Blogalot (to make up for Saturday...)

Mightily enjoyed Sunday's (well deserved) lie in, then for lunch the pink cottage inhabitants wandered down the lane to a pottery 'emporium' which also has a little cafe. Came home and, ever thinking of our stomachs, started cooking roast dinner! We bought a chicken and loads of nice veg, fruit, cheese and goodies from the farmers' market on Saturday, plus was a good opportunity to try out some of the weeks recipes...glazed carrots, gravy, potatoes, etc etc! Made some use of the herb garden for the first time too....







After food we all went to the Blackbird pub in Ballycotton where they have live music every Sunday. Is mainly Irish guys and guitars, but quite a few of the cookery school students and teachers playing and singing too which was really cool. Have disovered that Clemmie has the most beautiful voice so hopefully within the next 10 weeks we will persuade her to sing, Rosie to accompany on guitar and we can all bask in the reflected glory of having such talented housemates! The rest of us are decidedly lacking, musically wise. Skipped home to watch the very end of X-Factor and Emma.....and before we knew it.... 7.30am this morning and back to it! Everyone cooking today to make a huge lamb roast plus all the starters, pudding, bread etc....my redcurrant jelly contribution...





And a picture of afternoon demo too in the mirror.....I can be distinguished by the red crocs in the right of the picture.....


After lunch and demo tasting....homemade mayonnaise, Ballycotton prawns, moussaka, melanzane parmigiana, shepherds pie, yeast bread, greek salads, chocolate fudge pudding (not as good as Mumsy's!), fluffy lemon pudding.....REALLY felt the need for some exercise ! Jogged the couple of miles down to the sea and back just before it got dark, can feel the days getting shorter! Hopefully will not be proportionate increase in waistline as they do...... :-)