Halibut
Pronounce it: hal-ee-but

The largest flatfish in the ocean, halibut is a delicious white-fleshed fish with a firm, meaty texture. Halibut live in the freezing cold waters off Scotland, Norway, Iceland and Newfoundland and will devour almost any type of fish or crustacean they come across.

Availibility Available year-round but more widely available from March to September.

Choose halibut steaks cut from the middle of the fish rather than the tail which is full of bones. Buy from a reputable fishmonger who sources fish from sustainable stocks. Atlantic halibut is an endangered species, while halibut fished around Greenland is considered 'threatened'. Look for farmed or line-caught North Pacific halibut, that's been certified.

Prepare it Halibut has a tendency to dry out quickly when cooking so steaks and fillets should be cooked with wine or stock to retain moisture.

Cook it Baked, poached or pan fried.

Fisherman nets one heck of a halibut - record-breaker weighs in at 30 stone

A halibut big enough for Jehovah? Proud angler Soren Beck stands next to the enormous 8ft 1in Halibut he caught after a titanic struggle off the Norwegian coast.

Now thats going to take on hell of a frying pan!

Julien

Phwooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!! !

Again . . .

I see your Phwooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!

and raise you a PHWOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR!!



Julien

That's a monster fish! Wonder what it tasted like? And was it called Eric?

I'm trying not to raise anything right now!!!

Dirty boy! In your basket!

I meant my hopes – what do you think I meant??

I plead the fifth.

I suspect that our American friends will associate the word more with a certain Miss Berry's nether regions, covered (just) in a bikini; cue more sounds of male approval.
Edgar

Mmm, Halle Berry

Honestly dont know what yu guys see in her?



Oh gone on then I do

Julien

Today's word, bringing back memories of school for me, is:

prannet

What happened to the halibut??!!









And where's todays word/s sentence/s paragraph/s?

It seemed to die a death.


Ha ha! Beat you by seconds!

prannet


Chinese for another heavenly body . . ?

Something that levorves alound the sun, maybe?

Foolish or gormless person – perhaps a blonde female celebrity??

They don't have to be blonde to be gormless!

But we Gentlemen prefer blondes . . .

But don't gentlemen marry brunettes?

Prannet. Is that a pranged Gannet?

Phil.

If it isn't, it should be!

I can still play for yesterday, being on nights!

Found this!



here: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=prannet

Julien

ps. now where is todays!

Yeah – where is it / are they?

Alright, give us a bleedin' chance! Some of us have to work, you know.

Today's word is:

pilchard

Fresh or tinned?

Oh, fresh, old boy.

It's a sawn-off herring, innit?

It's also a cat.

That went well, didn't it?

Arh the age old question, when is a Pilchard a Pilchard? and when is it a Sardine??





Used to love these when I was a kid (well the ones in tomato sauce anyway) , I remember my Dad bringing them home as the came in Army Rations and no one would eat them!

Julien

Also Pilchard is Bob the Builders cat!



For our younger viewers of course!

Julien

Gold star for Julien.

I've got one of those soft toys somewhere - she's so cute!

Today's word, as suggested by Mrs Obi-Jiff, is:

froglets

Eastern Bloc reboxes?

Not quite...

Gotcha . . .

The Froglets came to the Clangers' planet in a top-hat which must once have belonged to a conjurer or a magician because the froglets can hop in and out of this top-hat and vanish and appear more or less anywhere on the planet. They can also make other things disappear and appear and do all manner of tricks. Nowadays the froglets live in a lake of pink soup in a cave at the middle of the planet.

Its mazin whats on T' internet!

Julien

I want to live there! Or, failing that, perhaps in Kingston Bagpuize.

Right, today's word:

trumpets

Knowing that you have a penchant for movies and the like, I imagine it must be something to do with the Voice Trumpets in the Teletubbies – but I hope not!!!

Oh Gods no! I was thinking of an advert.

Glad to hear it!!

I once changed the Tellytubbies' names to reflect the drinking culture amongst the youth of Britain:

Drinky-winky, Tipsy, Lager and Spew.

Trumpets;



not to be confused with strumpets;


or crumpets



Julien

Bring on the strumpets!

Too be honest I would rather have the crumpets!

Julien

Alright. Bring on the crumpets!

I like Warburtons crumpets, especially with jam on.

Julien doesn't care, as long as there are enough on the plate!

Personally, I'll go for the Strumpets, with butter and jam!