Sunny Sunday

I won't post a picture of the beautiful sunny day it is here today so that I don't torture those of you back in Canada who are still up to their knees (thighs?) in snow.

It is a hot, sunny day and I am just hanging out at home enjoying it and trying not to sweat too much. There's nothing earth shatteringly important to share this week except that we are closer to getting the pool done. I know, I've said that before, but it is tiled now and hopefully it will be ready shortly. It would be great to go down there for a swim today, but we will have to go down to the Caribbean Sea for a sea bath as it is called here. We have had a lot of wind here lately - and I mean wind!!! Today is much calmer. There is only a light breeze rather than the gale force winds we've been getting.

For the foodie following, last night I barbequed a nice fresh organic chicken that I got at the market yesterday that I rubbed on top of and under the skin with a nice mixture of bacon fat, onion, garlic, rosemary, thyme, basil, jerk seasoning and a little five spice powder. The two halves were bbq'd on a low heat. I served the chicken with mashed sweet potatoes, infused with roasted garlic and green beans tossed with sun-dried tomatoes, bacon and a sprinkle of parmesan. Yummm. For dessert we had French Vanilla ice cream sundaes, with chocolate sauce, peanuts, and bananas.

Tonight Mary is doing a pork roast and doing the mango crisp recipe from Embarrassment of Mangoes. We are just coming back into mango season and it will be really nice to have them again. They are so delicious here.

So, as you see, we still keep having rotating dinners here in our neighbourhood. It's great because after I did dinner last night, Mary is doing it tonight.

We also had a Euchre game last night and the girls beat the guys two games to one. They were gluttons for punishment.

I met a chef who has returned to Dominica from New York and plans to open a restaurant. She is the sister of one of our counsellors at work. This should be fun. We had a great chat about food and cooking on Friday after the White Coat ceremony - that is where the new students - all 425 of them - get their white coats put on them by MD's and pinned by Ph.D's in a big ceremony. It is symbolic of the profession they are entering and is a big deal every semester. It's a lot of pomp and circumstance and all the who's who of the island show up.

Okay, I guess that's it for now. Till next week......................