Yesterday was also a Public Holiday in honour of Hindu Festival of Lights, Divali. Again instead of repeating myself for those of you who are interested, the link is here:http://expatbeesblog.blogspot.com/search?q=divali
Divali actually falls today Sunday 3 November and normally because the festival fell on a Sunday. the Monday would be a Public Holiday. But because we have a bye election here in Trinidad on Monday, the holiday was given yesterday.
So we had All Saints on Friday, All Souls, the Divali Public Holiday and my husband's birthday yesterday and today the celebration of Divali.
Yesterday I had a lunch for the birthday boy - intimate and cosy. Son with his wife and daughter with her boyfriend joined us together with a friend of my daughter's. The menu was roast leg of lamb cooked with garlic and rosemary; cauliflower, broccoli and carrots au gratin, garden peas tossed in mint and roast potatoes. It was a good thing I did two legs!! A couple of cakes including a Black Forest Gateau drenched in alcohol followed with New York Vanilla ice cream! It seems we went through a great deal of red and white wine too after the aperitifs!! Lunch was served at 2.30 pm and our last guests departed at just after one this morning! I love long lunches - and so do they! My 'children' are certainly my children when it comes to a good party - and my husband is a natural host. The daughter's boyfriend has dubbed me " Gordon Ramsey" as he has never seen me in full flow in the kitchen before!! Something to do with the shouting I believe!!
I cannot believe that I did not take any photos of the actual meal. Not like me at all but I did capture the birthday boy! He didn't want me to put it up but I cheated!! So here are followed by the children, both of whom were in full flow, long after lunch was finished!!
Today we were supposed to join my daughter and her boyfriend at a friend's home for a Divali celebration. For one reason and another we didn't make it but daughter did and this is the photo that went up on Face Book earlier this evening. The hostess is second from left and my daughter, second from right. They all went to University together.
To everyone celebrating this Festival of Lights, all good wishes.
It sounds like a wonderful weekend with family and friends. And your dinner was quite a feast. You do sound like a gourmet cook. The photos of your family and you are great. You look so happy : )
ReplyDeleteMy husband says `she doesn't cook, she caters` or `when she does cook, she cooks for the whole of Africa`!!!
DeleteWhat a great weekend of celebrating. So fun and intercultural. That's what I like about small populations and diversity. Everyone shares the celebrating.
ReplyDeleteYes we do and it`s great fun. Christians, Hindus and Muslims celebrate each other`s religious festivals.
DeleteYou must blog about the length of time it takes to recover from three such events in a row. Thank you for this glimpse into your life.
ReplyDeleteA good night's sleep should do it! The lead up was hectic as I was working too but once I`d done all the preparation set up and finished the cooking, I was good to go although I find that when I cook, I tend not to feel like eating! I was up quite early on Sunday but didn`t have to clear anything up as husband and daughter had done most of it the night before. We had some real `our house` moments during the lunch which turned into a party. That is called `a lime` in this country.
DeleteI love, love the photos you posted .... I would enjoy watching you in full kitchen mode too!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you!! Nice to see you. I really have to get myself back into blogging mode and visiting my friends! Especially Magpie Tales!
DeleteWonderful celebrations. Wish I could have been there too, lots of wine and good food with laughter sounds like medicine to my heart. :-)
ReplyDeleteYou would always be welcome! Plenty of Shiraz on hand!! Laughter cures anything!
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