On New Year's Eve I cooked a 4 course meal for seven. Do you recognise this menu?
Mulligatawny Soup - served with sherry
Fish (Cod in parsley sauce) - served with white wine
Chicken (roast, with roast potatoes and vegetables) - served with champagne
Fruit (salad) - served with port.
It was a social experiment that had got out of hand. The previous new year one of the guests was a German and as a cultural exchange program she showed us a sketch which the Germans often watch around Christmas time. The sketch is in English, it's black and white, and involves an old lady and her butler having a four course dinner. It's called "Dinner for One". When I found out that she was coming again I decided to cook the Dinner for One menu and see how long it took for her to recognise it. She spotted what was going on between the first and second course.
Next year I'll cook something simple.
Mulligatawny soup has become my goddaughter's favourite, and even if I say so myself, the parsley sauce was excellent.
Richard "Admiral von Shneider" B
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