i_am_toast is the Queen of Roast Potatoes

[karohemd]

When someone invites you to help devour their huge amounts of pork, you don't say no, especially when it's a fellow foodie like i_am_toast.
After my huge dinner last night (pork tenderloin, peppercorn sauce, dauphinoise potatoes, wilted chard) I wasn't really hungry (didn't even have breakfast, just a banana) but when the gnocchi starter appeared (very nice indeed for a first attempt and not stodgy at all) so did my appetite.
There was a mindboggling "Gin&Tonic" sorbet while we were waiting for the main event:
Pork roast, THE BEST ROAST POTATOES EVAR (super crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside), sauteed cabbage with bacon and walnuts (excellent combo) and baby carrots. A bucket of gravy, too. Nobody could fit in any dessert so we left that in the freeze.

We shambled upstairs to flop on couches, chat and watch the fab Bubba-Hotep which was just the right fodder.

Thank you again for a wonderful Sunday afternoon!

On my way back I missed the bus by a minute (I was just at the Mitcham's Corner pedestrian crossing when the bus came round the corner. If there had been any people at the stop, I could have sprinted up but this way it just carried on) and it being a Sunday, I walked home (which took me as long as waiting for the next bus so it made sense). Walking off a few of those calories actually did me good.

At home, I caught up with stuff online and watched the interesting first episode of Stephen Fry's Last Chance to See (revisiting and expanding on the places/species Douglas Adams visited in the original). If you didn't see it, catch it on iplayer.

Comments

[oh-kimberley.livejournal.com]

Bubba Hotep is a fantastic film!

[wyrdness.livejournal.com]

I loved watching "Last Chance to See". Baby manatees are so cute, it's such a shame there's so few of them left. :(

[whollyrandom.livejournal.com]

G&T sorbet?

Recipe, please.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

I'll ask i_am_toast to post the details.
Apparently just water, gin, sugar, lemon and lime juice, stir and let it freeze, stirring occasionally. It won't get completely solid because of the alcohol so you won't need and icecream maker or a similar gadget.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

It was perfectly fine without the egg whites but I think I'd prefer a bit less sugar (not sure if that would affect the consistency, though).

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

I didn't have dinner last night, no breakfast this morning and between then and now only half a blueberry muffin. I don't think I'll need the ciabatta I bought for lunch... ;)

[kyrthira.livejournal.com]

Insert dirty comment about eating large amounts of someone else's meat here.