Parties for Young and Old

Zorra of Kochtopf (have a look here) is running a red or white food event for Switzerland’s National Day
So here is a yummy dish I made that could easily pass for Swiss.
The occasion was our Grandaughter Baby Cleo’s 1st Birthday.
Easy Fondue
Take 2 camembert cheeses. If you can afford it you should buy Le Rustique Camembert you can cook it in the little wooden container.


it is delicious but it was $20 at the supermarket so I used 2 local cheeses

You need 1 clove garlic per cheese blanched 10 seconds in the microwave
Big sprig rosemary broken into little sprigs
White wine
Red wine
Freshly ground black pepper
Extra virgin olive oil

Unwrap the cheese keep it in it’s foil wrap
Make holes all over and pop in garlic and rosemary

Pour white wine over one and squash it in

and red wine on the other
Pour over some Extra virgin olive oil and a good grind of freshly ground black pepper

Fold over the foil wrap and leave at least 4 hours for the flavours to meld.
Into 200C oven 10 minutes
Serve with crusty bread.
Gorgeous

So back to the party.

Of course it was All Pretty In Pink

Auntie Helen made the birthday cake.It is the Nigella Coconut Cake.

I have posted that a year or so ago.

Stunning.

Mother and daughters cutting the cake
A little pensive 1 year old
A major sugar hit...she loved it.The birthday party was the finale of a wonderful weekend of fun starting off with lots of drinks on Thursday night to welcome the Heinzie’s, Commodores from Napier…a well behaved lunch on Friday to welcome some more Commodores, Rocky and Jeannie (absent from the lunch was Commodore Jeannie she had to work) but there you go,
Then on Saturday night what we had all been waiting for. The Royal Cajun Yacht Club Occajun.

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16 years ago Dale and I started the Royal Cajun Yacht Club.

Everyone who belongs becomes a Commodore.

No Hierarchy in this yacht club.

The first Occajun was held July 4th 1992 (pictured above) with a lunch featuring Cajun food delights, well made Margaritas and a promise of a good time. It was very successful.

The parties have continued over the years and on Saturday night July 26th was Occajun No 5.
There will be more about that in a future blog.

I need to go to bed.Good night.