. Here is the reason, almost 24 hours later, I am not yet hungry.Ham on the Bone
Every year, Dad gets a raw leg of ham and cooks it up for us. He removes the skin (leaving the fat), scores it with a knife diagonally, then glazes it.
The glaze is:
1 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons mustard (bush honey and orange)
2 tablespoons vinegar
And that's it. Simple as, but he's a master at it. He was unhappy this year, because it dried out a bit in the oven. We were'nt complaining though.
Raspberry Roast Chicken
Mum's contribution to the main course is a raspberry flavoured whole roast chicken. Mum uses a fresh supermarket chicken, and a tin of fresh raspberrys in juice. She rubs the raspberries over the skin of the chicken, then soaks it in an oven bag for a while, before putting the chicken and bag in to cook just as a normal roast. Note that the chicken:raspberry ratio will affect the colour of the meat. Smaller chickens will actually come up pink with the juice. Our chicken was quite big this year, so the meat was still white. The flavour still came through though.
Veges
Fresh peas from the pod, boiled.
New potatoes, from our own garden this year. The reason for this was my sister earlier in the year asked Dad: "Why don't we have a proper garden?" Dad was shamed into planting potatoes and tomatoes. We only found out yesterday that by a "proper garden" my sister had meant "flowers and stuff."
Carrot Salad: Grated carrot, chopped celery, currants, lots of finely chopped parsley. Dressing: light italian supermarket dressing, add extra virgin olive oil,lots of fresh grapefruit juice from our tree.
Lemon Whip Dessert
Mum's dessert. Mix packet of lemon jelly, 1 cup water, and 300ml (1/2 pint) orange juice. Put into fridge until it just begins to set. Then remove and beat through 1/2 pint of cream. Set in fridge.
Trifle
Dad's dessert. Sponge'n'sherry trifle with cream and strawberries on top.
*Is there a "burp" emoticon? There should be.*
