On May 16, 7:21*pm, "Felice" > wrote:
> And I know this because I've just come back with not only the usual sweaters
> but an extra five pounds.
>
> As promised, most of the breakfasts were based on sausage, bacon, black and
> white pudding, etc. Once in a while I had porridge with heavy cream.
>
> Lunches were creamy vegetable soups and hearty pub sandwiches, washed down
> with Guinness.
>
> But dinners! Ah! Salmon, of course, in every possible manner, pheasant
> terrine, Connemara lamb, Galway oysters, Dublin Bay prawns. Desserts were
> deadly: raspberry and pistachio semifreddo, profiteroles, pavlovas, trifles,
> etc.
>
> Yeah, spuds, too. Ever had a couscous timbale with potato filling? How about
> a bed of mashed under almost every entree? Or a selection of boiled, mashed
> and scalloped in family-style serving bowls?
>
> Now we go into the penance phase, a few weeks on Slimfast.
>
> Thanks to those who wished me a good trip. It was one of the best.
>
> Fat Felice

I doubt that thou art fat. Those slinky nightclub dresses you are so
fond of might be a tad tighter, but that too shall pass.
Welcome home.
;-)

maxine in ri