h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Ah, so this is what heaven looks like !

Lil's place here is certainly a spot of calmness and culture withing a writhing sea of malcontent and discord.

*wonders if sea will take offense to Marv's little bout of name calling*

*has not brought any food - ants never do (you may have noticed that)*



*wanders round exploring everyone's food baskets*

I have brought a tray of home-made confections to accompany the pitcher of chocolate martinis. Truffle anyone?

Chocolate martinis? How do you make a chocolate martini?

*snaffles a truffle for later* sits in a deckchair with a plate of olives, tomatoes and swordfish* waits for the tequila steaks to finish cooking* keeps a look out for *

I am just confused trying to figure out how gin and chocolate have anything at all to do with each other.

*wanders in late as usual, carrying her very own pitcher of margaritas and a bowl of both coleslaw and her famous tuna creamette salad*

Hello, all. So glad you could make it. Whoever'c cooking, can I have a steak, rare? I'll take a turn later, promise.

*immediately sets of in search of the olives and feta she knows is here somewhere*

*wanders by, sniffs the wonderful aroma, and spots the source of it........helps herself to Titania's salad, some swordfish, vegetable kebabs and grabs some of Child's delicious looking summer for afters. Then takes a glass of Pimms and settles in a deckchair, and starts to tuck in*

The "Chocolatini" was the latest craze around Valentine's Day when Everything is ! Here's the recipe: 2 oz. vanilla or chocolate flavored vodka, 1 oz. white creme de cacao, a splash hazlenut liqueur. Fill a mixing glass 3/4 full of ice cubes. Pour in the ingredients and shake or stir (whatever you prefer). Strain into into a chilled, confectioner's sugar-rimmed glass and garnish with a cherry. It's delish and now outranks the "Cosmo" in popularity - until the next thing comes along!

I've brought the marshmallows, and sticks from the Majic Forest that I've whittled to a point.

/* Zeppo grabs a stick and runs off */

What do you think is causing the fire to be irradiating in the spectral colors? Oh, now I see - in order to create the rainbow marshmallows ! Yum - raspberry, blueberry, orange and the rest!! Superb!

Is using wood from the Majick Forrest entierly safe d'E?

*Matina enters carrying a wicker basket lined with white linen napkins/serviettes, in which she has stacked a heap of freshly-baked wholewheat-and-honey crusty rolls*

*Lil follows, after having nipped into the kitchen to find the graham crackers. She detours around the napping truffle-snaffling Amy*

Got room to put my chicken tikka on, Marv? Meanwhile I reckon I'll have some of this and some of that and some of this and mmmmm...

Lil, this chicken smells so good...
I love chicken!

*having sampled shish kebab and swordfish and chicken and potatoes and bread and salad and margaritas and...*

*needs to let it sink down a bit, no room left for dessert currently*

*relaxes in chair, half asleep*

*arrives in a big floppy hat, plonks a bowl of marinated/pickled assorted mushroom salad in a suitable spot (well, I like mushrooms ) and dithers around the barbeque trying to figure out whether to have the swordfish first or try some of the other deliciously mariated meats she has been smelling from afar...*

Pimms first I think, and then...

*collapses into a dechchair*

*takes a walk to have a ===*~*

This sunshine is glorious with just enough breeze to prevent overheating.

*dips into basket and brings out a large bottle of SF15 ana applies sunstuff to appropiate areas and not so appropiate when some squirts over Amy*

Sorry, Amy, I'll just wipe it off again.

Ah yes. Slip, slap, slop. Good idea.

Good bread this Matina