Easter week-end recap
Apr. 5th, 2010 11:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
london1967Well it's the end of the 4-day Easter week-end for this year too.
I didn't leave Penge for the whole 4 days: I didn't leave home at all on Good Friday, and didn't go out of the estate today; but nevertheless, I had a great time!
Friday was tidying up day.
Saturday was cooking day as we had a few friends (Martin & Utku, and another Martin) round for dinner.
I did most of the cooking and rather enjoyed it as when all our guests arrived, everything was under control and only the main course was left.
Adrian's bread to go with creamy almond and tomato soup.
A new recipe found in a Sicilian cookbook: "Black chicken".
The sauce is made of dark chocolate, onions, fennel seeds, chilli, cloves and vinegar and the chicken marinated in wine for 2 hours.
Wonderful flavour, I must say!
Dessert was boozy zabaglione cups with strawberry, served with walnut shortbread biscuits.
Sunday: a quick trip down to the allotment with Lynne and Miranda, then Easter afternoon tea at Bobby's (cheese scones, homemade hot cross buns, chocolate cake and simnel cake, all very good).
Monday: big dinner at Lynne's!
I've also spent quite a lot time last night and today working on the residents' association's "magazine" and I'm sure it'll require quite a few more hours.
Now if only I didn't have to go to work tomorrow!
I didn't leave Penge for the whole 4 days: I didn't leave home at all on Good Friday, and didn't go out of the estate today; but nevertheless, I had a great time!
Friday was tidying up day.
Saturday was cooking day as we had a few friends (Martin & Utku, and another Martin) round for dinner.
I did most of the cooking and rather enjoyed it as when all our guests arrived, everything was under control and only the main course was left.
Adrian's bread to go with creamy almond and tomato soup.
A new recipe found in a Sicilian cookbook: "Black chicken".
The sauce is made of dark chocolate, onions, fennel seeds, chilli, cloves and vinegar and the chicken marinated in wine for 2 hours.
Wonderful flavour, I must say!
Dessert was boozy zabaglione cups with strawberry, served with walnut shortbread biscuits.
Sunday: a quick trip down to the allotment with Lynne and Miranda, then Easter afternoon tea at Bobby's (cheese scones, homemade hot cross buns, chocolate cake and simnel cake, all very good).
Monday: big dinner at Lynne's!
I've also spent quite a lot time last night and today working on the residents' association's "magazine" and I'm sure it'll require quite a few more hours.
Now if only I didn't have to go to work tomorrow!
