Morning AB'ers Todays menu:

[merciasounds]

Vegetable Soup with warm roll

Moules Marinaire - (mussels steamed in white wine, garlic and parsley)

Jalepeno Poppas - Jalepeno peppers stuffed with cream cheese, crumbed and deep fried served with a cooling sour cream and chive dip

Mains:

Pork, sage and apple meatloaf - best pork mince with sage and the addition of apples adds succulence and a hint of sweetness, served with creamy mash, fine green beans and onion gravy

Chiken Balti - rice and naan bread - ( mild-medium hot)

Tuna steak with dill and lime butter, braised fennel and choice of potatoes

Puds:

Treacle (golden syrup) sponge and custard

White chocolate and raspberry roulade

Peach melba - peaches with vanilla and peach ice cream, raspberry sauce

[mccfluff]

morning

ok today i think i fancy veggie soup then pork meatloaf and peach melba

how's your husband, still stuck in germany?

[merciasounds]

okay hubby still in Germany, he's hoping to get a coach into France and then get through the chunnel then home that way!

Secret to get coating to stick on peppers - stick them on a fork, and blister them over the gas, or grill them till the skins are black, put in plastic bag for a few mins, them peel the skins off - then preceed as normal, stuff with cheese, flour, egg, crumbs, egg and crumb again, fridge to rest 1 hour, fry.

[funnygirl]

Oooh Mercia this is tormenting!

I will have the moules, followed by the pork and finished off with the roulade!!!

Oh god!

[China Doll]

Today I will have the Moules Marinaire and the Treacle pudding please....

[rowanwitch]

I don't like pork but the meatloaf sounds wonderful I am going to try to make one this weekend.... Would go brilliantly with red cabbage/beetroot and onion

[petal54]

do you cater parties?

[joggerjayne]

I'm "playing safe" until after the weekend, so ... nothing spicy, and no seafood.

I'd choose ...

Veg soup

Tuna steak

Treacle sponge

=0)

mercia ... you are SO clever and creative.

[merciasounds]

rowanwitch, you could always use turkey or chicken mince or a mixture of pork and chicken, etc. Beef doesn't go so well with the apple, but it's nice if you put a tablespoonful of ready made hot horseradish

[merciasounds]

I used to have my own catering business petal54, but I had a bad car accident nearly five years ago and I had to give up. (I broke my back and shattered my pelvis)

[ummmm]

JJ.....No Seafood?

[pericat]

Am I too late - where's the food - greedy lot !

[boxtops]

I'll have the moules and the meatloaf please, which the peach melba - sounds lovely!