Monday: We had a windy picnic in the courtyard to enjoy our newly painted gazebo. I made lots of picnic-y things to eat including raspberry lemonade and, not so picnic-y, shortcakes with lemon curd and raspberry sauce.
Wednesday: Took a long drive in a rainstorm so severe that visibility was reduced to lights and reflectors and we could barely hear each other in the same car because of the noise the rain was making as it pelted the van. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, 90-100 mph winds blew in a window, causing glass to fly some 40 feet from its original location, and downed several trees and large branches.
Thursday: Scraping out the seeds from a jalapeno for salsa, I got squirted in the eye and spent several minutes on fire at the same time remaining completely calm so Katie wouldn't freak out. Later on, since Katie and I were the only two around for girls' Bible study, we decided to convene at la Madeleine over a groan-worthy chocolat mousse crêpe. I love that place...Bible study I mean, Bible study.
Saturday: Our day to celebrate a few staff birthdays and, it being the 5th of May, the theme recommended itself. The menu comprised chicken empanadas, salsa fresca, mango salsa, agua fresco, and dulce de leche flan, none of which I had ever made before. Everything turned out wonderfully and I would definitely make any of them again (except perhaps the same flavor of agua fresca; I think I prefer to eat my watermelon), especially the dulce de leche that I had to make for the flan, if only because it just tickled me so much to make something by boiling a can of condensed milk underwater for four hours.
Only one week and two days until I'm home! I'll have to post if I make anything wonderful between now and then.
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Cheers
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Cheers
Picnics I like picnics. Picnic food is good espesaly the not so picnicy food.
ReplyDeleteRain storm I wish we had tunder.
Happy happy birth-day from all of us to you we wish it was are birth-day so we could party to.