bigfoodiemama

So the lovely messages started arriving after my hosting of the, post BFM run, lunch on Sunday. Some lovely photos of the KOK's were shared as were photos of the food...we love our food ! My lemon cake went down a treat as always...I am somewhat renowned for it, but I did admit to the girlies that time had been short, so I had used a Betty Crocker lemon icing on my home made Delia Smith All in One cake mixture. I gave due praise to my youngest son for cracking the eggs and placing the mini eggs so perfectly on top and was rightly smug about my efforts for the KOK's first visit. What a lovely day and such lovely messages.....until ! Flyer Maguire had missed lunch as her little munchkin was due to have her tonsils out, so Flyer took her to the zoo ahead of her stressful event. On arriving home that evening, Flyer took to messenger to catch up on all the days activities and happened to say she would have loved a bit of cake...well she tried to but damn autocorrect called it "...

So last night I had the pleasure of a night out in Newly Single's house with the FA, the Queen of Baking and the Blonde. Newly Single is now in fact one year single, so I may have to consider renaming her. She provided the curry, and myself and the Queen provided dessert, mine being glorious Trifle and hers Chocolate Buns decorated with green icing spelling out Happy St. Patricks Day !....brilliant. The truly astounding thing about them, apart from the fact that they tasted divine, was that credit for the sponge was given to none other than Betty Crocker !!!!I managed to keep to my Lenten promise and stuck to sparkling water, as did the FA but the other 3did their damndest to drink on our behalf, leading to a point when the blonde tried to pour a bottle of wine with the screw top still on. The conversation avoided all truly important issues and dealt mainly with the trivial, entertaining and downright rude....just for a change. Much mirth was gleaned from the Queen recounting a sto...