Farm 'em in and farm 'em out...

Very, very fun weekend so far. Had a few folks over on Friday night for dinner and a slumber party. Friend-Family-Member-Lori (hahahaha), Seester, Dad and a couple of other folks from work. This had been planned for a while. FFM-Laurie, Seester and I were to get up on Saturday morning and head to the Farmer's Market only we were a little, um, well...we had a headache.

Here's some highlights from the party...

Our becoming famous spit-roasted chickens:



Pin The Tail On The Gerber:



Don't ask.

Like I said, we'd had this planned for a while. Party-Poppy and I received an email from friends Cathy and Reiner that they were coming on Saturday for the Gigantes game. Cathy and Reiner are the folks we went to visit in Germany a few years ago. They have since moved to Hawaii. Anyway, to keep it easy on ourselves, we decided to make the same thing for dinner as we did on Friday night. So in total, we roasted four chickens. I marinated a bunch of red bell peppers, zucchini, onions, asparagus and carrots in balsamic, white wine vinegar, olive oil, Italian seasoning, Kecky's Chili Salt and some pepper. Grilled those along with those chickens. So good. Reiner loves gravy on everything, so I also made some mashed potatoes and gravy.

For the gravy, I browned some of those chicken innards. I also rehydrated some mushrooms. Chopped all that up and set it aside. I strained the mushroom liquid and added that to the milk for the gravy. For the fat, I used two parts butter and one part apple wood smoked bacon fat, then added those browned bits to the mix.

Guess what I'm having for breakfast??



I'm excited for this week cause I'm taking three days off work starting on Wednesday. I'm not big on the whole birthday thing, but decided I'd like a little time off work. I'm not complaining, mind you, but my (and FFM-Laurie's) extra added job duties has been a challenge. We've had some really good feedback, so at least folks are liking what we've been doing.

Anyhoo, Scooter-Poppy is also taking Wednesday off. Poppy loves birthdays and thinks they should be celebrated all month long. We'll start the day by dropping off our scooters for their first services. We're also going to get a couple of luggage racks installed while there.

From there we'll probably get some coffee and then walk around town. We'll end up at Union Square where we have a reservation for the little tourist GoCar things. It's a GPS-self-guided tour of the city. After that, we'll go get our scooters and then head to the Mission for brewskies and tacos.

Hmmm, I want rabbit for dinner. Oh, Happy Easter!