Crap Weather For May

[RobbieGong]

We're up to 25°C now! Just finished setting the table and preparing the wines for lunch... It's my dad's 85th birthday on Tuesday, but he's flying out to Italy with some friends tomorrow, for a fortnight, so we're doing his birthday meal today

Starting off with a small portion of eggs Benedict, on crusty sour-dough toast, with fresh asparagus and smoked salmon, followed by some Gloucestershire 'Old Spot' pork chops, from our local butcher, which have been marinated in fresh garlic, lemon juice and rosemary, and which will then be simply barbecued and cooked to a nice colour.

Plenty of veg, as usual, because of Del being a veggie (and my dad and I also love veg). There's fresh spinach, cauliflower cheese, rosemary-roasted new potatoes, buttered baby carrots and celeriac mash.

Dessert will be a home-made fresh fruit salad, which has been marinating overnight in some Coeur de Comte orange liqueur, and that will be served inside some hewn-out fresh pineapples, accompanied by a rather nice Tokaji dessert wine (lightly chilled), and followed with double espressos.

Hopefully he should enjoy that!

Marco.

And a Happy and blessed 85th for Tuesday Dad - here's to many more

[Marco]

Cheers for the birthday wishes, guys!

He enjoyed his fruit salad yesterday (and everything else, too):



Del decided to add some mascarpone cream on top!

It's gonna be another scorcher today... Already 19°C

Marco.

[walpurgis]

22C here now. It was 20C at 8am, so it's definitely on the way up!

[struth]

11c here similar to yesterday

[Pigmy Pony]

Low 20s again here, but gardeners have turned up, so I'm indoors till they're done. Got Stanley Clarke playing, loud enough to overcome racket from mower and strimmer, then Mrs. P texts me from the bedroom, asking me to turn it down!

Life can be harsh

[Macca]

Low 20s again here, but gardeners have turned up, so I'm indoors till they're done. Got Stanley Clarke playing, loud enough to overcome racket from mower and strimmer, then Mrs. P texts me from the bedroom, asking me to turn it down!

Life can be harsh

I lived in the suburbs once and the mowing used to drive me nuts. The neighbour must have had an obsession or had nothing better to do. Always mowing. Even his cat spent most of its time at my house or in my garden just to get away from it. After 3 months I couldn't take it any more and moved back to a house in the ghetto. That backed onto a factory with forklifts beeping all the time and lots of crashing and smashing, it was still less irritating than the mowing.

[walpurgis]

The temperature has now topped 27C (80F) and still rising. Should be at its hottest about 2pm. 30C maybe?

[struth]

I lived in the suburbs once and the mowing used to drive me nuts. The neighbour must have had an obsession or had nothing better to do. Always mowing. Even his cat spent most of its time at my house or in my garden just to get away from it. After 3 months I couldn't take it any more and moved back to a house in the ghetto. That backed onto a factory with forklifts beeping all the time and lots of crashing and smashing, it was still less irritating than the mowing.

you wouldnt like it here. the silence is deafening at times

[struth]

Cheers for the birthday wishes, guys!

He enjoyed his fruit salad yesterday (and everything else, too):



Del decided to add some mascarpone cream on top!

It's gonna be another scorcher today... Already 19°C

Marco.

very pretty.. compliments to chef

[Pigmy Pony]

Are those your dad's hands Marco?

They look like they belong to someone who goes to work every day. Or do you just give him all the home tasks you find too tough