Sunday, 19 August 2012

Saturday 18th


Warm with slight showers: 24C. Went for the weekly food shop and then into Birmingham – Ali was looking for trousers for work, but didn’t find any. I was looking for pig’s feet and I found lots! I have plans for these as a starter pieds de cochon farcie (if my French is right). [This counts as my daily exercise, too – we walked about 1½ miles.]

We did some gardening – sharing the lawn-mowing. I still can’t carry the bags full of clippings.

We ate:
Prawn & cucumber on sticks with chilli sauce
Cold sliced duck breast, pickled plums, cucumber, broad beans vinaigrette
Roast (rare) leg of lamb, crushed new potatoes with shallots and garlic, peas, red wine sauce.

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