Thursday 12 June
We took the opportunity to stay
home, for a change, and cook a simple meal of pasta for our guests. The pasta was penne, tossed in a sauce of sautéed
oyster mushrooms, boiled asparagus, and double cream, seasoned with lemon zest,
and then festooned with shreds of prosciutto at the last minute.
We went on to a lovely harpsichord
concert at Christ Church, and on the way back paused at our local, the Rose and
Crown, for a Scotch tasting. We sat in
the outdoor tables among the rose bower, and tried a variety from the tasting
menu: Caol Ila, Cragganmore (supposed to be delicate but more petrol-y than the
peaty Caol Ila), Auchentoshan, and the delicate Singleton of Dufftown. With the songs of the Gilbert and Sullivan
Society echoing from the back room, it ended a magical evening.
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