Lunchtime for M. Poirot: the deathmatch (19-12)

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McGoohan Nov 2019 2:46pm, 10 Nov 2019 42,024 posts	0 McGoohan Confession time... I decided to make pear and almond tart again rather than the rice pie.
GlennR Nov 2019 5:04pm, 10 Nov 2019 46,203 posts	0 GlennR Whereas I’m stewing oxtail. I have a meat tooth.
Serendippily Nov 2019 7:24pm, 10 Nov 2019 14,895 posts	0 Serendippily imagines a sabre-toothed Glenn
GregP Nov 2019 8:13pm, 10 Nov 2019 116,080 posts	0 GregP Kippers are okay. Bloaters are just foul.
Little Nemo Nov 2019 8:31pm, 10 Nov 2019 9,821 posts	0 Little Nemo Bloater sandwich paste, was that an actual thing?
GlennR Nov 2019 9:05pm, 10 Nov 2019 46,205 posts	0 GlennR Oh yes.
swittle Nov 2019 10:06pm, 10 Nov 2019 58,351 posts	0 swittle The trad. English folk song, 'Dance Ti Thy Daddy', as featured in venerable TV series,'When The Boat Comes In', 3rd verse, includes the lines 'Thou shalt have a fishy on a little dishy, Thou shalt have a bloater when the boat comes in.' ....
Dvorak Nov 2019 10:31pm, 10 Nov 2019 18,243 posts	0 Dvorak In a recent Poirot, Hercule had some very harsh words to say about fish paste. An English abomination, or thereabouts.
Wriggling Snake Nov 2019 10:22am, 11 Nov 2019 24,567 posts	0 Wriggling Snake Crab Paste is the worst
Maclennane Nov 2019 10:24am, 11 Nov 2019 21,644 posts	0 Maclennane Do they still do it? It's probaly due to my having grown up in a cardboard box in t' middle o't street in South Yorkshire, but I love all that stuff.