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Is anybody else watching Blumenthal's Christmas Dinner?

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santaslittlepeatbogelf · 19/12/2007 20:28

The man's a mad genius, I tell you

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NappiesGaloriouslyFestive · 19/12/2007 20:29

ooh, on now? where?

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santaslittlepeatbogelf · 19/12/2007 20:29

leather, pipe smoke and whisky flavoured sorbet (because his uncle or somebody used to smoke a pipe and give him a dram -- lost the bit about leather!)

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santaslittlepeatbogelf · 19/12/2007 20:30

BBC 2, for another half hour

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NappiesGaloriouslyFestive · 19/12/2007 20:33

poo. dp got to the telly first. its smeggin football again.

i like football btw. but morning noon and night if he had his way

still, fair dos, he was there first. and theres another telly... but not near the pc. [dilemma]

SantaGotStuckUpTheGreensleeve · 19/12/2007 20:36

Is he the one who runs the Fat Fuck?

It's the Emperor's New Clothes, I tell you

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santaslittlepeatbogelf · 19/12/2007 20:37

you're probably right, SGS, but his obsessive and manic attention to detail is rather endearing, bless.

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santaslittlepeatbogelf · 19/12/2007 20:38

did you mean to type that??

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Kathyate6mincepies · 19/12/2007 20:38

Glad someone else is watching - I thought it was just Pestomonster's dh and me

thegrowlygus · 19/12/2007 20:39

hmmm - feeding the geese essence of fir tree. So they taste like christmas trees. Hello?!!!

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santaslittlepeatbogelf · 19/12/2007 20:40

yup, he's the full Upminster -- but people pay him to do it, so all power to his christmas-tree-flavoured geese

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BibiJesus · 19/12/2007 20:40

How does he know what a fir tree tastes like and if the goose will tast of Christmas?! Odd

thegrowlygus · 19/12/2007 20:41

The man is crackers. In a terribly nice and endearing way.

Kathyate6mincepies · 19/12/2007 20:41

Course it's not the emperor's new clothes.
When I went to Midsummer House (which was doing similar molecular gastronomy type stuff - all sous-vide and foams) it was like discovering another sense - I had just no idea food could be so amazing. If the Fat Duck is really like that but better it's no wonder it has such an incredible reputation.

CliffRichardSucksEggsInHell · 19/12/2007 20:41

I agree with you if you are from London.

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santaslittlepeatbogelf · 19/12/2007 20:42

sorry, Kathy, didn't see yr thread

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santaslittlepeatbogelf · 19/12/2007 20:43

um, live in London - does that make a difference, Cliff? [fparanoid]

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TenLordsaLapin · 19/12/2007 20:43

OH BOLLOCKS

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santaslittlepeatbogelf · 19/12/2007 20:44

opinion, existential scream or the fact it's almost finished, lapin?

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CarmenerryChristmas · 19/12/2007 20:45

That goose looks AMAZING

CliffRichardSucksEggsInHell · 19/12/2007 20:46

Does your first name begin with K?

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santaslittlepeatbogelf · 19/12/2007 20:46

they are all looking quite impressed, perhaps in a luvvie kind of way, but still. How much does it cost to eat at this Fat Chicken place then?

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santaslittlepeatbogelf · 19/12/2007 20:47

Nooooo, CRSE - somebody else! God, now he's trying to catch rudolf.

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Kathyate6mincepies · 19/12/2007 20:47

Cliff I am a KE but it wasn't me. Will you send you stuff if you like though

Kathyate6mincepies · 19/12/2007 20:48

sorry 'Will send' that should say

CliffRichardSucksEggsInHell · 19/12/2007 20:49

Oh well in that case I disagree with you all, his goose is shite and you can tell he shagged it first.