Masterchef 2016 Tropaeolums and a Trollope smearing cherries

[fourquenelles]

Here we are. A lovely fresh thread.

Oh Noo

Awww.

Gardencentre

Alas, au revoir Arnaud.

Booooo. But at least Monica will stop saying Arnol now.

Off to Oslo for wackiness.

Oh how sad - he knew.

But he is so gracious, even to the extent of not kicking Greg(g)'s patronising, scrotum-like head straight off his scraggy neck

Ellie taken out of the competition in a pincher movement by rivals

Groupie

[grin}

Not downplaying the pretension levels here, are they.

In fact Slaughter, arnoo, he knew.
Oh this is going to a feast of wankability.

He's a very intense young man

He has to be, four, his second surname is Bang.

Fuckery

Zander is a predatory sort of pike-like fish that infests fresh water. It isn't native to UK but some idiots have introduced it because apparently it is a great fish to catch because it fights like a demon, As it has no natural enemies here, and eats any and every living thing, it has become a pest in many water courses. I'll see if I can find pic. It has lots of teeth.

I wonder how much dinner in this restaurant costs. I did a Norwegian cruise and DH and I had a sandwich, coke and aquaviit in a small town we stopped at. Cost eighty quid.

A lot to live up to Grinchy

Have we got our bingo cards at the ready?

Looks like an oil slick.

Cold oyster and dill soup

"Hand-dived scallops". How else do you harvest them? Always wondered that.

He likes his squeeze bottles.
Leek ash?

What exactly is the cooking component here?

One squirt from one bottle, one readymade disc of jelly and a ready made sauce?

www.google.co.uk/search?q=zander&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwih7banjobRAhXHelAKHdEKCGQQ_AUICCgB&biw=1155&bih=637#imgrc=VtZCGcu26-k1kM%3A

Don't know if this will work - I wanted a really dramatic toothy picture as they are pretty scary!

Garden £365 per person for the 20 course tasting menu including wine according to TripAdviser. Huge waiting list for tables too.

... Pickled roses.

There is no way I would have put any of that into my mouth.