Beautiful Butterhead

OMG the excitement...today we picked our first produce from our vegetable patch. The Butterhead lettuces have grown a treat and GASP asked me to pull a couple of young heads in order to thin them out. I was delighted that he chose this very day to make his request as I had invited my friend Candlestick for tea. Now GASP was under the impression that he could stroll in mid tea as usual, chat, eat and retire to the sitting room for soap watching while Candlestick and I chatted endlessly, but I gave him strict instructions to be home by 6.00 so that the presence of the two samll boys would not jeopardise my chances of producing meal.My Chicken Veronique without the Veronigue was heating, the rice cooked, the garlic bread browning and in the middle of the table stood "The Salad", a mix of supermarket iceberg with our tender, perfect Butterhead lettuce.I felt like Felicity Kendal. Candlestick arrived promptly at 6.30 and immediately endeared herself to the 4 year old by producing a bag of Natural Confectionary Company Dinosaurs....he is mad about Dinos ! This was accompanied by a great bottle of red and a bar of Lindt Orange Intense ( which I have just polished off !). Candlestick had the decency to heap praise on "The Salad"
and even went outside to visit the patch...true friendship ! We are now holding out for pea shoots and cabbage although the 4 year old will only discuss pumpkin. Needless to say I will have to choose carefully which friends get to sample our produce, only the most complimentary and loyal will receive invites in the next few months....applications welcome !

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  1. kiwisisJune 2, 2010 at 10:50 AM

    Nothing like eating your own home grown produce-all you need now is GASP going fishing to put the protein with the salad and you will be truely satisfied- on second thoughts, as an already established fishing widow, don't go there!!! Friday fishmonger will do fine for supplying it!

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