Local, Mexican and Pina Colada


This week I had the pleasure of welcoming the Rugby President, the First Lady and their adorable children, Little Miss Chatterbox, the Quiet Princess, Genius and Jelly Bean. They arrived over from Shropshire by ferry, and showed up at my front door bearing wine in three colours, a very large box of chocolates and one dozen of their own free range hens eggs.....lovely ! My boys were immediately enthralled and gave them a full show of wrestling and chasing, as they do at about that time every evening. They joined us for a roast dinner and it was a pleasure to clear away the empty plates...I really do sound like BMM now ! On Tuesday, I turned into a local tour guide of minimal knowledge as I showed them around the Hill of Tara ( which Jelly Bean made into Tellytubbie land) and the Battle of the Boyne site, which Genius knew alot more about than I did....he is 12 ! I had thought I was quite knowledgable about local historical sites but it appears I was quite wrong. I came out with one entirely correct fact though ,at one stage, and had it verified by the plaque embedded in a nearby wall, but I think they thought I had read it in advance !
I left them to tour Newgrange and then we all met for a Mexican feast in the Mad Ones house, 5 adults and 11 kids ! The Mad One produced a fabulous hot mexican dip with nachos to start and then Chili con carne with rice, baked potatoes, cheese, refried beans and sour cream.....yum !I helped out by providing a lemon meringue roulade made from my "imported" eggs and Nigellas Chocolate Cupcakes with a Chocolate Ganache icing....OMG ! They headed off to Dublin on Wednesday before sailing back to the UK, so I took the opportunity to prepare a few things for the dinner party I am hosting tomorrow night for a pile of total social outcasts...there is not a normal person among them...it promises to be great ! The Lemon Chicken is in the freezer as is my piece de resistance...the Pina Colada ice pops. This liquidised combination of fresh pineapple, sugar, coconut milk and white rum poured into phallic ice pop moulds promises to be a hit....I'll let you know !

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