Dry & grey but reached 13°C.
Busy day w calls & mails about house in F.
Went to the barber at 3:30 pm. But I was 1 month early! 🤣
#1Daughter came by & I a prepared a most delicious pasta al diavolo! Fantastic Ciliegiolo by Torre alle Tolfe as well!

11°C, partly sunny.
Busy day + #1Daughter coming for dinner.
Worked the whole afternoon to get this choucroute ready!
Used 20cl of Georg Breuer’s Rüdesheim Estate Riesling + drank the rest at the table + some Wachenheimer Gerümpel by @weingut_georgmosbacher

#SundayLunch #RabbitWithPrunes #Croquettes
Grey, some showers, 14°C.
After yesterday’s exertions with #1Daughter & #2Granddaughter coming for lunch, I opted for a classic Sunday lunch.
Rabbit with prunes (2 Westmalle Dubbel trappists!) + croquettes.
Perfect ‘16 @Chateau_Meyney!

#SaturdayLunch #CôteÀLOs #Béarnaise #Salad #Tomatoes #FrenchFries
Calm, grey, mostly dry, 10°C
True bistro lunch w #1Daughter & #2Granddaughter!
Endive soup + steak, béarnaise, salad, tomatoes, french fries & superb Chianti Reserva by Torre alle Tolfe.
Tea & cheesecake to finish.

#WednesdayLunch #Omelette #WednesdayDinner #HamRollGratin #1Daughter
Same weather, 7°C.
Needed to dispose of eggs, bacon & spinach & made omelette for lunch!
Found some ground-grown endives to make ham rolls gratin for dinner.
#1Daughter joined us to tell us about her Japan trip!

#MondayLunch #IbericoPorkChops #CarrotsAndPeas #Potatoes
Great sunny autumnal weather, 15°C.
Cut the grass, classic lunch: Iberico pork chops, carrots & green peas, potatoes.
More than decent Bordeaux Supérieur ‘22
#1Daughter coming home from Japan, #4Granddaughter chilling w Max

#ThursdayLunch #Salmon #Spinach #Potatoes
Dry, fresh, 17°C.
Son on sick leave until end Oct.
#1Daughter exploring Japan.
Grocery shopping this morning.
Lunch: grilled salmon, spinach, baked potatoes, paired w house wine Alvarinho by @quintadalapa.
Have a great Thursday you all!

#TuesdayLunch #2ndServing #StuffedBellPeppers #GratinDauphinois
Dry, cloudy, 16°C
#1Daughter landed in Japan! Her adventure can begin!
No cooking Tuesday: leftover stuffed bell pepper + gratin dauphinois.
Splendid ‘18 Côtes du Lot by Le Pech d’Auzonne, Cab F + Merlot.
Très bon!

#MondayLunch #Magret #OrangeSauce #Carrots #Dauphinois
Dreary, grey, fresh, some rain? 17°C.
Started week with a bang!
Magret de canard w orange sauce, caramelised carrots, gratin dauphinois. (My best so far!)
Wine: Ch. Ht Bazignan, Bdx Supérieur.
#1Daughter takes off right now!

#SundayLunch #StuffedBellPepper #WildRice #TomatoSauce
Fresh, dry, rain later, 15°C
Lunch: stuffed bell pepper w wild rice & tomato sauce.
Great ‘12 Belgian Pinot Noir by Ch. Beau Baron. 90-92
Watching RSCA vs RSCL!
Visiting #1Daughter & #2Daughter (leaves for 5 wks Japan) later.

Never was a chopper user. My last visit with Bachelor cousin Boo, he had the one below. 😳Not only does it make chopping a breeze, you can work out your aggressions when you slam the damn thing down! In Walmart with #1daughter I bought one. You should, too. You’ll thank me, honest!

#1daughter is staying with me while recovering from foot surgery. I’m crockpot cooking beef stew based on the chilly weather we had LAST WEEK 🤦🏽‍♀️ t’will be a challenge with daughter as she’s one of those kids who does not like the food on their plate to touch each other…the thing is folks…she’s 45 😳

Same for me & #1daughter

#ThursdayDinner #1Daughter #ArrozDeSecreto
Today #1Daughter joined us for dinner. It was good to have some family time as both her kids are in Japan at the moment.
2nd serving of arroz de secreto, paired with an excellent ‘20 Acustic by @acusticceller, D.O. Montsant, 90-92

#SaturdayLunch #1Daughter #Gambas
Last wk we reserved at Particolare.
On arrival they told us cook was sick.
Got a voucher for free lunch for 3.
Made reservation for today.This morning they told us cook was still sick!
Went to Paraiso do Paladar! Great people & lunch + walkabout!

#ThursdayDinner #1Daughter #2Granddaughter #VolAuVent #Rice #PoachedPear #Icecream
Dinner w daughter & granddaughter! Made a formidable vol-au-vent w wild mushrooms & morilles!
Perfect Belgian Chardonnay!
Poached pears in syrup+ ice-cream + chantilly & quite a nice sweet white!

#TuesdayDinner #2ndServing #Waterzooi #1Daughter
Sunny, 33°C. Too hot for us!
Cut the grass & grocery shopping this morning.
Appt. for hearing aid in afternoon!
#1Daughter joined us for a 2nd serving of waterzooi + Alvarinho by @quintadalapa & took some home for #2Granddaughter

On & off Bluesky most of today? Why? I know hospitals like to operate like assembly lines. #1daughter was scheduled for surgery at 8:00am. At 6:00pm after 19 hours of NPO still had no surgery. She ate a plum. I wasn’t looking. Ended all speculation about a surgery today, at some unspecified time.

#WednesdayDinner #MeatballsInTomatoSauce #2ndServing
Besides the excellent weather a joyous day when #1Daughter #2Granddaughter & #2Daughter come by to enjoy a meal with us!
Added a few meatballs to our leftover tomato sauce & cooked pipe rigate.
Blessed to spend time together!

#TuesdayLunch #QuickAndSimple #MiniBeefBurger #Courgette #BakedPotatoes
Fine weather, mostly sunny, 75°F.
Quick & Simple Lunch: mini burgers (Angus beef), grilled courgette , baked potatoes.
Busy w reparations for tomorrow’s visit of #1Daughter, #2Granddaughter & #2Daughter!

#FridayLunch #1Daughter #2Granddaughter #Stoofvlees #Beefstew
#ChâteauMeyney #EspritDeClocher
To the purists: carrots for colour only!
Wonderful lunch w daughter & granddaughter (she chose the menu): traditional beef stew w french fries!
4hrs of bliss!
You can’t beat family time!

#2Granddaughter #1Daughter #Stoofvlees #BeefStew
So, your #2Granddaughter (the one that studies History) has asked if she can visit on Friday w her Mom and if it’s possible to have ‘stoofvlees’ (beef stew) w fries for lunch.
What do you think, guys?
See what happens tomorrow!

#MondayDinner #ArrozConSecreto
Weather still excellent! Some rain drops this morning, clouded & sunny, 27°C.
Visit ear dr. in the morning & will need new hearing aid!
Dinner, with #1Daughter was arroz con secreto which turned out extremely well except for the wrong cut of meat!

#1daughter is sending me, that poor mediocre #2daughter will never rank up

Maybe it’s me who doesn’t understand. But my #1daughter was born in 1980 & she’s 45

A fungi that can ‘eat you from the inside out’ could spread as the world heats up — CNN Infection-causing fungi responsible for millions of deaths a year will spread significantly to new regions as the planet heats up, new research predicts — and the world is not prepared.

#1daughter spent a month in the #hospital last year with a #fungal infection in her throat. Fungi gonna kill us all.

A #fungi that can ‘eat you from the inside out’ could spread as the world heats up - CNN

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#NoCookingSaturday #SaturdayLunch #VeggieChickenSoup #FrenchBread
Made a hearty omelette w mushrooms & ham for breakfast & warmed up the soup I made yesterday w leftover veggies + chicken drumsticks for lunch.
Went on a walkabout in Antwerp while Htje went shopping w #1Daughter

#SundayLunch #BeefStew #FrenchFries #EndiveSalad
No change in weather. Cloudy, dry. 44°F.
#1Daughter, #1Grandson #1GrandsonGF #2Granddaughter.
Last lunch before #1Grandson leaves for 1 yr to Japan!
Lunch: beef stew w french fries & endive salad! Last Crianza 2015 by @valserrano

I used to call my switch, hot pepper tea. 1day #1daughter was squeezing the switch. I asked her what she was doing? She told me there was NO TEA IN THERE. I laughed so hard I stopped using it!

#MondayDinner #Quiche #Leeks #Ham
I almost nailed it entirely!
#1Daughter visited and we had (don’t mind me saying that!) the absolute best quiche I ever made!
Leeks, carrot, fennel, ham!
Period!
Excellent Blauburgunder (Pinot Nero) by Kössler.
Love is what you make from it!