jdaw1 wrote:The current draft of the food order. When a few more people have decided please could somebody check for errors.
ERROR: No black pudding for DRT, despite your best intentions to persuade me to have it. (But if your intention was to take it from my plate please leave the order as is)
"The first duty of Port is to be red" Ernest H. Cockburn
Error was a real error: I hadn’t realised that anybody other than a quinoa-eating pants-consuming teetotaller would refuse the blood sausage. Live and learn.
DRT wrote:If I did have a bottle that belonged to you, should I decant it before traveling to London on Monday morning?
Hmm. It's a long decant or none at all. Difficult. This is not a young port, but neither is it very venerable. I'd like it to have an hour or two at least.
Go on then. How many hours is that likely to be?
Daniel J.
Husband of a relentless former Soviet Chess Master.
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DRT wrote:If I did have a bottle that belonged to you, should I decant it before traveling to London on Monday morning?
Hmm. It's a long decant or none at all. Difficult. This is not a young port, but neither is it very venerable. I'd like it to have an hour or two at least.
Go on then. How many hours is that likely to be?
Twelve. I will not decant and will carry it carefully.
"The first duty of Port is to be red" Ernest H. Cockburn
DRT wrote:If I did have a bottle that belonged to you, should I decant it before traveling to London on Monday morning?
Hmm. It's a long decant or none at all. Difficult. This is not a young port, but neither is it very venerable. I'd like it to have an hour or two at least.
Go on then. How many hours is that likely to be?
Twelve. I will not decant and will carry it carefully.
What time will you arrive to Redcross Way? Maybe, if it suits, I could collect from you in the afternoon and take it to the B&F.
Daniel J.
Husband of a relentless former Soviet Chess Master.
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I will attempt to get Henry's order, but even a 90(ish) % complete order is better than nothing.
What time do we want to eat?
My order is:
Potted shrimps
Black and blue sirloin steak (black and blue meaning burnt on the outside and rare in the middle please. If it can't be cooked this way then medium rare) with fries and peas/beans.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
This will all be fine so long as I have assistance from the inventor of Hexagonal Thing. Perhaps he might bring his little bag of funnels (etc)? What I might call his 'port paraphernalia'.
Daniel J.
Husband of a relentless former Soviet Chess Master.
delete.. delete.. *sigh*.. delete...
djewesbury wrote:This will all be fine so long as I have assistance from the inventor of Hexagonal Thing. Perhaps he might bring his little bag of funnels (etc)? What I might call his 'port paraphernalia'.
If he brings seven half bottles of Croft 2004 LBV you can use them as Things. First one to drink four is the winner
"The first duty of Port is to be red" Ernest H. Cockburn