Travelling On

Suffolk_lass

Not sure if this is helpful but I am a convert to Morries entertainment - smaller platters of food but a narrower range (and very good speciality breads). Their small cakes and desserts are excellent and we now use them when doing any sort of buffet locally.

I have used Waitflower too and things like their pies are excellent. I top up with things like a tray of potatoes cut into 2-3cm pieces and roasted then sprinkled with flaked salt as part of the buffet. and ready-made coleslaw with a bag of salad leaves mixed with cheaper iceberg lettuce. I am told Icyland frozen sausage rolls are really good but we (royal - DH!) make our own with butcher's sausage meat mixed with other stuff and packet puff pastry

Karmacat

Ooh, thanks SL, that sounds good.  There *is* a Morrie's I could order from, in the nearest big town to the north, but there's a family connection to Waitflower via my late brother-in-law, so we wouldn't use any other supermarket.  As for helping it on with a bit of cooking - again, because its going to be at my sister's house, I don't want any cooking to be done for this; I'd compromise on heating up, but no actual cooking.  However, I believe you can buy packets of gluten free puff pastry these days?  Once I've used up the sack of flour I bought last year, I think that's the way to go  

Today, apart from a bit of cleaning, I want to make a nut loaf - lots of nuts and seeds in the freezer, cheese has run out till my delivery next week, so though I still have lots of lentils and beans, I'd also like to use up the nuts, get some variety in, I've got a recipe from the Vegan Society they call "easy nut loaf", and it does sound easy enough even for me  

Finances: April's download of statements begins today, and then I can finally back up the computer, that will be a whole item ticked off the to do list when I've done that.

Karmacat

Woo hoo, I've downloaded every single financial document, and named every single genealogical document except for the RC Latin ones.  They've all gone in a little bundle together, in the queries folder I'm thrilled, though its a bit later than I wanted.  I'll start backing up tonight - a bit of cleaning right now *really* wouldn't go amiss.

apple_muncher

Woo woo indeed!!! Well done you!

beanielou

Wow hoo indeedy 

apple_muncher

You could call the Latin ones Brutus, Claudius, Metella, Grumio, Caecilians...

Karmacat

apple_muncher said:

You could call the Latin ones Brutus, Claudius, Metella, Grumio, Caecilians...

They already have names although I really love the ones you've chosen - they're called things like Helena (for Ellen), Margarita, Samuelis and Henrici.  The forms are printed in Latin too.  It seemed a bit of overkill for 1882, but I've just found out that Catholic Emancipation didn't finish until 1871, when the universities opened up.  Only a decade before my documents, so completely understandable after all.   I really didn't think that legal bigotry against Catholics carried on for so long  

Karmacat

Post Office have refunded my £3.68 double postage in full.  Yay!  And on time, without me chasing them.  Double, triple yay!

apple_muncher

I can imagine you doing a happy dance around the mahonia...

(I hope I've remembered right - the tree that got moved for the fence)

rtandon27

Karmacat said:

Post Office have refunded my £3.68 double postage in full.  Yay!  And on time, without me chasing them.  Double, triple yay!

Without chasing?! - Wow that is impressive!