Morning Aber's - hope you had a lovely wekend! Right to business todays menu for those etc. Oh plus veggie option

[merciasounds]

starters: Smoked Trout Pate with lemon and dill, melba toast and salad garnish
OR
Marinated artichoke hearts, olives, salamis and focaccia bread, oliver oil
OR
Garlic Mushrooms

'Sticky' BBQ chicken with Chicory, orange and watercress salad
OR
'Belly Buster' mixed grill, 5oz rump steak, gammon steak and steak burger, Glouc. Old spot thick butchers style sausages, lambs liver, kidneys and grilled tomatoes, mushrooms and peas (chips, hand cut if required!)
OR
Crown Roast of Lamb - rosemary and red wine gravy, new potatoes and petite pois peas

Vegetarian Option

Cheese flan with caramelised onion confit
OR
Quorn 'chili' with red kidney beans served with rice
OR
Vegetable and pasta bake - 'ratatouille' mixture of veg in a creamy garlicky sauce with pasta shells with a crispy top baked until golden

Puds
Trio of sorbets (Mango and passionfruit, lime and blackcurrant)
OR
Baked egg custard with stewed rhubarb and plums
OR
Fresh cream Strawberry or chocolate gateau

21 cheeses!! crackers, grapes and celery

teas of coffee/liqueurs

plenty of cold wines, beers lager and ciders - nearly out of stout (down to the last two cases!)

[ethandron]

i completely understand what you say about cooking, i find it relaxing myself and get a bit twitchy when someone else is cooking for me... although that doesn't happen very often. i do go through phases of not being bothered though and find it too much of a faff to think about what to make, tends to be when i'm not feeling 100%.
saying that, i think i'd prefer to have a week-end in paris than cook for 50 people :)

ps. where are we supposed to be looking for the thingy spare ed has put up?? can't see anything myself.

[merciasounds]

Umm..don't actualy know, I haven't looked myself yet!!

[redman41]

Garlic Mushrooms
Belly Buster Mixed Grill
Baked Egg Custard
Then I'm going to get weighed !

[merciasounds]

Damian, who drives the meat up from the farm in Devon to me here in Brum has just eaten a 'belly buster' mixed grill, without chips but with black and white pudding, and two fried eggs, and pronounced it delicious!! You can't go wrong with good meat!

[woofgang]

garlic mushrooms, chicken and sorbet please...do you ever do artichokes with lemon butter? messy to eat but totally fabulous...and I can see the link, its right next to "1 tip to lose stomach fat :-)