Our host is Gattina. Come join us and tell us what YOU did this past weekend! After all, you never know when you will need an alibi!
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Since I do not want to relive Friday night’s nightmare dinner, I will simply say, see below for a recount of my cooking disaster.
Saturday was a really fun day. Each year I do to the local Greek Church and help with their Greek Festival. The day was bright sunshine, warm temperatures and a gentle breeze that kept us cool.
My job is to sell the fruit bars and the apple and cherry turnovers. I got there early and there were already people waiting to be served. I donned my apron, and started filling up boxes with my goodies. We had lemon, fig, raspberry and date squares. All hand made by the ladies of the church. Hubby’s favorite are the lemon, so I put one bar away for him right at the start!
Also on our line up of dessert type foods was, Baklava, Kourabiedes, Melomakarona, Kataifi, Bougatsa, plus Spanakopita! People had their boxes filled until there was no more room and then a new box was filled.
As soon as they finished with our line they got into another line for lamb shanks, sliced lamb, rice and gravy, Pastichio, stuffed grape leaves, greek salads and Greek sausages! All made by the men and women of the church! And all very delicious!!!
I see the same people come back each year. That’s one of the nicest parts. Remember when you were a child and there various types of festivals that you would attend in your home town? I loved those so much, and sadly it seems there are fewer and fewer as the years go by.
I arrived home, exhausted, but happily so, and Hubby and I had a small, late dinner. The end of a perfect Saturday!
Sunday found me trying to get into gear. I had cleaning and laundry to do, as well as pick vegetables in my garden. Once picked I had roasted eggplant for lunch, and then blanched, dried and bagged 3 pounds of green beans to freeze for the winter!
I’ve got a small steak for our dinner tonight, a few green beans and maybe a baked potato. Something easy, as I still have ironing to do, as I get ready for my Cape Cod trip at the end of the week!
Sounds like a great weekend.
Can I come with to the Cape please? 🙂
Sounds like a good weekend! 🙂 Love YOU, Mel
Busy weekend for you. I hope you have a good week.
A nice and busy weekend ! I couldn’t comment yesterday. I arrived in Oxford in my college room and the Internet had broken down. I was very happy of course, lol ! Oxford is great, never been in such an old town, my room is in a building from 13 hundred something I guess. I had breakfast this morning in a Hall, looking like right out of a Harry Potter movie. I have one posted tomorrow (wednesday).