An Un-Birthday Celebration!
Birthdays come around ev
ery year and some are milestones in our lives. Shared birthdays are the most fun. Shared birthdays allow us to bake cakes and blow out candles. At home last weekend we had an 'unbirthday' dinner for six. Unbirthdays are popular in our circle of friends or so I tell myself. At about 11:00 we w
ere chopping, slicing and dicing in earnest. Drinks due at 6:30 with dinner at seven. First, a pound of strawberries were topped and pureed for mousse. Home made blini with basil creme fraiche canapes, were prepped. Next, rice was boiled for arancini balls. Later, pomegranate, baked pumpkin
cubes and hazelnuts were eased over a bed of s
pinach. Rockmelon wrapped in prosciutto was toothpicked for entrees. Finally, a salad of potato, red kidney beans and chorizo sausage set to cool in the refrigerator. Shots of lemon and mango sorbet were almost forgotten. Fortunately, once remembered taken before dessert. It's never too late for sorbet; unless of course, if you happen to have farewelled guests and then discovered them still chilling in the freezer c
ompartment. I have done that on the odd occasion. Happy unbirthday to you, happy unbirthday to you ... I don't recall singing either. Did we sing when Gary cut his cake?
ery year and some are milestones in our lives. Shared birthdays are the most fun. Shared birthdays allow us to bake cakes and blow out candles. At home last weekend we had an 'unbirthday' dinner for six. Unbirthdays are popular in our circle of friends or so I tell myself. At about 11:00 we w
cubes and hazelnuts were eased over a bed of s
pinach. Rockmelon wrapped in prosciutto was toothpicked for entrees. Finally, a salad of potato, red kidney beans and chorizo sausage set to cool in the refrigerator. Shots of lemon and mango sorbet were almost forgotten. Fortunately, once remembered taken before dessert. It's never too late for sorbet; unless of course, if you happen to have farewelled guests and then discovered them still chilling in the freezer c
ompartment. I have done that on the odd occasion. Happy unbirthday to you, happy unbirthday to you ... I don't recall singing either. Did we sing when Gary cut his cake?
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