Meals served on wooden boards

[puma]

i have worked in catering for 32yrs nhs and they have been classed as unhygienic by the EHO  we use colour coded boards.

[sadler]

Colwyn,  although I would never try to match my intelligence against yours would it not be ouzo they.would have used on Crete to wash the tables? I actually use Gordans here, much more refined!   

[Jacqui Harvey]

I prefer my Gordon's with tonic in a glass with ice and lemon or sometimes lime ..

[sadler]

So do I but if I have to wash the odd planka with it then so be it!  

[davybill]

the best thing is,eat off the planka, and then kill the bacteria, with a glass off ouzo.or some Gordons, then no problems?

[Colwyn]

Colwyn,  although I would never try to match my intelligence against yours would it not be ouzo they.would have used on Crete to wash the tables? I actually use Gordans here, much more refined!       

The Cretans, and other Greek islanders, often use the word raki (with a dotted i)  - especially with tourists, I suspect - to refer to their traditional island drink of Tsikoudia. This was a habit that, apparently, they picked up during their subjugation by the Ottoman Empire. I have found the liquor also referred to as "raki" by Greeks in (southern) Crete.

For many years I drank raki without paying for it - in both Greece and Turkey - after being offered one as hospitality at the end of the meal. It was offered me described as "Made by my uncle, in a village, in the mountains". Since then I have, on occasion - well quite often I suppose - after an expensive meal asked the proprietor if he had any "special raki" behind the bar. "What do you mean? Special raki?". "You know, made by your uncle in a village in the mountains". "Ahh! I think I do!". Not only have I found this to work in both Greece and Turkey, but also - just the once - in the Cyprus Kebab House in Bristol (there had been 12 of us on a big celebration meal).

[sadler]

There you go, I knew you would have a really intelligent answer. I bow to your superior knowledge Sir!   

[Scunner]

Intelligence is the ultimate aphrodisiac, it is said.

[sadler]

Well I never! I knew there was something attracting me to Colwyn apart from his very good looks and huge......bank balance!    

[Scunner]

His floppy hat perhaps