MONTBRUN HOSTS PATRICE JANIA...CHANSONS D'AMOUR

WE ARE BUSY IN THE HAY HOUSEHOLD PREPARING FOR A FETE IN OUR VILLAGE HALL. IT IS BEING ORGANISED BY THE" CLUB DE SENIORS "  THE OLDIES TO ME AND YOU...AND FOR MY SINS I HAVE BEEN TREASURER OF THE CLUB FOR THE LAST YEAR.
I KNOW YOU ARE WONDERING HOW A YOUNG SPRING CHICKEN LIKE ME ENDS UP ON THE COMMITTEE OF THE RETIRED FOLK IN OUR VILLAGE.
WELL....ITS SOMETHING TO DO WITH SAYING "OUI" RATHER THAN "NON" DURING A CONVERSATION WITH THE CHAIRMAN WHEN YOU LOST TRACK OF THE FRENCH HALF AN HOUR BEFORE!!!
ANOTHER REASON IS BECAUSE I DONT LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO ORGANISE EVENTS TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT OF THE VILLAGE ALIVE AND WHEN NO ONE FRENCH WANTED TO BE TREASURER I WAS "VOTED" IN.  (MUCH TO HUBBYS AMUSEMENT AS HE KNOWS I AM DYSLEXIC WHEN IT COMES TO NUMBERS)

SO TO THE EVENING TOMORROW NIGHT..SAT 14TH DECEMBER

                                   

ANYWAY...PATRICE...GOOGLE HIM..PATRICEJANIA.FR

...HE IS WELL KNOWN HERE IN FRANCE...A SORT OF TRADITIONAL GUITARIST AND FOLK SINGER AND ITS A BIT OF A COUP FOR HIM TO COME AND PLAY FOR US. WELL...NOT REALLY...ITS THANKS TO HIS GOOD FRIEND, FRANCOISE, BEING THE PARTNER OF OUR ENGLISH FRIEND LIZ, AND THEY BOTH LIVE HERE IN MONTBRUN.

PREPARATION FOR THE MEAL WE ARE HAVING  BEGAN DAYS AGO WITH THE SHOPPING
TODAY...AM BOILING 60 EGGS FOR THE "EGGS MIMOSA" (DEVILLED EGGS TO ME AND YOU)...THAT IS OUR ENTREE.
 PLUS BAGUETTE OF COURSE

CHACUTERIE COURSE.....HAS TO BE THERE IN THE MEAL FOR THE FRENCH OTHERWISE ITS A BIT LIKE HAVING JAM AND TOAST WITHOUT THE JAM!
THIS IS BEING PREPARED BY DELIA...ANOTHER ANGLAISE FREIND
PLUS WE ARE HAVING  BAGUETTE... OF COURSE.

THE MAIN WILL BE BEEF A LA MONTBRUN.IT IS GOING TO BE LOOSLEY BASED ON BEEF BOURGINON....BUT GIVEN A TITLE SO THAT WE CAN THROW IN OTHER THINGS TO MAKE THE BEEF GO FURTHER. (THOSE THAT LIVE HERE KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE OUT A MORTGAGE TO BUY DECENT BEEF...NOT A LOT OF COWS LIVING IN THE VINES!!!!) THIS IS BEING PREPARED BY LIZ....WELL YES ...YOU ALREADY KNOW LIZ (ANGLAISE IN CASE YOU HAD FORGOTTEN)...
OH AND PLUS BAGUETTE OF COURSE

I AM MAKING A VEGETABLE LASAGNE AS A VEGETARIAN OPTION........USUALLY UNHEARD OF HERE. I SUGGESTED AT OUR MEETING THAT WE SHOULD OFFER A MEAT FREE ALTERNATIVE..THE RESPONSE WAS...."WHY....YOU MEAN PEOPLE EXIST THAT DO NOT EAT MEAT......MERDE!!!!PAS VRAI!!!!

CHEESE COURSE...TRADITIONAL HERE TO HAVE IT BEFORE THE DESSERT!!! USUALLY SOMETHING VERY SMELLY AND VERY BLUE...BUT DELICIOUS!! PLUS....YES.. WELL YOU KNOW ALREADY.

DESSERT IS ENTITLED PERSIAN DELIGHT . A NAME OUT OF THE BLUE TO DESCRIBE A DESSERT IN A GLASS WHICH LIZ IS PREPARING. THE ONLY SURE THING IS THAT IT WILL HAVE A HOB NOB BISCUIT BASE (OH YES THE FRENCH ARE IN FOR A SURPRISE....WHAT...NO APPLE TART...MERDE), A FRUIT MIDDLE AND CREAM ON THE TOP.

APEROS OF NUTS CRISPS AND MUSCAT, FREE WINE ALL EVENING AND BLANQUETTE(VERSION OF CHAMPAGNE) WITH THE DESSERT.
FINISHING WITH COFFEE OF COURSE.

AN ABSOLUTE BARGAIN FOR 17 EUROS....ABOUT £15

LETS HOPE ITS A GOOD EVENING


THE GOOD THING ABOUT THESE EVENTS IN FRANCE IS THAT EVERYONE BRINGS THEIR OWN PLATES, CUTLERY AND GLASSES...SOOOOO...NO WASHING UP!!!!
NOW THAT IS SOMETHING I LOVE ABOUT FRANCE!!!!


HERES TO EATING, DRINKING, SINGING AND BEING GENERALLY TRES MERRY!!!!