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Belated Halloween

We had some friends over last night for dinner.
We usually have them over for a Halloween dinner but this year I had to stay in England longer than I had planned so it was postponed.
We did have a lovely time though.
I did...
Starters......... wonton cups stuffed with either Italian sausage, tomatoes, mozzarella cheese & basil.........or wonton cups stuffed with curried mushrooms + proscuitto & cheese whirls + salad.

Main course........roast beef marinated in roasted garlic, with stuffed tomatoes, snow peas in orange liqueur, carrots in wine & herbs, crushed potatoes, mushrooms and cheese and garlic scones.
(I had the vegetarian alternative......Quorn.)

Dessert.........chocolate & raspberry mousse, topped with fresh raspberries & brandy snaps.

Was yummy. I spent most of the day cooking but I so love it. It is even better when everyone seems to really enjoy it.



On a Halloween note.......this spider was enormous.
Its web was right across the porch of Donna's house when I stayed there.
We so hated to disturb it that we would do "Indiana Jones" style crawls to get underneath it.
There were a couple of "Argghhh" moments when we almost touched the web.
The postman kept knocking it down but it would reappear in the morning. Then one day it seemed to get the message and spun its web in the bush at the side.
We were relieved.

posted by Sue Banks @ 4:51 PM