Life with Nat - EP151: Scraping the Barrel #27 - Arctic Rolls, Seed, and a bit of TV nostalgia

Episode Date: September 10, 2025

Nat is joined again by not grumpy, not boring, not aggressive, not moody, not mummy... Marc! Some cooking, some gardening, some seedy behaviour and someone's confused about WKD vs WD40. Enjoy! xx Please subscribe, follow, and leave a review. xxx You can find us in all places here; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podfollow.com/lifewithnat/view⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ INSTA: @natcass1 We're also on Facebook too: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/lifewithnatpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[e-mail]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SHOW INFO: Life with Nat - it’s me! Natalie Cassidy and I’ll be chatting away to family, friends and most importantly YOU. I want to pick people's brains on the subjects that I care about- whether that’s where all the odd socks go, weight and food or kids on phones. Each week I will be letting you into my life as i chat about my week, share my thoughts on the mundane happenings as well as the serious. I have grown up in the public eye and have never changed because of it. Life with Nat is the podcast for proper people. Come join the community. ♥️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi Natalie, it's Alice from North Wales. It's actually Anglesey, North Wales. Mark, I didn't say you were miserable. I said you come across as miserable. That's the same difference. Well, there you go. But I'll take that. She wasn't being rude

Yeah They doesn't know me You don't sound miserable But you come across as You come across I mean arguably it's possibly worse Because some people might sound miserable But they're actually really happy

You're a happy soul aren't you I am generally yeah Yeah Not according to Alice But Nevertheless I think it's lovely of Alice To messaging

She probably felt a bit bad So thank you Alice She knows I'd be joking Yeah, no, of course she would Of course she would Because I'm actually quite a cheerful person You are quite cheery lately

Oh right, yeah Why's that? Well You were a bit of a nightmare For quite a while Why was that? Because you have given up vaping Yeah

And it was really, really tough Was it? Very tough Why was it tough, Natalie? Your mood was shocking, but I understand why. You've done brilliantly well. Amazing. But I feel like we've threw it a little bit.

Yeah, we're getting there. But it was not good, was it? No. No, fair enough. How do you feel, though? How do I feel? How do you feel not vaping now? It's good.

I'd recommend it. If anyone does actually vape. I'd like to do it. I'd like to give up. Yeah, no, it's a good thing. Brilliant. I can't believe it. I'm so proud of you. I think it's amazing. Thank you. Yeah. How are you anyway?

I'm right, thanks. Yeah? How are you? Yeah, I'm good actually. What have you been up to today? Well, it's a bit of a long story actually because I got up really early, about quarter past five. And a cab was meant to be coming at a 6 o'clock. Now, you know what I'm like with times. 10 past 6, no cab, no text message.

Quarter past 6, no cab. By which point I'm now awake and getting up? Quarter past 6 I wandered up the driveway to the road. Right. Thinking someone's parked, there's no signal. Yes. And then I haven't got the text, which has happened before. Fair enough, yeah.

Beautiful morning, by the way. Full moon was out. Birds were singing, gorgeous. No one there. Right. Anyway, to cut a long story short, the cab turned up about a six. 35 and I made my way to this morning ITVs show and I did my first ever live cookery piece. Did you really?

Yes, I did. And what did you make? I made a chicken, vegetable and potato tray bake. Right. With a little bit of tritho thrown in. I must admit that's not a dish I'm familiar with. What do you mean? You've never made it for us, have.

Yes, I have. I absolutely have. I've done legs, thighs, and popped it all in on like a Sunday in the summer. I've done it. Not where I've been at home. Maybe not, actually. No. But I have done it.

Nice. They did keep saying it was a family favourite. And even on the show, I was like, I don't know if it's a favourite. But it's something that is easy to do in one tray. Not what you should have done. What? Cherifo pasta. You know that lovely dish.

we do with our tomatoes and our chilies and a three-fo. Darling, I have to say... That's like a staple. No, but it's overdone. But we get to use our own tomatoes. I know, but I want to have taken my own stuff in today, would I? Well, I could have, actually. That would have been quite a good idea, really.

Next year. Next year I can do that. Could take it in one of your cucumbers. Oh, yeah, all those cucumbers that I've grown. There's two. There's two outside. Is there? Yes.

You've got two, three actually, if you count the one inside of a little hut. That is tiny, that one. It's quite large, it's about how long? No, it is not that long. It is. The one inside? Yes. And you've got a lot of course, yes.

Honestly, listeners, I'm being serious. The cucumbers haven't gone as well as I'd hoped. For the plants that I've done and for the time and the effort, I reckon I've had five cucumbers. They've been lovely, though, to eat. And I have also grown that big fat 10-inch, like, pepper thing. That's had one pepper on it. It's mad, isn't it?

You know, it's colour. It's going... I know. We're going to eat that. Yeah. We're going to fight over it. We're going to have, like, a half inch. No, we'll have half each, and I can stuff it. Yes.

That's brilliant. I mean, but what a lot of effort. One plant made that. No, but it is big. It's ridiculous. Is it a chili? It's not a chili, is it. It is like it's hot.

No, it's not a hot chili. He's got a Nate comment it's called. I left the label there because it was it was just a random garden centre purchase. We should take a picture

of that actually and put it on Insta. Yeah. Because one, it's fruited one pepper. Yeah. Oh well it's all good experience anyway, isn't it?

Anyway, I was very pleased with myself because you know what I'm like and listeners may not understand but if you listen to the pod you will know that years ago I had a bit of an odd experience

on this morning in the news hub and I was given an earpiece and I got shoved in a room and I failed miserably so I have a very, very big fear of earpieces on live television because of that.

I think you need to expand actually a bit more on that please. What do you mean? What do I want to hear what happened? Oh, I'm repeating myself if I do that. There'll be somebody listening now who will be thinking, I wonder what happened.

Nothing. I went in. I got asked to do the news hub when Philip and Holly were there. Mm-hmm. So I went into the, We've narrowed that period down over about 15 years. They used to have, it was a long time ago, they used to have this hub thing with people in it and tellies and it was sort of the news hub.

And no one said to me coming over rehearsal. No one said anything. No, it shoved you in there. Shove me in there with an earpiece with a monitor. I had loads of people talking to me. They threw to me and I just did not know what to do. It was like partridge gone wrong. And I just stood there.

But what did they expect you to do? And then they cut and never come back to me. But what did I expect you to do, Vang? Oh. What were you meant to do? Say, oh yeah, we've had a call from Susan, who's talking about the local bins, and on the news this morning, and I had all these news things, and I was meant to report from the news hub.

It's very strange. Well, anyway. We need to find a copy of this. Can't. I've tried to look for it. I think they've deleted it. No. Someone will find it somewhere.

Oh, God. Cut to know. me trawling through. Anyway, it did not leave a nice taste in my mouth and I've always thought about it. So therefore, going in today and doing the live cooking, I didn't realize I'd have the live earpiece. A live earpiece. You know what I mean?

Little bloke who lives in your ear, a little creature. What'd you call it then? An earpiece. An earpiece. You'd know you'd be on talkback. I didn't know I'd be on talk back. So anyway, they clipped on my mic Then they clipped on the other thing

And I thought, oh no But I was really good I was really proud of myself Good They were chatting in my ear I touched a bit of raw chicken To put it into the tray And then someone said

Go wash your hands in my ear But it didn't throw me I'd like to show you it actually later I'll tell you something Yeah You could do an earpiece at home What for? Might get you one

Why? It just sounds quite good You just do as you're told Just imagine I don't need another voice in my ear, thank you. Another voice in your head. I don't need any more voices. Empty the dishwasher.

I'll get plenty of that, thank you. Mark needs a massage. Joni has driven us mad today. She's very rude to me at the moment and fine with you. Yes. Why are you laughing at that? This is cute. No, it's not cute.

Can I just say something to me. She gives me hell on earth and then you get home and she's fine. It's very annoying. I've got to say to something about Joni. and it's a first time I'd seen it because unfortunately I didn't get to watch your final of cooking of the stars

however, obviously I knew the outcome Yes A bit of a spoiler alert Well, not a spoiler alert What was the spoiler? It was a spoiler I knew the outcome Yeah, no, it would have been nice for you

to watch it though I would have liked to have watched it But it was only today for I happened to see I think you'd put up a video Yes And Joni's in it And Eliza and David

Yes And I just love the fact that Joan is just casually sat there with her sunglasses on and the chains. No, I know. Like John McCruick. I know. But she's just, you know, wearing it and just, that's funny. Very funny.

It really tickled. What is a shame is they didn't show, because obviously they did it down and there's loads to show. When she cut into the pork chop and said, that's a little bit dry. Now, that would have been funny. Yeah, why is that not in? It wasn't. That's a mistake. Yeah, there you go.

There you go. But yeah, it was lovely to have all the fam on. Well, not all of them. I wasn't there. No, I'm doing lots at the moment with different people for the television. You're not involved. Yeah, it's good. Well, it's because I know that you don't really want to be in front of camera.

So I do it on purpose. I don't even ask you because I know you'll find it uncomfortable. So I'll just leave it. All right. Well, yeah, sort of. Are you coming around to the idea now? No. Oh.

No, absolutely not. Fair enough. Fair enough. Naomi messaged me today. She asked me about some confusion regarding WD40 and WKD Blue. So I'd just like to be, could you help with that? Because I didn't quite understand it. There's a vote though.

And interestingly, on the vote, obviously, because I announced the WD 40 thing. Yes. I felt quite entitled to vote on what it was. but I voted and 60% or so of people thought it was WD 40, which means 40% of people are suggesting that you're cleaning your fridge with WKD. Well, you never know. There's a lot of hacks online. They might have thought with the sugar content or I'm not sure.

Okay. Interesting. I haven't listened yet to Antleynne's podcast, which I will listen to. Yes, of course. I do dig a little bit deeper in Monday's episode coming up regarding this issue because I have a very special guest on Monday that hasn't been on the pod for 42 weeks and that is Emma

Oh Emma's on the pod on Monday Where was she hiding? She's just been squirreling herself away editing lots of things But she's, it was lovely to talk to I've had a lot of messages from people

saying where's Emma Yeah So The podcast professional Absolutely So Monday Listen everybody no joke

please tune in on Monday there is a huge announcement that is all I can say but I promise you it's already been recorded and I won't let you down hang on a minute I've got to ask you this

what is the announcement ah yeah that's quite big news it's a bigger yeah huge so yeah Monday will be fantastic

so it was lovely talking to Emma, but we did delve a little bit into this cleaning scenario, just so you know. I wonder what Alice is thinking right at this second. Do you think Alice thinks, he doesn't sound as miserable as you're not normal, or do you think Alice thinks... I think Alice thinks it's car. He sounds like he's had a firework up his Harris. Right, okay. I don't think Alice is a sort of lady who would say something like that.

Well, you never know. No. Do you know what I've done this evening? What did you do this evening? I have got up some stats because we haven't done it for ages. Right. And I thought we could have a little game of where people are listening. Oh, very good.

We haven't done that for a long time, have we? No. Not since I think your anniversary episode. Absolutely. And may I just say that we've just passed the 150 mark. So what a lovely time to do it. How many people do you think are listening in Australia? 200.

2,340. Not bad. Do you think I could go there and do a very small show, a little kind of comedy club? Yeah. Maybe sort of for 20, 30 people like pubs, little pubs. little pubs. Can you narrow it down as to what about

they are in Australia? No. No. But if they're anywhere near Perth, that'd be lovely. I'd like to pop over there. See Sophie. Mm-hmm. So that's what I'm orchestrating there.

It'd be quite nice to get myself over there. That's quite a lot of people. It's not a few pubs. But is it people on holiday? Don't know. Or people that have moved over there. Well, why don't you let us know? If you're in Australia.

I have Australian. voice noters do you and text messages oh there you go not loads but a few I've got a lovely

lady from Perth actually who messaged in to say make sure your friend gets in touch when she gets here so that's really

lovely how many people do you think are listening this is quite good in Singapore Or? 900.

Oh, 100. Oh. I want to know about the little ones and twos. The ones and twos. The lower league listeners, because you can get a bit more direct then when you're saying to them, can you message us if you're the one person in?

Do you know what I mean? Yeah, I'll tell you something. There's a lot of ones. Right, come on. Hit me. We have got one listener in Afghanistan. That's fantastic. I've got a friend who's out from Afghanistan.

Perhaps it's them. He's from Afghanistan, so I don't think he's been back there for a while. Oh, I thought you said he lived there. No. One in Argentina. Right. We've got one in Ghana. Yeah.

One in Greenland. Jordan. St. Lucia. Lithuania. One in St. Lucia? Yes. You've got one in St. Lucia? Yes.

I am very surprised at that. Why? Because it's quite a popular tourist destination. I'm surprised that no one's... I think you do have quite a lot of listeners on holiday listening to podcasts. I don't know if the people that go to St. Lucia would like this pod. I don't know.

Well, they've got loads of money and that. They probably listen to something a bit more highbrow. The rest is entertainment or one of those ones. Right, okay. One in Lithuania. That surprises me as well, to be honest. One in Mongolia. Peru.

Yeah. Could be Paddington. Oh, if only. I'd love to get Paddington bear on the pod. One in Tanzania. Right. Puerto Rico and Sierra Leone. So those single listeners, thank you very, very much.

Please send me a voice note on 07728, 2019-19. Is Sierra Leone anywhere near Sierra Leone? Just asking. This is Sierra Leone. Oh. I said Sierra Leone. You ever got my pronunciation again? No, no.

You know that on the podcast app, you can rewind it. Yep. Okay. We've got a message here from Rachel. I'm pointing out Rachel because she left her name and took a lovely picture. But I think this week I have had, roughly, I'd go as far to say 40 to 60 messages regarding the brand new product that Marks and Spencers have brought out. I don't know if you've seen it or not, Mark. But it's quite extraordinary actually.

This is if they've been listening and they've thought of you. They've brought out a frozen Arctic calling the Caterpillar. Well, sorry, what's that perturbed? Because you're gulping again, aren't you? Oh, they did gulp. An Arctic calling the caterpillar. Do you know, I know somebody who works at M&S in the dessert section. I know who that is

So I don't know if that's anything to do with it Just letting you know Are you not excited by that? Yeah I really don't think But that's got anything to do with me Pretty certain Well can I say something else though

Yeah I think someone from Eminus might be listening to the pod Why is that? They've brought out a Vianetta Christmas decoration Have they? It's a Vianetta Right

as a Christmas ball ball okay that's cool it's fantastic yeah next year you're going to be telling me they've invented

like a new maxi bond well because that would be nice so going back to our frozen dessert and we have also sorry I forgot to implement

the Vianetta ban which made that conversation we had we're banning the Vianetta word from this podcast. Why? Because they've been mentioned so much.

Oh no, I'm not all about that. I love people. I've not had a message for ages from anyone telling me how much of the Vianetta is and I miss it. You have had, I guarantee you you've got messages. I haven't had one from about a Vianetta

because you took it over with the Maxibon thing. Well, MaxiBonds are amazing. You took it over. Mm-hmm. But Vionnetta will always be close to the pod's heart. Frankie, a new forest ice cream,

just for the record, I've run out of the Maxi Chocks, just saying. I'm not sure how we're going to deal with that because it was quite a big deal getting hold of them last time.

But we need to come up with a solution. We're coming into the colder months now. We don't need to be worrying about ice creams. Are you joking? We've got a, Colin the Caterpillar, Arctic,

coming out. Yeah. Who wants that in the winter? Me. You want that, do you? Yes. Oh, right. I can't wait for it, is that?

No, but I'm looking forward to trying that. Oh, right. So there you go. Kells says, freezing chocolate, oh yes. Put some chili chocolate in the freezer, and it gives the best chili kick as it melts in your mouth. Loving the pods, Mark, you're not boring or moody. Speak soon.

It's nice from Kells, isn't it? Yeah, thanks for that. Someone said, freezing chocolate, not if it's a bar, but yes, if it's a curly-whirley, makes it last all night. Can I ask a question? Sorry to sound silly.

Yeah. Why are we talking about freezing chocolate? Because on the last pub we did. I think you and I did. Yes, someone was talking about freezing chocolate. Ah. It's a bit really. You don't remember that, really.

It's been a long couple of them. Well, I have sent all of these to you in our group also. Okay. Do you remember that you left a small salad from the Turkish in the fridge? I did. Did you enjoy that for lunch? No, because somebody threw it away. And do you know what?

Do you know when I threw it away? Go on. Three days after we'd done the pod, which was four days after the takeaway. Yeah. And do you know what? How's that salad going to be? I bet it was fine It was in a little plastic box

It had nothing poured on it It had It would have been fine It had red cabbage in there Lovely It had tomatoes on the top Which would have made it go all soggy Yeah

Well no I don't think it had It was not okay to eat I can assure you Do you put it in the compost Yes Good You should have

Eating it the next day Please refrain From leaving those things in the fridge. I've had a message here. Had a Turkish at the weekend, I can't wait to throw out the leftovers, my husband, left in the fridge as usual. And what did he leave in the fridge? There is a picture

of two takeaway containers and a dip. Right, okay, we got here. Oh, first my eyes slightly drawn to the eat trout jar. What's that? I don't think that's from the takeaway There's a half open packet of bacon Well now you're just nosing in someone's fridge

No I'm just in the photo There's definitely a chili sauce And then a couple of, you know To Yeah Maybe a bit of chicken or something in there Yeah that's not the same as a brand new salad That's not been opened, is it?

No, but it's all sort of left over from the takeaway I think the goalposts just got moved slightly in that conversation we haven't had a takeaway since that night it's quite good don't even start me on the subject of takeaways why what's matter do you not remember the episode of the podcast

where you were talking about how much you spent on takeaways yeah do you know how many people contacted me or would say to me when I was at work heard about how much you spent on that takeaway No, I spent Tell them

Sorry, you spent Tell them not to worry Right Nosey pokes You put it on your podcast Yeah Right It's obscene

When you look it up Yes And you can do that now Yes You can itemise everything On the bank Statements Yes

On the phone Yeah And it is terrifying Right So no harm In the fact That two weeks ago We had a Turkish

I think we're okay But what I'm saying is it's not every week. No. It's good. No. And the girls would say to me, oh, can I have a takeaway? It'd be a Thursday night and I'd give in and get them a five guys or something. But I've stopped all that.

I was unaware of all of that. Well, that's all stopped now. That's all. Deliberately happening under the radar, wasn't it? Not deliberately. Hi, Nat. I do feel like I know you. I am sorry.

But we all feel like that. Because that's how you make us feel. Anyway, my name's Tricia, and I'm living in southwest France. I just wanted to say, 20 quid for a glass of wine. Are you all mad? I know, I know I live in the land of wine. Here, a 10-liter box is the equivalent of 10 euros. Yes, is Cabernet Savignon.

However, it's not. 20 quid a glass. But in saying that, I love cider. I love all the fruity ones. And my son's driving over on Wednesday night and bringing me some cider. Anyway, I just wanted to say, thank you. I've listened from the beginning. I listened to your other one on the TV one.

I listened to that as well. I've done all those. And I went back to the beginning of this pod. Love Nat's nieces and Auntie Linney. and I don't think Mark's boring in the slightest or dull or aggressive or whatever that other lady said I think he sounds lovely

sounds really nice anyway if you two want to come to France I have got a little jeet I think you'd like and I'll find you a bottle of Sansaire anyway keep doing what you're doing you make us all smile

thank you bye oh sorry off to enjoy 25 degrees see you thank you so much It's such a lovely message. I fancy popping over there.

Yeah, it'd be nice. A little jit. Yeah, what's that? I wonder what she meant by that. Sheet. It's like a little... That's sort of... Accommodation, isn't it?

Like a little something. All right, okay. But she sounds lovely as well. She can't believe it. 20 quid for a glass of wine in the pub. Yeah, that's mad. 10 euros for how many? 4 litre box.

10 litres? 10 litres? 10 litre box, 10 euros. Oh no, come on. 10 litre. That's the... Do you remember we went to Italy and we went to that wine place

and they had all these lovely wines and then they had kegs of cooking wine but people would come in with their own container and walk off with like whatever it was worth to cooking. And we actually, for a laugh, said, oh, can we try some of that? And they looked at us like we were mental. And they poured us some of that.

It was incredible And that's what they're cooking Cook with But they cook in it And they pour it into a pan And they cook it All right So they cook with

Yes you're quite sorry Cooking for Stars Yes they do Cook with it Yeah Yeah it's different over there Isn't it France Italy Yes it is

Nice place to live though I've never been to the south of France I thought it was the West, but it could be wrong. Well, where she is? Hang on. Hi Nat, I do feel like I know you. I am sorry, but we all feel like that because that's how you make us feel. Anyway, my name's Tricia, and I'm living in southwest France. Oh, we're both right.

That's lovely, isn't it? It's funny, isn't it? We both, you heard the word South or the World West. Yeah. How funny. I mean, you're more correct, actually, because South West, South is probably more. I never did get to go to my art exhibition in France.

No. I'm not going to do that again. I'm not going to miss something like that again. I should have gone on my own. I wanted to go. There wasn't one opportunity. I had, I didn't ever, I would have gone on my own. No.

There was never an opportunity where you were able to go and do that. And only in hindsight did you ever turn around, like, on a week and go, oh, do you know what? I could have gone on Tuesday. I've only just realised. But I was never going to do that. So it's a real, real shame. What you have managed to do is you did manage to squeeze in a little 10-mile walk the other night. I did do that. Lovely Beth from episode 12 of this pod invited me to do a 10-mile walk around St. Orban's, 50 women. In fact, it ended up being 70 women, reclaiming the streets.

It was for women's aid and sufferers of domestic abuse. And it was a fantastic evening. We had a really good wonder. Four hours. Not bad, actually, for 10 miles, I thought. Did you get sore ankles? ankles were all right I did have a blister on my 1, 2, 3

4th toe along Oh yeah On my left foot Terrible massive blister Which was very annoying But it was one of those You could just pop and it all seeped out Oh I love those

But you know what I mean It wasn't a Sort of a large bubble That you could just get rid of I'd just cut it with scissors And wrapped a blast around it What's his? Kitchen ones?

Oh, great, okay. I wash them. Of course you did, yeah. I did. Someone in your earpiece said, go and wash for scissors. You've just, you know, they've just handled a raw blister. No. Because I was cutting my blister open.

Yeah. I decided that it would be best that they went straight into the dishwasher. Oh, good. Yes. Excellent. But anyway, worked a treat. And do you never tell me to do that, Joni? Joni went, don't moan about it, man.

When I've got a blister like that, I just pop it and all the juice comes out. So I said, all right, John That's what I did All right When has she ever had a blister But obviously never She's just bursting She had one on her thumb didn't she

I think Well, she burst it Yeah Good, gets rid of them Gets rid of them quicker So much like me I used to do that With her fingers

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mirror. This promotion is yours. Go get them. Starbucks. It's never just coffee. Talking of leaving bits and pieces out, actually. We've got a couple of large serviettes. Right. Near one of our sinks. Yes. On the draining board area. I know it, yeah.

Which are covered in seats. Mm-hmm. But they have now been there for a week and I'm desperate to clean that area. And it's driving me insane. And I can't, if I've got wet washing from the washing machine in granddad's, that's where I like to leave it if there's a loading. It's just, I need, I really need them gone, is what I'm saying. You want me to clean up my seed?

I've just left all over the silence Wow We've hit a new low That was not intentional That was not intentional No it wasn't Your eyes lit up At the thought of spreading your seed

All over the place Honestly It's really unbelievable Anyway Anyway when are you going to put them into envelopes Would you like to tell everyone what I'm talking about Because it is quite an amazing process Not really

Once you've stopped laughing at yourself I'm not laughing at myself You pick the best tomato Don't you? Right. So I don't know if there's any science in this, but it seems to sort of work. Because to be fair,

you made that lovely tomato sauce the other day and it's really sweet. I mean, it's as if I've put in a kilo of sugar. So what I do is if there's a good... We have a bowl of tomatoes and I'll sit there one night and I eat raw tomatoes. And if there's a tomato... I don't do that for dinner.

No. But if I bite into a tomato and I think, Oh, that's a nice one. I can take the seeds out of that tomato and I put them into a bowl. There's also a bowl? Oh, sorry. They go into a little bowl.

You have just jogged my memory. There's also a bowl down there that's also been there for quite a long time. Right. That's now got mould over the top of it. Yep. So you put the seeds into the bowl. Yeah.

With the flesh of the tomato around them as well. And basically, now I thought about this the other day and actually what I should be doing is choosing the tomatoes that don't have as many seeds within them. Why? To try and make like a jaffer tomato. The least seeds, so it's more sort of flesh.

Why are you putting in a face? A jaffer orange doesn't have seeds in it. No, I know that, but I'm not a jaffer fan, really. I like the seeds in a tomato. No, I just thought, it's interesting because... I think that's what gives it the flavour, because if you haven't got a lot of seeds in, it's not as liquidy.

All right. Well, you were pleased to know I've not done that, but I was just curious to see we made a difference. So I cut into the seeds, put the seeds into the bowl. And I do that of quite a few. And we've got two different varieties. We've had the same two different varieties now for about six years. And then what you do is you pour water into the bowl

and you leave them for about four or five days and you'll get a mould that grows on top of the water. And I understand that the mould on the seed breaks down the protective coating from the seed Yes You then drain off all the liquid And then scrape the mould off And you put all of the seeds

The wet seeds onto a piece of kitchen tower And how long do they need to be there for At least two, maybe three days To dry You're just saying that No Two or three days is what I've done in the past Okay

But I don't normally do it in the house I thought they needed to be in the dark When they're in bright sunshine Just so you know No, they've never been in the dark, never, ever done it in the dark. Okay, dook. And then once they're dry, you put them into an envelope, and you write a date on, and you stick them in the side,

and then next year, next sort of February, whack them in the compost, and up they pop. I certainly believe by you picking the ripe tomatoes, sweet tomatoes, like the ones we like, we are getting fantastic tomatoes. And their fifth or sixth generation is what you're saying. Yeah. Yeah, it's great. And this year, we've sort of done half and half, haven't me?

And they've come out, come out all right. Yeah. And normally the plants are quite healthy as well. Very much so. And it's good. So it's great. When are you going to sort them all out, though, because they're all over the place? I was going to do it tonight.

And you said, no, Mark, you can't do that. We've got to record a podcast. You didn't mention them. Yes, I did. I said, I've got the envelopes. You did mention the envelopes. Yeah. So I had to get a couple of new...

Because they're on the side. aren't they with all the other stuff that's on the side they are yeah let's play the game have a guess what's on the shelf this is on the shelf to go out to the shed let's have some guesses mark tidied up the shelf

and it was so lovely and you even put a plant on there to stop myself putting stuff on it it was really lovely there's a lovely plant doing quite well actually in that place and it was sat oh hang on a minute hello eliza good night good night darling

oh it's the annual got my t-shirt on the no you've got you this is my t-shirt shirt you bought me. I did actually but I really like it and I wear it often. Hang on you can't nick a t-shirt off of Eliza when you made about Eliza knicking clothes off you. I did buy that for her.

There we go. That was from the Vogue exhibition, the runway thing we went to in Kings Cross. Oh. Yeah. It's a lovely t-shirt, isn't it? Yeah. Love you. Good night.

Good night. I think Eliza's got into school life quite quickly again. It's been quite good, hasn't she? quite good, hasn't she? Going to bed, being organised, it's really good.

Really good. It's hard, isn't it, to get back in the swing of things? I don't really remember, to be honest, do you remember? I don't remember anything.

What were you doing? Working and going to school, but I don't really remember. No. But yeah, I just think it's been quite good and they've both been good Joni's very tired though

and as I say she's got a little I don't know what I've done to her but she don't like me at the moment not her favourite person yeah they go through those little stages they do they do this morning I was I was leaving

and I just heard this little Daddy open the door she's like laying there could you do that know it again, please. Daddy. She's not related to Harry Hill's son, is she?

Do you ever dinosaurs? I love dinosaurs. Do you have been a little baby? Dad to Mama! Yeah, could say, Dada. Not the mama. And there's that brilliant clip where it's like, Daddy, Dadda. And he's like, what did you say?

He's like, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da. And he's like, he's just amazing. And he's really excited. Then he just goes, Nada-da-ba-va. It's very good. Very good. I used to love that.

That was on about 515 on a Saturday evening on ITV. Wasn't that Stephen Spielberg? I think it was Stephen Spielberg. I can't leave that without fact-checking it, can you? Have a little look. Yeah, Saturday night tell you can beat it. Was that late 80s or early 90s? It's quite amazing that I can remember the schedule for television.

That was on a Sunday. What was? Dinosaurs. Oh, shit. And... I thought it was Saturday night. Don't think so. Maybe it was.

I thought it was Saturday. It probably was at some point. Dinosaurs. Oh, it was so good. Oh, no, sorry. Jim Henson. Oh, okay. It was a Jim Henson thing.

Very good. It was Dear Disney, Jim Henson Productions for Walt Disney Television. And it was out between April to 26th, 1991 and July the 20th, 1994. There we go. I remember it well. Earl Sneed Sinclair Was the dad

He's a great show Fran Was the mother That's right Robbie Was the oldest child Charlene the daughter Do you remember her

I don't know I remember the mum and dad And the baby Yeah I remember Charlene She was like a teenager Quite cool Did you fancy her Yeah

As far as fancy And dinosaurs go She was quite hot Yeah And baby Sinclair. Baby Sinclair, that was it. So cute.

Oh, it was a good series. Do you know how we should look that up, you know? We should maybe whack an episode of that on. For Joni. No, I was thinking when we get into bed. What now? Yeah. You want to watch dinosaurs?

Yes. It's the sort of thing. We start watching it and you hear the theme tune. You'd be like, I remember this. Yeah, I don't really want to go to bed to it though. If that was on, if I, I mean, I don't know where. We've got to finish the crown. But true.

I don't know where I'm getting this from. I could be completely making this up, but I'm pretty certain that dinosaurs was on on a Sunday and straight after dinosaurs, whatever channel it was on, was the man from uncle. No, you're completely wrong. I'm so sorry.

Okay. 07-8-19-19. I think dinosaurs was on at about 5 o'clock on a Saturday. And it was just before Gladiator kicked off and blind date and stuff like that I'm really I don't know why I've got that in my head but I'm sure of it

No it really could be the case Because I think it was on after the polls on BBC 1 and then we switched it over Hmm But I'm not sure Riveting stuff

So is there anything else we'd like to talk about because we are coming to the end of this podcast, would you believe? The Michael Jacobs Productions and Jim Henson Productions. Not the mama, not the mama. Dinosaurs, it's the must-own four-disc DVD box set. Great memories. You can't beat nostalgic telly. That's why I'm so desperate for the kids to still watch a bit of telly and enjoy their programs.

Joni's really enjoying Henry Danger at the moment. have you seen any of it I haven't no it's an American show but it does remind me of that kind of American sitcomy you know

like what we used to watch sort of saved by the bellish but not as old as that not as old as saved by the bell but it's sort of quite American and funny and silly but I don't mind I watching it

it's all right at least it's a full program and not a YouTube clip Mark's looking down at his iPad Yeah, do you know what That was really some nostalgia I really enjoyed that I'm pleased you did darling

But we are in the middle of a podcast So it's quite hard to Understood Do the pod When you're sort of not present with me I'm fully present and yours Thank you darling Alice would be proud

She would She really really would I'd like to show you the live cook, though, from today Yeah, we'll watch out later Just want to show you quickly It's just something I want to watch before that, but yeah I'm not watching dinosaurs, babe No, okay

So you're going to clean, let me just get this straight You're going to clean up the seeds for me Yeah On Wednesday Yeah Possibly tomorrow evening even Possibly I've got a busy week this week Mark

Are you allowed to talk about it? I'm just doing the BBC Health and Social Care Dock. Oh, nice. But there's quite a few different sort of places we're going in and people I'm going to see. But it's one of those weeks, and as I'm sure everyone listening, you know what I mean,

when you look ahead and you think, how am I going to do that week? So you can't look at all the week. You just have to do it day by day. Otherwise, your head will explode. That's how I feel. good

yeah it's all good it's all lovely but um brilliant your head's gonna explode excellent it's just a lot to do yeah yeah

it's all good fun do you reckon the old coal miners you know when they had a long seven day wig head of them would sit there and think one evening

god you know what I haven't I haven't had a day off in three years seven months just want one day off Did they not have a day off? Generally, speaking, no, but they permanently worked.

Couldn't have a thought to have a day off. Yeah, well, I wasn't moaning. No, no. Just saying that when there's a lot on. I think there's something in that, you know. There's a little sketch for you. What's that? You know, these four Yorkshire Monty Python sketch?

No, not on Monty Python person. Okay, it's a good sketch. Well, I just think there's a sketch somewhere. but it's sort of lost on you really if you don't know the sketch people listening might know and know what I'm angling at Naomi will be doing a photo now of you doing the full Yorkshireman sketch along with your seed spraying all over the kitchen side

yeah that'll be a picture nice well there's a lot of kitchen towel though to keep it all dry It does It always does I hope everybody has a lovely weekend What's the weather like this weekend I've got absolutely no idea

Well it was so beautiful last weekend It was like real summer was back Wasn't it? It was wonderful And everyone was out in their t-shirt Are you off this weekend? They loved it They just had such a great time

I just want it to get a bit colder now I'm working on Saturday and I am off on Sunday As am I Lovely What will we do Not sure yet Okay

We should see We've been to the pub for quite a long time No we haven't Might be quite nice to do that That sounds good Just for an hour Could even go to Another one

That's a bit more local And have something to eat there Uh Okay We'll see I fancy cooking All right you can do some filming for me

I'd quite like to do a bit more filming some more videos of me cooking okay I think it would be quite nice to keep up the cooking thing yeah because I'm really enjoying it okay

what was that text he sent me this morning when he said oh do you know what I love doing that I just want to cook all the time and I was like brilliant what's for dinner

to the answer no I don't know I thought it was quite a good it was very good actually yeah I sort of meant as a job. I wish I was cooking all day long. Yeah, but it would have been nice to have...

You cooked it's a very nice thing tonight, actually. I was just about to say. Without tomatoes again. Our tomatoes have been mentioned quite a few times today. They really have, yeah. That was delicious. It was really nice. Nice with the feta.

And the prawns, lovely. Prawns and cheese, interesting combo. Prawns sagdaki. It's a Greek dish. Is it? Yes. We never had that in Greece. We never had it in Greece, but it is a Greek dish.

Hmm. They just chuck fetter on everything, don't they? Yeah. I'll tell you something just before we go. Being in St. Albans, and people kept telling me, didn't they, about that bloody Greek bakery in St. Albans. Oh, yeah. And as I wandered past it at 1 o'clock in the morning,

I was absolutely gutted. It was closed. Oh, you spotted it, though? Yeah, dear. Excellent. So I will be going there to get a little pastry at some point. And also you've got a recipe for them. What do you mean?

You've got a recipe, some Greek recipes, didn't you? For some spinach parcels. You bought a recipe book for making that stuff. Yeah, but they're a Greek bakery. They make it all. Yeah. I'm not going to go in there and say it's a recipe for you. In a Greek bakery? No, but what you might do, if you don't happen to be in St. Albans,

is to get out the recipe and make them. Oh I see what you're saying My apologies I am ever so tired Right Yeah I thought I'd gone I actually thought I was speaking

Another language Yeah no that's what it felt like to me My apologies That's right It's been a long day It has been a long day I'm going to go now darling Okay

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