Monday, April 21, 2014

Comeon Baby Light My Fire


How many women does it take to light a propane grill?

In this house it takes three.  Elle, myself and finally our neighbor Nelda.

S-man left me a lovely grill but I never learned how to use it.

I never had to, he did all the grilling.

And while I can fire up a charcoal grill with the best of them, the power of gas put both Elle and myself in a tizzy.

We huffed and we puffed and just as we were about to blow the house down, Nelda appeared at the door and lit our fire.

I do know how to marinate a leg of lamb however. Parsley and rosemary from the garden were whizzed up with the juice of a couple lemons, some olive oil and 4 cloves of garlic, massaged into the meat and left to marinate at room temperature for 4 hours.

  Elle sauteed potatoes and Nelda made a salad.


 
Together we tore the winter covering off the table, set up the umbrella, and dragged out the chairs.

The sun shone, neighbors walked their dogs and wished us Happy Easter, the cats were strangely missing and later found locked in the basement for the 2 hours we sat outside eating, talking and celebrating the day.

Poor little lambs, they missed Elle's desert, little chocolate cakes, crusty on the outside, all melty chocolate goodness inside.


 The cats who missed Easter. A sad but true cautionary tale.

I hope you all enjoyed your Sunday and weren't  locked away due to your own mischievousness.





20 comments:

  1. I'll have two servings of everything except the baaaa baaaa!!! Should Elle open a bakery?

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    1. She should and it should be in Arlington so she can stay longer!

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  2. Did the poor little darlings get a taste of the lamb at least?

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    1. They turned up their little pink noses at it...the same cats who stole a pork chop right out of the pan. Go figure..

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  3. Very nice indeed. The cats who missed being told off for jumping on the table and stealing lamb, more like...... It was cold, gloomy and very wet here; we stayed in, lit the stove, and grazed on chocolate all day.

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    1. Sounds like our Easter last year. Today was even prettier and there was delicious leftover lamb.

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  4. Good thing I'm about to go out for lunch:).

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  5. Leg o'lamb ... on the grill? Heaven! And, you learned a new skill. Quite a successful day - well, except for that cat thing.

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    1. And then Gus tried to catch a rabbit and Elle chased him down the street and foiled his catch.

      Bad Easter for Gus, good day for the Easter bunny.

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  6. Well Jane,
    As a 100% Greek-American, let me say Good on ya! and Yassou. Those potatoes look quite Greek actually; was there oregano or rosemary on them? Your lamb looks wonderful snd nice & rare, yum ! it was a glorious day here, too. Peace be with you, Mizz Jane.
    Kalo Pascha!
    Diane in Denver

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    1. I cleaned out my ramekin. And I'm not usually a sweet eater. That good.

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  8. Sounds as if you had a great day...wonderful food, good company...definitely a fine day!

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    1. Perfect, truly. Hope yours was equally lovely.

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  9. Oh my god, every last thing looks delicious, 'pecially that dessert. I had planned to grill for Easter for it ended up being 45 degrees. So we went to the Shake Shack and did it today.

    Now you got that grill going, we hope to see some more good food.

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  10. Rosemary from the garden? You are the only person that I know who has rosemary still alive after this winter.
    Ray

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  11. What a wonderful Easter! Well, not for the cats... I'm sure they recovered all of their happiness quickly.

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  12. Oh please, that looks so delicious! Can we have Elle's recipe for those wonderful looking chocolate things? xx

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