GASS The Gentlemen's Ale Sampling Society 1982-2017 35 YEARS OF BEERS
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NOVEMBER MEETING
OUR OWN CHOCLATIER! Showing us how to make hand-made chocolates Dave the 'Chocolate Man', came all the way from Yorkshire to entertain and instruct us on the wonders of the world of Chocolate. Willie Wonka he was not - despite the physical similarity! He was far funnier! He started by explaining that he
had driven 200 miles to get to us and was driving 200 miles back as soon as we
had finished with us. "Brighton is just down the road Dave, did you not think to stay overnight?" "No" "Wow, another 400 miles tomorrow then!". "Where next?" "Maidstone the next day - where is Maidstone?" Eeerrrrrrrr - just over there
Dave, about 6 miles, did you not check on a map at all, after all you will have
driven "I don't have a map". Eeerrrrrrrrrm! Dave then proceeded to give us his life story, which lasted quite a while. As anyone who has tried to tell GASS a long story will know it tends to garner a bit of barracking. Dave was no exception, but he held to his line and refused to give in, and as time passed we warmed to his tale of woe, distress, company liquidations, businesses failing the second he was employed, whole industries falling down around his ears, vast tracts of land gaining planning permission just to frustrate his modest aims. A true story of northern grit, dogged determination, living in a shoebox on the central reservation of the M6 ............and chocolate. Ah! I hear you say, at last the chocolate. Dave proceeded to melt, mix, wack,
'temper' (trade term don't you know), and generally mess about with a bucket of
chocolate. and then he asked GASS to try one....
Talk about pigs to the trough,
several members were trampled underfoot, injuries that will take some time to
heal,
Oh! and I forgot, Dave did get another member to try his hand at Choclatiering...
See if you can identify him....
So you think that is a man previously know to us as Hu*h Ede***nu. Wrong! - Hu*h has made a formal request to
change his name to Hew Ediludaloooo. Personally, I would have though it would be
the company accounts that would give them colic, not a few snaps of Hew having
fun.
There is one trade off though - the old Hu*h
Edel**anu, despite several requests, still orders pints of sherry on the GASS
drinks bill at meetings. GASS members pay £40 a meeting, which is
roughly £15 drinks, £15 food, £10 entertainment. A point to note is that House Champagne in
most bars is often just £25-£29 The rule at GASS is (or should be) that
under no circumstances can you regularly drink far more in value than the whole of your monthly contribution. Welcome to new member - Hew Ediludaloooooo
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