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Alright! Been to RAF Mildenhall many times, myself.

I stayed in the Bird in Hand many times. Good hotel and pub. The stew made with Guiness is the best. They use garlic, onions, beef broth, bay leaf, and a hint of rosemary.

The place was built in 1935, and was famous among US crews during WW II. Churchill himself went there and had a glass of port! LOL.

Ah, yes, the Bird in Hand!

I went there once and had everything they had on draught, one pint at a time, starting from the left. Admittedly, the hard cider was totally unexpected, but not too bad (and I was feeling no pain once the publican got to that spout!).

I tell you a funny story about rosemary. As some who follow this talk show thread each week know we had some fence panels blow down in the early part of this year. Due to dad being hospitalized and then when he came home loosing his hearing aid we have only just got round to replacing them.

Our neighbours were kind enough to help and even let us put the new panels on their lawn whilst they were away and they erected the fence this week for us, even painting it.

Well when the panels were delivered one of the guys said what is that nice smell a bit like lavender but it is not lavender. I looked down and there was a very mature bush of Rosemary. My mum had had various herbs growing over the years and where this was growing had been a sort of herb garden rockery before we put the original fence around the top end of the garden when it was just an open area.

Did I feel silly having bought dried Rosemary over the last 2 or 3 years since being back home with dad full time and all the while I had a fresh bush in the garden. I soon remedied this and we had fresh Rosemary with our roast lamb last week and mid week I put it in pork casserole.