While at college, a friend and I would visit a local café and buy a slice of BFG to share. It was delicious and we ate it alongside Russian tea. Happy times!
Soo xx
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I am going to do the chateaubriand (actually a lump of fillet that was sold very cheaply as it was so well hung it is nearly black) as a fillet Diane
I have no tarragon for a bernaise sauce
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Could you use fennel seeds instead, Twellsy?
Soo xx
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Now there’s a thought wee bee
Fennel seeds toasted and ground in a mortar would do nicely
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Yay! I have my uses, after all 
Soo xx
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Always wee bee
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Question of the day: How many Joes does it take to change a lightbulb?
Or rather, to reset three smart bulbs, two of which, annoyingly, are on the same circuit, so had to be physically removed in order to isolate and reset the other.
Answer: Just one, but would have been much less embarrassing without a crowd of curious onlookers staring in the window and commenting disparagingly on my poor perching technique.
Easy for them to criticize; they’ve got the feet for it.
And wings for when it goes wrong…
Still, new WiFi mesh up and running, so I can actually get a signal anywhere in the house.
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It’s all in the Manual of Birdology; they’d probably lend you a copy. Just make sure it’s the pre-2008 edition which still has the crucial “retaining a firm hold on the gin-bottle” on page 27.
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Soo xx
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I second that 
Never mind Joe, you could get your own back by threatening to withhold demonstrations of your (excellent) food distribution technique.
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Thirded
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That would be at the bit when you plummet, right?
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Big Friendly Giant?
Have been craving prawn cocktail for hours, dammit.
Fennel was a v good thought. Having tarragon vinegar on hand for emergency Béarnaise construction can be useful, or it would be were it not for the fact that Sod’s Law dictates that it will have lost its virtue by the time the emergency arises…
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Yes the fennel is inspired
Our wee bee is hiding her light under a bushel
I have taken to bed with poppy juice pills and an edake so good night all
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Boo! to the edake. Hope the pills do the trick and you get a good night’s sleep, Twellers.
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Poor Twellsy - I am very sorry for your edake. Sleep well.
Soo xx
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We did walk outside of the hive, today. The wind was bitingly cold and the skitey bits were treacherous so tomorrow will involve the treadmill - with accompanying shanties! I didn’t know that these had become trendy, but I don’t mind. Actually, Nickelback have released the following:
Maybe this should be elseboard? Good nights, Cellarites,
Soo xx
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Gin, Darling
Even The Blessed Fred’s Haberdashery has produced a shanty…
Carinthia.xx
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Wakey wakey
Sossige butties or pudden butties or bacon butties ready
You don’t want to let em go cold…
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Oddly enough that [peckity][peckity][peckity][peckity][peckity] rarely seems to happen. (I have failed in several attempts to make sandwiches of leftover sossige because I ran out of sossige.)
yardarm
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