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AHB wrote:Nothing

No.

djewesbury wrote:Flesh.

No.

You had written and printed the first draft of the introductory spiel for a chapter of The Book. Standing in the kitchen, hesitating about what to eat, you decided that the first draft was so awful that you ate it, mostly to hide your embarrassment, and, rather than waste time eating a more ordinary lunch, went to re-draft it.

So, a small piece of paper?

jdaw1 wrote:a small piece of paper?

No.

Eggs

djewesbury wrote:Eggs

No.

A portion of vitamin P

Toast

AHB wrote:A portion of vitamin P

No.

djewesbury wrote:Toast

No.

Something that, three months ago, you would not have chosen to eat.

jdaw1 wrote:Something that, three months ago, you would not have chosen to eat.

Yes, but something more specific needs to be guessed.

DRT wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:Something that, three months ago, you would not have chosen to eat.

Yes, but something more specific needs to be guessed.

We are into salad and vegetables.

Or, more accurately, Derek is now into salad and vegetables; we eat proper food.

Beans

jdaw1 wrote:We are into salad and vegetables.

Or, more accurately, Derek is now into salad and vegetables; we eat proper food.

You regularly eat what I ate.

djewesbury wrote:Beans

No.

jdaw1 wrote:

Glenn E. wrote:Walmart?

No. Not in the UK.

Ah. Target, then?

Caesar salad?

jdaw1 wrote:Caesar salad?

No.

Rhubarb

Custard

AHB wrote:Rhubarb

No.

djewesbury wrote:Custard

No.

I have just eaten the same thing again.

DRT wrote:

AHB wrote:Rhubarb

No.

djewesbury wrote:Custard

No.

I have just eaten the same thing again.

The very same thing? Are you ruminating?

DRT wrote:

djewesbury wrote:I have just eaten the same thing again.

The very same thing? Are you ruminating?

Yes. My mum told me to chew my food thoroughly.

Yoghurt?

Cheese.

jdaw1 wrote:Yoghurt?

50% of what I ate was yoghurt.

djewesbury wrote:Cheese.

No.

The Postie just made a delivery

Yoghurt on muesli / granola

AHB wrote:Yoghurt on muesli / granola

No.

Yoghurt on fruit

djewesbury wrote:Yoghurt on fruit

Hurray!

Daniel's up.

What a healthy regime. What's in my sandwich?

A pork pie.

DRT wrote:A pork pie.

Note to try pork pie sandwiches. Nope

Pickle

AHB wrote:Pickle

and

Cheese and pickle.

DRT wrote:Cheese and pickle.

and

Not my turn.

Off to dinner at M-i-L's. Every silver lining has a cloud.

At least it won't be fruit and yoghurt.

djewesbury wrote:

DRT wrote:Cheese and pickle.

and

Hamburger!

"Pickle" to you is what we call "relish" over here, isn't it?

Glenn E. wrote:

djewesbury wrote:

DRT wrote:Cheese and pickle.

and

Hamburger!

No.

Glenn E. wrote:"Pickle" to you is what we call "relish" over here, isn't it?

Yes. Why do you do that..?

Glenn E. wrote:"Pickle" to you is what we call "relish" over here, isn't it?

Kind of; there's a difference between pickle, relish, chutney and pickled xxx. Pickled xxx tends to be something that has been soaked in vinegar or flavoured vinegar - egg, onion, gherkin etc. Pickle tends to be small bits of vegetable in a sauce which contains vinegar (look up Branston pickle or Piccalilli on Wiki or the Cross & Blackwell website). Relish is the same as you think of when you say relish - mushed up vegetables in a spicy or acidic sauce. Chutney tends to be sweeter but can be the same texture as pickle or relish.

djewesbury wrote:

DRT wrote:Cheese and pickle.

and

Ham?

AHB wrote:

djewesbury wrote:

DRT wrote:Cheese and pickle.

and

Ham?

And so the baton passes to our own Mr Pickle-Chutney-Relish, AHB... Your question, sir.

I apologise in advance for not being able to give the rapid fire response to poor quality guesses that most participating will be used to.

My maternal grandfather is less famous that the man from Del Monte. Nevertheless, he was a member of government and held a number of other posts and completed a number of firsts which led him to become a minor dignatory in some parts of the world.

Can you name the ministerial post he held, or the country in which he held it, or one of the other official posts he held, or one of the firsts he achieved which led to his reputation becoming established?

Given the (hopefully) rather challenging nature of the question, I will allow one answers to each of as may of the above questions as you wish, to be posted with each guess. Answers must be clean as this is a family friendly forum.

AHB wrote:I apologise in advance for not being able to give the rapid fire response to poor quality guesses that most participating will be used to.

My maternal grandfather is less famous that the man from Del Monte. Nevertheless, he was a member of government and held a number of other posts and completed a number of firsts which led him to become a minor dignatory in some parts of the world.

Can you name the ministerial post he held, or the country in which he held it, or one of the other official posts he held, or one of the firsts he achieved which led to his reputation becoming established?

Given the (hopefully) rather challenging nature of the question, I will allow one answers to each of as may of the above questions as you wish, to be posted with each guess. Answers must be clean as this is a family friendly forum.

Minister for Agriculture in Argentina.

djewesbury wrote:Minister for Agriculture in Argentina.

No.

Am I allowed to guess so that if I am wrong you can then have another guess?

Belgium?

Not Belgium.

For those coming late to this question, here is a summary of the answers:
Not Argentina or Belgium
Not Minister for Agriculture

Ireland?

You're not Welsh, are you?

Not Ireland nor Wales.

For those coming late to this question, here is a summary of the answers so far:
Not Argentina, Belgium, Ireland or Wales
Not Minister for Agriculture