The Gospel According to St Delia Part II
And it came to pass that the table was laid; and crackers and glasses and napkins and rose petals were placed thereon. And it was good. The fifth hour, I think...
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(but to be honest after I had ingested a fair amount of the 'blue magic bottle' I had, by this time, lost count)
but sausages and bacon rolls were spiked in all their host and gruesome pink glory in the sixth hour
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and thus the turkey and all the trimmings were finished and the work ended.
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And that hour blessed - the table decorations 'enhanced' with the doctor of pepper and the jar of sauce of cranberry - and the crackers pulled and champagne drunk...
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...and I ceased to care about anything very much at all.
Has anyone else noticed that paper crowns are actually quite warm?
To quote the great Raymond Briggs - a very merry bloomin' Christmas to you all...
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(but to be honest after I had ingested a fair amount of the 'blue magic bottle' I had, by this time, lost count)
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and thus the turkey and all the trimmings were finished and the work ended.
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And that hour blessed - the table decorations 'enhanced' with the doctor of pepper and the jar of sauce of cranberry - and the crackers pulled and champagne drunk...
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...and I ceased to care about anything very much at all.
Has anyone else noticed that paper crowns are actually quite warm?
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7 Comments:
a very merry bloomin christmas to you too, I`m glad someone else had as many sprouts as me... clare I counted about 15 on your plate!looked delicious! aerobics here we come... ali
Ugh sprouts - my least favourite vegetable.
No sprouts for our Christmas dinner, but lots of delicious food like turkey, pork and a giant schnapper caught by my brother last week.
It was a warm sunny day down here in the antipodes so we could loll around outside for most of the afternoon.
Glad you had a good Christmas Clare - looks fun.
thanks Ali! Yes I love sprouts too. Every year Ido enough for everyone but the boys won't eat them so I end up with lots- too many really but I can't waste them. And yes need to do lots of aerobics now to burn off all the chocolates I am about to eat. Heh.
Anne- a giant schnapper in the sun sounds pretty wonderful to me...as for the sprouts, I think they're like marmite. You either love them or hate them. Unfortunately I love to eat just about anything except kidneys . Hope the rest of your holiday is great too!
And a verry merry Chrishtmas to you too. Marvellous shtuff.
:-)
Happy New Year, Jeremy.
We dug in the cupboard for the dratted Christmas crackers and found there were only TWO! Horrors!
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