Tea on the terrace, and a slow morning for me. T and grandson are off exploring the island today and I am simply vegging out after my mad spurt of energy over the weekend.
Very nice gathering yesterday. About
30 people came and went. Some ate, all drank something. T's brilliant idea of a kiddie plastic inflatable pool the same diameter as our round table, filled with ice and covered with a blanket proved an excellent solution as a self-serve drinks cooler large enough for all the beer, wine and soft drinks for a large gathering.
My
Mahogany Chicken Wings (in spite of being a tad too "mahogany" due to spending a bit too much time alone in the oven!), and
BBQ'd Beef was a grand success and now I will have to remember how I did it all well enough to write it down as five people asked for the recipes. Also requested:
Boston Baked Beans (a la Corfu) and My very special
Mocha Chocolate-Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting...
There are plenty of leftover sausages and hot dogs (and lots of melon) to keep grandson and T. happy. I may not have to cook for the rest of the week!! (they were vastly disappointed that nothing remained of the chicken, beef, beans or cake tho)
Still I do have to figure out what to do with the
3 lbs of hamburger I got as back-up, Plan B, though. Maybe I'll make Chili, as it's supposed to go very very warm by the end of the week ("feeling" over
114 F!
45.5 C!!) Mexican food is hot food for a hot climate.
NOT looking forward to the weather past Wednesday- and those hot temps are supposed to last at least a week. Obviously, it IS summer. Still it makes me think longingly of when we lived in Denmark. Summers were lovely and cool! (sadly also rainy more frequently)
Currently it's gorgeous. It was lovely and cool all day yesterday (
25C/
78F hottest) and it's supposed to be the same today. Last night I slept with a blanket! (it got down to
61F/
16C.) It was soooo nice.
Well, enough babbling about the weather for now. Must try and get something done so I can be smug when T and grandson return this afternoon.
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They've returned from
Hydropolis.
Grandson had a marvelous time and made a couple of friends. (His only comment about his new friends: "Their accent is really hard to understand!" They were British.)
T. found things bearable. The tequila was in the "sunrise". He also remembered my rant over the lack of photographs from the other day, so he dutifully took some.
Best additional discovery: A GREAT Fish 'n Chips place called Flannigans, in Sidari, open year round- AND they have Guinness! (true, in cans...) Bad news, of course is that it's a
45 minute drive from here. Still, we will be making that trip come the winter time!
Can't pass up a night of Guinness, fish and chips and darts!
[NOTE: Recipes are posted in the comment section.
