No, I don't think it was that.

"they died of natural causes", yes, Dysentery

Don't fancy the main.

I think Richard was a tv presenter.

we're debating on twitter where we know him from - one suggestion is Most Haunted but can't think who he looks like - driving me nuts 

That's it, he was on Most Haunted. I think he was the historian guy.

Edit: Richard Felix from Most Haunted. He runs Derby Gaol, which is a haunted location.

That film advertised, the one called LUCY looks interesting.

I got kicked out for ages   first time I've had cogs for ages 

yes Yogz the historian one from Most Haunted 

it does but these things that look fantastic in the trailers always end up being carp 

it's gotta be him from Most Haunted 

Starter looks okay. 

sausage meat in pate   looks all right on the plate but still ....

Yes, I can imagine some "funny" stuff going on in her house 

"we found your books", yes, the ones they left out for the show 

It definitely is.

Oh come on, it's his shadow.

It's your shadow.

more of a terrine than a pate 

http://www.richardfelix.co.uk

that's up there with the time on Most Haunted Yvette found a book in a library that opened to the page of the devil and the place they were in was known for devil worship 

 It is.

 MH is making a return to our screens. I saw a trailer for it - can't remember which channel.

Do either of you believe in ghosts?

Do you mean spirits? If so, then yes.

the pheasant is dry and doesn't look appetising and the first night's hosts are really getting on my last nerve 

I'm with you on both points.

open to persuasion but I've yet to see any evidence 

Are you going to do a vodka joke here? 

Nope, I'm serious.

Not a bad score, but beatable.

Main sounds good.

Yay!

Dolphin potatoes...

Yuck to the starter.

I've heard that is not strictly true about the muscles

*goes to Google*

If I was slicing onions and my partner interrupted me telling me how to do it he'd be wearing the knife shoved up his nether regions 

He's a patronising git.

Attention seeking idiot.

No it's the other way around.

One legend that refuses to die is that mussels that do not open during cooking should be discarded.  This just isn't the truth, not even close. 

Its been offered that this myth began with the work of Jane Grigson in 1973.  In her food preparation publication, Fish Book, she asserts that mussels that do not open after cooking should be discarded.  Up until this publication there had not been mention of discarding mussels that would not open after cooking in any of the renowned professional cookbooks of the time.  For some reason or another, this logic stuck, and has been recited by chefs, cooks, and your everyday novices since.