Bechamel sauce v creme fraiche

Perish the thought!!!

Hope the Chianti is still OK if it's 50 years old

If it's corked we'll have to break into the Cabernet instead Rose

Phoenix your late lamented stepfather might have come from a'good' family, but I come from a long line of alcoholics

Oh heavens, Aka don't know quite how that works out! My late step-grandmother was titled and an absolute permanently drunk person to the extent of driving her car in reverse about 500 yards into the river darling, but could never understand that dropping in with a tin of cat food, a pint of milk and a loaf of bread wasn't exactly feasible, as we lived in Devon and she was in Hampshire!

Completely leaving aside that her cat had died around 3 years before. Funnily enough, she never seemed to run out of sherry.................

Have a good time and try to relax.
I am feeding 10 tomorrow (family, so not so stressful if it all goes pear-shaped)

Bless her! One side of my family are a bit like that (without the title) they're my Scottish aunts, all in their 80s & 90s and sweet amiable lushes ladies. The other side are Irish and let them get a drink too many inside them and they turn wild.

I'm the only normal one for generations. I think maybe my mother took the wrong baby home from hospital or I'm adopted.

Good luck too Rose

A bit late now but I thought you might like to know that in the United States, lasagna (US spelling) is almost always made with crumbled ricotta rather than Béchamel sauce.

Hey lAKA I've just found I've got to go to a one day course at the uni of Warwick on 11 dec. I'll have a taxi up the afternoon before and I'll be staying in a hotel for the night.
Any chance of a quich GN local meet that afternoon?

Yes Galen I'd love to have a meet up. Which hotel are you staying at?

The creme fraiche worked a treat - at least all the plates were emptied Thanks Grammyknot for the tip off about addonv milk. It would have been too tjovk and rich otherwise.

Yay!

Aka Are you sure that you're the only 'normal one'?

I see what you mean Lona I posted my reply after a long day cooking and a relaxing evening with a few too many
In the light of day I'm cringing at my spelling!

Aka Yeah yeah!

Hope it all went well Aka do let us know