Thursday, 1 January 2015

A Dinner Party in Hartfield

Hosts: 
Mr Henry Woodhouse (Country Gentleman and Engineer)
Miss Emma Woodhouse (Interior Design Graduate, Bath)


Venue:
The Woodhouse Family Home in Hartfield, Norfolk


Special Guests:
Miss Anne Taylor (Governess/Secretary)
George Knightley (Landowner of Donwell Abbey)
Philip Elton (Non-Stipendiary Parish Vicar of Highbury/Byzantine Historian)
James Weston (Rugby Trainer/Owner of the Randalls Estate)
Harriet Smith (Mrs Goddards Academy of English)
Miss Bates (Lloyds Names)
Mrs Floss Goddard (Principal of an English Language School)
Jane Fairfax (Music Graduate, St Johns College, Cambridge)
Frank Churchill (Son of James Weston)


Menu:
Pre-dinner drinks and canapes
Parma ham, asparagus spears and quails egg
Consomme
Venison
Chocolate mousse
Cheese
Coffee




* Information derived from Emma written by Alexander McCall Smith *

Dining in Narnia TLTWATW

A record of what Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie have eaten:


Lucy - Tea with Mr Tumnus the Faun:

  • Brown egg lightly boiled
  • Sardines on toast
  • Buttered toast
  • Toast with honey
  • Sugar-topped cake


Edmund - The White Witch:

  • Very sweet and foamy and creamy hot drink
  • Turkish Delight


All - Dinner with Mr and Mrs Beaver:

  • Pan-fried trout
  • Potatoes
  • Butter
  • Creamy milk
  • Beer
  • Sticky marmalade roll
  • Tea



* Information derived from 'The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe' by C. S. Lewis *


Mountpenny House

Dinner
Fish Soup, Mountpenny-style
Scaloppine alla Perugina
Apricot tarts or chestnuts with Marsala


Breakfast
Kippers
Kedgeree


Packed lunch
Three chicken sandwiches
Three smoked salmon sandwiches


Dinner
Gravlax with mustard sauce
Raspberry sorbet


Packed lunch
Duck sandwiches
Melton Mowbray pie
Fruitcake lightly soaked in rum



* Information derived from Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party written by Alexander McCall Smith *