Before we tell you about Food4Friends please permit us a small ramble. Isn’t it just fantastic! Just as we were resigning ourselves to a day of the media going on endlessly about the elections being held today, we awake to the news that Britain is sending warships to confront France! Wow, it’s just like old times … and against our favourite enemy. You can almost hear the jingoism in Westminster. Jacob Rees-Mogg will be standing on the white cliffs singing Rule, Britannia! You would think that there must be a better way to settle disputes? Oh yes, we remember now, that’s why the EU was formed! Now do you see, all you lily-livered Remoaners, war with France wouldn’t have been remotely possible without Brexit … hurrah!

Thoughtful

Enough of that, we should give Food4Friends a mention. A very good mention at that because we selected them to help us celebrate our wedding anniversary with one of their afternoon teas. They are a well established Falkirk company but, up until now, we haven’t used them. What would they be like? Well right from the get-go things looked very promising. Everything was neatly packed in recyclable bags and boxes … you could just tell that thoughtful care had been taken (see title photo). And the contents did not disappoint either.

Reminiscing

It was a chilly day so we carefully unpacked everything with a view to eating it sitting in front of a nice open fire. To help things along we began with a glass of Rosé Bollinger. We know we shouldn’t now that we  have the prospect of war with France but hey … Auld Alliance and all that! And before you all think we have become a bit too decadent, we don’t have Bolli every day! As often as we can but not every day. We also had some Scottish All Day tea courtesy of our favourite coffee company. What could be better? We sat reflecting on our wedding in Strathyre while nibbling wonderfully fresh smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwiches. At £20 we thought it good value for money … especially when we remembered that £20 represented almost a fifth of our entire wedding budget for 120 guests.

In our last post at the Granary Café we liked the look of the scones but were a wee bit disappointed with the size and the texture. This time we were a bit disappointed with the look of the scones (preloaded) but were very pleasantly surprised when it came to eating them. Top marks, best preloaded scones we have ever had!

Sorting things out

By the time we got to the cakes we had almost forgotten about elections and potential wars with France. It did remind us however that the main reason for forming the Union between England and Scotland in 1707 was because England considered Scotland to be far too friendly with the French. Scotland didn’t get a say in 1707, just as it doesn’t get a say now. Hopefully after today’s election we might start on the road to sorting all that out. So heres to everyone voting correctly!

In the meantime we can thoroughly recommend Food4Friends. They even have a Secret Supper Club!

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