Still Blue, Still Stocking: The Bluestocking remains open in 2021

I'll just give the flower beds a quick strim

Are you one of those people who puts a lovely finish by strimming the edges and then taking a trowel to the edges to firm and neaten the soil edge? (I sometimes see that in NGS open gardens and it does look very good.)

Does the Bluestocking have NGS-worthy garden and wilderness areas or do we leave that to BF and we have a ticket where we wonder in and out of gardens and admire them all?

Justcameout get thee to the ranty table.

Have just mowed my lawn and suddenly the clouds have burst. My lucky day. Fortunately it's not raining at the Bluestocking so I think I'll just give the flower beds a quick strim

Oh my god, not cannibalism again.

No wonder everyone complains about Mumsnet, you drop by looking for a pushchair and before you can say 'nipple shield', it's gone all Soylent Green.

raw garlic has the virtue of enforcing social distancing so perhaps it should be encouraged?

In this FODMAP household, a bunch of items such as allicins like garlic or onions are available on the side and to be added to a base rather than everything being served fully loaded.

As it is, there are people who can only take tomato/gazpacho in relatively tiny servings. This has been a major difficulty for someone who spent years frying onions and garlic before making up her mind fully about what form dinner was going to take and who is inordinately fond of tomato.

I may sidle in somewhere and have some roast potatoes. tbh, I'll also eye up any Yorkshire Puddings but should probably leave them alone.

I'll just have a dry white please and packet of cheese and onion crisps.

sad to see another trans widow thread pop up, but heartened to see AIBU standing by the trans widows.

The pub does excellent Sunday roasts, IIRC. Being awful feminazis, the roast on offer today is Roast Misogynist. Served in his own juice.

Sophocles, at least there will be plenty to go round, and more than enough leftovers.

Can we veto the word feisty. Only ever applied to women, and only serves to divert attention away from the points women are trying to make and towards the manner is which we make them (and while we are at it can we ban gazpacho, it is rank)

I totally see your point about 'feisty' actually. But not about gazpacho - it's delicious!

I’d missed that the pub was open again!

Chin chin, vipers, bottoms up 🥂

The pub does excellent Sunday roasts, IIRC. Being awful feminazis, the roast on offer today is Roast Misogynist. Served in his own juice.

Anyone?

There's so much to talk about - any problems if this whole shebang segues into an evening do?

The food won't be massively different but I'll be able to char and griddle some vegetables later so people have a change from the pastries, bread, dairy, meat and eggs if they wish.

Can we veto the word feisty. Only ever applied to women, and only serves to divert attention away from the points women are trying to make and towards the manner is which we make them (and while we are at it can we ban gazpacho, it is rank)

Wow, she is feisty!

We're ready for them Highame and the feisty woman from the California spa has joined us. Plus we are all getting increasingly pissed.

I am very much not a halloumi fan, but griddle away! Forgive me if I get over-enthusiastic after a few Sangrias and embarrassingly start showing off my French or Spanish (or quite possibly a confused mixture of both, depending on how many I've had).

I'm going to nominate that the table over there for the virtue signallers, just in case one pops in by mistake. It's the one near oldbadgers ranty corner

These contributions are grand. Is 13:00 about OK with the drinks and little bits available from 12:30?

I've got yet more chorizo and air-dried ham but have recently taken delivery of smoked cow cheese and smoked sheep cheese as well as manchego.

Is it fusion or confusion if I dig out some halloumi for someone to griddle?

And some stinky cheese.

What about some really lovely chewy French bread with some really good salted butter, a selection of cured meats and a big bowl of olives?

Delicious buffet, Embarrassing - can I contribute some sugary churros to dip in the chocolate and a potato tortilla? And muchísima/beaucoup de solidarity for our French and Spanish sisters.

I've just seen the Wi Spa LA item - I'm taking ideas for brunch.

Virgin Mary (with a remarkable similarity to the always at hand gazpacho)?

Omelettes? In deference to already expressed preferences, absolutely no waffles?

Thank you. All delish. I want to raise the hot chocolate to all the women on this board - you are on fire 🔥 today.

In solidarity with the brave women at the Pride marches in France and Spain, I've just set out some croissants, pan de higo, bread and that extraordinarily thick dipping chocolate drink.

Help yourselves, it's a sort of buffet thing.

Thank you olderbadger, that's the bedtime earworm sorted (goes off singing...)

Oh thank you Terry - a woman after my own heart. Can my mates come too? And my new best friend Turner. Going to be quite a night...