The Standard Food Order

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The Standard Food Order

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Download the default food order as a pdf from here.

Download the default food order as a word doc from here.

Watch out your system might not like the word doc !! If your signed up for a tasting and DON'T tell the organiser about your food choice then this is what you will get.

If you want to change your default order, check out the menu available from the Boot & Flogger home page. and post into this thread asking for the default order to be updated.

This weeks menu can be found here

Steak options exist on top of the normal menu and they are ....

Tomahawk 900g-1000g to share £82
Fillet 230g £46
Sirloin 600g on the bone £60
Chateaubriand £86
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Starter: Flatbread, lemon & coriander houmous
Main: Ribeye steak (Medium rare)
+ peppercorn* sauce
+ chips

*reluctantly; bearnaise strongly preferred if ever available again.
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  • Duck liver pâté;
  • Gammon with everything, including Ian’s egg,
    + Green beans with shallots;
  • Perhaps Welsh Rarebit, super extra cheesy plus plus more.
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Starter: Oak smoked salmon with beetroot, orange and horseradish.
Main: Rib eye steak (rare) with skinny fries.
Side: Green beans with shallots.

To be asked for gluten free please.
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Starter: Starter portion of Scallops, prawns and bacon with Chilli — no need to include the salad
Main: Medium-rare Rib-eye steak with skinny fries
Dessert: None
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Cornish crab salad with ciabatta toasts

Rare rib-eye steak (240g aged for 28 days) with hand cut chips and a fried egg
+ Green beans with shallots
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Starter: Potted crab with toast

Main: Medium-rare steak (rib-eye if available) with chips
+ Green beans with shallots

Dessert: none
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Starter: Truffle mac and Cheese

Main: Black-and-blue rib-eye steak (240g aged for 28 days)
+ green beans with shallots, or creamed spinach (season dependent, latter preferred)
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Christopher has requested:

• Cornish crab salad with ciabatta toasts

• Medium-rare rib-eye steak (240g aged for 28 days)
+ Green beans with shallots



DRT has requested:

• Starter portion of Scallops, prawns and bacon with Chilli — no need to include the salad

• Medium-rare rib-eye steak with skinny fries



uncle tom has requested:

• Duck liver paté

• Medium-rare rib-eye steak
+ Peppercorn sauce
+ Green beans with shallots
+ Chips, either fat or skinny, but not triple-cooked
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•Duck liver paté
•Sirloin steak (rare) with thick cut chips and creamed
spinach if available. When no spinach, green beans with
shallots is fine.
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Been slow to provide this but:

Truffle mac and cheese

Gammon and skinny chips with black pudding but with no egg (to be donated to JDAW if present). A side of the seasonal vegetables (so green beans/spinach etc)

Dessert TBD on the night

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Rebecca - RJGO - has requested a standard food order of crab salad followed by rare steak with thin chips
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With attendance at a tasting now impending again, here is my default preference:

Starter: Truffle Mac & Cheese
Main: Gammon, egg, chips & black pudding

Note: this is from the menu B&F still describe as Spring (in September...)
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Cornish crab salad with ciabatta toasts

Sirloin steak, medium rare with skinny fries,
+ Green beans with shallots;
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AHB wrote: 07:27 Fri 14 Sep 2018 Rebecca - RJGO - has requested a standard food order of crab salad followed by rare steak with fat chips please!
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Starter: Oak smoked salmon

Main: Ribeye steak (medium) with skinny fries add green beans with shallots
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The default food order has been updated to include everyone who attended the last Cockburn tasting, those attending the tasting on 26th March 2018 plus anyone who has posted in this thread. If you are one of those people please check here to ensure I have captured your requirements correctly.

If you are not on this list but want to be please post your selection in this thread.
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Starter: Truffle mac and Cheese

Main: Rare rib-eye steak (240g aged for 28 days)
+ skinny chips and green beans with shallots, or creamed spinach (season dependent, latter preferred)
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Alex M wrote: 09:13 Wed 24 Apr 2019 Starter: Truffle mac and Cheese

Main: Rare rib-eye steak (240g aged for 28 days)
+ skinny chips and green beans with shallots, or creamed spinach (season dependent, latter preferred)
Thank you. Default order updated.
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Please can the below be added to the default order - thanks!

Starter: Truffle mac and Cheese

Main: Rare sirloin steak, with Béarnaise sauce, fries and green beans.
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Can my main (WS1) please changed from

Medium-rare Sirloin steak with skinny fries + Green beans with shallots

to

Medium-rare rib-eye steak
+ Peppercorn sauce
+ Green beans with shallots
+ Chips, either fat or skinny, but not triple-cooked

Thanks in advance!

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Please may my standard food order be recorded as:

Starter: goats' cheese salad.
Main: sirloin 220g, medium; no salad or gratin potatoes; plus chips, and green beans with shallots.
Pudding: no pudding.
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M.Charlton wrote: 15:52 Thu 09 May 2019 Please can the below be added to the default order - thanks!

Starter: Truffle mac and Cheese

Main: Rare sirloin steak (300g aged for 28 days), with Béarnaise sauce and gratin potatoes.
Done.
WS1 wrote: 15:49 Fri 10 May 2019 Can my main (WS1) please changed from

Medium-rare Sirloin steak with skinny fries + Green beans with shallots

to

Medium-rare rib-eye steak
+ Peppercorn sauce
+ Green beans with shallots
+ Chips, either fat or skinny, but not triple-cooked

Thanks in advance!

regards

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winesecretary wrote: 07:28 Wed 15 May 2019 Please may my standard food order be recorded as:

Starter: goats' cheese salad.
Main: sirloin 220g, medium; no salad or gratin potatoes; plus chips, and green beans with shallots.
Pudding: no pudding.
Done.
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I note from the default food order that some people have items that are no longer on the menu. I have therefore applied the following substitutions:

"Cornish crab salad with ciabatta toasts" >> "Spiced fish cake, Cornish crab mayonnaise, mustard"

"Oak smoked salmon with beetroot, orange and horseradish" >> "Chapel and Swan oak smoked salmon, horseradish crème fraîche, capers"

Please say if you want something different.
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Starter: goats' cheese salad.

Medium-rare rib-eye steak
+ Peppercorn sauce
+ Green beans with shallots
+ Chips, either fat or skinny, but not triple-cooked
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Due to updates, please can my standard food choices be updated to

Starter: burrata on toast
Main: sirloin, medium, gratin potatoes, plus a side salad.
Pudding: no pudding
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The standard food order has been updated to reflect recent requested changes.

I have also removed all special order steaks and replaced with the standard menu alternative so that the standard template is suitable for short-notice tastings. Special orders can be added providing the organiser arranges these with the B&F at least seven days in advance.

Please check and let me know if any changes are required.
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DRT wrote:.Please check and let me know if any changes are required.
Please could you update my standard order, just to change the cooking of the steak to medium rare? Thank you.
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PhilW wrote: 10:00 Sat 12 Oct 2019
DRT wrote:.Please check and let me know if any changes are required.
Please could you update my standard order, just to change the cooking of the steak to medium rare? Thank you.
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Please, could I change my standard food order.

Instead of chips/fries, could I have creamy mash.

The chips aren't gluten free anymore, and oddly I see they aren't vegan or even vegetarian (which doesn't matter to me, simply an observation). Maybe they stick the chicken schnitzel in the frier? Hope the B+F don't start mucking around with the mash. :)

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DaveRL wrote: 15:02 Tue 15 Oct 2019 Please, could I change my standard food order.

Instead of chips/fries, could I have creamy mash.

The chips aren't gluten free anymore, and oddly I see they aren't vegan or even vegetarian (which doesn't matter to me, simply an observation). Maybe they stick the chicken schnitzel in the frier? Hope the B+F don't start mucking around with the mash. :)

Thanks
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Could I please change my standard main to;

Rare sirloin, chips (any sort) and a side of green beans

No change to starter.

Thank you
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Could I please amend my standard food order to have no starter, and skinny fries rather than hand cut fries.
Thank you
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Please can I amend my standard food order to the following:

Starter: Burrata on toast
Main: Ribeye (medium rare) with skinny fries
Dessert: None

Thank you!
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Please can I amend my standard food order to be sirloin steak with chips and beans.

No starter or dessert.
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Please may my standard food order be amended to:

Starter : Duck liver pâté
Main : Sirloin (rare) with béarnaise and chips

Thanks.
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CPR 1 wrote: 20:43 Thu 14 Nov 2019Rare sirloin, chips (any sort) and a side of green beans
flash_uk wrote: 09:43 Tue 03 Dec 2019no starter, and skinny fries rather than hand cut fries.
rich_n wrote: 15:24 Thu 05 Dec 2019Starter: Burrata on toast - Main: Ribeye (medium rare) with skinny fries
AHB wrote: 20:15 Mon 09 Dec 2019sirloin steak with chips and beans.
akzy wrote: 18:46 Fri 13 Dec 2019Duck liver pâté; Sirloin (rare) with béarnaise and chips
All done.
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Post-menu-change please can my standard food order be amended to

Starter: Burrata on toast, burnt orange, heritage tomato, crushed coriander and fennel seed dressing
Main: Sirloin 220g, aged for 28 days, served with green salad
Side: Chips
Pudding: Treacle Tart
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Please may my standard food order be:

Starter: Smoked Salmon
Main: Sirloin (Rare) + Skinny Fries
Side: Carrots
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Alex Bridgeman wrote: 13:15 Wed 06 Jun 2018 Download the default food order here.
@Admins - please note that many browsers treat this link as unsafe and wont let you view it.
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Can I get my standard food order set to

duck pate the Sirloin (medium), + skinny fries, + green beans + peppercorn sauce
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Can I get my standard food order set to

Smoked salmon
Sirloin (medium), + skinny fries, + green beans + peppercorn sauce
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M.Charlton wrote: 15:52 Thu 09 May 2019 Please can the below be added to the default order - thanks!

Starter: Truffle mac and Cheese

Main: Rare sirloin steak, with Béarnaise sauce, fries and green beans.
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Hello Everybody,

I've gone over all the postings here and compiled together all the requests for food and put them into a word doc and a pdf that's accessible from the first post.

Can you have a look and make sure your desired choice of food is correct in the pdf and if it's wrong please let me know what to change it to by posting here ...
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Update for my default order please:
- starter: Grilled pitta, lemon, coriander houmous
- main: Sirloin (medium-rare) with Béarnaise sauce, chips, and green beans
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Please could I change my default main to be:

Sirloin steak, medium rare, no sauce, skinny fries with french beans and shallots.

Thanks
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tweaks have been made ......
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Please could I change my default to

Burrata

Sirloin
Green salad
Skinny fries

Welsh rarebit
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winesecretary wrote: 21:06 Tue 14 Nov 2023 Please could I change my default to

Burrata

Sirloin
Green salad
Skinny fries

Welsh rarebit
tweaked ...
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Small tweak to my order:

Burrata to start
Steak noted as rare
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