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Wish me luck for Friday night ;)
I'm hosting our girls pre Paris evening.
It will be the first time in my whole life that I have done any entertaining on my own!!!
Done plenty with Pip.....team work is great isn't it?
It will also be the first time I have entertained since Pip died 14 months ago!
Ooooooh er!
I'm cooking chicken with 40 cloves of garlic or actually in my case 60 gloves of garlic 'cos the original recipe serves 4 and I'm cooking for 6 and we all like garlic!!
There is not much chance of being bitten on the neck in my garden tomorrow night I can tell you! HOL
I'm also serving Salade de Nicoise.
Thankfully the girls are all mucking in and bringing something French themed along.
Un pâte belle française (sounds so much nicer in French!) LOL, crusty baguette, olives from a genuine French street market that was in Torquay this week (wish I could have made that but never mind I'll see the real thing soon), salade de pommes de terre, fromage française, artichike coeurs dans la vinaigrette, pain de rustique, salade de fruits and a mystery extra dessert ;)
Plenty of wine (goes without saying really) and perhaps a choice of a Kir or Kir Royale aperitif.
I might just be tempted to have an Accrington Stanley later on too!
What! You have never heard of an Accrington Stanley cocktail?!
I'm not surprised as it's a title Pip made up when we were on holiday in Austria one year and got drinking late into the night with a group of Swiss people, trading cocktails round by round.
It's Cointreau and bitter lemon served over ice.....simple but lush ;)
Picture him repeating the famous Cointreau ad (he was a great mimic) to a group of bemused Swiss ! HOL
We always imagined that all over Switzerland people now ask for an Accrington Stanley!!!
ROFL
I hope the weather can hold and we can be outside but it's not looking fab at the minute although today was great. Never mind....I have been beavering away all week to make the house fit for entertaining inside....just in case!!!
Have a lovely weekend whatever you are doing.
xoxo Sioux
Sounds like you are going to have a fun evening. Hope you have a wonderful time and enjoy Paris. It's a magical place. I thought of Kath when I got the stamp set as well. :) Hugs Anesha
ReplyDeleteYour menu sounds great - though that is a lot of garlic.... have a great time and don't have too many cocktails!
ReplyDeleteWell Sioux, I'm glad I won't be meeting you tomorrow!!LOL Having said that, have a wonderful evening with your friends. What a spendid way to start your Paris hols even though a week early! You were so in my mind yesterday which you will see either tomorrow or Monday courtesy of Royal Mail.
ReplyDeleteBig Hugs Joanne xxx
Hope you enjoy your pre-Paris soiree, sounds like a lot of fun(and garlic!!) Get the Sachel Distel cds out and enjoy yourselves!!
ReplyDeleteLove Chrisx
Hi Sioux, back again because I've just found a really good arty tour of Paris done by janedavenport.com who has been on Teesha Moore's Portugal workshop which she did following four days in Paris!!! Some good art work on too! ....and yes I did rather give my age away didn't I? LOL
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like there is going to be lots of fun had at your house, Sioux. 60 cloves of garlic, I'll smell you up here in Yorkshire!!!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your cocktails and even better, enjoy Paris!!
Hugs Lisax
It sounds like there is going to be lots of fun had at your house, Sioux. 60 cloves of garlic, I'll smell you up here in Yorkshire!!!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your cocktails and even better, enjoy Paris!!
Hugs Lisax
Good on you gal! Have a fab time. When are you off to Paris. haven't sent details of those restaurants yet. Hope I am not to late. Eeek.
ReplyDeleteTHe food sounds wonderful! You'll have a lovely time, Pip and all of us Cyber stalkers (!) are rooting for you!!
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