2 July 2014

Angela has lost interest in farm work

Eifion is hoping for some help on the farm, but Angela announces she has a lot of nursing duties, and looking after people is more important than animals.

Jinx is setting up his equipment in Eileen’s kitchen, where both Jim and Dai will be cooking their masterpieces;  he warns them that no swearing is allowed, and that they should keep the conversation interesting.   

Jim introduces his handed-down, wartime recipé

As they go on air, Jim says his recipe dates from the 1940s, handed down from his grandmother, steak and ale pie.   Dai objects, as there was no steak available during the war;  it should be pigeon or rabbit pie.   Jim is also worried that the post has not yet been delivered.

Dai takes another dose of medicine for his throat

Dai announces that as former chef at The Bull, he is making ale and steak pie;  he also, incidentally and apparently unscripted, has a terrible throat and has almost lost his voice, so he takes frequent swigs from his hip flask.   

In the nick of time, Mark delivers Jim's outsize dish

Mark then walks in and delivers a parcel, which Jim unwraps and unveils an enormous pie dish – “My recipé serves eight,” Jim tells them.   Dai’s comment is, “Size doesn’t matter!”

On the way to her house, Angela passes Andrew outside the Deri and lends him £10, so he can buy some flowers.   

Gemma has made a replica of her mother's necklace

He takes them to Gemma in the business units, where she starts asking questions about her mother;  she remembers her wearing a silver necklace with a red heart, which she has tried to recreate, but Andrew tells her that her mother has gone and that she should move on.

Jim's meat is cooking in the slow cooker, and Dai objects

When Jim puts his meat to cook in a slow cooker, Dai objects that this will give him an unfair advantage over frying it.   Jinx urges them to stop arguing and get on with the cooking.   

Dai adopts typically underhand tactics

As Jim puts the meat and gravy into the enormous dish, Dai surreptitiously takes a container of chilli powder from the shelf, and while Jim explains the role of eggs in making the dough bind together, he sprinkles it liberally on Jim’s meat.

Eifion takes a booking for the Haven

Hard at work in the barn, Eifion has a phone call from someone wanting to book the Haven tonight, and when he finally manages to track down Angela, in the Deri, he complains that he had to deal with the towels and bedlinen as well as all the farm work;  she does not seem at all concerned.   

Andrew passes a tenner to Angela

Then Andrew swaggers in and gives Angela back the £10, which Eifion thinks strange.

When Eifion goes to the bar, Gemma asks him how he feels about Andrew being back, and Eifion replies that he trusts Angela, even though Andrew is chatting her up at that moment.   Then Mark comes in, and Gemma thinks it is the moment to admit to her father that she is not Mark’s lodger, but that they are a couple.   

Mark, hesitant about what Andrew will say

Mark is afraid of what Andrew will say, but he simply laughs it off, telling them that Ed had already told him.   Gemma is disappointed that he did not care, and tells Mark, “Any father would have been worried about that.   He has other things – and people – on his mind.”

He goes off and leaves Angela, and two lovely, plump sausages

Eifion has had enough, and wants Angela to leave with him and go back to the farm, but she refuses.   “Off you go, then,” she says.   He gets up, leaving his sausages almost untouched.

Two lovely-looking pies, fresh from the oven

The moment of truth arrives as the two dishes are removed from the oven, and Jinx takes a photo to be put on the CwmFM website.   When all the listeners’ votes have been cast, the winner is – Jim Probert!   Dai, as always a bad loser, insists that Jinx should taste the pies;  he pronounces Dai’s to be very good.   Even Jim is forced to admit that it is tasty, but when Jim’s is tasted, “Urgh!  That’s disgusting!” shouts Jinx.

"Get out of my kitchen!" Jim orders Dai

Jim diagnoses the problem immediately, “Someone has put chilli in here, and it doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes to work out who!   That’s spite!   I was going to serve that up for dinner!   What a waste of good food!”

Jinx is forced to condemn Dai, “You’re worse than a child!”   Jim orders Dai out of his kitchen, saying, “My grandmother would turn in her grave at the way you’ve ruined good food!”

Dai picks up his creation and walks out, telling Jim, “Stuff your pie!”