After our afternoon by Lampson Falls (which also included a very strange interaction with a park ranger) M. and I returned to the G. homefront. Soon after our return we went to one of the auxiliary family cabins (B. and W.'s place is lovely and certainly has a fair amount of room, but not nearly enough for so many families and children, so, many of the nuclear families rented cabins nearby) to prepare an appetizer that M. was keen to make. This appetizer was whole wheat blinis with smoked salmon, salmon roe and creme fraiche. Somehow I didn't take a photograph of this construction process or the final result...except for this picture, which, unfortunately, makes M. and A. look like total wackadoos. The blinis were quickly consumed by the masses...because they were so gooood.
Dinner that night was just great. There was an orzo salad with feta, olives, and red onions to start.
We began our meal with champagne. I ended up being the main drinker of the only white wine on the table, the Muscadet, and enjoyed it thoroughly.
The entree was wonderfully baked chicken with rice and veggies. Mmmm.
Then there was another round of cheese plate madness, not to mention brownies.
After dinner I brought out Catan. T., one of A.'s cousins, was already familiar with the game. I continue to find myself instantly liking any person who can play the game and T. could certainly play....he was nefarious (asking to trade certain commodities then, once it was ascertained what everyone had, playing a development card and just taking them!) in a way that I really appreciated, even if it meant that I lost and he won. We planned on playing a second game of Seafarers, but a jaunt down to the fire and lake before play led to no game in the end.
Dinner that night was just great. There was an orzo salad with feta, olives, and red onions to start.
We began our meal with champagne. I ended up being the main drinker of the only white wine on the table, the Muscadet, and enjoyed it thoroughly.
The entree was wonderfully baked chicken with rice and veggies. Mmmm.
Then there was another round of cheese plate madness, not to mention brownies.
After dinner I brought out Catan. T., one of A.'s cousins, was already familiar with the game. I continue to find myself instantly liking any person who can play the game and T. could certainly play....he was nefarious (asking to trade certain commodities then, once it was ascertained what everyone had, playing a development card and just taking them!) in a way that I really appreciated, even if it meant that I lost and he won. We planned on playing a second game of Seafarers, but a jaunt down to the fire and lake before play led to no game in the end.
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