So in news that won’t surprise anyone who’s actually had a new kitchen installed; the kitchen isn’t complete yet.
What has been done is mostly fabulous. But it’s taking a lot longer than promised.
Last week hit a bit of a climax when I unleashed my inner Margo Leadbetter and wrote a strongly worded e-mail. Dan has apparently been reading it aloud to wincing colleagues. I’m not sure if I should be flattered or not.
By incomplete I mean it’s fully usable, it just hasn’t been signed off and is still a bit full of grot and grime. Oh, and the plinths haven’t been reinstalled yet. So I don’t have my fabulous plinth drawers yet. I fought hard for those bad boys. And by fought hard, I mean I threw all my toys out of the pram.
It was up there with an extractor fan for immovable kitchen design features.
Oh, and we have a dishwasher now. I know, I know, we already had a dishwasher, but :
a. He prefers to be called “the washing up fairy” thankyouverymuch.
b. Having somewhere to store dirty items gives us so much work surface back.
c. He’s currently very distracted by having his own special prep area complete with very expensive chopping board. (God, we are such DINKIES).
So we’ve worked through all the freezer meals. We’ve purchased ready meals. We’ve used messrs Deliveroo and JustEat far to much. We’ve resisted using the kitchen until now. But. Yeah. It’s us.
So we made a chocolate cake. Just a simple one. A little tray bake chocolate gingerbread.
And it was lovely. And that was last weekend.
So this weekend we made another chocolate cake.
And a nice simple one pot chicken, squash and borlotti bean dish (we only had to buy some honey!).
Oh, and some cheese souffles. With a spinach and walnut salad.
Turns out you actually can’t keep us out of the kitchen.
Although the bread rolls are Paul Hollywood Ready to Bake so we’re not quite back to full strength.
Greedy Guinea Pig Club Updates
We’d like to do both June and July clubs. Both with a bit of an alfresco dining feel, although June will be more at the shorts and flip flops end of the spectrum, whilst July will be a bit more floral skirts and linen trousers (although obviously no actual dress code will be inflicted).
June will be a big ass Tex-Mex inspired BBQ on a Saturday afternoon. Maybe the 29th? Jerk Chicken. Pork Belly. Guacamole. Refried Beans. This is pretty open. Feel free to bring interesting burgers/sausages if you want. The BBQ will be hot so why not?
July will be a bit more of a structured affair with salmon, chicken, and salads. Probably for 8-10 people. Date to be set.
Other News
I may have bought a sheep.
Well, half a sheep and half a lamb. Reared less that 10 miles away, so I’m feeling pretty good about this from ethics point of view.
So there will be plenty of lamb and mutton in the future.
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