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GD's Night Club

- Refreshment for Naughty Goodsouls -

We serve filthy booze in the midnight hour It's a bit Gorgeous  

Come inside, be wild and free, drink yourself silly!

-Feel the spirit of the lost one inside your head?-

Through the locked door behold the secret cavern that holds the stored booze - anyone seen the damn key?

- The Booze Bar Wine & Beer list -

The Beer selection:- (hic)We are always fully stocked with the finest boozePoochies BoddingtonsHoltsMarston Pedigree - Better Brewed in WoodBank's dark mildStormC Guinness Visit Realbeer.comThe Wine selection:-Lilac wine (from the Cafe lilac tree)Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte 2000DP VIN '96 Mighty Micro specialityMumm Napa Blanc de Noirs Vintage 1996 Sterling Vinyards Three Palms Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (purple velvet!!) Ridge Vineyard's Cabernet, from their ramshackle winery high in the hills above Palo Alto.Niebaum-Coppola's Diamond Zinfandel, goes well with the bread and cheese

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The Bunny food menu- we love Bun buns    | | GD's Club Photo Gallery   Ye Ol'Fish and Chips - cod, haddock and plaice available Mushy peas for those so inclined Ditto baked beans Followed by: Ye Ol'Apple pie and cream For those anti-fish either baked beans or mushy peas on toast can be whipped up for you ;>) Lastly NO requests for chip butties, let's try and be a bit healthy! (Service not included - so serve yourself!!)

Well done with the article, Poochy.

I'm actually quite enjoying myself in the broom cupboard ta.

Pooch....private email sent to kennel.

Sausages and Mash ready for those who are hungry.....crispy, well-done sausages....and a bottle of Shiraz open on the side.

GD thanks for the present but I cant find it? is it a new pair of slippers? mine seem to have dissapeared again.

Priscilla, Thankyou for that. xxx

Spaceman, Yes the slippers hope you like them? One says 'Space' and the other says 'man'. Hope you like the colour.

Sausages for lunch then. :-)

Where can we read your masterpiece GD?

Everyone give Amber and me a moment - stuff to discuss!!
Amber - If you are doing a starter keep it dead simple and cold or
preparable in advance - but don't know if you are going for 3 courses or not.

Easiest way is to go for a couple of main meat items - a small
turkey wont take years to cook or defrost if you have to resort to grabbing
a frozen one - nothing wrong with the frozen ones, just the defrost time!
Cooking timings should be on the wrapper so don't worry, if not when you have the weight of it, it's not hard to calculate.

With it have a medium sized gammon joint - the type you can buy easily
at the supermarket and roast in foil to cook, no soaking and best to get unsmoked as many people & kids aren't keen on smoked. That way you have two
choices - something that always impresses and should please everyone as
well!!! Check the wrapper but most come with cooking directions on them.
The other advantage of this is it gives you a second supply of cold meat
for pickles and sandwiches later!

Do the trimmings bit - they go down really well, make it look like
you've spent days cooking when you haven't...
Chipolates - lots of them, either rolled up in bacon or not as you wish,
stuffing balls - not difficult but look good, even if it's standard
paxo stuffing mix - add a little butter to the mix before baking and
put little bits of butter on each ball, it makes it crispy when it bakes.
See if you can get chestnuts, prefer de-shelled and serve warmed with the
roast. Check if you can serve any veg that can be doubled up in cooking
and serving, like carrots in first and broccali added later to steam on
top, either separate them or serve in a dish together. (Serving spoons
and dishes ideally needed, a pretty casserole dish or two can deputise!!)

If you're feeling ambitious and want to make a stuffing/forcemeat
(chestnut)from stratch let me know and I'll give you the recipe,
but it could be more
hassle when you've got enough already.

Xmas pud - it's a difficult one, some people love it others hate it!
Suggestion - grab something like a citrus souffle type dessert (frozen)
for those who don't want anything heavy after the meal and buy a luxury
christmas pud for those who do - double cream (unwhipped) in a fancy
jug will look great with it and if anyone yells for custard....well
ignore them, or have some ready to serve stuff in a carton! LOL
recipes for desserts to make (cold) let me know, but
again it's your time.....

Lastly - don't forget the brandy, a few mince pies (M&S is usually
a safe bet or Tesco finest)and some gorgeous after dinner mints served
on some pretty dish. For the kids maybe some novelty Xmas choc figures
if they are young.......Wine! and something fizzy for the kids!!!!

and don't forget the cranberry sauce, crackers, festive napkins if you
want, brandy butter maybe, and roast the parnips in with the tatties -
just add them later cut into quarters length ways :>)

I still think that Lasagne is easier.

LOL I totally agree Hils but if Amber wants to do the traditional
stuff....however I should think in this day and age you could probably
walk into M&S and get half of this lot already prepared and everything!!

Bunny Girl,

For the past umpteen years, I've had steak and prawns on the bbq on Crimbo day. This year will be a bit of a culture shock for me. I can't say that I'm exactly looking forward to it.

I can understand that Hils, either you tend to get stuck with
doing Xmas lunch or life is different and you don't...I think this
will be my 23rd year of cooking Christmas dinner (lol) it looses
it's terror after about 10 years ;>)

I still think and Indian Takeaway is easier and nicer ;-) and whats wrong with beans on toast? are all your visitors posh?

If you mean mine No LOL..but don't know about Amber's.
Anyway, traditional isn't 'posh' really is it?

I find christmas dinner no problem - I just take the turkey out of the oven and carve it.

Talking of food......Chocolate Fudge Cake, complete with lots of icing and decoration, is now available.....with a fresh pot of tea and a plate of cucumber sandwiches.

Well done Bunny - I am up there on the 20+ years of doing too .... and still don't sleep the night before!!! Pavlova is a good option instead of Xmas pud?
Prawns/smoked salmon easy starters. Have you noticed amber has not responded, probably sitting in cupboard crying or swinging from chandelier (recently dusted) paralytic..... or then again, more likely, out for lunch :-)

Good bit of writing GD (from a Piscean) although I thought it was the men who were guilty of pursuing women with money :-))

TIM - glad you are drying out.

How about a cup of tea?

Priscilla. Yum :-))

Priscilla and JJ - both quite right, there's heaps of options really
just depends on what people want to cook and equally what's expected
quite often as well....visions of dragon mother-in-laws...ARRGHHH!! LOL
LOL JJ - wonder what we are doing wrong that we keep getting all the
cooking to do each year? ;>)
GD - quite agree, it was a good piece, email in the post :>)

Ok happy bunnies I'm outta here - have a good evening and keep
everything well covered tonight cos it's going to be cold!!
Look out the gloves, hats, scarves and boots for tomorrow.
:>)