Easter Monday, we are spending the day with my auntie F and cousins in Angouleme.
My auntie F is the supreme French woman: stylish, 100% proficient in the cooking sphere, a strong minded individual with black spunky eyes. She described her food as true peasant style (a background she is very proud of). Peasants food was obviously excellent and consisted of stuffed goose neck, Hen’s stew*, the usual leafy salade, cheeseboard followed by Cornuelles, Oeufs au lait…all of it washed with a consistent amount of 
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A pretty normal meal…”repas de circonstances” for Easter here in Charente.
* recipe transmitted from generation to generation and never ever written down by anyone…knowing that bit added extra flavour to the dish instantly!
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I hope Kevin is watching your figure …….
Quiet in here today …… de dum de dum de dum ……. fancy a chat?
I could help with the ironing ………
………. actually, I’ve just remembered, I’ve got to pop out …..
you worry about your figure DP I worry about mine thanks! lol…the cheekyness…you know the numbers of people that have asked me if we were related!!!
Good grief ……… that must be rather worrying for you.
Daddy P…may be it is the “Daddy” in the P…I also get a lot of ” Who the heck is this Daddy Papersurfer?” hehe…
Aren’t most of the best recipes ones that aren’t written down? I think so… We’ve got a couple of those in my family. Happy Easter!
That’s OK then ……. I get the same ………. ho hum
Angela hi, I am considering putting a family recipe book together…it may take years though to track all these recipes down!
DP: sorry what waz that?