I Had The Most Beautiful Tasting Ham On A Salad Last Night

[Bobbisox1]

at my sister in laws, She'd done a gammon joint in her slow cooker with Diet coke for the liquid, the taste was absolutely divine, I have often done diet coke with chicken but never with ham, it was so tender it melted in the mouth

[burlyshirley]

Ok Bobbs (never 'eard of it) ....

[Bobbisox1]

I think we sang it at school hahaha

[barry1010]

Put on the lid, Bobbi, not lead :) I remember The Andrews Sisters singing that on Family Favourites

[Bobbisox1]

aww ta Barry o:)

[gulliver1]

Well ,you would have a lead ,on an Electric frying pan.

[burlyshirley]

Ahh I do know it Bobbs after all ....

[LadyCG]

Sorry, bobbi, I missed your question on this thread. Yes the kitchen will have an island with a built in wine cooler and breakfast bar. I wanted the full size wine cooler next to the double American fridge freezer but there wasn't enough room for that and the Butler's larder so unfortunately I had to compromise.

We made some changes to the kitchen design last week and we've got to go back in a couple of weeks to see what he's come up with and make any final tweaks. Fitting has been pushed back a couple of weeks just to make sure we've got everything ready.

[Bobbisox1]

That sounds fabulous Lcg , I really would love an island , will you have a quooker too ?

[LadyCG]

Yes, the Quooker is actually free as part of the deal and we're getting the integrated coffee maker for next to nothing too.

[emmie]

you should see my kitchen, its the size of a postage stamp, can just about fit in cooker, and fridge freezer. Its serves me well enough, but would love a full blown kitchen, to rattle around in.

[Bobbisox1]

Mines of average size , not big enough for that elusive island haha

[LadyCG]

My parents had a tiny kitchen for years and years and my selfish dad completely took over the work surfaces with all his junk and refused to put it somewhere more appropriate. I don't know how my mother didn't murder him.

A few years ago an eccentric relative died and left them about £250k so my mother wanted to move to the country but my dad didn't and as usual the selfish git got his own way. However they built a two-storey extension and now she's got the kitchen she always wanted. His cr@p is still strewn all over the place though even though he has a garage and 3 sheds. It's all about him!!

[Bobbisox1]

You’ll finally have the house of your dreams by the sounds of it, a nice forever home x

[emmie]

he sounds very selfish - I would shove him out the door to be fair. into one of the sheds.

[LadyCG]

He is Emmie. He totally conned my mother into having that third she'd. He's got 3 sheds, four motorbikes and she's not allowed a dishwasher because, "It's a waste of money."

He promised to sell one of the bikes to pay for the third shed but once the shed was built and someone offered him a decent price for the bike he made an excuse saying, "I'm not giving it away."

Now he's on about having another bike. You couldn't make it up.

[LadyCG]

This won't be the forever home, Bobbi. Rather the penultimate one... I'll get his lordship drunk before I tell him.

[Bobbisox1]

Haha, I like your style,reach for the stars huh?

[diddlydo]

We have an "island" in our kitchen - it's called a kitchen table which is so much more versatile than those dreadful fixed to the floor things.

[Bobbisox1]

Mine would be a fixed island with a black sparkly worktop , I can see it now…or maybe grey? I can dream haha

[LadyCG]

Ours worktop is dark grey with lighter grey cupboards.

The opposite wall and between the kitchen cupboards will be brick and then the snug over the other will be a dark blue wall - something like sapphire salute - will a light wood media unit and corner sofa with some industrial style lighting. The tiling is a block matte grey, same outside and in.

We're looking at mid-August now for fitting. One day all this upheaval will be a distant memory.