Boringdon Arms food "from a sachet"

I was in the Borigdon Arms a few weeks ago. In my opinion, the pub has gone well down the drain since Rob retired and the pub company got their hands on it. What you write here doesn't surprise me.

I won't be going back there,. at least not by choice. It's no longer worth the effort.

BTW - did you stay at no. 10?

Pretty much every pub in the Good Beer Guide serves a variety of keg beers, RTDs etc which the average CAMRA member would consider utter crap.

Should we therefore condemn a pub because one or two meals on the menu are not freshly-made?

No, not if the bought-in food is as good as home-made and served in an acceptable sized portion. The pub in question will have heard of 'Caterfood Southwest' at Paignton. They do a Thai green curry paste that will make a fanstastic Thai Green Curry with the further addition of 2 onions and 10lbs of diced chicken.

Jon Schneider wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@undecided.camcom.co.uk:

Tell them a Mr G Ramsay is coming for dinner.

M.

If you were happy about the other meals and the pub in general then you shouldn't let it stop you going back but next time if you fancy curry, order two lots - plus loads of bread and chips. I am usually disappointed with pub food anyway except the ones that have a separate dining area and a 'real' chef who can change the items of a dish if required, I hate the packaged food, pre sliced frozen steaks, bakes that are heated in a micro, and most of all I hate frozen chips.

Someone left their colostomy bag in the bar.

-- Mark W. Lewis, North Somerset

Lis, I have never seen you so emotional! I guess food plays a big part in your life..... or do you wish it didnt?

I eat whatever I like whenever I like but I'm not fat. I did put on a bit of weight last year but gave up drinking beer ( John Smiths) and now drink shorts so my beer belly has gone down a bit :)

Shame on you! John Smiths isnt beer. Get the real stuff Lis. and sod what anyone says about your belly.

cream flow?

RUBBISH ! Get Andrew to tell you about real ale

There's a pub I have to visit sometimes that does draught Bass and it's really nice but is it ladylike to sit supping pints of Bass?

Just dont have a shave the nights you go out

but frothy stubble is so yukky!

Wait until christmas then! I am now going to bed.

Just cross your legs & hike up your skirt & nobody will care...want another?

Jon~

It'll be here before we know it Ho Ho Ho Night Night

YUK nitro-keg! Normal keg ale dispensed with 70% nitrogen and 30% carbon dioxide, forced through 5 tiny holes in the dispense tap to give the froth on the top and little gas in the body (of the beer). Did it give you a wooly head feeling in the morning? That's the nitrogen.

I have a thick head in the morning whatever I drink. :( I like Caffreys too, the bar staff are always tutting when they serve the creamy ones but they're very popular at my local club.