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From my Christmas week in Bude, Cornwall. I booked a restaurant called Temple for lunch on the final day to sidestep washing up. Mine was a fried chicken sandwich. Very nice. The menu was short but served vegetarians and carnivores. There were 18 of us, and everyone was very happy with their meals. Service was attentive but relaxed. Michelin guide likes this place, too. The way people speak in Britain changes just miles across the country. In Nottingham I'm used to being called "duck" or "me duck." "Love" or "luv" probably everyone knows. In Cornwall the young waitress called me "my love" which felt a bit weird, but nowhere as odd as being addressed as "my lover" in Somerset.

Christmas is a big deal for this Hindu family. When I was growing up in South Wales, the misery of wet cold was worse for returning to school in January where everyone was talking about their fabulous Christmas and their Christmas presents. When we had children, my sisters and I decided to make Christmas special. Every year for decades, we have tried to have the most wonderful Christmases for our children. There were eighteen in the group this year including new in-laws and grandchild. Many of us cook. We were together for seven days, but between the cooking, the drinking and the eating, not a lot of photographic documentation. It's a pity you can't load videos directly on this site. We were in Bude, Cornwall. Christmas dinner we stuck to Turkey. Removed the thighs to prepare a ballotine. Here's a chicken liver pate being prepared with extra chicken breast As I said, not many food pics over a glorious food jammed week. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, friends. May the next year be a good one.

How was it?

Details please. I hope it's really simple!

Roast lamb. Parsnips, carrots,fennel, green beans. Big family Sunday lunch. Hmmm missing Yorkshire puds, but no one missed them!

Can you tell what it is yet? 😃

Oooh...!

I'm sure "it could be easier!" Could it be better? I'll never know, but that looks pretty damn tasty.

Worked well together. What a time to be alive!

Scotch egg, Negronis posing in the back. Turkey breast with all kinds of trimmings. Christmas is coming!

https://ladyandpups.com/2018/10/11/how-to-make-perfectly-butterflied-and-crispy-skillet-chicken You'd get almost the same thing as your roast chicken, possibly with crispier skin.

A good curry with good chips ( not crisps!) I'm a disgrace to the race.

Works do last night, at Nottingham Forest Football Grounds venue. I didn't expect much, but actually pretty good. Smoked trout. Goat's cheese with caramelised onions tart. Lamb with some fancy potato fondant thing. Cheese. Surprisingly good for a sports arena meal. Someone trying hard, but not in full control. For instance, no Port available even behind the bar for the cheese board. Not to damn with faint praise- these dishes were very good.

Take away, right? Lovely. My nearest options are fish and chips ( three very good options) and a "Chinese" ( well established and doing well in rural Nottinghamshire, so I'm happy for them. Not as happy for me, but really don't cry for me.)

You loved it, didn't you? 🤣

Oof! That egg!

Spoiler alert! One of the many extraordinary things about the Boiling Point movie is that it's filmed in just one shot, so that the tension builds throughout. The ending is a relief.

My error, Reacher is still a few days away.

I will miss her. I've been here a long time, and every contribution from her was enjoyable.

Just watched the movie for the first time in preparation for the series. However I think I'll take a break from neurotic kitchen life and watch Jack Reacher before proceeding!

Woah, just finished! Without too many spoilers, I'd just say both realistic and intense.

Just watching the movie now. After watching The Bear season two. I do hope the food hygiene inspectors are really that pernickety!

Our Christmases are epic. For the first time we are going to rent a place away rather than have me or my sisters host, and for the first time we will have my niece's parents in law along. 16 of us, I think, for seven days in a cottage in Bude, Cornwall.

I think it's typically Wensleydale!

Grommet. Just associated with cheese.