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skewered me, don’t ask me to feel sorry for him!’
They had a terrific dinner that night. Tom had been experimenting with French recipes again. He had prepared a whole fish, boned, poached and seasoned it, then placed it in a case of puff-pastry exactly the same shape as the fish - it even had little pastry scales and stripy fins. It was served with cucumbers stuffed with spinach, sautéed mushrooms and fried turnips.
‘This is so weird, but Yum-Oh!’ said Charles.
‘That fish is gorgeous, it’s such a shame to cut it,’ said Angie. ‘It’s mad ... eating stuff like this - in our kitchen
- on a Monday night. Other kids have bangers and mash, with veggies straight from the freezer. Why
do this just for us?’ asked
Saffron.
