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Nikkster

Wheezy wrote: »

Office Christmas lunch today.
I'm having parsnip soup, roasted duck and black forest gateau.
Fingers crossed it's edible...

We chose our food for tonight a while ago (maybe September?) so clearly I have no recollection of what I've chosen. Or even what the options were. I just know that there was no 'turkey' option. I hope someone has a list of what everyone ordered or this is going to be chaos after a glass or howevermany of wine.

lostinrates

Wheezy wrote: »

Office Christmas lunch today.
I'm having parsnip soup, roasted duck and black forest gateau.
Fingers crossed it's edible...

DH pre chose three courses of cheese ( and the cheese board) for lunch yesterday.

Wheezy_2

It was alright.
Parsnip soup was good.
Duck was delicious, roasted pots were tasty.
Carrots and parsnips were over cooked, sprouts not boiled long enough and thus too hard.
Gateau was okay.
Ambiance and company - as I was seated between Louise and Tina - was good.

Overall...I'd give it a...

lostinrates

I like a hard sprout. They are quite nice shredded raw in salads/slaws.

elona

Viva

Thanks for the link. I had a browse around and it really helped me stay positive.:A

Lovely to see the link to a Saki story. I have not read that one for years and enjoyed it.

I went to school with an Yvonne and an Yvette and met a Blanche (pronounced the Glaswegian way as "Blaaaansh" was much less glamorous!)

No one can pronounce or remember my name so I answer to Iona, Fiona, Elenna etc.

Ivyleaf

Good Luck at the gp.

tom9980

Sprouts cooked with chestnuts are very yum and i am not a fan of sprouts!

lostinrates

tom9980 wrote: »

Sprouts cooked with chestnuts are very yum and i am not a fan of sprouts!

I love sprouts. They are also yummy pan friend with bacon ( and some onion. Just the fat from the bacon. Add sprouts if you like.

A while ago, some summer time, I went on a weird unseasonal sprout frenzy and felt like it was all I wanted. Steamed sprouts, sprout pasta......

Wheezy_2

Nikkster wrote: »

We chose our food for tonight a while ago (maybe September?) so clearly I have no recollection of what I've chosen. Or even what the options were. I just know that there was no 'turkey' option. I hope someone has a list of what everyone ordered or this is going to be chaos after a glass or howevermany of wine.

Yes, often happens.
No chaos at our lunch today, just one crayfish cocktail remained un-allocated and returned to the kitchen.
Enjoy the howevermany glasses!

Spirit_2

lunch was a mushroom soup followed byroast belly pork with black pudding mash, roast apple, cabbage, carrots and sprouts. no pud just coffee and truffles. it was lovely.

lostinrates

I think I might just have properly lost. Mobile for the first time ever,

I've lost them for a few weeks before, but not while in use and turned on.

The phone I had in back up has been retracted. So if so I'll buy another cheapey. Wonder what's good in the sub tenner mRket ATM .

Edit....aha.....found a phone in a drawer, newer than my old one.

I feel like an idiot for losing my phone though.