On 8/20/2016 6:08 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> Last night we had our son and my wife's cousin over for dinner. Her
> cousin is an actor living in a nearby town for the season. She thought
> we should do a roast because the two of them are cooking for one these
> days and should have a traditional dinner. She picked up a capon to
> roast, and also roasted small potatoes and baby carrots, and boiled
> green beans.
>
> We had some nice pate and crackers and prosciutto and melon for
> canapes. The appetizer was a simple salad topped with grilled shrimp.
> Dessert was a fresh peach pie that I baked in the morning.
>
> Everyone seemed to enjoy the dinner. I sure did. I am sure the cousin,
> being well raised and extremely polite, will send a thank you note and
> say how good everything was, whether he liked it or not. Our son called
> this morning to say thanks and was full of praise. He said the capon was
> amazing, the shrimps were outstanding, and that he he could not say
> enough about the peach pie. He had forgotten his sunglasses here and
> came by for them this afternoon and ate the last piece of pie.

Rarely see capon around here. Sounds good, especially the peach pie.