Birthday dinner
Birthday dinner
OK, so it's my birthday today, yet another one !
OH cooked a 3 course dinner tonight and we were well into the main course when it occurred to us that everything was home produced.
It was chicken breasts cooked in ginger, garlic and apricots, one of my favourites, served with broccoli and new potatoes, everything grown here.
Desert course was fresh fruit salad, which was almost home produced, consisting of strawberries, raspberries, the first ripe fig of the season, but then padded out with a shop bought apple.
Oh, first course was an avocado pear for me, but OH had corn on the cob which was one of last year smaller cobs frozen whole.
Had we planned it better or even gave it some thought, we could have had a completely home produced 3 course meal.
The apricots were dried from last year, rehydrated in our own spring water of course
Makes all the hard work worth while at times like this.
OH cooked a 3 course dinner tonight and we were well into the main course when it occurred to us that everything was home produced.
It was chicken breasts cooked in ginger, garlic and apricots, one of my favourites, served with broccoli and new potatoes, everything grown here.
Desert course was fresh fruit salad, which was almost home produced, consisting of strawberries, raspberries, the first ripe fig of the season, but then padded out with a shop bought apple.
Oh, first course was an avocado pear for me, but OH had corn on the cob which was one of last year smaller cobs frozen whole.
Had we planned it better or even gave it some thought, we could have had a completely home produced 3 course meal.
The apricots were dried from last year, rehydrated in our own spring water of course
Makes all the hard work worth while at times like this.
Tony
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Re: Birthday dinner
Happy birthday :D There's nothing quite like looking at a place of home grown grub! Eating it is even better :D It tastes all the sweeter knowing you are responsible for what's on your plate.
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Re: Birthday dinner
Happy Birthday Tony
Dinner sounded delicious
Dinner sounded delicious
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Re: Birthday dinner
What a wonderful feeling that must be. Happy Birthday to you, squashed tomatoes and stew (home grown of course)
Re: Birthday dinner
Nearly missed it!!!!
Happy birthday, Tony
(You old git).
Mike
Happy birthday, Tony
(You old git).
Mike
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Re: Birthday dinner
Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes (unsolicited, honestly)
The meal was delicious, and more to the point ... cheap.
Thanks Mike, an even older git now.
The meal was delicious, and more to the point ... cheap.
Thanks Mike, an even older git now.
Tony
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Happy Birthday!
A cheap, low mileage, home grown super yummy dinner! Something to shout about and be proud about. Well done!
A cheap, low mileage, home grown super yummy dinner! Something to shout about and be proud about. Well done!
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Re: Birthday dinner
Happy belated birthday and congratulations on everything you've achieved. The hard work has been worth it.
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Re: Birthday dinner
From me too.
The invitations must still be in the post - MKG could have brought the booze and I could have provided the bread and cake.
The invitations must still be in the post - MKG could have brought the booze and I could have provided the bread and cake.
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Re: Birthday dinner
Many happy returns Odsox, inspiration and ish guru. All the bestOdsox wrote:everything was home produced.
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Thanks for the kind words, it will make me even more unbearable.
You should have got the invite weeks ago Maggie, I sent it by Funky Pigeon, and as you didn't RSVP I ate all the grub myself.
.... and drunk all the wine.
.... and played musical chairs, and won.
.... and won pass the parcel.
You should have got the invite weeks ago Maggie, I sent it by Funky Pigeon, and as you didn't RSVP I ate all the grub myself.
.... and drunk all the wine.
.... and played musical chairs, and won.
.... and won pass the parcel.
Tony
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Re: Birthday dinner
Damn, missed again.
Maggie
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