“Dining with one’s friends and beloved family is certainly one of life’s primal and most innocent delights, one that is both soul-satisfying and eternal...”
Julia Child
Julia Child's comment suggests why this blog has such appeal...it's a cyberspace dinner party with my beloved sisters. We loved the lemony chicken. Like Liz, I asked the butcher to cut it for me. From the start of our interaction, it was obvious that the Germans don't understand 'butterflied' chicken...And at first, when I asked him to cut out the backbone, I pointed to the breastbone...needless to say, he was a bit confused. After my lesson on chicken anatomy, I explained again with gestures, putting my hands together, as if in prayer, then opening them out, with the thumbs together and placing my palms flat on the counter. The butcher disappeared into the backroom and a few minutes later returned with it beautifully butterflied. What an easy roast! The vegetable salad reminded us of a salade Nicoise we enjoyed in the south of France...minus the tuna. We can't get fresh asparagus at this time of year so I substituted green beans...the aoli sauce lacked flavour (not sure why...anemic tarragon?), so Andrew thought to pour some of the lemon sauce from the chicken on top...horrified at first ("Would you sit down to a dinner at Gasthof Widman and mix everything together like that?!!!"), I tried it later myself and found that, on the plate with the lemony chicken sauce, the salad tasted great! The chocolate fudge cake was everything a chocolate cake should be...now I know why they call it devil's food!
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