That was the week that was

What a week this has been, finally the very daunting task of feeding 85 members of the Historic Houses Association has been and gone and we were/are happy with the final result. We started with coffee in the main hall of the house (which, incidentally is looking lovely following a few changes by Alexandra), Louise spotted a 'chap' having problems with his name badge and in true Lou can fix it fashion bobbed over and offered to assist whilst simultaneously putting her hand down his jumper to guide the pin through it, never thinking to check out what the name tag said, he smiled sweetly and said he always had trouble with name tags, however it was only at the end of the day that she found out she had been very over-familiar with the Duke of Rutland.


Eighty-five people in two rooms was a first for us, carefully thought-out menu; Pâté de campagne, Salmon with caper crumble and Honeycomb cheesecake. No special dietary requirements we were advised. During the course of the meal we came across, and dealt with, a celiac, a vegetarian and a diabetic, thankfully there wasn't a vegan present!


We've reinvented our apple pie this week, it is now apple pie with a crumble top and is lovely (even if I do say so myself) 10 portions disappeared in less than 5 minutes when it was presented to a lovely group from Macclesfield on Thursday, so could be a new regular.

Have you seen these jars?

Yesterday saw Louise incandescent with rage when a couple in their 70's helped (allegedly) themselves to two of her mini kilner jars from a Ploughmans Lunch. It wasn't the taking of the jars that particularly ruffled her feathers, it was the fact that they denied having any jars on their ploughmans that caused her so much annoyance. "The youth of today, that's absolute hogwash, if this is the example that's being set, there's no hope for society, never mind the youth." Anyone who knows Louise can picture the scene. Trust me naming and shaming would have occurred if names had been known. Louise is currently to be seen walking round muttering the 6 of the 10 commandments she can remember!


Hope the weather doesn't put you off calling to see us.
Adrian