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A very late lunch with the out-laws
ОглавлениеEurovision Song Contest last night. I fell asleep on the sofa, but not before the Vicar had pronounced the show ‘a veritable cultural smorgasbord’. Maybe it was that very comment that triggered his suggestion for the next day: as we were on holiday we could do what some crazy non-churchgoers do on a Sunday and go to Ikea. (Not that I’m saying that people who don’t go to church are crazy, per se; it’s just that Ikea, or anywhere like that, on a Sunday isn’t my idea of weekend relaxation.) Anyway, I had idly mentioned I needed a couple of extra things for lunch and he somehow saw it as a chance to go Swedish.
On the way back home I ran into a crowded supermarket to get my stuff and we only got home at around 1pm, the out-laws hot on our heels. They arrived in the rain just as the meat went in; after that, shopping was put away, gin was drunk, jobs were shared out and, very hungrily, we finally ate two hours later.
The meal was perfect for a rainy spring day – the weather was damp enough for us to crave comfort in the form of crackling and mashed potato, but it was too depressing to give up all hope that warmer days were on their way: hence the summery pudding.
As I proved on that late-lunch day, this lot can be cooked in 2 hours flat. Below are the necessaries. I sorted the pork first, then prepared the carrots for the oven, made the mash, got the pudding together and left it on the side, did the pears and then the cabbagey/leeky/fennel stuff and last, but not least, made the gravy/sauce.
ROAST PORK WITH CRACKLING AND GINGERED PEARS
WHITE CABBAGE, LEEK AND FENNEL COOKED IN GARLICKY WHITE WINE
