The usual gauntlet has just been thrown down
It's quiche Lorraine handbags at Dawn.
I think we are going head to head in the boiled fruitcake, biscuit and boiled egg categories too!
With non of the responsibilities of help running the show Terry said sagely
" We can just enjoy the competition this year!"
" Bring it on bad boy!" I told him
Handbags at Dawn ... on Trelawnyd High Street. I can picture it so perfectly.
ReplyDeleteGood luck, weren't you placed in two out of those three categories last time?
I have form
DeleteA bit of healthy competition is a good thing! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd it gets the blood pumping
DeleteWhat, no scotch egg category?
ReplyDeleteWe had it once ..only one entry and it was massive..... I nearly wet myself
DeleteHow can you have a boiled egg competition?
ReplyDeletelol it's historic and a bit of fun... you have to boil your egg and present it on a saucer on top of some lettuce
Delete... and pray your yolk is perfectly centred when the egg is cut in half by the judge!
DeleteI hate the gif.
ReplyDeleteI knew u and tom would
DeleteI am not going to give you the pleasure of complaining about it.
DeleteI mean by complaining about it.
DeleteHo ho
DeleteMany many years ago there was a bit of a "do" over the annual pumpkin competition between our village and the neighbouring one.... So much so that it stopped being held !
ReplyDeleteThat's the spirit
Deletegreat to be able to enjoy the competition properly!
ReplyDeleteYes .... and I intend to win the cup
DeleteIt's like The bleeding Archers in your village.
ReplyDeleteIt is .....and my real name is Helen
DeleteGood job you're not going head to head in the Spelling Competition...
ReplyDeleteROFL!!
DeleteChuckle, chuckle!
DeleteSmart arse
DeleteWhat a couple of boiled fruitcakes! I know some people who can take care of him for you. Just say the word. (Nothing violent; they’ll just take care of him for a while.)
ReplyDeletePoofs with attitude
DeleteI like
what fun! go get him john!
ReplyDeleteHe's toast
DeleteMay the best fruitcake win, if you see what I mean.
ReplyDeleteHow VERY dare u
DeleteGo get em!
ReplyDeleteGirlfriend!!
DeleteI wouldn't stand a chance in a quiche Lorraine competition, my pastry is diabolical! Good luck, we'll all be rooting for you.
ReplyDeleteThe secret is to preheat a baking tray to lie it on
DeleteOr as my friend Lis says, "Get out your hairbrush and meet me in the parking lot!"
ReplyDeleteHa!
I'll steal that one
DeleteRelax and enjoy this years show!
ReplyDeleteI love flower show season!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's backmagain
DeleteI think that it is all fun. I honestly didn't know people still had flower shows before I found your blog. I thought that those things died with Bewitched and the Andy Griffith Show.
ReplyDeleteHi Linda, here in Thornton Cleveleys, near Blackpool, will be having our annual flower, arts and craft show, on 17 Aug. It's been running for 77 yrs.
DeleteIt's a great community event.
Carol
Hi Linda. Here in thornton Cleveleys, near Blackpool, we'll be putting on our annual flower, arts and craft show on 17 Aug. This will be our 77th year. A great community event.
DeleteCarolx
Out village one is 46 years me thinks
DeleteHaha
ReplyDeleteA flower shoe is such a pretty event. Thinking about the backstabbing, last minute arrangements and desperation about flowers is just the icing on the cake. Or the filling in the quiche, no?
XoXo
Absolutely, I've seen some dreadful behaviour over the years, I've seen someone bruise a competitors tomato
DeleteVillage shows can be awfully competitive; a friend's mother (in her 80s) demanded a 're-think' by the judges as she had won the 'best Victoria sponge cake' prize for the past 4 years and was awarded 2nd place. Gasp, horror! The judges stood firm and she walked away muttering 'a conspiracy'.
ReplyDeleteYeap , our old cookery judge was a real old cow
DeleteFlower show. Pistils drawn (sorry couldn't resist...)
ReplyDeleteOooooch
DeleteOh I'm so stealing that one!
DeleteEnjoy the show and the competition. Funny story from country gal...People get so competitive! Lol
ReplyDeleteThis does sound like fun!
ReplyDeleteBarb
I was trying to think of a "funny" and all I came up with was "Pasties at Dawn" or Boiled Fruit Cake Shot Put contest.
ReplyDeleteHappy to know you will be enjoying the fun this year.
parsnip
I've always entered but this year I can take my time
DeleteAh, the village flower show. Hope it's not anything like the best village show in Hot Fuzz!
ReplyDeleteHave fun!
Hugs!
Hummmmm
DeleteTake him down John, take him down! Nobody messes with a gay man and his recipes!
ReplyDeleteWay to go girlfriend , the bitch us going down!!!
DeleteHope you do as well as I did at the show I entered on Saturday.... 2 Firsts, 1 second and 4 thirds! BEAT THAT!
ReplyDeleteSmart arse x
DeleteI do hope it will be moist John x
ReplyDeleteDirty girl
DeleteDont be like a lady in our W I long ago who baked twelve Swiss Rolls before she got one which satisfied her as her entry!
ReplyDeleteThe mad bitch
DeleteSounds like serious business, lol
ReplyDeleteHad to giggle at the handbags at dawn comment. When Sir was nursing in EAU he said you could lay money on the fact that when they were moving a female patient he was the one wth the handbag dangling on his arm🤣
ReplyDeleteOld ladies handbags...a receptical for dentures and half eaten toffees
DeleteDon't let yourself be talked into helping out last minute with car parking duties or raffle ticket selling etc. Doers always end up being asked to help with stuff.
ReplyDeleteJust enjoy the show this year
Good luck with the baked goodies entries.
Tess x
Nope, just going to enjoy the day
DeleteSounds like fun... boiled fruitcake I have never eaten... only every heard of it on your blog. Handbags at dawn hahaha!
ReplyDeleteJo in Auckland
It's bloody delicious
DeleteAnd it is even better if you transpose a tablespoon of sugar for a tablespoon of golden syrup. Makes a really moist cake
DeleteI once burnt boiled eggs (forgot about them, pan went dry, and the shells were scorched).
ReplyDeleteI love boiled fruitcake, so I'd be willing to travel to judge this event.
I've won the cup for boiled fruit cake twice!
DeleteWith reference to the 12 Swiss rolls, I had a similar go around with Victoria sandwich. I'm the go to gal for British baking among my Canadian friends. I was requested to make one for the nursing home tea. Not an easy task when flour and sugar are processed differently, measurements and temperatures have to be converted and appropriate pans are hard to find. Trial and error eventually produced something close and I grew fat on the rejects.
ReplyDeleteBoiled fruitcake is that the same as Christmas pudding??
ReplyDeleteSimilar but in cake form
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