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I've just realised that No. 48 is a morph of a clue for To Catch a Thief that Carolyn Tilley asked a few pages back

my 18 y.o. son has asked me to ask you what to do with the condoms when you're working 0730-0000 or later in the kitchen every day for the last 2 years or, as he put it, dreams are free

mmmmm...Filipino foods, have you ever cooked bakla Doddie hehehehe , ......sorry ps I used to threaten the kids with anak adobo

Fantastic Ah Leung, and it's sooo much cheaper to fly in the US than the UK.(We are a flying family, daughter and son finally getting their licences, they have their eye on Cathay!) We have a C180 tailwheel (can land anywhere, beaches, fields, no need for a strip) and keep it in the field next to our house in the summer....total freedom, lovely day, just leap in and go. England is beautiful from the air. ...so flying and food is my passion (the other forum I belong to is for pilots ) ps. we beonged to the HK flying club but after a few flights realised had to hold for too long so not worth it, but a lot of our friends still fly there

aaaah, night snacks.....Ah Leung, do you know that they even serve night snacks in HK prisons!!

******************MORNING UPDATE************************ valid at 1600 GMT AS YET UNSOLVED: 6. "... and mashed potatoes. Naw, CREAMED potatoes. An' peas an' onion rings". CLUE: the meal being envisioned is the fantasy reward of a planned (rather whimsical) life of crime. The full quote (it came back to me !) is: "Steaks THAT THICK... and mashed potatoes. Naw, CREAMED potatoes. An' peas an' onion rings". **NEW CLUE** the dialogue not spoken in an American accent **NEWER CLUE** A 1980's film. 20. Melting ice cream. 25. Hot soup, yummy dessert and "I was gonna make espresso". 33. Undercooked foie gras, lobster in a tank, pasta 36. Meatball sandwiches. "Get me two! 42. A liquor bottle replaces Venus. 45. String cheese. 48. How about "Quiche Lorraine, pastries as light as air, picnic of cold chicken" 49. How about "A solitary fried egg, soup with a ham hock, 50. How about "A diablo sandwich and a dr. pepper" ****NEW ADDITIONS**** 51. A huge pancake 52. "These are snowflakes. Chives are identical." 53. "What do you mean, you don't eat no meat? That's okay. I'll make lamb."**NOW SOLVED** 54. Crab Napoleon, Caramel eclair "thingies", foie and figs,trance inducing duck ,and peaches on a bed of vanilla cream that ooze white cream and emit smoke when cut open **NOW SOLVED** ***SUPER LATEST SOLVERS*** **this morning** No. 53 was immediately solved by djyee My Big Fat Greek Wedding......you are way too fast!! 51. confirmed by caroled, guessed as Uncle Buck by shellfishfiend johnnyd confirms 39. guessed as Shaolin Soccer by Human Bean scottie confirms that No. 34 is Parents guessed by me and annecros caroled confirms 54. guessed as Simply Irresistible by Chufi 48. confirmed by GordonCooks as To Catch a Thief by insomniac 50. confirmed by GordonCooks as correct Smokey & the Bandit by HannaBanana No. 40 guessed by petite tete de chou to be As Time Goes By, confirmed by moosnsqrl which I totally missed...oops No. 41 correctly solved as from French Kiss by Caroled No. 43 solved by Caroled on a roll as Babette's Feast No. 44 Tortilla Soup solved by Oneidaone No 46. From a British sitcom, triple fried egg sandwich with mango chutney and chili sauce. **IMMEDIATELY SOLVED** by petite tete de chou as being from Red Dwarf No 47. Customer #1: "I'll have a decaf coffee." Customer #2: "I'll have a decaf espresso." Customer #3: "I'll have a double decaf cappuccino." Customer #4: "Do you have any decaffeinated ice cream?" Customer #5: "I'll have a double decaffeinated, half caf, with a twist of lemon." Customer #4: "I'll have a twist of lemon." Customer #3: "I'll have a twist of lemon." Customer #2: "I'll have a twist of lemon." Customer #1: "I'll have a twist of lemon." **IMMEDIATELY SOLVED** once again by ms. tete de chou as being LA Story **** NOTE: If you post a movie, please check back to see if the guesses on your movie are correct or not so we can keep the "Still in Play" list accurate. Also, consider posting more clues if your movie remains unsolved. ps. I apologise in advance for the errors and omissions in this post

hey, oneidaone, the hamburger was from Caddyshack!

kilns are usually made from firebrick. ← the shelf is some sort of clay slab, edited to add I'm not actually sure if it's clay bt it works fine

**************EVENING UPDATE********************* STILL PENDING CONFIRMATION: Can anyone help on these? Alex has guessed No. 24 is 'Airplane' I’ve made a stab at No. 34. Is it Parents? Since there have been some small screen references, this isn't Malcolm in the Middle is it? has been guessed as the answer to No. 34 by Simon_S No. 37 guessed by me as The Shawshank Redemption ***FINALLYCONFIRMED***Well done!!! Varmint has guessed No. 18 is Caddyshack Waterdogs guessed the Santa Clause for No 21 AS YET UNSOLVED: 6. "... and mashed potatoes. Naw, CREAMED potatoes. An' peas an' onion rings". CLUE: the meal being envisioned is the fantasy reward of a planned (rather whimsical) life of crime. The full quote (it came back to me !) is: "Steaks THAT THICK... and mashed potatoes. Naw, CREAMED potatoes. An' peas an' onion rings". **NEW CLUE** the dialogue not spoken in an American accent 20. Melting ice cream. 24. "Well, we had a choice, steak or fish." Order the fish and you'll be sorry. 25. Hot soup, yummy dessert and "I was gonna make espresso". 33. Undercooked foie gras, lobster in a tank, pasta 34. Leftovers....of leftovers 36. Meatball sandwiches. "Get me two!" 37. "...sitting in a row at ten o'clock in the morning drinking icy cold, Bohemia-style beer" 39. The best sweet buns in the world are made by the lead actor's love-interest at "Sweetie's Sweet Buns" in what movie? **NEW CLUE** This actress uses unusual levels of Tai Chi skill to make the sweet bun dough. Through special effect wizardry, the dough begins to spin itself... 42. A liquor bottle replaces Venus. 45. String cheese. 48. How about "Quiche Lorraine, pastries as light as air, picnic of cold chicken" 49. How about "A solitary fried egg, soup with a ham hock, 50. How about "A diablo sandwich and a dr. pepper" ***SUPER LATEST SOLVERS*** No. 27 Tarzan finds a Son, guessed as a Tarzan movie by Caroled No. 28 Baby Boom confirmed by djyee100 No. 29 confirmed to be Camille, solved by Rachellindsay No. 35 is Big Night (which I had a good guess at) No. 40 guessed by petite tete de chou to be As Time Goes By, confirmed by moosnsqrl which I totally missed...oops No. 41 correctly solved as from French Kiss by Caroled No. 43 solved by Caroled on a roll as Babette's Feast No. 44 Tortilla Soup solved by Oneidaone No 46. From a British sitcom, triple fried egg sandwich with mango chutney and chili sauce. **IMMEDIATELY SOLVED** by petite tete de chou as being from Red Dwarf No 47. Customer #1: "I'll have a decaf coffee." Customer #2: "I'll have a decaf espresso." Customer #3: "I'll have a double decaf cappuccino." Customer #4: "Do you have any decaffeinated ice cream?" Customer #5: "I'll have a double decaffeinated, half caf, with a twist of lemon." Customer #4: "I'll have a twist of lemon." Customer #3: "I'll have a twist of lemon." Customer #2: "I'll have a twist of lemon." Customer #1: "I'll have a twist of lemon." **IMMEDIATELY SOLVED** once again by ms. tete de chou as being LA Story **** NOTE: If you post a movie, please check back to see if the guesses on your movie are correct or not so we can keep the "Still in Play" list accurate. Also, consider posting more clues if your movie remains unsolved. ps. I apologise in advance for the errors and omissions in this post

...And there, on the half shell, is an object lesson in the importance of context in writing (or 'foodwriting' if such a thing can be said to exist - discuss. ) I yield to no man in my admiration for the Big Guy in all his throbbing manly glory. In the context of a Hemingway reminiscence this might be a surgical little knot of condensed, expressive prose. In the context of even the most debased, slack, weakminded food hack, phoning in copy, past deadline with a hangover, this would never wash. I'm struggling to find a single image, simile or adjective in that piece that's fresh. In fact every single one is beyond tired. Pray God there's someone in the literature department of a Texas university with the time, funds, computer power and inclination to go through the entire canon of Western literature and prove that Ernest Hemingway was the first writer ever to use the taste of the sea, faint metallic taste and the succulent texture in a a piece about oysters .... because everybody since certainly has. Christ, he could write scripts for Gary Rhodes. ← aaah, that's why he fell out with Martha Gellhorn

In the company of a crime writer would it be churlish to nominate Chandler's '...as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food cake'. I know it's de trop but it certainly sticks in the mind. I'll also nominate Len Deighton for use of food in the Harry Palmer series. Sometimes there doesn't seem to be too much space in crime fiction for anything more than broad stroke, cartoon character development but, though Palmer himself seems to use food solely as a seduction tool, Deighton uses his interest in food to counterbalance his anomie and brutality. For me, this was a stroke of brilliance. Deighton was a cook though, and grew up in restaurants. His bonkers series of cartoon strip cookbooks are still some of my favourites today. ← “When from a long distant past nothing subsists, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered, still, alone, more fragile, but with more vitality, more unsubstantial, more persistent, more faithful, the smell and taste of things remain poised for a long time, like souls, ready to remind us...” Marcel Proust, Remembrance of Things Past on a different level, but perhaps no less profound, I urge you all to try Haruki Murakami's books (assuming you haven't already ).....I promise you will never have read anything like them, and an integral part of his amazing storytelling involves the cooking and eating of simple food. both Japanese and Western. (I started with The Wind Up Bird Chronicle) Hemingway describes the absolute essence of eating oysters somewhere, trying to remember?? edited to add aha, got it... “As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” A Moveable Feast

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**************MORNING UPDATE********************* STILL PENDING CONFIRMATION: Can anyone help on these? Waterdogs has guessed the Santa Clause for No. 21 Alex has guessed No. 24 is 'Airplane' I’ve made a stab at No. 34. Is it Parents? Since there have been some small screen references, this isn't Malcolm in the Middle is it? has been guessed as the answer to No. 34 by Simon_S No. 37 guessed by me as The Shawshank Redemption No. 40 guessed by petite tete de chou to be As Time Goes By ***FINALLYCONFIRMED***Well done!!! Varmint has guessed No. 18 is Caddyshack AS YET UNSOLVED: 6. "... and mashed potatoes. Naw, CREAMED potatoes. An' peas an' onion rings". CLUE: the meal being envisioned is the fantasy reward of a planned (rather whimsical) life of crime. The full quote (it came back to me !) is: "Steaks THAT THICK... and mashed potatoes. Naw, CREAMED potatoes. An' peas an' onion rings". **NEW CLUE** the dialogue not spoken in an American accent 18. "I want a hamburger... no, a cheeseburger. I want a hot dog. I want a milkshake..." 20. Melting ice cream. 24. "Well, we had a choice, steak or fish." Order the fish and you'll be sorry. 25. Hot soup, yummy dessert and "I was gonna make espresso". 33. Undercooked foie gras, lobster in a tank, pasta 34. Leftovers....of leftovers 36. Meatball sandwiches. "Get me two!" 37. "...sitting in a row at ten o'clock in the morning drinking icy cold, Bohemia-style beer" 39. The best sweet buns in the world are made by the lead actor's love-interest at "Sweetie's Sweet Buns" in what movie? **NEW CLUE** This actress uses unusual levels of Tai Chi skill to make the sweet bun dough. Through special effect wizardry, the dough begins to spin itself... 40. Custard tarts, sausages and incendiary chili con carne CLUE: from the small screen! 42. A liquor bottle replaces Venus. 45. String cheese. 48. How about "Quiche Lorraine, pastries as light as air, picnic of cold chicken" 49. How about "A solitary fried egg, soup with a ham hock, 50. How about "A diablo sandwich and a dr. pepper" ***SUPER LATEST SOLVERS*** No 46. From a British sitcom, triple fried egg sandwich with mango chutney and chili sauce. **IMMEDIATELY SOLVED** by petite tete de choux as being from Red Dwarf No. 27 Tarzan finds a Son, guessed as a Tarzan movie by Caroled No. 28 Baby Boom confirmed by djyee100 No. 29 confirmed to be Camille, solved by Rachellindsay No. 35 is Big Night (which I had a good guess at) No. 41 correctly solved as from French Kiss by Caroled No. 43 solved by Caroled on a roll as Babette's Feast No. 44 Tortilla Soup solved by Oneidaone No 46. From a British sitcom, triple fried egg sandwich with mango chutney and chili sauce. **IMMEDIATELY SOLVED** by petite tete de choux as being from Red Dwarf No 47. Customer #1: "I'll have a decaf coffee." Customer #2: "I'll have a decaf espresso." Customer #3: "I'll have a double decaf cappuccino." Customer #4: "Do you have any decaffeinated ice cream?" Customer #5: "I'll have a double decaffeinated, half caf, with a twist of lemon." Customer #4: "I'll have a twist of lemon." Customer #3: "I'll have a twist of lemon." Customer #2: "I'll have a twist of lemon." Customer #1: "I'll have a twist of lemon." **IMMEDIATELY SOLVED** once again by ms. tete de choux as being LA Story **** NOTE: If you post a movie, please check back to see if the guesses on your movie are correct or not so we can keep the "Still in Play" list accurate. Also, consider posting more clues if your movie remains unsolved. ps. I apologise in advance for the errors and omissions in this post

edited to remove double post sorry

Go right ahead GTO...the stock is getting a bit low

I use a kiln shelf I got from a local potters....very cheap and effective

No. 2 is one of my all time favourites the Shawshank Redemption

Henry, is the omelette scene from Stanley Tucci's Big Night?

***GOOD EVENING FROM ACROSS THE POND*** ****NEWLY SOLVED****Well Done All******* No. 23 if from Clerks 2 (which I guessed at) No. 28 was correctly solved by Chufi who knew the applesauce belonged in Babyboom No. 35 the Seven Year Itch has been correctly solved by GordonCooks No 25 Waterdogs guessing Young Frankenstein has been confirmed by GordonCooks STILL PENDING CONFIRMATION: Can anyone help on these? Varmint has guessed No. 18 is Caddyshack Waterdogs has guessed the Santa Clause for No. 21 Alex has guessed No. 24 is 'Airplane' I’ve made a stab at No. 34. Is it Parents? Re No. 24 I’m sure I read a guess of Airplane…. Is this correct?? (sorry guesser, I can’t find you) AS YET UNSOLVED: 6. "... and mashed potatoes. Naw, CREAMED potatoes. An' peas an' onion rings". CLUE: the meal being envisioned is the fantasy reward of a planned (rather whimsical) life of crime. The full quote (it came back to me !) is: "Steaks THAT THICK... and mashed potatoes. Naw, CREAMED potatoes. An' peas an' onion rings". **NEW CLUE** the dialogue not spoken in an American accent 18. "I want a hamburger... no, a cheeseburger. I want a hot dog. I want a milkshake..." 20. Melting ice cream. 24. "Well, we had a choice, steak or fish." Order the fish and you'll be sorry. 25. Hot soup, yummy dessert and "I was gonna make espresso". 27. One ostrich egg to feed a crowd for dinner ***NEW CLUE*** A signature yell **NEWLY SOLVED** 29. "Where are my marrons glacés?" *** NEW CLUE*** I vant to be alone **NEWLY SOLVED** 33. Undercooked foie gras, lobster in a tank, pasta 34. Leftovers....of leftovers ***NEW ADDITIONS*** 35. One omelet, one unbroken shot, no dialogue. **NEWLY SOLVED** see below! 36. Meatball sandwiches. "Get me two!" 37. "...sitting in a row at ten o'clock in the morning drinking icy cold, Bohemia-style beer" 38. An explanation of why we clink glasses before drinking.**NEWLY SOLVED** 39. The best sweet buns in the world are made by the lead actor's love-interest at "Sweetie's Sweet Buns" in what movie? 40. Custard tarts, sausages and incendiary chili con carne CLUE: from the small screen! 41. Overindulging in a cheese platter on the train.**NEWLY SOLVED** 42. A liquor bottle replaces Venus. 43. Chicken heads and necks, chicken feet, beef shin bones, and a cow's head in a wheelbarrow.**NEWLY SOLVED** 44. String cheese. ***SUPER LATEST SOLVERS*** No. 35 is Big Night (which I had a good guess at) No. 27 Tarzan finds a Son, guessed as a Tarzan movie by Caroled No. 28 Baby Boom confirmed by djyee100 No. 29 confirmed to be Camille, solved by Rachellindsay No. 41 correctly solved as from French Kiss by Caroled No. 43 solved by Caroled on a roll as Babette's Feast No. 44 Tortilla Soup solved by Oneidaone ***NEW ANSWERS TO BE CONFIRMED*** No. 37 guessed by me as The Shawshank Redemption No. 40 guessed by petite tete de chou to be As Time Goes By **** NOTE: If you post a movie, please check back to see if the guesses on your movie are correct or not so we can keep the "Still in Play" list accurate. Also, consider posting more clues if your movie remains unsolved. ps. I apologise in advance for the errors and omissions in this post

they're beautiful Digijam, like little planetary hemispheres

Have to agree about the Wusthofs....and to think my son had to talk me into getting the set as I was going to buy something else cos I thought I wouldn't make use of the shears...WRONG

thanks very much. .....I thought as much, given it is Sergi Arola's choice

thanks, a timely list for me as I'm heading off to Madrid for a few days (my favourite city ) so Rogelio are any of the above in Madrid please??

Oh wow, there was a movie where Mom was serving leftovers at every meal, but never cooked anything. Right on the tip of my tongue. Going to drive me crazy all day - thanks scottie ← is it creepy Parents where the little boy wonder where all the meat leftovers are coming from and when he asks his dad he says they come from leftovers to be?

Hey, don't undersell nettles I use the young spring growth (better flavour) to make an admirable nettle risotto. David Everitt-Matthias of le champignon Sauvage has a well worth making recipe for braised blade of beef with nettle risotto and spring onions in his very user friendly cookbook Essence...........