Feasts and Car Killling
Posted: Friday, 13 July 2007 |
19 comments |
Hiya folks, this is just a wee blog tae let folks ken I`m no` deid!
I hae pictures o` the feast coming via a friend wha` took them, but she is touring Scotland just noo on her way back tae Ireland so it`ll be aroond Tuesday til I can post them on here. :-D
The feast was marvellous! Really fantastic, thanks largely tae the guid company o` equally guid friends and the fact we could `dress up` and let oor hair doon and that a`body came equipped wi` an assortment o` suitable sharp and pointy weapons....everybody had their ain sword! (and one fella also had a Viking axe, no` medieval but we didnae care)
So here was the menu....three roasted ducks, three roasted hens, strips o` wild Orkney hare (wild? Oh it was mad...har! sorry...daft wee joke there....ahem...) wi` a gravy made by Sanday Housewife that made the tastebuds water and complimented the hare completely. A large piece o` roasted pig as weel, roasted wi` vegetables and lemons and basted wi` butter and sage and parsley.
Then roasted vegetables drizzled and basted in lard, honey and `painted` wi` "Great Spice", a medieval mixture of rare spices which scented the whole meal wi` an exotic perfume and the taste had tae be savoured tae be believed.
Added tae that was Orkney cheeses, Yorkshire puddings, plain boiled new tatties, Cranachan (my ain recipe as follows ....dry roast a handful o` pinhead oatmeal til golden broon, whisk up two cartons o` double cream til light and fluffy, fold in a third o` a bottle o` guid whisky and a handful o` Scottish raspberries along wi` a half pound o` heather honey, spoon small handfuls o` raspberries intae glass dishes, add three/four dollops o` the cream/whisky/honey mixture, and top wi` the roasted oatmeal and more raspberries, heaven in a glass dish)
and the medieval alcoholic custard dish along wi` various puddings including one of my friends, which involved cream and chocolate.
Needless tae sae everybody was fu`!
Then there was the drink.....cream whisky liquer, mead and beer and mair whisky, oh aye, did I mention the whisky?
And chocolate.
Toasts were made and food was ate and fun was had and the music was great. We all had oor pictures taen wi` oor swords aloft (which is the posh way o` saying pointed in threatening manners at a` sorts o` imaginary enemies) and the room just set the fine, right scene, wi` the fireplace ablaze...at times, literally! and the candlelight aglow.
So, once me friend gets back tae Ireland she will send me the pictures and I will post them and ye can a` hae a right giggle at the `grown ups` playing dressup wi` real swords and axes and generally behaving in a reprehensible manner.
Oh but wha` would want tae get auld afore their time though, eh? *winks*
Aside frae that, we had archery. I killed a car! Tae be fair tae meself, it was parked right ahind the archery target and I just overshot a tiny peedie wee wee bit and hit the heidlight, which made a satisfying crash and tinkle sound...and aye, I was stane cauld sober at the time....
and it wouldnae hae been sae bad but I then went on tae hit the bumper again...
so noo, I am known as "car killer".....ahem......*blush*
and mair fun and merriment was tae be had, but I will save that for the next blog so as tae hae stuff tae write aboot when I post the pics. (having removed the maist embarrassing, to be sure, o` yours truly, especially the one o` meself wi` me backside sticking oot frae under the car trying tae retrieve yet another arrow.....)
And I still hae friends staying, so am no` online sae much as I would like the noo, so there will be mair archery and mair trips tae Sanday`s fine Belsair establishment (if they will let us back in after the last time, har!) and mair fun tae be had........
So Slainte tae a`body, hope everyone is having a grand time tae!
Posted on Hermit Life at 13:40
Comments
Drool, drool, drool, drool, and drool. That all sounds ( wait it can't sound anything, but it can look something) very good to me HL. The feast is what I'm on about, and not the car killing bit, because that wasn't clever, and wasn't funny ( well it was really) as well you should know. Looking forward to seeing the pics, ALL of them, please.....
Tws from Another place
Glad you're not deid! it sounds good, might try and make that oatmeal thing you describe, it sounds yummy. Was it your car you killed?
alix from west midlands
i'm glad you had a really good bash and the food sounds really good can't wait to see the photos!
carol from sore back but stil laughing
Now don't hold out on the embarrassing photos! Gives us all some thing to look forward to (and giggle about!)
macQ from NMtoo, USA
Looking forward to seeing all the fun. What's the weather been like up there? Good to see you back.
ellie from The demon computer
Food ... glorious food! The Cranachan sounds absolutely divine [said poshly with a glass held aloft]. Mmm arrows into motors ... you had some training in a forest down south? I can imagine the tinkling sound of glass ... but am curious as to the owner's reaction?
Plaid from licking lips
I wondered what the heavenly smell was wafting across from Sanday. It was the fumes of the Whisky. Looking forward to the pics :)
Barebraes from Shapinsay
Hermit, I'm just dying to see your photos! Sounds great. BUT I think you'll have to change your blog name: if you have all these friends and can organise such a party, how can you call yourself a hermit? :-)
Jill from EK
Hermit is a work in progress, Jill, still subject to temptations of the stomach, not to mention the flesh generally.
mjc from NM,USA
Hermit (part-time): It's a perfectly honourable occupation.
Flying Cat from The Sunroom of Eternity
The 成人快手 International tv had five minutes of wasted time on the Beckhams in LA. Posh Spice opened her mouth, and I was aghast at the poshness that spewed forth. To keep the illusion, she really should keep her mouth shut and rely instead on text messaging. I had never heard her before, and I hope I shall never again.
mjc from NM,USA
A part-time hermit, FC! I like it!
Jill Williams from EK
MJC:- we share the same point of view!!
carol from over here
She's not a real woman, that Posh Spice, she's a pure affectation, a chimera, A WASTE OF SPACE! (or spice)
Flying Cat from not a fan
MJC: talking about beckham's i hear hubby may have to miss his debut game of footie---what a shame(smirk smirk)
carol from 36掳in the shade
she's got even more plastic than barbie
carol from 36掳in the shade
an avatar ...
mjc from NM,USA
Well it has all been said, we missed a bash that would have made Posh look like a normal woman, an extra stone would be hardly noticed. Who owned the car? To get it once is bad enough, but to leave it there for a second try, well.............
Lerwick Trevor from Missing yet another food binge
for, she needs a damn guid feed that lassie does!
The car is oors, so no` sae bad really, we made a` oor visitors park theirs well awa frae the archery field....:D
Next year I`m planning a viking feast, so if onybody fancies visiting...
Hermit from Not a Posh fan
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