The Garden Fence - proper Old Style support and chat!

pollyanna_26

burtha Hope the day goes well . A run sounds just the thing to clear your head and start the weekend .
Crossing my fingers the weather stays good and your youngest can enjoy the break .
polly x

nannywindow

Burtha glad you liked the Javelin idea, just say the word and I shall be there, as soon as my little legs will carry me :rotfl:. ( A Javelin through the foot is not very pleasant, or other parts of the anatomy )

nannywindow

FP I got so excited about your picnic even g00gled Tatton park :rotfl:. What would we have had food wise ? Even thinking about it has made me hungry !

FairyPrincessk

Mar I used to live in Aberystwyth and would do similar in the Welsh National library. A readers ticket was a real treat!

Nanny, it depends on how posh and exactly how far into the Edwardian era. Mrs Beeton (in the Victorian era) recommended this for 40 people:
A joint of cold roast beef, a joint of cold boiled beef, two ribs of lamb, two shoulders of lamb, four roast fowls, two roast ducks, a ham, a tongue, two veal-and-ham pies, two pigeon pies, six medium-sized lobsters, one piece of collared calf's head, then salads, biscuits, bread and cheese, and 122 bottles of drink - plus champagne.

The Edwardians did things a bit more daintily and had things like egg and cress sandwiches, pies, cold chicken, and some really bizarre sandwich/salad concoctions like olive and anchovy sandwiches. They also loved a good mold--aspic, jelly etc. although I'm sure only the most ambitious would have attempted that!

I'd probably do cold roast chicken, cold roast beef, condiments, bread and butter, variations of potato salads, radishes with salt and butter, variations of vegetable salads--carrot, coleslaw, spinach, waldorf, cold pies, quiches/tarts, cheeses, chutneys, pickles, strawberries and cream (probably Chantilly because WHY NOT?), finger sandwiches (cucumber, egg and cress and something weird), cakes--seed cake, victoria sponge, battenburg, sausage rolls, scotch eggs, ginger beer, lemonade (cloudy) champagne, , coffee, tea and maybe some brandy or scotch for after.

Even my eyes think that is probably too big for my stomach but as Mar says--those who could afford to eat did things properly!

nannywindow

FPK many thanks for your mouth watering menu :T. Count me in, even if it is in dreamland :rotfl:.
nan

silvasava

Don't know about anyone else but I'm with Mrs Beeton -. must have been the champagne that did it for me.............:whistle:

FairyPrincessk

Don't worry Silva, there will DEFINITELY be champagne. How could there not????

FairyPrincessk

As for the rest of her menu, I wish she gave more detail about the bits and pieces, I mean a joint is a joint, but what are these salads??? I also have no idea what a collard calf's head is but it doesn't sound appetizing!

Bigjenny

FPK if you Google Mrs Beeton's Collared Calf's Head the recipe comes up.

burtha

Think I will stay with the dainty sandwich , not the calf's head thanks :eek:
Today was hard work , dd not happy , teatime received a text from him , saying he was busy looking for a new car so would she them for 5 mins on Monday night if she wants .... wow
breaks down about how we have to move before Christmas as it's stressful enough after that because of exams ... All I could say was we will not be homeless and not to worry I will sort it , somehow ...
Then spent the rest of the afternoon driving around looking for housing for sale , then photos of said house on the net , hopefully it's put her mind at rest ...
Not mine to be honest , Christ it's scary

sorry to sound off on here , but just want to scream , .. trying to be normal ,do the running around with kids , football , keep dd from loosing the plot .. when there is nothing normal about this ...

and he's worried about finding a car !!!
A javelin in his foot would be to nice ... may have to aim a bit higher ....

hey ho
x