Can't be bothered to cook tonight, not got anything good in and I'm going away for the weekend (<fx Sound of Roverswall cheering in the back ground fx>icon_wink.gif so I think I'll get a bit of wine in, sit in the garden and read my book until Ms. pmh gets in from having a proper job.

But what take away should I get? There's a good pizza place, great Chinese that also does Thai (although I haven't tried that and I'm quite the Thai food aficionado don't you know) and a few decent Bangladeshi places. There's also a good chippy but I'm not a big fan of fried fish.

What about a good Indian with a good bottle of wine

Well that's winning so far, (you're the only one to vote so far) although I am going out for a ruby on Saturday night after going to a beer festival so Ms. pmh might not be too keen tonight as well.

Well, I'm making a smoked haddock and seafood risotto tonight. I'm just going out for a good bottle of Chablis to go with it. I understand you may have a decent recipe that you haven't made yet?

Did that last week, have you got any saffron? Needs saffron.



Do you? Who told you that? I've got about a hundred cook books so there's probably quite few decent recipes I haven't done yet.

Whoa!

GJB's here, he might even post.

Used to be good did GJB, rubbish now though, busy emptying naughty people's houses of their Brighthouse tele's.

I've got lots of saffron, brought directly over from Persia for me by a delicious Persian.

See - we're halfway to a decent recipe already.

Nice. Lucky girl.




What part of "I can't be bothered to cook" are you not understanding.

I [ican[/i only be bothered to sit in my garden reading and drinking wine and then before i get too lashed to speak or count money ring a nice man who will deliver hot food in an MOT failure of a car to my door.

I have to ask what address do you give them.
Arn't you afraid the location of your hilltop lair will be discovered.

No, I'm doing the cooking, not you. That's quite right. AND I've been in the garden pruning fig trees. We're burning fig wood tonight on the fire. I will, however, be drinking wine, but will have to fetch my own. My car is due it's MOT in a couple of weeks, but nonetheless will be the vehicle used to transport the wine to the house.

Ken Follett, by the way.

I kill them and then wang them in the moat.

Can you burn fig wood straight away? Does it not just create a large amount of smoke?

Not a Ken Follett fan, more Ms. pmh's Pops' thang that. Not going to cure my Scandinavian crime addiction.

It'll have to blooming Marlborough Sauvignon round our gaff, bored to tears of it but t'other half won't drink anything else at the moment.

Non of this is solving my take away dilemma, think it's going to be pizza. Might have a quick look on JustEat.

It's not a brilliant burner, it's true. Even when seasoned. More of a smoulderer (is that a word, book expert?). But it's good to alternate with coal to keep the fire ticking over. Almost like "turning down the gas" when the fire gets too hot.

C J Samson, then. And Fiona Walker for Mrs PMT as she has such good taste.

Yeah twice in a few days aint good, were avin seasoned chicken with vegetables and meringues strawberries with fromaige frais and no alcohol in tut tut

No, you dunce.



You're one of those "always cold" people aren't you.



Read him, like a poor man's Umberto Eco.



She'll hunt you down for that.