Jacob's Join

A friend recently told me about a new lunch time ritual which has been introduced at his workplace. It's called a Jacob's Join, whereby everyone in the office brings in an item of food to share at lunchtime. Why people can't just eat their tuna sarnies in peace I don't know, but anyway it's becoming popular in many offices up and down the country. It could be with the recession nipping at our ankles we're all feeling a bit more caring, a bit more sharing. Or it could be that everyone's a bit short of cash and can't afford anything to go with a large tub of discounted potato salad. Whatever the reason it looks like we'll be following suit in the office tomorrow. I was dreading it until our new manager announced that we can bring in meat as well as veggie dishes, the whole of my team are veggie and I had visions of me having to choose between mung bean fritters or sweet potato curry for lunch. I shall keep the harridans from my team at bay by taking my favourite party food - cheese and ham quiche and a selection of sausage rolls. Unlike at last year's 'Vegetarian Lunch to Share' I shan't be hiding the meat content in my offerings. Last year I was hiding in the men's toilet picking lardons out of a pasta dish I'd brought, half expecting my team leader to come screaming down the stairs and launch a frenzied verbal attack for daring to cross her desk with meat. How was I to know lardons were made of bacon? Fingers crossed tomorrow I can tuck into my grub without being surrounded by office scavengers. You never know I might just get the whole quiche to myself. Yum!