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ROLL UP! ROLL UP! Midlands area Christmas Dinner/Get-together: Friday 3rd December

227 replies

LunarSea · 22/10/2004 10:49

Midlands area Christmas Dinner is booked - please come along and join us.

Date: Friday 3rd December
Time: 8pm
Place: Bear Inn, Berkswell
Location: Close to J6 of M42, near the NEC - see map here
Cost: £19.99

Menu:

Roasted Cherry Tomato & Butternut Squash soup laced with Basil (served with half a crusty baguette & butter) OR Smoked Salmon, Creme Fraiche & Crab Parcel (served with brown bread and butter) OR Warm Salad of Crispy Duck, Walnuts, Spinach & Pomegranate (with a balsamic raspberry vinaigrette) OR Port & Stilton Rarebit (garnished with cherry tomatoes)

Traditional Turkey & Honeyed Ham (served with sage & onion stuffing, bacon, chipolata sausage, cranberry & bread sauces)
OR
8oz Sirloin Steak with Bearnaise sause
OR
Fresh Haddock set on Walnut & Stilton crushed new potatoes (garnished with wilted herbs, capers, cherry tonmatoes and rocket pesto)
OR
Half a Roast Duckling (served with a winter berry and cassis sauce)
OR
Mediterranean style roasted Vegetables, Spinach & Brie Calzone (a folded pizza parcel filled with vegetables, olives, spinach & cheese)

All served with a selection of fresh seasonal vegetables

Christmas Pudding & Brandy Sauce OR Festive Berry Pavlova OR Tarte au Citron (served with a raspberry coulis)

Coffee, mini mince pies & Bittermints

Accomodation nearby: Travel Inn at Balsall Common - we should be able to fix transport to/from if people want to stay overnight.

HOWEVER... I do need deposits (£10 each) by next Thursday to confirm the booking. We may be able to add extra people on to the booking later, if they still have spaces, but no guarantees. I will also need your menu choices in advance of the meal (although not necessarily as early as next week.

Can anyone who wants to come either CAT me or send an email to
Midlands_Xmas AT mail2uk DOT com
and I'll get back to you with details of where to send cheques to.

Probables so far:
jampot (Solihull)
NomDePlume (Worcester)
GeorginaA (Worcester)
LunarSea (Leamington Spa)
Ailsa
Ronniebaby (Tamworth?)
MumtoLaura
whimsy (North Birmingham)
clary (Derby)
CHRIZ (South Birmingham)
Mum2girls (Coventry)
MadameButterfly (Burton?)
Lavender2 (Cambridge)

OP posts:
CHRIZ · 30/11/2004 11:18

lol must make a mental note of what i ordered ,having steak instead of turkey gonna see enough tureky at the work xmas party of dh,s sat nite the next day

have arranged with Mb about picking her up and droping her back

tc ev1 see u fri

chrissey

LunarSea · 30/11/2004 11:23

CHRIZ - don't worry, I have everyone's choices on a spreadsheet, and I'll bring a copy with me.

OP posts:
Ronniebaby · 30/11/2004 12:27

Well ladies, I may not be coming after all, I have spoke to the Bear, as instructed and the useless man on the phone, (sounded only 12), but had to go off and ask someone.

If I WANT to come I will have to confirm by the Thursday evening at the latest.

As I'm not sure how I will be feeling on the Friday, I cant see that I will be coming, I shall talk to DH, altho I know him, he'll sod that, we'll see.

jampot · 30/11/2004 12:30

What!??

jampot · 30/11/2004 12:49

Right I have spoken to the Bear and Rb can decide how she feels on Thursday as she has said. I will pay Rb's deposit and the 12 year old is happy for me to use it against my meal - leaving just drinkies....

Hope you do feel up to coming RB but if not then no worries now - ok?

Ronniebaby · 30/11/2004 12:53

OOoo thank you very much Jampot, I'll keep you posted

Gingerbear · 30/11/2004 13:13

Could one of you call one of us on the Yorkshire meet-up on Friday and we will wish each other Happy Christmas??

LunarSea · 30/11/2004 13:55

Gingerbear - if you drop me an email, with the number you want us to call, to
Midlands_Xmas AT mail2uk DOT com
we'll call you sometime after 9 (you're eating later than us). I've emailed/bought or sold things from several of your crowd - roisin, yorkie, hula, and secur - in the last few months so it will be interesting to put voices to names!

OP posts:
jampot · 30/11/2004 13:59

Ooohh gingerbear that would be good - im happy to give my mobile out to anyone at that meet up. In fact I think Hula is on my MSN list. If she's not going my msn is [email protected] - how exciting - i just LOOOOVE CHRISTMAS

Gingerbear · 30/11/2004 17:06

I will email you later this evening with my mobile number.

CHRIZ · 30/11/2004 18:02

hi there ladies

looking forward to it been doing a bit of xmas shopping today

tc c u there

jampot · 30/11/2004 18:38

have given Secur mine GB

Yorkiegirl · 30/11/2004 18:45

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jampot · 30/11/2004 18:49

yes thanks YG

jampot · 01/12/2004 12:46

I will be bringing my digital camera by the way on Fri so no worries about remembering one

Ronniebaby · 01/12/2004 12:50

JP - get you, ooooo

Ronnietinselbaby · 01/12/2004 22:14

Not long now ladies, have you got your xmas frocks ready???

GeorginaA · 01/12/2004 23:26

Oh hell - we're supposed to wear frocks?! I was just going to go smartish... well okay... towards the smart end of casual.... panic

cranberryjampot · 02/12/2004 08:12

George - im probably not wearing a frock im going smart/casual

GeorginaA · 02/12/2004 08:20

Oh thank God - was having a clothing-related crisis panic there...

RonnieTinselBaby · 02/12/2004 13:10

George - oops soz if was a metaphor, you know getting your glad rags on, putting on a frock,

Girls night out and all that sort of thing.

JP - excellent xmas name

LunarSeasonsGreetings · 02/12/2004 13:15

Though of course if anyone wants to wear frocks, they're more than welcome to.

lavender2 · 02/12/2004 15:09

only one day to go!! (am also bringing digital camera so best behaviour please ladies)...are you geeting there for 8 on the dot or meeting earlier ...see you tomorrow

GeorginaA · 02/12/2004 15:11

Another camera addict here bringing hers...

... just not sure which camera to bring yet

Blackduck · 02/12/2004 15:13

have a brill time..sorry I can't be there...(and even if I could you wouldn't want my cold...)

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