We are still amazingly very busy. I am certainly not complaining but for some reason I expected it to tail off a bit. We are always trying to get to grips with new menus not just for our guests but it makes it more interesting for us. Some of our 'experiments' work and of course some don't but that's the fun of cooking. It always surprises us that things that shouldn't work on paper absolutely do when put together, seasoned and cooked. One recipe for instance is a sweet Brioch loaf with two Toulouse sausages baked inside and when baked and sliced served with Mango Chutney as a starter. The sweet and savoury work well together.
We have a week off now but have just filled our B&B for the week after so time to recoup and get cooking again.
The weather here in this part of Bretagne is all over the place and trying to garden and cut grass at the moment is very hit and miss. Our cider apple tree which every year is a mass of blooms this year has been a big disappointment so I hope it's not a sign that we are in for a poor summer.
Yesterday was a very busy day at the bread oven but it went very well and the bread, eighty loaves, were perfect. The day at the oven was given over to showing a group of children from a home how to use the oven and how to make the bread. A very enjoyable and rewarding day.
One of my friends who always comes to help on our bread oven days went for her annual check up and was promptly sent off for more investigations and has been diagnosed with lung cancer. The amount of friends with various illnesses at the moment is quite frightening.
My brother is coming over for a couple of weeks soon and we are hoping to further the renovation on my bread oven here at home. I always enjoy my brothers company as we have our very own Gourmet evenings and it's nice to try out my experimental cooking on him.
Well now it's off to bed!
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