Roasting

Well it's Monday and late. Monday was horrible as usual. Not as horrible as last Monday where I had to do over time - but bad enough. 
I really need to retire as quickly as possible. That may be aged 70 the way my finances are going though...  hey I may even die before retirement then I won't have to worry about it :-) anyway...


The roast dinner yesterday went well. Potatoes were a little bit too crispy. The yorkshire puddings were slightly burnt on the bottom (I think the oven was too high - though I did wait until the tops were golden brown - but never thought about the bottoms.) 
I forgot to serve the sage and onion stuffing - but managed to retrieve it from the carcass cavity in the middle of the meal (this was done very discretely - the guests may not have eaten it if they saw me spooning the onion and sage out of the rear end of the chicken).
I served with carrots (sliced in an oval fashion cooked with butter, nutmeg and salt and a little sugar), Green Beans and a small amount of cabbage. The only reason it was a small amount of cabbage was because it disappeared while cooking. I had a large pan full of cabbage and I was certain it was more than enough. 5 Mins into boiling and the cabbage had gone down by 70%. We got a spoon full each..
They gravy turned out great thanks to Stacy's help. I managed to spoon out half a mug of pure fat - which made the gravy a low fat (or half fat) gravy. 


I was catering for 7 people (and Solomon) so it was a bit stressful. I even heated the plates to keep the food hot while I served up the 7 plates. I think they were a little too hot though as I managed to burn a ring mark into our white work top. There is no telling what sort of damage that could have done to the table - or to someone's hand...


2 or 3 of the guests had not eaten a British roast dinner before so it was all a new experience. I think one of them was used to chop sticks more than cutlery - but she done well. 


Even though my plate was roasting hot and I was the last one to be served - my dinner was a little cold. I could not understand that - but there you are. I hope the other dinners were hot - but I guess I will never know...


We are going to have to do all this again soon this Thursday for thanksgiving. The difference is that it will probably be more of a serve yourself thing. We will have four adult guests and two children. So that is 9 all together (including Solomon). We have a large turkey lined up. 


We will be at Church tomorrow. I am supposed to be teaching the Children that turn up on Wednesdays via the Bus ministry. The age range is 5 to 12. We have been having over 20 since we started and we are now getting close to 30 children. They are mostly unchurched children that know little about the Bible. They are a bit of a handful - but we are learning how to cope with them. Thankfully we have plenty of helpers now - we certainly need it. 
Tomorrow concludes our study about the Pilgrims and Thanksgiving. I am going to dress up as a pilgrim for effect. It's all good fun...
Maybe some of it will sink in. 


Well it's that time for bed again. We have so much cleaning up before our family gets here - it's unbelievable. Hopefully Stacy can sort it out tomorrow.. :-)