

Thank you Edelweiss3; it's so gooooooood to be back! I was having withdrawal symptoms.

You certainly were missed Jabber. I hate to see anyone who is active daily disappear!

That's a cool website, Linda. The English delight I miss when I am in NYC is kippers and marmite. The latter on toasted hot cross buns!

Thank you Chatty. I missed all of you. Lola, one item Linda shared with me yesterday, was a package of HobNob's, Nobbly, Oaty Biscuits. And I have never had anything better. They're made of wholemeal rolled oats. And boy are they gooooood!!!
I've got to get into that store. Thanks Linda.

Oh, goody. Did you dunk the Hobnobs, Jabber? I'm a dunker.

It does my heart good to see everyone back in the fold, well almost everyone.

Welcome Susan and Linda! I once lived in Plattsburg, NY - upstate NY is beautiful! I'm a native South Carolinian, ya'll should come down sometime to the South! It's a bit warmer here, yet lately not so much!

oh I found lots of marmite for 49c so bought some and stocked up its normally around






oh I like marmite and have found some for 49c so got stocked up








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Lola and Linda,
I don't know what kippers and marmite are???? And I didn't
dunk the Hobnobs. I'm not a dunker. But I sure do like them
straight out of the package! Lola, Linda is from Yorkshire.
I see you are from London. Coooooollll...

Mustang, how close are you to Clemson?

Lola how do you like London?

do you like marmite?

What is it? Marmite, I mean?

chatty, here's a link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmite

marmite is a spread for toast or bread made from malt yeast you either love it or hate it

Weeeeeeell..maaaaaaaybe...if you're really, really, very, very nice to Linda, you could probably get yourself invited over to hers for a full English breakfast. But, that is if Linda likes fish in the mornings! Kippers are smoked herrings. Arbroath smokies are good as well. But it's a Scottish more than English fare. I think. Best left for Celtic and Mountain Ash to expound on.

Yep. Marmite is a love it or hate it affair and I've acquired the taste for it. Much like eating sushi, snails and frogs legs.

Swell. I have been living in the UK for the past 18 years and attended school here in my teens so, everything is familiar. It is home now. How do you like NY?

Linda, Lola, Chatty, Dotsie,
I don't know about that Marmite? I love some of Linda's English
food but there some, as I tried to explain to her, that isn't
natural to the American culture. I mean some things you grow
up with and/or they're an acquired taste. She thinks we eat too much cheesy stuff on our food. The first word I said as a baby was cheese, as I pointed to the butter. Those two items are still my first love, though I keep them within reason. My adoptive mother and grandmother always ate smoked herring on New Year's Eve: They believed that tradition brought good luck. I love smoked herring. I don't know about for breakfast, but at night it's great! Still, that marmite stuff????? I don't know. Linda ate mussels when we went to lunch. I never had a mussel in my life, or veal, or lamb, etc. But I'm a product of my raising! LOL..

New York is fine apart from driving in the snow and we have a long winter ahead but people are friendly and nice especialy Jabber who lives around the corner cheers mate

Britain is now a huge melting pot of different people so we have lots of different foods I grow up with and went to school with people from china, India, Jamaica, Singapore etc so we tryed all sort of things I went to an Iranian tea room last time I was in my home town of Huddersfield West Yorkshire

The only time I recall anyone eating herring while growing up, was on New Year's Eve. Mom's family, who was Irish, ate pickled herring right around midnight. I didn't have my grown up taste buds back then so I've never tried it.

Linda, how long have you been in the states?

I've only known groovyuklass a short time but she is one of
sweetest people I have ever met. Had I'd grown up in England,
I would probably be eating her food, too. I sit here writing
and as I look out a front bedroom window, I can see groovy's
house. It warms my heart to realize someone so precious has
moved in there. There are some awesome people in this neighborhood and I thank God for that.

Dotsie,
That's what my adoptive mom and grandma did: They ate herring
at the stroke of midnight! Some folks a few generations back,
were quite superstitious. Should a black cat cross the road
in front of our car, ma turned around and went the other direction. Don't walk under a ladder: Something bad will happen to you. If you break a mirror, it means seven years of bad luck!

I believe in KARMA! Good and bad.

I have been in America for 8 years now

Any one here on face book you can find me under my name Linda popiel

Not on Face Book but big on Myspace under my name...

tryed my space couldnt get on with it

Linda, click onto myspace listed above in my signature, that should get you on.

I like it a lot still miss certain things in England but used to living in the US people are really friendly

Linda,
Chatty's myspace site is awesome. Just came from there! Check it
out!

Thank you Jabber, nice compliment.

Thanks Jabber

How are you all?

Think everybody is busy getting ready for Christmas, groovy.
They're sending cards, trimming trees, and planning meals.
Me, I'm just trying to get over this stupid infection or whatever it is. I'm up and about but still doctoring the dumb
thing. So you're busy at the store helping your daughter and
son-in-law, hey? Where do all the orders come from, I'm wondering? The net or walk-ins mostly?

The fish at midnight tradition on Christmas Eve must have been a custom in many homes. We as Italians had fried smelts at the stroke of midnight, there were pickled herring on the table for Christmas but only smelts on Christmas Eve.....

Funny, but many years later when pregnant with my first son I ate fried smelts and Italian salads almost every day, thats what I had a strong craving for.

I like herring but a little goes a long way!

Chatty, what are fried smelts?

My mom's Irish and they had pickled herring at all thier family Christmas parties.

Smelts are small fish about 6 inches long. They have a mild flavor and are delicious breaded and fried. They get crispy!

Never had smelt. Never had tilapia either but heard they are
good. Perhaps I'll try them someday. Do you folks eat tilapia?
What do you think of them?

I've had tilapia and it is a family favorite. We buy it frozen and bake in the oven or toss it on the grill with some spices. It is very mild, which is about the only kind of fish I can handle!

Thanks chatty. I've had tilapia in a restaurant. It was delish, but have never made it.

I've had tilapia as well but always fried by somebody else. It's almost like red snapper. But, uglier. My older grandson turns his nose up at it because he says it looks like a piranha. Kids!

I've had tilapia and I like it. I get it at the grocery store and put a little lemon on it...bake it...and there you go. It doesn't taste "fishy."

Tilapia is one of my favoritre fish and JJ's correct, no fishy taste there.But thren I feel I am addicted to fish. My client in Alaska brought me fresh, flash frozen salmon and halibut when she came here and OMG, I was in seventh heaven. Ate it all up too. My freezer contains a dozen or so Talipia right now, as well as some shrimps and scallops. I usually haver crab cakes too but am out.

We eat a lot of tilapia, it's one of our favourites too. Hubby's really good at cooking fish. He puts lemon pepper on it.

Chatty, that's one of the things I miss most about living on the East Coast, the abundant availability of fresh fish and seafood. One of my best friends' brother owned a lobster fishing boat/license and she often brought over fresh-frozen (ie, caught, cleaned and frozen right there on the boat) lobster, scallops and halibut.

We have shrimp in the fridge constantly. I'm a cod lover being from Newfoundland. Also had a friend who was a lobster fisherman and delivered it to me just cooked.
EH, The very last time I jigged a Codfish, we cooked it on the boat. The pieces were still moving as we put it in the hot water to stew. The best I ever ate.
My mate at the time was a Crab Fisherman and we boiled em right off the boat. We used a BIG tub and neigbours came from all around to feast with us...early in the morning. Crab for breakfast.
Chatty, I ate scallops live off the shell from the wharf. I love em raw.
I've never had Talapia...must try it sometime. Any recipe?

Oh Chick, my Mom loved cod too. She couldn't stand lobster (always called it Newfie bologna - for the rest of her life she preferred real bologna to lobster). When I was in Nova Scotia, cod was hard to come by. It was more expensive than shrimp and scallops. I used to stop by the fisherman's wharf on my way home from work. I was very poor in those days, but could buy about $2.00 worth of fish or seafood and it was always enough. Hubby loves crab. He grew up in Sept-Iles (northern Quebec, not far from the Labrador border). He has lots of stories about he and his brothers catching crabs, clams and raiding lobster traps and cooking them over a fire right on the beach. Oh what wouldn't he give for fresh crab for breakfast!

We have to go back to Newfoundland!

Sept Isles? My Dad worked there for years...and I had friends who lived there for a few years. Small world.

We still go back every year, sometimes 2-3 times. We always enjoy going...it has a beautiful boardwalk all along the harbour where everyone gathers throughout the day. Hubby knows just about everyone there...many of his family (and there are hundreds of cousins!!) still live there (never left.)

Clean fresh salt air, friendly people, good food...sigh. Just a really nice place to relax...and then we've sometimes taken a detour through PEI on our way home. Yep, we call it a detour. Even though all told it's about a week out of our way! What can I say, we love the ocean...maybe one of these years we'll take a "detour" through Newfoundland!

BTW, where did your Dad work?

I've heard from others that Tilapia doesn't taste fishy. Next
time I get to the store, I'll get some. Every once in a while I buy Orange Roughy; coat it in pancake batter; and fry it on top
of the stove. IMO that is really good. OR doesn't taste fishy,
either.

I really like Orange Roughy, too although I don't fry it, I bake it in lemon juice and pepper as well. I had forgotten about that.

jawjaw,
I'll have to try it baked. That sounds good. Orange Roughy is
sort of expensive. But, to me, it's well worth the price.
Are there any other fishes that don't taste fishy besides
Tilapia and Orange Roughy?

Oh gosh...I don't have a clue. To me, ketchup is a staple, so I'm not the one to ask. But maybe one of the other boomers here can chime in? Hey, I like fish sticks...so you don't want to go on my advice! LOL!

All this talk about fish is filling me up to the gills with puns. Someone restrain meeeeeeeeee!!!

Ladies try this recipe for any kind of fish you might like:

Place fish in aluminum foil boats, then on top of each fish place a couple pats of butter, then chop very fine, green peppers, a roma tomato and an onion and layer each fish. Also add a slice of your favorite cheese, I use mild baby swiss.
Add salt and pepper and seal into the foil boats.

For larger fish, place the boats into oven for about an hour at 325* on a cookie sheet. Smaller fish like Talipia cook for half an hour.

Make your rice or potato on the side then open the foil, carefully, it will be steaming hot. Add fresh squeezed lemon on top and enjoy.

Actually, one of the things I was told is that if a fish tastes/smells fishy, it is actually old/no good. It has taken me eons to try things like salmon and other "non fishy" fish dishes. And I've learned that the really good stuff doesn't taste fishy...gee, those folks weren't fudging me after all (grin). Being a good ole Midwestern gal, I want meat, red preferably! Smile

Although I mostly choose those two now, I've also had cod which is quite delicate in flavor.

Don't know if ya'll have Trader Joe's around your area ... it is my favoritist place to shop! They have a series of sauces and tapenades that make great, simple, easy-to-fix dishes. Toss the main dish (fish, chicken, shrimp) in a baking pan, pour one of the sauces on top, bake and voila, a meal fit for a queen!

I've tried many of the sauces and have two extra favorites: the Mojito sauce and the Curry sauce.

Another simple dish is to soften a block of cream cheese (if you can eat dairy, of course!) and shape it into a round. Pour a jar of red pepper or olive tapenade on top, surround with yummy crackers and your guests (or you!) have a very tasty treat that is less than $8 US including all the components. Here in Chicago, the sauces are less than $3 US per jar. It serves quite a few people and is always a hit when we take it to our church potlucks or have company.

And I like easy, even though I'm actually a good cook!