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Well, due to Oinks thread, everyone knows what people have for lunch. But what about tea?

This evening I'll be having toad in the hole with sausages that claim to be 'english' style. From past experience these aren't perfect but they've made a decent stab of it.

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I am told I have bacon in the fridge which will be placed in a French stick and lashings of sauce.

Which reminds me: what am I still doing at work ...

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Does anyone here do a proper teatime?

My nan used to serve a 4pm (prompt) teatime:

• Table with jigsaw puzzle in progress
• Table cloth over jigsaw puzzle
• Pot of tea
• Choice of:-
• Sandwiches
• Savoury pie (e.g. ham and egg)
• Pork pie
• Rhubarb pie with porcelain penguin
• Cake
• Hard boiled eggs
• All the stuff I forget, but you get the idea

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Well, I'm a stuck-up upper-middle-class Southerner, so for tea I'll probably have a cup of tea and maybe a biscuit, if there are any in the house. Or possibly a cucumber sandwich or two (with the crusts cut off, of course).

Toad in the hole sounds like a lovely idea for supper, though, if that's what you meant to ask :p. There's a farmer's market hereabouts where there's a butcher who makes really excellent English-style sausages. We have some in the freezer. Mmmmm.

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A month or two ago I made proper cucumber sandwiches. They are a right pain in the arse; pealing the cucumber and salting it for hours beforehand. I did quite enjoy eating them, but I must confess to going all american and putting cream cheese on one or two.

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Yum - that is my all time fave dish - though now in Canada I only eat the hole - the toad really doesn't do it for me.

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you can get away without salting it if you spread the butter thick enough so the bread doesn't go soggy... and a soupçon of marmite works wonders too.

My son has just introduced me to the delights of cream cheese and peanut butter sandwiches - where he learned I don't know, as peanuts are absolutely verboten in school (but that's a different thread...). Should I be worried that I find these really good?

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At the weekend I cooked Sausage Casserole using a "Colemans sauce mix" that we bought back from Blighty & Loblaws erzatz British Bangers. It was passable enough. Toad in the Hole is a good thought though.

This evening I had Chilli courtesy of the Mrs.

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We had (costco) Italian sausage, egg, southwest hash browns and fried mushrooms. Yum.

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Having just reached 6 weeks without a kitchen (house reno), I ended up with Timmies Brocolli soup and a wholewheat roll tonight. I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to being able to steam some real veg or stick something in the oven.

3 more weeks to go :thumbdown:

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In the summer I usually have flexible light tea. Something along the lines of egg and salad or beans on toast. When the colder temperatures set in, I like sausages and chips or maybe some shepherds pie. Unless I have guests, I always listen to Radio Four's Six O'clock News on iplayer followed by a podcast of The Archers while having my tea.

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we had KFC nice ,:D

But yesterdays was nicer we had chicken (again) lol roasties, veg and giant yorkshire puds made with my own fair hands mmmm x

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I think thats just because you're in a long term relationship though Ames, happens to us all ................

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Tonight we're going out for our tea. :thumbup:

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I'm too tired. I had a bowl of Frosties. :o

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Well I made enough toad in the hole for two days, so it was left overs for me for tea.

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Meatballs in a spicy tomato sauce and pasta, enough for left overs on Sunday - tomorrow I am being taken for supper.

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We had fish and chips down the road at the the Willows Galley, bit too much batter and not enough fish though. But we sat outside, all very pleasant!

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left over spaghetti and meat sauce and a rum and pepsi for me :thumbup:

(sorry bolognaise - came over all Canadian there)

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Went to a posh Chinese restaurant and had a chicken & prawn curry. Then went to see The Trip with Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan as I hadn't seen the tv series. Very funny, although not a great wise choice after the aformentioned curry. :(

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Last night's offering was some sort of unidentified dried out meat and oversalted, boiled-to-death vegetables again. Same as it is every night.

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English tea/dinner meals tend to be bland and not very interesting. We need to look to Italians and French for appetizing meals that are attractive to look at and with flavour.

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Is your cook a Newfoundlander then? Sounds like jigs dinner. I've tried to introduce my wife's relies here into the delights of nicely roasted beef a little pink in the middle, roast potatoes, yorkshires and vegetables with some crunch and flavour to them. Sadly, the delights of 'boil it all in a big pot with some salt beef riblets until it is tasteless mush' still seem to appeal to them. <Shudders>.

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It's hot here today so it's various salads for tea. I have some meat which they called extra hot capacollo when I bought it - it's quite tasty and should go nicely with some lettuce and a picked egg.

For afters (as it's a saturday) it's profiteroles - just waiting for the pastry mix to cool a touch so I can beat the eggs into it.

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Its fireworks tonight in Vancouver so it'll be a late picnicy type food on the boat. Its a lovely evening weather-wise so it should be all good. Are you meant to chill asti spumante? My nan never did, but it as it's champagne I think you should. :confused:

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Just tie a bit of string to the lid and dangle it over the side of the boat for half an hour. It should then be the perfect serving temperature.

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Good idea. Although it has an electric cooler that will be pretty filled up with other grown-up pop and picnic food.

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Yes, a lot of the kitchen staff are Newfies, perhaps that's the explanation.

Best one recently was described as 'roast beef au jus'. The cook would ask how we liked our meat - rare, medium or well done - and then no matter what the answer, would cut a slice off the charred joint in front of him. Ha ha. Then, he'd pass the plate to his assistant who had a big bucket of gravy in front of her, and she would ask sincerely, "Would you like some 'au jus'?" :rofl:

Worst is Saturday nights, when they have 'pub night'... that means dinner is chicken wings and economy burgers. And, just to rub salt into the gaping wound, no beer.

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If you want any advice, don't, don't ffs think its a grand idea to order pizza from Dominos at 1:00 am and for a laugh ask for eight toppings all of which are pepperoni. :(

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Had a jar of Sharwoods tika masala with chicken.....tasty bit dearer at 5 bucks a jar...me brother gets 3 for 3 quid at aldis

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After listening to Bumble Lloyd all day banging on about "going out for a spicy curry" I'm ordering a chicken vindaloo, rice and naan . :thumbup:

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Lovely.

Well I'm having pizza for tea. I've got some spicy salami and 3 jalapeno chillies which I've sliced up such that no part of the pizza is chilli-less. There's something about spicy pizzas that is very tasty.

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Fruit :( am off to Maui in 15 days and wanna rock the bikini - but off to the pictures in a bit - hmmmm popcorn . . . . . . .

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Popcorn is healthy isn't it? Obviously if you've covered it in syrup or butter it's not, but if you can resist that I thought it was good for you.

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yeah - I may take some from home in me bag - the stuff there is all pre salted and buttered!

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Tonight it's hungarian goulash that I made about a month ago. I made quite a bit and froze some which means no cooking tonight. I shall wash it down with a couple of alexander keiths red amber beers.

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It's a garlic lemon grilled chicken breast topped with a tomato and spring onion salsa. I might sneak out later for a Vera's burger and a pint.

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salad followed by Mangoes

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Whatever Mrs. JonboyE puts on my plate. Again.

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Home made burgers made by the boyf and some fresh cucumber and dill salad for a side dish :) YUMMY