"The One who calls you is faithful and He will do it." 1 Thessalonians 5:24

THE TAVERNERS

Gary and Judith have lived in the West Midlands since 1997, after migrating (deserting? escaping?) from South West England. Judith is currently at University, and Gary is a Pastor of a local independent Pentecostal Church (Oh, Lordie...), as well as an International Evangelist. They have two grown up children (a fresh vote will soon be taken to reconsider this declaration due to the Mispresentation of Persons Act), a seriously nutty dog and numerous fish.

  Amazing facts about food!

• cream is lighter than milk.
• hamburgerology can be studied at Hamburger University, located in Elk Grove, Illinois.
• ice cream was brought back by Marco Polo from China in 1295, from a recipe called "Milk Ice." Europeans substituted cream for the milk to create "Ice Cream."
• instant coffee was invented by Japanese American chemist Satori Kato of Chicago in 1901.
• lemon slices have been served with fish since the Middle Ages, when people believed that the fruit's juice would dissolve any bones accidentally swallowed.
• lemons contain more sugar than strawberries.
• onion is named after a Latin word meaning large pearl.
• potato crisps were invented by a North American Indian called George Crum in 1853.
• salary is derived from salarium (Latin) or "soldier's allowance for the purchase of salt”.
• TIPS were given by people in coffee houses in the 18^th century who wanted good service and better seating by putting money in a tin labelled "To Insure Prompt Service".
• toasting bread began as a method of prolonging the life of bread and was a very common activity in Roman times, 'tostum' is the latin word for scorching or burning.
• dried milk was first mentioned by Marco Polo of Mongolian Tatar troops in the time of Kublai Khan carrying sun-dried skimmed milk as "a kind of paste", but the first usable commercial production of dried milk was invented by the Russian chemist M. Dirchoff in 1832.