Bad news, I'm afraid. The Muirheads of Dudlow Grange, Upper Cressingham, have had to cancel their annual cheese and port evening. Urquhart Muirhead needs to have a gallstone removed forthwith and will not be in any state to receive guests for at least six weeks. In a bid to soften the blow of this disappointment, the Huxley-Finches of Meadow Gardens, Lower Cressingham, are hastily putting together a fondue and Uno evening. If all goes to plan, the event will take place on the 21st December at 7pm. I'm sure you will all join me in wishing Urquhart a speedy recovery.
Stop Press ! With a Hey-Nonny-No Owner and founder of irreverent spoof football chat forum Mr Michael Maltese took time from his avid book reading duties today to announce that from next year his much loved website will feature - by popular demand - an all new Morris Dancing Board. Lovers of the Maypole from Lands End to John O`Groats are advised to sign up now and beat the rush.
A GRANDMOTHER in Lancashire has begun boiling the vegetables for her Christmas dinner. 84-year-old Blackburn resident Susan Traherne prepared the sprouts and cabbage last night so she could get them boiling first thing this morning. Confirming that the saucepan was now simmering, she said: âThere is a simple rule with veg which I learned in domestic science class during the war â two days boiling per ounce, plus an extra week to be on the safe side. âIf you cannot eat them without putting your teeth in, then they are raw as far as I am concerned. Mrs Traherne explained that after the vegetables had been cooking for 12 days she would drain off some of the water to add to her gravy. She said: âI will then thicken the gravy with cornflour until it is solid enough to be sliced with a bread knife.â
Get on down to Mrs Mulberry's Christmas Pantry*, put on an apron, bake some stollen, and have a really lovely time. And then come back with a different opinion. *The Rookery, Beaton Lane, Shenworth, Shropshire
Sadly not, AR. Urquhart's gallstone issue cleared up in good time, but, unfortunately, he was found dead in his workshop just three months later. The coroner believes Urguhart slipped on a discarded prune and broke his neck when he hit the floor. Speaking from his bolthole in Capri, the coroner said, 'Urquhart's untimely death caused no end of grief for the family, but I've done my best to ease the suffering of his dear wife, who is currently taking a shower after our morning walk to the old town.'
Ponders/AR, I am intrigued by this thread regarding Mr Urquhart's gallstone. Can you post it on here?
