Wed 9th September 2015, Port Fit for a Queen (E2>V)

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Re: Wed 9th September 2015, Port Fit for a Queen (E2>V)

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djewesbury wrote:
AHB wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:Going where?
Oh God please don't say it's going to Derek's holiday home on the bleak and empty Isle of Skye!
djewesbury wrote:Edinburgh by 1pm tomorrow.
That's a relief. It may survive its journey.
Apparently, the eagle has landed.
Indeed.

Hopefully Mum won't put it in the airing cupboard beside the hot water tank to keep it safe.
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I am very sorry to announce that I shall be unable to attend...sorry for late notice...any costs incurred will be reimbursed...please let me know.
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Cookie wrote:I am very sorry to announce that I shall be unable to attend...sorry for late notice...any costs incurred will be reimbursed
A shame, but neither costs nor problem.
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Re: Wed 9th September 2015, Port Fit for a Queen (E2>V)

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Please could there be more enthusiasm for the pre-ordering of food? The current draft of the food order has requests from only three people. So please do peruse the B&F’s menu of fine nourishment, select, and post in this thread that selection.
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Re: Wed 9th September 2015, Port Fit for a Queen (E2>V)

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Chicken liver parfait with toast
Chargrilled sirloin steak 220g (medium-rare) with hand-cut chips french fries and grilled tomato
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Re: Wed 9th September 2015, Port Fit for a Queen (E2>V)

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Starter of Cheesy Welsh Rarebit followed by Gammon and black pudding (no egg) with skinny fries and a side order of the peas and beans in lemon butter-please.
Side order TBD on the day.
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Potted Shrimps, followed by Sirloin steak back and blue with a side of spinach

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By email JADS wrote:Potted Shrimps
Chargrill Sirloin Steak
Chocolate Brownie
I have asked how the steak is to be cooked but so far no reply. Please default to "medium rare" if no further instruction received.
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Re: Wed 9th September 2015, Port Fit for a Queen (E2>V)

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I'm now likely to be around for this..

Could bring something from Charles' birth year, or when she got married, or bottled in the year she was born - or something else entirely.... ??
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uncle tom wrote:Could bring something from Charles' birth year, or when she got married, or bottled in the year she was born - or something else entirely.... ??
Feel free to trump anything on the current list :D
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uncle tom wrote:I'm now likely to be around for this..

Could bring something from Charles' birth year, or when she got married, or bottled in the year she was born - or something else entirely.... ??
What about a bottle of Victoria's coronation year?
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djewesbury wrote:What about a bottle of Victoria's coronation year?
A nice compromise - her birth year ports are quite hard to come by these days :roll:
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uncle tom wrote:Could bring something from Charles' birth year, or when she got married, or bottled in the year she was born - or something else entirely.... ??
Yes please. And thank you sir. Please say what so that it can be added to the placemats.

Please also submit a food order (B&F’s menu).

Separately, would somebody who has working contact information for RAYC please PM it to me.
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Re: Wed 9th September 2015, Port Fit for a Queen (E2>V)

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How about this one:

Very pale green glass bottle, colour of wine within good for age and looks healthy with lumpy free floating sediment, level TS

Label reads 'Offley full port, matured, rather dry'

Old slip label round neck reads 'Anno 1924'

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uncle tom wrote:How about this one:

Very pale green glass bottle, colour of wine within good for age and looks healthy with lumpy free floating sediment, level TS

Label reads 'Offley full port, matured, rather dry'

Old slip label round neck reads 'Anno 1924'

A reciprocal gift from Simon Lisle in the early days of TPF - whatever became of him??
An excellent offer. Looking forward to this!
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uncle tom wrote:Very pale green glass bottle, colour of wine within good for age and looks healthy with lumpy free floating sediment, level TS

Label reads 'Offley full port, matured, rather dry'

Old slip label round neck reads 'Anno 1924'
Thank you.
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Re: Wed 9th September 2015, Port Fit for a Queen (E2>V)

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Good news. Mother in law will be around so social conflict with wife resolved. More good news-I seem to have 3 bottles of Dow 60 in my new cellar so one of them will have its stay cut short!

Food: truffle Mac & cheese followed by gammon with black pudding please.

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benread wrote:I seem to have 3 bottles of Dow 60 in my new cellar so one of them will have its stay cut short!
Excellent. We have a Dow-1960-versus-Dow-1960 head-to-head. And obvious updates to the placemats done.
benread wrote:Food: truffle Mac & cheese followed by gammon with black pudding please.
Excellent. Obvious updates to the food order done. To which I have also added a guess that Tom will have soup and medium-rare steak.
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Re: Wed 9th September 2015, Port Fit for a Queen (E2>V)

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for please have Wild mushrooms on toast with walnut pesto as starter and Chargrilled sirloin steak 220g (medium-rare) french fries and grilled tomato

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We are Mr and Mrs Efficiency. With twelve days to go we have — or I have guessed — all the food orders bar one.
WS1 wrote:french fries
I’ve interpreted this to mean skinny fries rather than the hand-cut chips. Please confirm.
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jdaw1 wrote:We are Mr and Mrs Efficiency. With twelve days to go we have — or I have guessed — all the food orders bar one.
WS1 wrote:french fries
I’ve interpreted this to mean skinny fries rather than the hand-cut chips. Please confirm.
confirmed!
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Chargrilled sirloin black and blue. Skinny fries. No starter.
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Re: Wed 9th September 2015, Port Fit for a Queen (E2>V)

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- beetroot salad starter

- sirloin rare for main

I hope to be on time but may be 30 mins late (flight arrives at Heathrow 16.30). In terms of port, I need to speak to Wolfgang to see whether i have any nice bottles lurking in his cellar (and whether he would be willing to open / decant / bring for me....)
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RAYC wrote:- beetroot salad starter

- sirloin rare for main
Thank you.

The food order seems to be complete. Please could somebody check it?

RAYC wrote:I hope to be on time but may be 30 mins late (flight arrives at Heathrow 16.30).
Good luck. We will pre-pour you, but not wait.
RAYC wrote:In terms of port, I need to speak to Wolfgang to see whether i have any nice bottles lurking in his cellar (and whether he would be willing to open / decant / bring for me....)
Wolfgang?
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jdaw1 wrote:
RAYC wrote:- beetroot salad starter

- sirloin rare for main
Thank you.

The food order seems to be complete. Please could somebody check it?

RAYC wrote:I hope to be on time but may be 30 mins late (flight arrives at Heathrow 16.30).
Good luck. We will pre-pour you, but not wait.
RAYC wrote:In terms of port, I need to speak to Wolfgang to see whether i have any nice bottles lurking in his cellar (and whether he would be willing to open / decant / bring for me....)
Wolfgang?
Do not worry, all will be fine; will speak to Rob and check what he wants to open.

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