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Day 95-45 : Friday 26th June, 2020

Breakfast: Sausage Sandwiches
Lunch: Scotch Egg & Coleslaw
Appetiser: Seared Scallops, Grilled Prawns, Wild Garlic & Rosemary Bread
Dinner: Hot Smoked Salmon, Samphire, Fennel Salad, Beetroot & Horseradish, New Potatoes
Dessert: Buttered Toffee Popcorn 99's

Breakfast: Leftover sausage sandwiches made an easy start to the day

Lunch: As we had guests we liked to make the garden look neat and tidy, so mowing the lawn and weeding, a quick scotch egg from the coop

Garden Dinner with Amber
& Michelle
Dinner: Michelle & Amber came for dinner in the garden.  We have known them for some while now and it was lovely to be able to get to spend some real time with them and the weather was perfect for a summer dinner.  They are collecting their puppy rescue dog on Saturday morning, so Hobo has Archie for the weekend to play. They are really good friends and it is heartwarming to see them tumble around the garden together

Seared Scallops & Prawns


Amber being a vegetarian who eats fish (not quite a pescatarian) it was easy to come up with a suitable menu for the evening.

Hot Smoked Salmon
& Samphire


Seared Scallops in a cast iron pan on the grill with prawns over the open flame and served on heated salt blocks.  Hot Smoked Salmon, cooked on the Monolith, was made with a Canadian Sockeye fillet, much deeper in colour than Scottish salmon, but turned a little dry.  Full of flavour but think we might stay with Scottish in future.

Fennel Salad is a slaw really, shaved or grated Fennel & White Cabbage, thinly sliced red onion, grated carrot and squeeze of lemon juice.  A dressing made with Thai Sweet Chilli sauce, rice wine vinegar and a little oil
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