Thank you all - and yes - what you roast you must eat, thrall (and muse) - LOL.

And don't worry about the big words, muse - just glide over them without a backwards glance (if it works for Dubya, I'm sure it will work for someone with a more gifted, if American, vocabulary).

I'll be happy to join you for coffee after the beans (and nits) have been roasted. I like my coffee strong, rich and flavourful, with a dollop of fresh cream - Turkish or French roast by preference. I might even bake a chocolate and almond cake for your after-care, sweet muse and thrall - as a postre to the main course ***weg***.

Actually, Mad, I wasn't trash talking chocolate at all - apart from a brief reference to the delightful em and en bars, and smarties, I don't believe I mentioned chocolate once - rotflmao.