So, who wants to help ... to instaurate the cellar?

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1501

Frugal smuggity here.
I bought a reduced pack of two gammon steaks a while ago and flung them in the freezer. Cooked both last night and had about two thirds of one.
Today I made a white sauce with a leek, some cheese and mustard, and bunged in the diced gammon and a handful of fried sliced mushrooms. Into two small pyrex dishes, covered with par-boiled sliced potto. One, brushed with a bit of butter, is now in the oven.
Smuggity.
Carrots and peas, I think.

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1502

That sounds good, Dahlink

Carinthia.xx

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1503

It wasnā€™t bad ;- ) Feel I have over-eaten, though.

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1504

Digestif?

Silly question

(__)

Carinthia.xx

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1505

Tea, Dahlink, in vast quantities. Please.
Gxx

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1506

Locates The Cellar Samovarā€¦

:coffee:

Carinthia.xx

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1507

Terrifyingly electric, I trust?

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1508

Of course, Dunnock :wink:

Carinthia.xx

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1509

Arthur Ransomeā€™s life was saved by a samovar.

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1510

Stops trying to work out how to take a ā€˜selfieā€™

Liberates Pitcher

Waits for explanation

Carinthia.xx

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1511

Oh, all right. Itā€™s in his autobiography.

For reasons I cannot now remember, Ransome ended up climbing out of the White Russian trenches during their civil war to get across to the Red lines ā€“ I think he may have been going back to his belovĆ©d, who was Trotskyā€™s secretary. Anyway, there he was walking between the lines with a portable typewriter in one hand and a small suitcase in the other, and he tumbled into the Red trench only to be told he was obviously a spy and they would now shoot him. Casting about for inspiration, he saw a samovar, and said, ā€œWell, all right, but you might let me have some tea first.ā€ This almost convinced them that he was not a spy but merely mad, and when heā€™d got his tea he sipped it and said thoughtfully,ā€œIf you send word to Comrade Lenin that I am here, he may tell you to send me to him, or he may say you are to shoot me; and you can always shoot me later, but you canā€™t unshoot me if he does want to talk with me.ā€ So they sent word to Lenin, and Ransome was summoned and left them (and their samovar) to get on with the war.

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1512

I go bed now.

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1513

You did well, today. As per - in my opinion :slight_smile:
Bedtime for me, too. Best dreams, all.

Soo xx

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1514

Minnow End fer Fishy

Gin fer Soo

Medicinal fer Moi

Carinthia.xx

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1515

[sulk]

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1516

Pitcher for TFM.

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1517

And one for you, Gus?

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1518

Oh go on then ;- )

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1519

Tssk

I suppose that we could have an ā€˜coldā€™ Samovar wiv Suitable Refreshment innit

The Bluddy tap would be on all dayā€¦ :wink::joy:

Carinthia.xx

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1520

No meetings indoors, apparently.
Level 3

A music group I take a mild interest in has had to cancel their only-just-started-again instrument lessons.

Carinthia.xx

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