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Archive for September, 2013

Barford Dinner 2013: Choose your food now or starve…

The full details of the end-of-season celebration are here, but as you can see by the countdown and patented Bookings-o-meter, we need to know your menu choices by the 22nd September, to give the good people at Merchants a chance to bang the bangers and Brulee the cremes.

So let Paul know by email, fax, text or just shout your choices as soon as possible

Here are the options…

Starters

  • Soup, fresh & seasonal served with chunky granary bread (v)
  • Fishcakes, salmon & un-dyed smoked haddock, slow-roasted cherry tomatoes & dill yoghurt
  • Mushrooms, baby closed cup, pan fried in fresh garlic & butter on granary toast (v)
  • Pate, free range chicken liver & Courvoisier brandy, with onion marmalade & granary toast (g*)

Mains

  • Vegetarian Bangers with creamy bubble & squeak mash & vegetarian caramelised onion gravy (v)
  • Herb Pancakes, wild mushroom, leek & Applewood smoked cheddar, with sweet potato chips, rocket & a roast tomato & basil sauce (v)
  • Chicken, Cotswold free range pan fried breast with chorizo & roasted pepper risotto
  • Salmon, 8oz grilled fillet, crushed new pots & leeks, cured cucumber & fresh parsley sauce
  • Game Pie, local game, slow braised in red wine, topped with puff pastry & served with root vegetables

Desserts

  • Sticky toffee pudding, with Henley clotted cream ice cream (v)
  • Crème brulée, vanilla burnt cream with berry relish & a Viennese biscuit (v)
  • Banoffee Pie, fresh bananas on a biscuit base, toffee sauce & smothered in Warwick whipped cream(v)
  • Cheese Board – Regional British cheese selection, with the usual accompaniments add £1.50 (v)

Please can you let me know by Sunday 22nd September:

A) If you are coming
B) If you are being accompanied on the night
C) What your food choices are for yourself and partner

Either email paul on paul_henderson54@yahoo.com or reply in the comments.

Bring along cheques, cash or postal orders on the night.

Look forward to seeing you there!

Stroud Tour 2013: highs and lows

The traditional Tour highs and lows are now in.  And in no particular order, here they are!

Highs

  • The weather
  • Tea at Kingswood, Yorkshire puds in July-superb!
  • The lager lamp
  • The chairman rediscovering his 1980s all purpose beach shot
  • The hotel
  • Venue for the Lions match-thanks Pat
  • The Ale House
  • Elder-whatsit ale at The Bell
  • The Phoenix Club in Slimbridge

Lows

  • The duck suit victims at Kingswood
  • Mr International’s health
  • Saturday’s ‘banquet’ being more of a finger buffet
  • The bar shutting at 11.00pm
  • The all run 5 by two pensioners to Richard Johnson’s fielding

Photos galore



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