Communions and other traditions

First communion lunch of the year on Sunday. The menu was definitely for greedy gourmands only :
starter: avocado and prawn salad
fish course: fillet of fresh perch served with wild rice and a beurre blanc sauce
interval of apple sorbet with farm calvados ....
main course : roast sirloin beef (served very rare of course) with roast potatoes, carrots, courgettes and a wild mushroom sauce
cheese: 3 Normandy cheeses with salad
dessert: chocolate charlotte and home made creme anglaise.
Coffee and petit fours rounded off this incredible lunch - served with the inevitable calavdos of course. The family eventually wandered home around 7pm, having sat down to eat at midday. By all accounts, they haven't eaten anything since - and it is now Thursday!
We are currently awaiting the arrival of my chick-mobile.....an old black VW Golf series II. Should be ready to pick up tomorrow. The lovely XM is currently in the garage being refitted with its beeper key....seems to be taking longer than planned so the garage has lent us an enormous 9 seater minibus! Talk about sublime to ridiculous. Ah well.
And after une semaine of madness and no room at the inn, we are now back to being tickety boo and quiet. Most etrange.