At last the phone-in voting is over – for a while!

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Phew! I’m glad that’s all over!
Now we can get back to the Peace and Calm of the SpringWatch Ditch – after the hurly-burly of the “Talent Stage” and that Jenny Bond Kitchen!

Great British Menu – The Great Vote for Britain’s Got Talent

Well.
I’m going to vote for Tom’s  Beef Wellington.  I have no idea what it tastes like,   BUT  –  I thought  his  choice of plate showed imagination  -  the way he chopped his vegetables showed  artistic flare and his final flourish  with the  accompanying asparagus  was outstanding.
I am really looking forward to seeing  him perform on [...]

That Banquet at the “Artichoke”

So pleased to see  Jenny “Licensed to Grill”  Bond lived up to her reputation of trying to create a crisis out of a glitch!  Well done!
Glad to see you got tucked in to your food before anyone could take anything away!
No wonder you’ve survived so long – always eat all you can when the opportunity [...]

The Great British menu – The Banquet

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So tonight’s the night then!
The Great British Menu Banquet
I suppose we will see you scoffing  all those fancy courses!
I do hope you don’t disgrace yourself in front of the wonderful Lady Helen!
Will we be faced with dear Jenny Bond doing the commentary – gosh I do hope not – she‘ll only try and make trouble.
Well [...]

Great British Menu!

Hi everyone
OK! So what’s so special about this at the moment? It’s great  that so many of you have arrived here – the blog has had over 100 hits on this as a topic today.
Thanks to everyone who has visited the site and I do hope you weren’t too disappointed by what you found! [...]

Weekend Voting – Eurovision

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Oh dear! I think I made a complete hash of the voting last weekend.
I voted for Sweden to cook at The Gherkin -
Chef Tom Kitchin to be the next Nancy -
And Andrew Lloyd Webber as the best Eurovision song.
Sorry! I’ll try and concentrate this weekend and do better
Can we have a few reruns until [...]

At last the Great British Menu has paid homage to Boggy!

That wonderful Slate of Food – was a culinary – ‘post-modern’ pictorial masterpiece – of Boggy’s boat on its collision course with the Eddison Lighthouse.
Boggy‘s boat – with its flamboyant yellow flowered sail was the centre piece of the dish,
The Eddison Lighthouse – depicted by the frosty jar of Berry soup
The Blackcurrant mousse [...]

Ode to this week’s British Menu effort

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A little spoon of sap wine
A little bunch of weeds
A little drop of flax oil
A little mound of seeds.
This is the healthy option
Bound to do us good
No fats or starch or bad things
But would you call it food?
Spread it all out carefully
Add some cheap-cut meat
Feed it to the Judges
As a British Menu treat!
But the question [...]

The Great British menu tries to go healthy!

Novel isn’t it!  From one chef we have the “Heart-stopper” Plates of Food – all that deep frying and butter in everything.  And then from the other – the green ‘healthy’ option.
I wonder which one the judges will favour!
I am rather worried – though not enough to lose sleep you’ll be pleased to know – [...]

“Princess Beatrice” is NOT fat!

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What have the poor underlings on The Great British Menu done to upset that voice-over script writer.
Earlier in the week the sous-chefs were referred to as Kitchen Porters
And last night dear Princess Beatrice was accused of being fat.
“It’s not over until the fat lady sings” said Jenny whilst we were all looking at young Beatrice [...]