Two fat ladies/hairy bikers.

[slomoshun]

In the late `90s BBC tv produced a cooking show that featured two wonderfully eccentric old girls touring the U.K. on a Triumph/ sidecar combo which I always enjoyed watching. The ladies would show up at some obscure do, be it a girl guide camp or a barristers dinner party to cook a gourmet meal using locally grown produce and chatter on about the social or historical significance of the location. The coverage given to the bike varied from show to show but that didn`t really matter as, of course, the show was all about the girls and not the Triumph. Apart from being great chefs they had the wonderful skill of being able to say the most irreverent things without offending anyone and week by week came out with the most outrageous statements, usually saving the best for the end of the show when they would sit with their feet up enjoying a glass of wine and a cigarette to gosip through the final credits.
Now we have Hairy Bikers in which two rednecks ride Harleys to assorted trailer parks and see how much Frank`s Hot Sauce they can get on a bowl of cornflakes.
slo.

[marconi1956]

Isn't that the coolest cooking show yet? Those dudes must have cast iron stomachs. I rather envy them. Just seems a little odd, though, to see these two burly biker types on Hogs wearing full faced helmets with intercoms.

[Gerhard]

We use to enjoy watching the two fat ladies, I think Cherie even bought one of their cookbooks though I don't think we ever cooked any of the recipes. They had the ability to put just another pound or two of butter into anything they made. I have never heard of the Hairy Bikers but will have to watch the program if I see it on the guide.

Gerhard

[marconi1956]

It's on the History Channel, I believe Mondays and Tuesdays around 8:00 PM.

[Malks]

I've seen one episode of Hairy Bikers and found there was more cooking than riding. However, I watched the entire show, so it at least kept my attention.

The show I wish would return is Feasting on Asphalt with Alton Brown. He rode his BMW along the backroads of the US and reviewed various eateries located off the beaten path. He did two seasons, although he did not finish the first one due to a crash in Nevada. The second season he followed the Mississippi from the headwaters to the Gulf.

[Ancient Priest]

you were a Harley guy. I was enjoying the process of thinking that I had attained the age of wisdom and had shed all my prejudices, and then suddenly - no warning at all -THIS!

Okay, okay,okay, adjustments have to be made. As Red Green used to say, "I am a man. But I can change. If I have to. I guess...

So I promise that I will never in the future badmouth Harley riders; I promise that, confronted with this 300-pound specimen covered half with hair and the other half with more black hide than a rhinoceros, I will be polite and will ask him nicely how they are hangin'. I promise that I will patiently use words of no more than a single syllable when I am talking, and will take care to talk much less than he does. If he wants to tell me that he has twenty-eight thousand sunk into that weird contraption, I will be impressed. If it should happen to be a female Harley rider, I promise not to stare at her boobs.

Is that okay for a start? What else should I know how to do? I need help with this. I cannot afford to fall behind.

Uwe must be off in foreign parts, riding motorcycles under sunny skies: this is an awful quiet forum without him.

[marconi1956]

Hey AP, Harley riders are people too, you know. And not always that hairy either. In fact, I don't have to shave half as much as my wife. Four years ago, I couldn't even spell Harley rider, now I are one. My all time favorite Harley joke: What's the difference between a Harley Davidson and a Hoover vacuum cleaner?........................The position of the dirt bag!!!!!!!!!!!!

Speaking of Uwe, it really has been quiet these past few days. Didn't notice him missing until you mentioned it. Wait a minute, that didn't come out right, I am not, in any way, connecting Uwe with a dirt bag.

By the way, don't ever shed all your prejudices, if everybody did that, the world would have nothing to war about. What kind of place would that be to live in?

[Uwe W.]

Uwe must be off in foreign parts, riding motorcycles under sunny skies

I was away for a week. Unfortunately, no riding was involving. Just a lot swimming, rum, and a truly horrible book that attempted to document Hemingway's patrols from Habana in search of U-boats. I noticed that Smiley has joined the Mojo forum in my absence; seems like old times all of a sudden.



Speaking of Uwe, it really has been quiet these past few days. Didn't notice him missing until you mentioned it.

Story of my life...

I hope you don't mind me plagiarizing you last line. I'm going to have it chiselled on my tombstone.

[Smiley]

See what happens when you go away and leave the door open Uwe? All kinds of degenerates can slither in. Old times indeed, it's good to be here!

[Ancient Priest]

Papa Hemingway swallowed an ocean of it. While he was sober and slightly hungry, he wrote clearly and with vitality. When he was drinking, his writing was foggy and trivial. Then he banged off a shotgun too close to his head when he was only 62. Far too early. That's where 14 doubles in an evening at the bar will get you. Beware Uwe!

The only guy I ever heard of who could write and drink at the same time was William Faulkner. And (I may be alone in thinking this) reading Faulkner is a bit like trying to swim thru a swamp. Perhaps, living in the deep South, one is always in a swamp.

Hi, Smiley. Welcome and all. I have only been here a month. We are on our best behaviour here. It is nice not to have to be outrageous for a change.

[Uwe W.]

Then he banged off a shotgun too close to his head when he was only 62. Far too early. That's where 14 doubles in an evening at the bar will get you.

The irony in that comment is that it was a double barrel shotgun; apparently, he somehow managed to use both, so you could say it was one double too many that evening. (I still have no idea how you can fire two barrels at once. My experience with shotguns has been limited to the singe barrel variety). Papa H. was a brilliant writer, one of my favourites, but his personal life was a bit of a train wreck. Nothing uncommon for a great artist.

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[grendel]

Ended up catching an episode of Hairy Bikers (set in Charleston, SC). I could do with a lot more riding and less cooking, but I've spent worse half-hours. I'll watch more as I run across 'em.

[Black Lightning]

The irony in that comment is that it was a double barrel shotgun; apparently, he somehow managed to use both, so you could say it was one double too many that evening. (I still have no idea how you can fire two barrels at once. My experience with shotguns has been limited to the singe barrel variety). Papa H. was a brilliant writer, one of my favourites, but his personal life was a bit of a train wreck. Nothing uncommon for a great artist.

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Not wishing to appear too goulish here but double barrel shotguns had two triggers, one for each barrel, so it isn't too much of a stretch to hit both at once. Still, it is sad that someone thinks life sucks that bad.

[Uwe W.]

Not wishing to appear too goulish here but double barrel shotguns had two triggers, one for each barrel, so it isn't too much of a stretch to hit both at once. Still, it is sad that someone thinks life sucks that bad.

Thanks for clearing that up and welcome to the forum. Are you a Vincent owner?

Hemingway had a very complex personality and the more I read about the man, the more his demise makes sense. I don't think you could exactly describe what he did the result of a rational thought process.

[marconi1956]

Thanks for clearing that up and welcome to the forum. Are you a Vincent owner?

Hemingway had a very complex personality and the more I read about the man, the more his demise makes sense. I don't think you could exactly describe what he did the result of a rational thought process.

He must have had some thought process, maybe not rational, because unless it was a sawed off shotgun, there had to be some mechanical link to the triggers, unless he had unusually long arms.

[Black Lightning]

Thanks for clearing that up and welcome to the forum. Are you a Vincent owner?

Hemingway had a very complex personality and the more I read about the man, the more his demise makes sense. I don't think you could exactly describe what he did the result of a rational thought process.

Re. the Vincent, I wish Though I am quite happy with my Buell Lightning. It is black by the way, in my mind at least, as homage to the Vincent. Somewhat less maintenance too although I think Vincent got a bad rap in that respect.

Not that familiar with the man Hemingway but I have read some of his stuff. I rather suspect most artists of any talent are more complex creatures than most of us.

[Black Lightning]

With respect to the Hairy Bikers show, I do a lot of touring around and while I do stay in campgrounds I don't bother with cooking stuff any more so any information with respect to places to eat, especially provided by people who ride motorcycles, and especially one who is a professional chef, is welcome. Besides, it is entertaining in a red necky sort of way. ...and since I live on a mountain in BC ranching country I have been accused, not without some justification, of being a red neck myself.

[Gerhard]

We set the PVR to record the program last night and had a chance to watch it this afternoon, both me and Cherie enjoyed the show. The first episode was about some guy that specialized in cooking roadkill and the next episode took place in South Carolina. I think we will probably watch the show again. The one guy looks like a heart attack waiting to happen and the other guy has personality ++

Gerhard