Topic: Onion Bhaji Group Test

[Curry Barking Mad]

George,

You use of the word " really" makes it sound like you think I'm making it up!

No it doesn't George, you know full well it doesn't.  Stop being so bloody confrontational!

OK, to avoid any future confrontation, I'm out of it. I hope to find the perfect naan bread - for me anyway - but, if I do, i won't be writing it up here.

Oh Come on George, don't be like that....
if you do find the perfect naan, I bet it doesn't come from a Chinese chef.
Mick

[Razor]

P.S. George did put a shriek-marker at the end of his first sentence, so I think he was just gently winding you up rather then being confrontational ...

Well if he did Phil, it's not there now but he has edited it, so I don't know.  If it was said in a humorous way, than I apologise for my reply.  Unfortunately, so many of Georges replies have a spiteful note to them, that it's hard to distinguish a friendly post from a non friendly post.

OK, to avoid any future confrontation, I'm out of it. I hope to find the perfect naan bread - for me anyway - but, if I do, i won't be writing it up here.

Strange indeed.  You would think someone as abrasive as George, would be a little less sensitive!

Anyway, here's the link on glazing.  It's not the material that is glazed, it is in the glaze itself where the lead is. http://forums.techguy.org/do-yourself-projects/522882-economical-baking-pizza-stone-alternative.html

Ray

P.S Phil,

There was no emoticon attached with Georges reply, as is shown in my retort.  The quote was taken from his original post, no shriek-marker!

[Peripatetic Phil]

George's message : by "shriek-marker", I meant the exclamation mark at the end of his sentence, here taken from your own "Quote" copy :

You use of the word " really" makes it sound like you think I'm making it up!

Glaze : OK, looking at your reference, I can see "The key thing is NEVER to use any glazed tiles as they contain LEAD" but that specifically refers to quarry tiles, which one can imagine being glazed since they could then be baked in a kiln.  But as I understood it, you were worried about a granite chopping block being glazed : is there any evidence that the same glaze would be used for quarry tiles and for granite chopping blocks, and are granite chopping blocks ever glazed at all ?  I can see the need for a glaze on quarry tiles, but not on a granite chopping block, to be honest.

My two penn'orth (just less than 1p, in today's debased currency !)

** Phil (trying to pour oil on troubled waters).

[Razor]

Phill,

The exclamation mark was used appropriately for the way I took his reply.  If a humorous reply was intended, I would have thought a  ;D or a  or even a  , would have been more appropriate!

That is why we have the emoticons, because the written word can so often be devoid of emotion.

On the glaze, the article does seem to come from an American site, so it may be the case that, their glazes do contain lead, however, I'm more inclined to think that my piece of granite, is actually polished and not glazed, as it is a chopping block, with food prep in mind.

Ray

[Peripatetic Phil]

Phil,

The exclamation mark was used appropriately for the way I took his reply.  If a humorous reply was intended, I would have thought a  ;D or a  or even a  , would have been more appropriate!

That is why we have the emoticons, because the written word can so often be devoid of emotion.

Well, I suppose each of us interpret what we read as if we had written it ourselves.  For myself, I can certainly imagine writing what George wrote with tongue very firmly in cheek, and ending it with a shriek marker (exclamation mark) because I am more used to communicating in ASCII than I am in BB-speak (which is why you will sometimes see me /emphasise things/ with slashes, forgetting that there is an "I" button in the toolbar.  Anyhow, let's put this one to bed : I'm sure you and George will kiss and make up before long  ;D

** Phil.

P.S. I did a search for "Glazed granite" (there are no hits for "Glazed granite chopping") and the only positives were for resin and porcelain granite simulations -- no real glazed granite at all, as far as I can tell.

[Razor]

Hi Phil,

I am more used to communicating in ASCII than I am in BB-speak

 

Perhaps it would be simpler if we all communicated in "laymans" speak, then we all stand a chance ;D.

Sod it, I'm gonna give the granite a try this weekend

Ray

[Peripatetic Phil]

Sod it, I'm gonna give the granite a try this weekend

Good man : after all, the worst you can get is insomnia, delirium, cognitive deficits, tremor, hallucinations, and convulsions, headache, abdominal pain, memory loss, kidney failure, male reproductive problems, and weakness, pain, or tingling in the extremities, depression, loss of appetite, intermittent abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhoea, constipation, and muscle pain,  malaise, fatigue, decreased libido, and problems with sleep, an unusual taste in the mouth and personality changes,  delayed reaction times, irritability, and difficulty concentrating, as well as slowed motor nerve conduction and headache, anaemia, abdominal colic, involving paroxysms of pain, wrist drop and foot drop, and signs of encephalopathy, muscle weakness, paraesthesia, and, rarely, symptoms associated with encephalitis, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, and constipation, astringency and a metallic taste, constipation, diarrhoea, poor appetite, or weight loss, shock (insufficient fluid in the circulatory system) due to loss of water from the gastrointestinal tract, haemolysis (the rupture of red blood cells) due to acute poisoning, anaemia and haemoglobin in the urine, damage to kidneys, decreased urine output,  short-term memory or concentration, depression, nausea, abdominal pain, loss of coordination, and numbness and tingling in the extremities, fatigue, problems with sleep, headaches, stupor, slurred speech, a "lead hue" of the skin with pallor, and a blue line along the gum.

Nothing to worry about there  ;D ;D ;D

[Razor]

Phil,

That sounds exactly like a Saturday night, after the match, Sunday morning hangover, so nothing new there then,lol

Ray ;D

[George]

I'm more inclined to think that my piece of granite, is actually polished and not glazed, as it is a chopping block, with food prep in mind.

I hope you're right. I always assumed the surface of my granite block is polished rather than glazed but you can never be too sure and that's why I'm grateful to you for your warning about lead. I hope it's only ceramics which are glazed.

I'm sorry I normally see the word 'Really?', when used as a prefix, as sceptical, doubting, even patronizing. I accept that others may not read it that way, let alone react. I admit I'm guilty of making a drama out of a minor difference. Part of the reason, I deleted much of my text on naan breads was because all this stuff is off-topic.

[Razor]

Hi George,

I'm sorry I normally see the word 'Really?', when used as a prefix, as sceptical, doubting, even patronizing. I accept that others may not read it that way, let alone react. I admit I'm guilty of making a drama out of a minor difference. Part of the reason, I deleted much of my text on naan breads was because all this stuff is off-topic.

Very gracious of you to say so.  In return, please accept my apology for reacting the way I did, it was uncalled for.

Here in Manchester, it's very common to prefix a sentence with "Really" It's mostly used as an expression of slight shock or surprise but is rarely used to doubt somebody's account of things.

And your quite right, all of it is way off topic anyway.

Good man George,

Ray