Sunday, 29 August 2010

We went to a wedding yesterday. It was a gifted wedding day when the sun shone, whow!  Held in most amazing medieval wooden barn with lovely lighting and decked with gaiety and garden flowers in old china jugs, could have been a setting from a Thomas Hardy novel, together with a beautiful and emotional bride, handsome groom it was a wonderful occasion and shared with family and friends.  The wine flowed, the food was local and the muscians played, and we had a brilliant time.  The bride went away in her Granny's silk wedding dress from the 1940's dyed and shortened with a high sweetheart neckline and long sleeves, they knew how to dress elegantly.  Granny was pleased. Thanks To Charlotte and Bob and Mum & Dad for inviting us to share their special day.

Welcome to my blog.  Not sure what to say but I'm not usually lost for words but then I can talk much quicker that I can type!  Lets have a go I thought,  the happenings of Highway Farm and share some 'What to Do and where to go' ideas, and the odd recipe thrown in too!  Prehaps a funny story too?

We do get to meet some lovely guests and this week Christine and Reg have been here all week.They were going into Bridport to shop, Reg loved Smith & Smith, the gentlemen's outfitters, such lovely service, friendly helpful staff and a great selection of good quality clothes, I too love the shirts and ties and jackets, you can buy online too.
Oh I said can you take back some shirts that I bought,  I took home 5 shirts didn't pay for any,  so nice to be able to do that.Christine picked up the bag outside my front door and off they went.  It was a very large bag and heavy too, and when they got to the shop and opened it up it contained my dirty duvets that were meant for the laundry.
Meantime I had complained to the laundry company that they hadn't collected as the bag arrived back quietly by Chris & Reg who then asked for my shirts and had to go back to Smith & Smith again!  They weren't going to tell me but I know the shop owner, we all thought it hilarious!  Haven't laughed so much in ages.

Chris and Reg tell me that I should promote our fishing holidays more  and the great bus service with the bus stop at the bottom of our driveway, we went away on holiday and when we came back there it was!
Reg really enjoyed the lakes and the fish are in excellent condition, its so nice and quiet lakeside with lovely sheltered spots to fish. They enjoyed free bus journeys everyday, and were very surprised to meet some people who live in the same village on the same No 53 Bus, small world isn't it!

Here's a quick and easy recipe;
Chicken Lychee Salad

Kindly passed to me from a WI friend, very easy to make and looks lovely, tastes good too!
Much of this can be made the day before and assembled on the day and amounts vary depending on how many you are catering for.
Cooked chicken - allow about 4oz per person.
1 small tomato per person
Celery
French dressing
Canned lychees
Dressing; Made in a ratio of 2 portions of Mayonnaise to 1 portion of sour cream and add curry powder to taste. Make enough to coat the chicken mix without smothering it.
Rice; About 50gms per person or enough to make a decent “ring” in your serving dish. Chopped red pepper or tomato – to add colour. French Dressing
Topping; Any “exotic” fruit – eg mango, banana.

Mix together the chicken, chopped tomatoes and celery, add enough French dressing to coat and chill.
Cook the rice and mix with the chopped red pepper/tomato. When cold mix in a small amount of French dressing. Leave to chill overnight in fridge. Can also mix mayonnaise, sour cream& curry powder.

Then next day just before serving:
· Drain lychees and add to chicken mix. I usually cut the lychees in half. (If I know a diabetic friend is going to be there I wash the sweet juice off first). Otherwise I just drain them.
· Now add the mayonnaise mix to this.
· Place rice in ring in a nice large serving dish and pile the chicken mix in the middle.
· Peel and slice bananas, cover with lemon juice, or use other fruit, and arrange on the top

bon appetit!
  

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