Its good to see there are so many gastronomers on here and thank you all for sharing so much on food
@Jaded'n'faded @DesperateofDevon @Toony Oony @jugglingmum @canary @Lynmax @Sarasa and
@Grannie G with the duck (I can appreciate the story).
I never thought for one moment my revelation on food would open up so much chat on an Alzheimer's forum.
I was particuarly surprised by
@canary and her experience of roast kid and
@Toony Oony on Tomahawk beef.
@jugglingmum with the mackrel bbq and all of you who have your own gastronomic delights
@DesperateofDevon and
@Lynmax . It seems many of us do make an effort to at least eat and enjoy one of the few pleasures we still have.
I have decided recently that this year and the first time in many years I will not be cooking Christmas dinner if we are still here by then. Mum has got to the point where she is constantly around me now when I cook, it reminds her of her father in the kitchen who she also used to constantly follow as he cooked. As much as I love the fact it enables mum to participate it does get very wearing, and on Christmas day there is only me to cook dinner wash up and then start again for supper. So I am booking a 4 star hotel dinner just five mins up the road from us -very posh. We will come home and then spend the rest of the day doing what we both like -watching TV/films and have supper, a finger buffet.
Just one thing as a gastromoner, one year I was horrified when I worked nine nights in a row and forgot the days (when I worked in London). I woke up on my first day off feeling quite peckish and realised I needed to shop. Got in the car arrived at the local Sainsbury's and it was closed -I couldn't fathom why -doh. Went home and realised is was Christmas day. All I had was a box of Thorntons chocs and a bottle of Chablis.