What a fabulous day it's been today - sunny & warm from start to finish - which is great because today was the day we hosted the 9th annual IBB property department barbecue.
40 people (including about 12 children) were descending on us for lunch at 1pm. So I got up at around 8 o'clock and straight into the kitchen!!
Had a large glass of squash & decided to get going on the mass catering & have breakfast later.
Made potato salad, couscous & pepper salad (from recipe in SW magazine), green salad (posh leaves and sliced cucumber!), coleslaw, and tomato & onion salad.
Marinaded the chicken wings - one lot in teriyaki sauce & the other sweet & sour - unpacked the burgers & sausages, and pre- boiled the corn cob pieces (a Waitrose special!)
Then got out the bread, sauces, pickles etc ready for plating up and sorted out napkins, plates, glasses & cutlery (all plastic if course - must minimise the washing up!!). Chopped 6 punnets of strawberries, put cherries in a bowl and got out bowls for chocs & marshmallows.
By the time I'd done all that it was 12ish - breakfast missed but I'd been drinking a lot all morning.
Rushed upstairs to wash my hair & change.
You might be interested to know that whilst I was doing all this Andrew & Tobz were cleaning garden furniture and shopping for beer (too much as usual) !!
At 1ish I made a big jug of Pimms & one of Sangria and Andrew started the barbecue - real coal for us (none of that gas cooker masquerading as a BBQ nonsense!!).
First guests arrived around 1:30 - was beginning to wonder if anyone was coming - and from then on it was all go & lovely.
Babies, young kids, teenagers and adults all mixed in and munching away.
Lots of water & nudity for the very young - and cold drinks and chat for the rest.
Tobz (& Adi) were great with the young kids - it makes me very proud that they can be so considerate.
Last guests left around 7 and we finished clearing up around 8 - not much food left which is great as no-one wants to eat left over salads for the next few weeks!
There's always more washing up than I expect but that's all done too.
I ate well at the BBQ - one chicken wing, sausage & burger with some some of each salad and a glass of Sangria. Also had lots of cherries & strawberries as well as diet lemonade. Interestingly I'm not hungry now even though that's all I've eaten today - I would have eaten lots more on previous occasions and would have noshed up the cold leftover sausages rather than wrapping them in foil like I did this evening.
All in all a good day :-)
Hope your Saturday has been fun.
Lxx
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