In the morning we go to the park behind The Idle Hour with some rolls and a couple of coffees from Orange Pekoe and play in the paddling pool, which is weirdly empty for such a nice day. When we get back monkey goes to bed and I make a tomato puff for a lunchtime snack, which also doubles as somebody's dinner later.
In the afternoon we go up to Richmond Park for an hour or so with our neighbours, Des, Ali and Layla, and generally lounge about the place while the kids play. The final piece in the jigsaw is to whack a chicken in the oven to the by-now-standard Simon Hopkinson recipe and let it slowly roast whilst me and Des play a swift nine holes.I know we have roast chicken quite regularly, but there's definitely something summery about having it with salad and bread for dinner.
On an experimental tip I use my Le Creuset rectangular dish for the first time rather than the spanking roasting dish Kendra gave me, and for once I get loads of lovely juices for gravy, which are entirely wasted as we had salad. I'm going to have to use both in the winter because the metal one does brilliant potatoes, but there's not enough room in the stoneware for both bird and spud. Oh well.Food of the Milos
Another good day; scrambled eggs for brekker, cheese rolls as a pool-side snack along with a babycino and some peach, plus a big slice of tomato puff (which he incorrectly identified as "PIE!") for dinner. And rest...
sources
tomato puff - Delicious, June 2008, p152
roast chicken - Roast Chicken & Other Stories by Simon Hopkinson
cheese rolls - Ana's own family recipe
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