Shattered!

[Caran]

Back home from the Good Food Show. My feet and back are killing me. Been going to it for about 20 years and never seen so many people there.
Lots of free samples and tastings.
I bought 4 different cheeses including sticky toffe one that is gorgeous. Four different packs of sausages, smoked mackerel, pork pies, lots of pork scratchings, bottle of amarula, rhubarb liqueur and a bottle of cucumber and mint spritzer type thing to have with gin instead of tonic. I got lots of other bits too. When you leave you are given two carrier bags full of goodies as a freebie.
A really good day out, thoroughly enjoyed it.

[murraymints]

see told ya..lots of freebies !!

[Tilly2]

You have had a good day. Well done.

[Hopkirk]

The Good Food Show has pork scratchings?

[Caran]

Yes Hopkirk. Quite a few stalls selling fresh ones in a few different flavours as well as traditional ones.

[Buenchico]

It sounds better than the Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival then. My friend went to that and wasn't too pleased that it was £8 to get in, with not a freebie in sight!

[tonyav]

Now't wrong with a bag of scratchings
https://www.greatbritishfood.de/media/image/c9/69/12/110702_01_600x600.jpg

Washed down with one ( or more ) of these

http://www.conveniencestore.co.uk/Pictures/800xAny/7/4/2/101742_Guinness-Rye-Pale-Ale.jpg

Was it at the NEC or whatever it's called these day's, Caran ?.

Anyhoo glad you had a good time.

[Caran]

Thank you tonyav, yes at the NEC.

[tonyav]

Usually celeb chefs there, was there any today, Caran ?.

[Caran]

We saw Paul Hollywood in the celebrity theatre. Felt short changed. He was only on for 25 minutes and he was very grumpy.

[tonyav]

What had he got to be grumpy about, Caran ?.

[DTCwordfan]

a free subscription to Weight-Watchers in the New Year by the sounds of it.......

[Caran]

Cameraman kept taking weird shots he didn't like. He had a lady out of the audience to help. After a while he insulted cameraman, lady put her arm round him to comfort him. Paul told her to go back to her seat.

[tonyav]

Righto, cameraman not getting his good side then.

[Hopkirk]

I got the impression from Bake Off that he is not a popular man.

[Caran]

Never watched Bake Off.