Pam & Linda both came down for the weekend. Friday night it was deja Vu' of France as we enjoyed Cassoulet with duck comfit (duck meat and fat). It's about a three day process to make the famous peasant dish of white beans, garlic sausage and duck from southern France. (gluten free crumbs - for Pam). Melissa's a "foodie", Linda too and Pam has become quite a resource on gluten free since both she and her daughter Megan have been diagnosed with seliac disease.
In the morning as the gals were already playing Yatzee at 6AM, Mike gave them the dice cup we found at the Yuma swap meet. Melissa had such a noisy plastic cup we always use for dice so I was thrilled to find the leather cup for them. Once I got up an hour later, we had show and tell on the reading glasses, juicy raisins and shoes found at the Yuma flea market. The lemons from Dan & Barb's tree were a big hit here. We may make lemon curd but in the meantime have used them in the water.
The next day Mike & Pam didn't golf with the busy tournaments in town. It was a gorgeous day and all enjoyed the sunshine, and a trip to the "office" casino. Made chocolate Mousse for Mike's early birthday. I didn't realize ovens are contaminated for 24 hours after making or reheating bread. When I went out to ask if the 3 silblings wanted a lick from the bowl, I told them the WIi fit scale story reading 10# heavier. Mike laughed saying "look at this picture" as I licked the batter clean; it didn't look very convincing. Guilt got the best of me and went for an hour walk on this gorgeous day. All of these subdivisions are gated, but have beautiful landscaping of various rocks and cactus. Much prettier and greener than Yuma.
Mike barbequed steaks and Linda made roasted potatoes. Parboil the chunked potatoes 5 minutes, then roll in olive oil, season and bake at 400 till crisp on outside. Yum!
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