tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post5858700065622022614..comments2024-03-25T02:51:33.019-04:00Comments on NON-WORKINGMONKEY: I offer guidance on Village Social Event FoodNON-WORKINGMONKEYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08011705498839215687noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-57352996395567377342018-09-24T07:36:22.958-04:002018-09-24T07:36:22.958-04:00@katie how nice it is to see you again. (FYI I am ...@katie how nice it is to see you again. (FYI I am about to Google 'Empire Biscuits'.) I am coming to realise that high % of 'salty snacks' must be directly connected to the fact that all Social Events in this village (even Cricket Teas and evensong) come with booze - but I did see some cakes at a fete last year in the next village along. It's a shame. I like cakeNON-WORKINGMONKEYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011705498839215687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-74406791082300772292018-09-24T03:43:54.380-04:002018-09-24T03:43:54.380-04:00Thank you for this extremely useful guide - I too ...Thank you for this extremely useful guide - I too now live in a village, so it will come in handy. However, my village is in Scotland so there is a lot more cake and sometimes even Empire biscuits.katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06889855967504260823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-23352981806008230272018-09-23T12:22:04.643-04:002018-09-23T12:22:04.643-04:00@mountainear OMG THE CHEESE AND PINEAPPLE HEDGEHOG...@mountainear OMG THE CHEESE AND PINEAPPLE HEDGEHOG. You should move here. No tea offered, ever, and to dilute the wine would be to dilute the very point of living. But I am rather jealous of the trifle...<br /><br />@lynne 50 years of this and you can eat ANYTHING<br /><br />@Tired Dad uh-huhNON-WORKINGMONKEYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011705498839215687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-8926525857970725642018-09-23T12:12:40.833-04:002018-09-23T12:12:40.833-04:00This was ok I suppose.This was ok I suppose.Tired Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01463536844672270826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-16282636034886112552018-09-22T16:49:47.237-04:002018-09-22T16:49:47.237-04:00Surprised the village food poisoning stats aren...Surprised the village food poisoning stats aren't through the roof, what with the not-quite-heated sausage rolls & three-hour-sweated liver pâté. I feel distinctly queasy...Lynnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-29614148639961121352018-09-22T12:58:33.039-04:002018-09-22T12:58:33.039-04:00This resonates. Here in the deepest darkest shires...This resonates. Here in the deepest darkest shires - Shropshire - we're still firmly set in the ways of the 70s. I suspect the cuisine of this century is expected around 2050.<br /><br />The cheese and pineapple 'hedgehog' still graces the village hall trestle table. A more sophisticated version may include maraschino cherries. Trifle, a boozy, sweet confection topped with whipped cream and sprinkles (and possibly spikes of crystallised angelica and maraschino cherries) is invariably served in an unappetising dollop.<br /><br />The reasonable white wine I buy for the village hall bar is generally slaked with lemonade (full fat variety) as it's deemed too sour otherwise. And then there are the cups of tea. There's always bloody cups of tea.mountainearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15977393968796316843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-36284918846005388242018-09-22T10:16:36.621-04:002018-09-22T10:16:36.621-04:00@elsan I am happy you are happy! I am keen to know...@elsan I am happy you are happy! I am keen to know what food they give you at Australian university sundowners mind you so that I can surprise and delight 'the ladies' at the next Village Social Event with some 'antipodean treats from a friend'. @nellig you legend, thank you.NON-WORKINGMONKEYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011705498839215687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-4749777206394924962018-09-22T08:00:23.205-04:002018-09-22T08:00:23.205-04:00God, how we've missed you.God, how we've missed you.Nellighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10187748067136830656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-75745969537434488912018-09-22T06:37:24.210-04:002018-09-22T06:37:24.210-04:00So happy you wrote this post and brought back memo...So happy you wrote this post and brought back memories of village life. Australian university food at dreadful sundowners looks more fancy than many of these things, but in reality is mostly awful.elsanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250799872857732866noreply@blogger.com