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Good morning all!

Thank you Sylvia - I will do me a bacon buttie ;-) <3

See you later,

Dea Xxx

Lunch will be served at 1 pm



Menu


Cocktails, Sherry, white wine spritzers


selection of hors d'ouevres ...............

Wild Mushroom Pate
Blue Cheese Dip
Fig and Goat Cheese Canapes
Prosciutto, Ricotta, and Red-Onion Marmalade on toasted bread squares
Buffalo Chicken Wings
Buffalo Sausage on Skewer
Vegetable antipasto, with pita bread

Crackers and toast tips


Soup ...............

Butternut Squash and Roasted Garlic Soup with Caramelized Vidalia Onions (vegetarian)

French Onion Soup

Cream of Tomato Soup

Tomato-basil bisque

Split Pea, Ham and Barley soup


Salad ...........................

Spring salad

Caribbean Cucumber salad

Golden beet salad, with goat cheese, pine nuts and herb dressing

Warm goat’s cheese salad with olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing

Tuscan Salad (slow roasted cherry tomatoes, bocconcini, pinenuts, kalamata olives, red onions,


Main ..........................

Canadian Beef Pot Roast ……… beef slowly braised in its own juices, served with a vegetable medley , mashed potatoes or white and wild rice mix, and a rich home-style gravy

Pork Tenderloin with glaze

Shepherdess Pie (vegan)

Spinach and Sun-dried Tomato Lasagna (vegetarian)

Vegetarian chili

Meat Lasagna

Smoked salmon linguine


Roast potatoes,
garlic mashed potatoes,
Herbed Potato Medallions,
3 Cheese Scalloped Potatoes,
Aged Cheddar & Chive Twice Baked Potato,

Rosemary Creole Baked Sweet Potato,
Potato & Yam Gallette

lemongrass & ginger scented rice

Wild Rice


carrots and parsnip mash,
brussels sprouts,
spinach stuffed mushrooms,
snap peas,
asparagus,
Butternut Squash Gratin,
Green Bean Casserole,
sauteed peppers,
cauliflower with cheese sauce,
Tomato & Zucchini Ragout,
Stuffed Tomatoes,
cauliflower with hazelnut crumb topping,
corn on the cob with herbed butter,
lemon-herb roasted golden beets,
baby beetroot with peas,
artichoke with lemon butter dipping sauce,
baked eggplant (aubergine) and peppers


Gravy


Butter Pan Buns,
Multigrain Rolls,
Sourdough Rolls,
Corn Bread,


Dessert .....................

Chocolate Pistachio Mousse

Triple chocolate cheesecake

Dark and White Chocolate Pyramid, with milk chocolate mousse

Apple Galette, served warm, with vanilla gelato and caramel sauce

Lemon Tart, with tarragon syrup, and berry salad

Lemon sorbet

Red Chiffon Cake

Apple Blueberry Cobbler

Coffee Liqueur Bread Pudding with Caramel Sauce

Crème Brulee

Sticky Toffee Pudding

Bread & butter pudding with whisky

Custard, whipped cream


Cheese and cracker plate

Selection of wines from Hunter Valley NSW,


Tea, Coffee, Juices






enjoy





s
xxx

Morning Sylvs......thanks for breakfast. Hope you don't mind, but I rummaged around until I found the porridge. :-D


I know what you mean about the ceremony as it certainly didn't have the precision and the glitz of many of the others we've seen. I liked the fact that it was quite natural though and that there were children involved and lots of happy, smiling faces. The James Bond bit was brill. :-D The singing of Abide with Me was dire :-|


Had better get a move on........~~~~~~~~~ sleep well.

Cyn,

Know what you mean and agree with your comments about the rendition of Abide With Me.

What that segment needed was a man in a white suit standing atop a stepladder in the centre of the arena leading the audience in the singing of the hymn. That would have gone down better. :-P

I think that "Quirky" is probably the most suitable adjective to describe the opening ceremony as a whole. Some wonderful pieces of invention and imagination coupled with exuberance, enthusiasm and humour. The Queen's "Entrance" was hilarious made even more so by the wind blown effect created by the style of her hat (Fascinator?) and her facial expression (Looking like she was sucking a lemon) when the camera first showed her in the stadium.

Unfortunately my stamina gave out during the time the athletes parade was on so I did not see the end of the performance but from what I read it all seems to have been pretty well received round the world.

Let us hope that Team GB's athletes performances exceed my own and that at least some of them manage to achieve their ambition to become champion in their chosen sport.

OOOOhhh errggghhhh !!

Just had the last one of my birthday chocolates - the picture was not very clear so it was either a hazelnut praline or a coffee truffle !!

It was a coffee truffle :-( :-( :-( - I HATE them !!!

Dea Xxx

Can anyone send me something nice to take this horrid taste away ?????

Dea Xxx

Phhheewww !!!

How is Renes and Fans and LK and Cynths + Sylvia + Laines + Linds + Ginns + Jonesey + Jules + + Maureen + Joy + ALL the others doing ?????

I is tired !!!

Dea Xxx

Speaking personally Dea, I am doing reasonably well for an old un. Can't speak for the rest of them who all appear to be missing at the moment.

Thank you Jonesey !!! - I is an 'old one too' !!

We do have our lovely grandchildren to keep us young though don't we ???

I don't know where all the others have gone but I am sure that they will return at some stage !!

Will wait and see!.................................

Dea Xxx

Have to get ready for tomorrow just now as 'The Seaside' is coming to my 'little town' !!

Hundreds of tons of 'sea-side' sand is being brought in and dumped in the Towm Square!

This will be surrounded by hundreds of deckchairs and flags and ice-cream vans and hot-dog stands and donkeys etc !!!

In fact - the 'seaside' is coming here to us !!!

Have to take the grand-children, so a busy day AGAIN !!!

Dea Xxx

What about a Punch & Judy show, Dea? That's what I remember most about my childhood in England. Punch & Judy at the seaside. Am I dating myself? Do they still have Punch & Judy?

There IS a Punch and Judy show on the itinerary Margee !!!

Do you want to join us ???

Dea Xxx

Love to, Dea! Will you pay for my plane fare and put me up? I haven't seen a Punch & Judy show for 60 odd years!

With pleasure Margee !!!

Though I have to say that my spare bedroom is a bit on the 'shabby side' !!!

Dea Xxx

Ey up................not been in Sheffield, went to Wales at the last minute yesterday

.......has you missed me!

Had a fab lunch with the family at St Davids Hotel, and I ending up crying, laughing with the little nephew and neice. When I had come round and could speak, I said sorry, I am nuts arent I and guess what, little Em said 'but you are lovely'

Awwwww

Dea


Sending over a nice nut whirl to take the taste of that horrid coffee choccy <3

DID miss you Ginns and it's nice to see you back !!!

That nut whirl went down a treat !!! - NO nasty coffee taste now !

Dea Xxx ;-) :-D

Good, I know what you mean with coffee sweets :-P :-P :-P

And please say please when asking and giving :)))))))

Thank You Joy ;-)

PLEASE and THANK YOU JOY !!! :-D :-D :-D

Dea Xxx <3 <3 <3