Dinner at Merits

For those coming to the dinner here is the menu, for you to take a look at.
Loraine will be in touch nearer to the time to take your order

BEAUJOLAIS DINNER

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Starter
French Onion Soup with Garlic Gruyere Crouton
Assiette de Charcuterie, French Pickles and Rustique Farmhouse Loaf
Escargot with Garic Butter

Main
Pork Escalope with Apples in a Creamy Calvados Sauce
Pan Seared Hake, Wild Ceps, Shrimp butter and French Bean Parcel
Vegetable Bourguignon and Celeriac Mash

Dessert
Gateaux au noix with Seasonal Fruit and Quenelle of Cream
Pomme Croustade avec Crème Anglaise
Selection of French cheese and Biscuits or French Bread
(£1.50 Surcharge)

Coffee or Tea
£15 per person

Fascinators

Hello Ladies

FascintorI am really looking forward to making Fascinators with Lesley from Strawberry Hill hats. It should be a fun evening.  Lesley will provide the bases in black, white and red for you to choose and sinamay, veiling, ribbons, feathers and beads.  If you have your own embellishments feel free to bring them along.

Lesley has asked that your bring your own needles, thread and pins and scissors.

Materials are provided free to members
Visitors will be charged £5 (£2 std fee and £3 for materials)

The White House now provide our Tea and Coffee if you dont want to use the paper cup provided please feel free to bring your up china.

LAST CHANCE TO DONATE

We have been collecting Bras and Coins for almost a year please can you bring your final donations to the October meeting so we can hand them over to the Federation at the Annual meeting in November. Thanks to Jane and Chrissie for being custodians of the collections

Wednesday 25th November –  7pm at Merits

IMG_20150513_195123899After the success of other evenings at Merits (Richmond College Resturant) we have booked a table for an early ‘Christmas Meal’  To Reserve your place please bring £15 to the meeting.  (please note this will not be a Christmas menu)

 

Bakers
Thanks to all those listed below who have volunteered to bake our monthly cake we still have a space free in March

Chocolate & caramel flapjacks
Chocolate & caramel flapjacks

October – Sandra Saunderson
November – Delia Etchells and Chrissie Cemm
January – Jane Erridge
February – Pauline Edge
March
April – Lynette Singleton and Eleanor Bunnell