I've got some nice inch thick sirloin steaks.

[Burney]

But seriously. I have a penchant for the buttery, yielding mash annointed by the unctuous, deep brown gravy. My glw tells me we cannot eat this as it is a bit northern.

There's nothing northern about mash and gravy imo. Chips and gravy, yes, but not mash.

She probably just wants a salad with it, doesn't she?

[SWv2]

There's nothing northern about mash and gravy imo. Chips and gravy, yes, but not mash.

She probably just wants a salad with it, doesn't she?

Steak with gravy sounds wrong.

[Burney]

Steak with gravy sounds wrong.

And yet it shouldn't, should it? It's just beef at the end of the day. You being the callous sophisticate that you are would probably want a red wine reduction or some such, I suppose?

[Sir C]

And yet it shouldn't, should it? It's just beef at the end of the day. You being the callous sophisticate that you are would probably want a red wine reduction or some such, I suppose?

But what, in effect, is an entrecote Bordelaise, for example, if not steak and gravy?

It's perfectly natural.

[Sir C]

There's nothing northern about mash and gravy imo. Chips and gravy, yes, but not mash.

She probably just wants a salad with it, doesn't she?

Wait, chips and gravy...

That's it! Chips and gravy. I'm going to do it.

[Burney]

Wait, chips and gravy...

That's it! Chips and gravy. I'm going to do it.

So you're doubling down on the northern-ness? Bold move.

She'll give you a disapproving look. You know that, of course?

[Sir C]

So you're doubling down on the northern-ness? Bold move.

She'll give you a disapproving look. You know that, of course?

Am I not master in my own home?

You're right. I'll make a nice salad.

[Burney]

Am I not master in my own home?

You're right. I'll make a nice salad.

Whereas if I announced I was making chips and gravy, it would be greeted with rapturous delight.

I'm not. I only do it as a special treat.