On Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:29:05 -0600, gloria p >
wrote:

>On 8/12/2013 4:58 AM, JBurns wrote:
>> It is a bit cold here tonight so we are having the following for
>> dinner:
>>
>> Nice hunk of beef with a lovely fat cap, roasting now along with
>> roasted potatoes, pumpkin (Queensland blue) and red beetroot.
>>
>> Steamed carrots, bok choy and the beet leaves. Will give the carrots a
>> head start, then add the bok choy and lastly the beet leaves until
>> just wilted.
>>
>> Yorkshire pudding, batter is made and resting. Will cook these in a
>> muffin tray with a bit of the rendered beef fat heated until smoking
>> in a very hot oven.
>>
>> Serve with dark gravy made from flour, pan drippings and some beef
>> stock.
>>
>> Dessert is apple crumble made earlier today and served with some
>> lovely scalded cream I got from a dairy farmer friend.
>>
>> A calorie and carb laden dinner for sure, but Husband and I have spent
>> all day in the garden getting the vege garden ready for planting.
>> Teenage Grandsons had an all day school excursion at the zoo where
>> they were encouraged to bring a young sibling/relative/borrowed kid.
>> They took their four and five year old cousins, our Granddaughters.
>> Everyone is hungry and waiting impatiently for dinner.
>>
>> JB
>>
>>
>That sounds like a holiday/celebratory menu but I guess having the
>younger relatives in attendance is cause for celebration.
>
>gloria p

A roast dinner is actually a good and fairly economical way to feed
all of the folk here. Husband and I have custody of the two teenage
gandsons. Our younger son also lives here after a marriage break up.
We asked him to do so because he has 50% custody of his little
daughters. We wanted a safe place for them to live half the time and
have family support, son works full time. Husband stays home and is
the house husband. I usually work full time too but am on extended
leave at the moment.

The roast fed all seven of us and there is enough left over that
Husband and I could have a hot lunch today if we choose. If we do that
we will just have a snack tonight and either our son or one of the
teenagers will cook dinner for those who want something more
substantial.

It is pouring rain here so the roast lunch is looking very attractive.

JB