Impromptu Breakfast
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| Fruit Salad |
Our friends often complain that it's difficult to make plans with us. We seem to book up early. But every now and then we are able to make last-minute plans. For instance, when Amanda was in town for the holidays and Melissa suggested we cook breakfast the very next morning. We had nothing in the apartment that one might need for such a thing; we were out of eggs and butter, among other things. So Melissa went to the store in the morning, and we managed to get something together.
In particular, waffles, bacon, scrambled eggs, and the cute little fruit salads I made (see above). Always nice to practice presentation tricks. I also served a cherry compote made with dried cherries rehydrated in Merlot (which I originally used as an interior garnish on a foie gras terrine, but I've been enjoying the leftovers for a while now).
We also had toast, which was very exciting because we got to use the toast rack we got as a wedding present from our English friends (technically Holly's an ex-pat, but never you mind). Yes, we get excited about such things. But our toast rack is not the elegant and yet common metal toast rack that one sees throughout the British Isles. No, no. Ours is porcelain, with a porcelain grey cat perched on one side (I wondered why Holly asked what Omelette looked like).
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| Holly insisted that we should be outfitted with "proper English accessories" |
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