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Offline Carana

Re: Tapas Tea
« Reply #15 on: March 15, 2016, 05:33:28 PM »
So perhaps the Tapas group children, minus the McCanns of course, usually had their tea elsewhere, so missed the opportunity of meeting Madeleine.

Erm, both Russell and Jane describe the high tea routine (although their child was collected before the nannies took them to the Tapas on the Thursday).

Offline pegasus

Re: Tapas Tea
« Reply #16 on: March 15, 2016, 10:21:48 PM »
I expect this to be a short topic, but am curious to know what the 'high tea' that the children had at the Tapas consisted of. Anybody any idea?
One dish was pasta and vegetables.
And they did chips.
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Offline G-Unit

Re: Tapas Tea
« Reply #17 on: March 16, 2016, 08:40:35 AM »
But possibly some children wouldn't attend The Creche Sessions at all, and be elsewhere.  And it was Half Board.  Breakfast and Dinner.  Dinner being the Evening Meal in this day and age.

I don't know how they worked it, but all of these children had to be fed somewhere.
I thought that the interesting logistic was that the really small children in creches were cared for as close as possible to The Taps because the older children were capable of walking.

This subject appears to be a minefield of what one might leave out of a Comment.

Where were any of these children signed out from.  It was almost certainly The Tapas, after High Tea.

In our house High Tea was Tinned Salmon Sandwiches, when I was young.  But it is just a term.

Sunday tea was often tinned salmon in our house. I still prefer it to fresh or smoked ha ha.

The logic of the smaller children being nearest breaks down because the babies were above Main Reception and they were within the age range to have High Tea.

If the age range was the same as it is in 2016 it must have been mayhem at High Tea. Forty-eight Mark Warner children were eligible for the meal whether they attended the creches/clubs or not.

Mark Warner also provides meals for it's staff. Some of the nannys have mentioned eating at the Tapas after the children and before the guests.
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Offline Miss Taken Identity

Re: Tapas Tea
« Reply #18 on: March 16, 2016, 11:13:37 PM »
It was possibly like the traditional Scottish High Tea of old. A wee fried haddie or plate meat pie followed by lots of sticky bun/cream cake type goodies.

Our wee Haddie was boiled in milk! Buns were for rich folks we had strawberries hand picked from neighbours garden.

The kids could have dined before the parents at high tea and still have stayed with them when the parents ate... why did the parents not eat their dinnr at the same time. Our family always did.
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Offline G-Unit

Re: Tapas Tea
« Reply #19 on: March 17, 2016, 08:02:22 AM »
Our wee Haddie was boiled in milk! Buns were for rich folks we had strawberries hand picked from neighbours garden.

The kids could have dined before the parents at high tea and still have stayed with them when the parents ate... why did the parents not eat their dinnr at the same time. Our family always did.

It seems to be the way these days. Children eat different foods at different times to their parents. I used to find cooking one evening meal for everyone to be quite enough after a busy day.
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Offline jassi

Re: Tapas Tea
« Reply #20 on: March 17, 2016, 08:22:53 AM »
Our wee Haddie was boiled in milk! Buns were for rich folks we had strawberries hand picked from neighbours garden.

The kids could have dined before the parents at high tea and still have stayed with them when the parents ate... why did the parents not eat their dinnr at the same time. Our family always did.

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Offline Lace

Re: Tapas Tea
« Reply #21 on: March 17, 2016, 08:45:27 AM »
It seems to be the way these days. Children eat different foods at different times to their parents. I used to find cooking one evening meal for everyone to be quite enough after a busy day.

What time did Gerry arrive home from work?   

Many people give their children their dinner earlier than they eat themselves,  purely down to the fact that the father is home too late for the children to wait to have dinner with him.

Also many children have dinner at school and so just need a light meal during the evening.

Offline G-Unit

Re: Tapas Tea
« Reply #22 on: March 17, 2016, 09:16:24 AM »
What time did Gerry arrive home from work?   

Many people give their children their dinner earlier than they eat themselves,  purely down to the fact that the father is home too late for the children to wait to have dinner with him.

Also many children have dinner at school and so just need a light meal during the evening.

When I had three children under 5 I took care of everyone from 7am to 7pm. Anyone who wasn't present had a meal kept warm. No way would I have extended my day beyond 7pm. Mine had school dinners; pizza, chips and jam doughnuts in their day. I put them on sandwiches when I learned what they were eating and cooked an evening meal for everyone.
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Re: Tapas Tea
« Reply #23 on: March 17, 2016, 09:20:11 AM »
When I had three children under 5 I took care of everyone from 7am to 7pm. Anyone who wasn't present had a meal kept warm. No way would I have extended my day beyond 7pm. Mine had school dinners; pizza, chips and jam doughnuts in their day. I put them on sandwiches when I learned what they were eating and cooked an evening meal for everyone.

Well done 

Offline Carana

Re: Tapas Tea
« Reply #24 on: March 17, 2016, 04:35:30 PM »
When I had three children under 5 I took care of everyone from 7am to 7pm. Anyone who wasn't present had a meal kept warm. No way would I have extended my day beyond 7pm. Mine had school dinners; pizza, chips and jam doughnuts in their day. I put them on sandwiches when I learned what they were eating and cooked an evening meal for everyone.

Well done. Jamie Oliver would most likely approve, providing the sandwiches weren't composed of pizza and chips.

Offline G-Unit

Re: Tapas Tea
« Reply #25 on: March 17, 2016, 04:51:05 PM »
Well done. Jamie Oliver would most likely approve, providing the sandwiches weren't composed of pizza and chips.

I knew what a sensible diet consisted of before Jamie Oliver was born, believe it or not.
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Offline Carana

Re: Tapas Tea
« Reply #26 on: March 17, 2016, 05:16:21 PM »
I knew what a sensible diet consisted of before Jamie Oliver was born, believe it or not.

Well done!

What is the purpose of this thread? Perhaps Jassi could explain?

Offline jassi

Re: Tapas Tea
« Reply #27 on: March 17, 2016, 05:23:18 PM »
Well done!

What is the purpose of this thread? Perhaps Jassi could explain?


No good asking me - I've forgotten  @)(++(*

Actually, I was just curious if they ever got what you might consider a square meal.
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Offline pegasus

Re: Tapas Tea
« Reply #28 on: March 17, 2016, 05:25:13 PM »
"17.00-17.30 Meet kids for high tea with other mums and dads. They love pasta and have been doing really well with their vegetables although a few chips have been squeezed in."
(Source: First entry in GM blog, 20 May)

Offline Carana

Re: Tapas Tea
« Reply #29 on: March 17, 2016, 05:50:24 PM »
"17.00-17.30 Meet kids for high tea with other mums and dads. They love pasta and have been doing really well with their vegetables although a few chips have been squeezed in."
(Source: First entry in GM blog, 20 May)

Is this significant of something nefarious, do you think?