I woke up not long after 8am, bleary eared, to the sound of giggling. I decided I ought to do the decent motherly thing and get up to make pains au chocolat for our many guests. Anni had planned a trip into Manchester with a crowd of her friends, but in the end only Sophie was able to go with her, which meant it wasn't going to happen unless we could take them. Since shopping trips will be difficult after Peter has his op this week, we ended up taking them. We spent most of our time mooching around the Aladdin's Cave that is Afflek's. That was great fun. But now I'm beyond tired. When we got home it was time to clear up after the party and cook dinner for Sally and Jay....
..and Andy and Jen and my brother Rob (who somehow escaped the camera). We had a fabulous evening. Best of all Peter did all the cooking; fried camembert in breadcrumbs with a mango compote, followed by cod loin in lemon butter sauce with Irish potato cakes and mangetout and then mango chessecake with brandy snaps. Rob said he would have had to mark him down for using mangoes twice had this been Come Dine With Me. However, that did not prevent him having second helpings.
The only downside is, when Peter cooks, it looks as if there has been an explosion in the kitchen and guess who gets to clean up? 
1 comment:
Nice pictures - good to see everyone. Hope everything goes well with Pete's surgery this week - we'll be praying for you guys.
I even went shopping in Affleks when I was in the uk - it's where I got my denim jacket for my bike leathers from!
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