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Persie
Oh you have Scottish roots :-D To date going back about 200 years my lot didn't go very far Glasgow and Fife.
I will have a taster of some of that lovely food - champit tatties - years since I've heard that :-) Will just nibble then I have to go and start getting the food for the bbq ready.
Gins your break sound fab :-)
Dea are you doing your bbq today? Hope you feel better <3 <3
Cynthia glad you are not melting today :-)
Gracie you could pipe buttercream icing on your cakes you can buy it in cans (like an aerosol) all ready to pipe and it is delicious. I see you have roots in Glasgow also. It's a true saying that it's a small world :-D
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With Xmas muffins Gracie I put a star or Christmas tree stencil on top and shake the icing sugar around so they are patterned. Shaped cookie cutters work well.
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Hi all, hope you are coping with the heat :-)
Like Persie it is freezing here today, layers of blankets and it just drizzled and drizzled and drizzled.
Spent my day today shopping then making cupcakes for a morning tea at work, that would be okay but they had to be egg free due to someone's allergies...I found a recipe on the internet, they look ok, bit to rough to ice so I will have to dust them with icing sugar and that will have to do.
Not a very exciting weekend, always am amazed how much washing one man and one small girl make...never seems to end!
Of course my rellies who also came from Glasgow (Persie maybe we are related, some of my lot even travelled and stayed in NZ! ) would have been the size of houses if they had eaten all that breakfast!
Hope you all have a good day, <3 <3 <3 ;-)
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Yeah Gins right... cheese and leeks ... well it would be leeks wouldn't it being Glamorgan. and breadcrumbs ( not the one's that went in OH's porridge.. I have bought coarser ones now so he can't make any mistooks)
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I am quite sure that they will not have the same mattress now - It was MANY years ago !!!
It certainly looks like you will have a lovely few days planned. :-D
Dea Xxx
Note to self " - I really MUST renew my passport - I do miss all my 'travelling' :-(
Dea Xxx
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Mornin all~~~~~~
Pers, I love breakfast: Full vegetarian breakfast- Fried eggs, beans, fried mushrooms, grilled tomato, tattie scone & our own Glamorgan Sausage (that's cheese, right?)
Thank you :-D
Dea, if they still have the same mattresses when you were there, I reckon they wouldn't have a 5 star status
Linds, we are going to Brussles mid Sept and are going to Bruges for a day or two. I want to go up the clock tower and take a horse drawn carriage around the town and a trip on the water
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Good morning all and thank you for that wonderful spread Persie.
I am just browsing around the table and several things have caught my eye. I definitely have to try some of Ramsay's bacon I think. I've also spotted the orange meringues and dark chocolate mousse........O dear.....so many good things. :-D
Overcast and cool this morning - wonderful :-D :-D
Off for a browse before I go you-know-where...... ;-)
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OOO - I got the 45,800 !!! :-D :-D :-D
I had better have another bacon buttie to celebrate ;-) :-D :-D
Dea Xxx
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My great grandfather hails from Glasgow so thought I would venture around the town to see what I could come up with for the gannets to eat. I knew the Scots ate more curries than anywhere else but this little smidgeon of dining surprised me... and once again I would like to thank the control c, control v (copy and paste) service that computerised services provide. ;-) This lot covers all day grazing...
Feel good about yourself cereal – toasted honey & nut granola, fruit salad, pomegranate yoghurt.
Haggis, mashed neeps and champit tatties.
Roast tomato, shallot and aubergine ‘Imam Bayildi’, salsa verde, ricotta cream.
French toast, char-grilled Ramsay’s of Carluke bacon & lashings of maple syrup.
Full vegetarian breakfast- Fried eggs, beans, fried mushrooms, grilled tomato, tattie scone & our own Glamorgan Sausage.
Full Scots breakfast-Link & lorne, beans, fried egg, mushrooms, tattie scone, grilled tomato, Ramsay’s of Carluke black pudding & bacon.
Haloumi skewers, red lentil dahl, coconut and carrot salad, mint yoghurt.
Moroccan roast baby aubergines, chickpea polenta, fennel and orange quinoa, mashed aubergine and tomato salad.
Bulgar wheat, labneh and char-grilled pepper cakes, baby gem and wild rice fattoush, harissa.
Pan seared sea bream, curried cauliflower risotto, cauliflower purée, spiced hazelnuts
Adobo braised Ramsay’s pork belly, candied sweet potatoes and pecans, dirty coleslaw.
Kick Ass Eggs Benedict – Poached eggs, spinach, Ramsay’s bacon & chilli hollandaise on toasted muffin.
Eggs Royale – poached eggs, smoked salmon, rocket & black pepper hollandaise on toasted muffin.
Nasi Goreng- Indonesian fried rice, Ramsay’s of Carluke bacon, king prawns & poached free range eggs.
Steak breakfast- Char grilled black-gold beef rump steak, poached egg, mushrooms, tomato & chunky chips.
Mushroom, grilled pepper & parmesan quiche with organic herby salad.
Roast vegetable & preserved lemon cous cous, cucumber yoghurt.
Slow cooked pork belly, black pudding mash, roasted roots and pickled red cabbage.
Mull cheddar fritters, dressed leaves and chive aioli.
Soused fresh water herring,spiced new potato & crème fraiche salad, pickled red onion
Puddin's
Pudds...
Belgian chocolate and walnut brownie, butterscotch sauce, vanilla cream.
Plum crumble with vanilla ice cream
Hazelnut praline parfait, Scottish berry compote
Set vanilla custard, poached rhubarb, mini orange meringues, frozen lemon yoghurt
Lemon baked cream, mascarpone ice cream, passion fruit strip, kataifi bundles, tangerine sugar
Hibiscus soup, white peach sorbet, white chocolate mousse
Alhambra sponge, dark chocolate mousse, tonka bean ice cream, chocolate and orange ganache
Stravaigin churned sorbet trio, vanilla tuille
Churned ice cream of the day, ANZAC cookie ( I especially liked the fact that NZ got a mention on the menu)
Cheeses:
Cheddar: Ayrshire Dunlop cheddar, bannocks, chutney and grapes
Cheese Platter served with oatcakes, khara biscuits, spiced raisin and onion chutney –and a glass of Tawny Port or a Brandy.
Ayrshire Dunlop Cheddar:This cheddar is sweet, buttery and fragrant with a light, elegant and charming flavour. Pasteurised cow’s milk, vegetable rennet.
Stilton Colston Basset:This Stilton is rich, strong, tangy and spicy and has hints of cocoa on the finish. Pasteurised cow’s milk, traditional rennet.
Coulommiers: Similar in style to Brie de meaux, it has a pronounced tang with mushroom flavours and hints of almonds. Unpasteurised cow’s milk, traditional rennet.
Tomme Crayeuse:From Savoie along the Swiss-Italian Alps in France. This is a buttery and creamy cheese with citrus notes and mushroomy, earthy flavours. Unpasteurised cow’s milk, traditional rennet.
get your own juice from fridge or make coffee etc..
and this is what they said on the menu:
"Put hairs on your chest with a first-class Sunday brunch washed down with a Bloody Mary"
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We don't have leccy blankets. Used to but gave up on them year ago. Everyone has thick downey duvets for winter.
I thought Dizzi was on here but it was just Dea being dizzy...
:-) Persie
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Oh Gins you are a numpty ;-)
Hotel looks lovely between you and LK I am getting jealous. When are you going?
Night Night Dea <3
I didn't know you could wash an electric blanket either :-S
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I is coping quite well thank you Cynths !!!!!
Had to put my light on to see what I was saying just noe but O.K. now !!!!!
Nite nites all !"!!!!
Dea Xxx
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Gins.....we are in 2013.......do catch up dearie. Of course you can wash a modern electric blanket. Especially when it says......'washable'. Mine has been washed several times. sheeeeesh.
Dea....I hope they've bought new mattresses since you were last there. If they were lumpy then, they would be unbearable by now....
A bit cooler today thank goodness - hope everyone is coping....
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iT MIGHTWELL BE A POSH HOTEL |gINNS BUT THE BED IS very LUMPY !!!
oooPPPS cAPS LIOCK OFF !!! :-) :-)
Have stayed there in the past and I can vouch for the 'lumpy' bed !!! - MANY years ago though !!!
Dea xxx
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lickle 'ead is about right fer Gins I spose. :-D
It's been a bit cooler today thank goodness........more washing done, including my electric blanket which I have only just taken off the bed....... :-D
Apart from that, nothing very exciting really. Glad you're feeling better Linds.
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Glad you're feeling a bit better Linds..............guess what I nearly did this morning
I went to book a break for me and JB - Brussels. Just about to the book the flights before going on to do the same with the hotel and little bell rang in my ickle ed
..................OH NOOOOO.........IM IN LIVERPOOL THAT WEEKEND :-0
Went to look for later dates........been a bit naughty and booked a better hotel, well, I was in shock with the near double booking ;-)
We are booked in here for a few nights, in a very posh room
http://www.metropolehotel.com/
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Let that housework wait Linds !!!
Glad you are starting to feel a little better but don't overdo it ! ;-)
It is only 21 degrees here today which is about 10 degrees lower than it has been every day for more than the past 2 weeks !! - I had to put a cardie on !!! :-D
Might have a BBQ as well tomorrow if it is not too hot ! :-D
Dea Xxx
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Hello All,
I is here again feeling better than I have for the past 10 days :-D
I have caught up - I think- with everyone's news.
I have been going to bed with a hot water bottle and an electric fan talk about hot and cold ;-)
Am now trying to catch up with housework as OH wants to do a BBQ tomorrow!
Hope everyone is ok and nobody has melted ;-)
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