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@WeegieWoman here's ya throwaway bbq... only good for the tip so rusted out...

Navy Pier, Chicago .... bet yous thought I'd say Niagara Falls

congrats JB

OMG 50%ers everywere.... and its the medial winning Weegies turn aday... I really want a shot but I don't fink its good odea cos too mcuh on board now already.... but hey woohooo on being an awesome winner... and for all the connies ya make around the boards. Youse is frickin pure dead brilliant. .... (i nearly wrote bullant...opps)

NOPE, cos eyes a good girl... and for @Whispers ... (besides smoke).... I will never, ever, never, nope, nope, nope, never.... take a tramadol and a Carisoprodol (soma) and then go to work.. uh uh... no I wont............ Tropic of the day: This to do on a brucket list.

Orange juice.

chill... monday morning is plenty of time to prep for monday.... like to fly by the seat of my pants. Sunday Night - early to bed or just when ya feel tired?

See I'm Gunna Have to do this with two answers... so for menu A) a magic fairy came and waved her magic wand I could suddenly cook my favourite dishes that others in my life have done for me that I have tried to master but they just never taste the same.... and for menu B) these are my tried and true recipes that I do and actually like... A) - Shout Out To My Main Men (Dad & Grandad) (OK so its sounds dodgy and I have tried to do this myself and it never tastes as nice as the plate dad does) (Dad) Pre-dinner nibbles: Smoked Oysters on savoys (grandad), chunky slices of tasty cheddar cheese, tomato and some cracked pepper on savoys (dad), and Basil, Parmesan and cashew nut dip... pretty basic on the nibbles... but can I tell you at 3am in the morning when ya sitting up watching wimbeldon, or the french open or the olympics its frickin awesome. (grandad) Soup: (OK so have actually mastered this) Pumpkin soup (Dad) Entree: Honey Walnut Prawns with corriander steamed rice. (Dad) Main: Seafood Mornay with scallops, king prawns, cray, bugs (belmain bugs are amazing) ... served with a tossed salad and thick chunks of bread to mop up all the sauce. (Grandad) Dessert: Cold Lemon Tapioca Pudding (or as he used to tell us... frogs egg jelly) with home made lemon sorbet... this is my favourite desert on the face of the earth (so sorry dad, your chocolate mousse and your lemon meringue pies get the kybosh) (Grandad) After Dinner there would be sweet or creamy sherry for all... and then Irish Coffee's for the grown ups, and ginger hot chocolates for the kids... and after dinner mints, chocie royals and timtams. B) - Me Things... things that I make, that are suitable to feed to others and are my favourites to either prepare or eat. Pre-dinner nibbles: Hot bacon and onion dip baked in the cob loaf... with crunchy chunks of bread to dip. Soup: Vegan Cauliflower soup Entree: Coucous salad with cray and prawns. Main: Roast Pork with crackling (I am the crackling queen, me dad even makes me go over and do his pork roasts because they suck at the crackle) then the roast vegies would be spuds (taters), pumpkin, carrots, parsnip, Jersusalem Artichokes, and I'd do some corn on the cob and some peas. With gravy from scratch. Dessert: Warm quince with home made halva icecream. Post Dinner snacks: Port, tea coffee and a fresh fruit, nut and cheese platter. Bonus: The Ex Said what are you doing, I said working out menues for an imaginary dinner and he said ..... Pre-dinner nibbles: Asian stile pork pies Soups: Pumpkin Soup Entree: Mango Chicken with that green salad thing you do Main: That fat pasta you do, the one with the bacon and the mushrooms and stuff (Fettucine carbonara a la extra jo shit) Dessert: Home made ice-cream layer cake. After Dinner: Super Hot Chocolate Moccas with home made choclate cashew chip biscuits. What is your menu (at least 4 courses) that you would most like to share with others.

@MrTitwank Love Is... whatever you want it to be ?

Um @WeegieWoman the barbie is wooden and silver metal boxy thing on the right hand side of the screen... it has 2 hotplates... there is a little b'utton on the front under each plate... you push the button and magic, its a BBQ... don't you think convict engineering is pretty awesome, we've really made this prison our own... those English are soo silly don't you agree?

Way more pressure not to fvck shit up with my family... would way rather have the friends over... I have a lot of bloke friends and they are just happy to have a decent feed half the time.

OK so we all get that I'm scatty and focusless and there ain't evah gunna me any cohesion to a menu I prepare.... cos, well a) I can't make decisions to save myself, B) I like to make sure I cover everyone's favourites, 3) I will always, always over cator... so... here is what I am assuming I would make .... why are they coming over??? is it for dinner, for a birthday, is it to watch the footy... how many, .... ok, deep breath, i need more direction... ok... the first time I had the ex's family to dinner (dad, step mum, nana, bro, sis-in-law, cousin and 3 kids) it was summer and I prepared: Dips: French Onion, Spinach & water chestnut in a cob loaf & Chicken Liver and Brandy pate. For the kiddies: Kanga Bangas (kangaroo sausages), home made sausage rolls and then they had free reign of the adult selection also. For the Grown Ups: Marinate Chicken Skewers (the special Stumpy-Mick Marinate that my dad and his mate come up with one drunken night), crispy skin salmon fillets and garlic grilled prawns. Salads: Potato Salad (to quote my friends Hubby... she is only allowed to be my friend if I keep him supplied in tayta salad), Maroccan Spiced CousCous salad with pieces of cray (lobster ... thanks to my Little bro for my ready supply of free seafood), Coleslaw (which for me includes pineapple pieces, grated raw beetroot and cashew nuts) and a chickpea and corriander salad. Dessert: was a choice of mango and melon salad with ginger, lime & basil syrup, trifle or stripy jellys which while for the kids I was glad I made enough for everyone. (Despite demolishing most everything in site... I was just a snobby show off with my fancy lah-de-dah food and too stuck up) Usually, in winter if I have someone over for dinner I do 1 of each from the following list: Entree: Soup, Vegan Cauliflower or Pumpkin or Not-vegan Cauliflower* Bread for soup: Home made soda bread or cheese herb and garlic loaf or just a nice crusty french loaf Main: Scrumpy Jack Stew with Dumplings* or Fettucine carbonara ala extra jo shit or Borek (1 beef & 1 spinach and fetta) with mediteranian style roasted vegies (just think garlic, lemon and rosemary) and beans Dessert: Golden Syrup Dumplings or Hasty Bake* or Bread and Butter pudding with white chocolate chips and fresh raspberries. * = the option on a work night. Would you prefer the summer menu or the winter menu?

we have them at all our parks, and footy/cricket grounds at the local level... you usually need to sacrafice half a beer to make sure its clean but you just push the button and then in a couple of minutes its ready to go. Seriously you do not have these? (We even have them at our outdoor swimming pools.. well some, but my local one has them)

Wouldn't I used the free bbq provided by the council???

OMG...what drugs are you people on???? a butane camp oven is cheating this... this... is is I don't know what this is??? Is it an abomination? how do ya make ya coffee or ya billy tea? Don't your parks have built in BBQs???

If it was me I'd be doing it. Do you not camp with an open fire? What is a throwaway BBQ?

OMFG.... You bloody Ledge Weeg.... frick before we know it you'll be on the gold medal dais and we will be listening to:

I think it may have been us... its been in the Country Women's Association recipe book forever.... its the sort of thing you can do in a pot over an open fire.... Here is the recipe: Jo's tip... double the water and sugar for the syrup and do 4 large tablespoons of golden syrup and add 30g of butter... make the syrup first, bring it to the boil then add the dumplings and drop the heat to simmer for 20-30mins. We always make them camping, can't ya just imagine them on a frosty night around ya camp fire with some good mates?

Wot I dunno if I can tell you of the joys of golden syrup dumplings... I didn't realise they were a national secret ... they are like sweetened stew dumplings boiled in a pot with a watery golden syrup sauce that also buttery... you serve them steaming hot wuth cream or icecream... ...You seriously don't have them?

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who doesn't love golden syrup dumplings?

i was just ignoring the one or great Lord of the Slide... ... and ^^ now ya know why no one lives in the middle of my fine country.

hmmm .... While I flirted with saying tattooing... I really think I need to settle on either guitar or piano... I can play a basic one handed piano tune but they really aren't portable so I'll settle on guitat... but I don't just want to play I want to be able to play the shit out of it.... I want to make that wood sing.... and I'll need 3 lifetimes to achieve that because for some stupid reason I can't play guitar, I can play a bit better left handed than right handed but it just doesn't sink in... i play a slew of wind instruments so why not the guitar.... ? Would you rather cook for the fams or cook for ya mates?

Actually probably right, used to watch them with my cousin's kid when she lived with me.... and shes 20 this year so just a bit off... your excused for your ignorance.

OK.. not sure when I will be back on so here as we have a winner and two people have had a bite of the cherry (musta been small bites, I never got that saying).... 1. True... on repeat burst over a 5 hour period. 2. False... I need to pick the battles here... and I've faced facts the she is a carnivore, if she eats a teaspoon of mash and 10 peas and 2 corn kernals and a slice of carrot and it takes less than an hour I'm happy... i just put double what i think she will eat without pitching a fit and hope she eats more than i expect. 3. True.... I actually had to walk away from her before I punched the little shite in the face .... omg she isn't even a teenager until next year I am soo screwed and not in the good way... in the very, very bad way... So Fluffy ( @Wee fluffy me ) your up chickadee....