Dinner Party Divas

Once there were three dinner party divas, Big Mamas Mama, The FA, Newly Single and Tall Ones Mama and the Lady...that's not to say te other two weren't ladies ! In the 70's and 80's they were dinner party divas and taught us, their daughters all we ever needed to know. They showed us how to lay a table, arrange the flowers for not only the centrepiece but for the rest of the house. Napkin folding, butter rolling, wine decanting, nothing was left to chance. They served prawn cocktail, melon boats or pate as a starter and Boeuf Bourgignon, Chicken Veronique or Hungarian Goulash as main courses, but when it came to dessert, they really excelled. Mind you rules had to be followed, if you had chocolate you had to serve lemon, to cleanse the palate, so Chocolate Mousse was matched with lemon souffle, Sherry Trifle was a winner as was Pavlova, Baked Alaska and home made ice cream ( before the dawn of the ice cream maker !)They drank Blue Nun, then Black Tower, then Mateus Rose and on to Beaujolais in the later years. They drank and laughed, ate drank and laughed and stayed in each others houses till all hours ( in the day before drink driving enforcement !)I remember the Lady's husband coming out of our bathroom with BMM's dressing gown and shower on among other hilarious events. They knew how to have a laugh and although the women had slaved all day to prepare the house and kitchen they looked beautiful when dressed for dinner. Thank you for the education !
The Lady passed away today. May she rest in peace with memories of those great nights x