As you may derive from the picture below I have been meaning to write for a while. I baked some Runeberg tarts for 5th of February:
They barely existed for 24 hours.
We have had guests, Finnish Friend had invited an Austrian friend she had met during her stay in Spain over. We invited some friends living in London over for a superduper tapas evening, featuring tortilla de patata, paella with mussels, ensalada rusa, marinated olives, marinated feta (sorry, Greek style salad cheese), tzatziki, houmous, parma ham, chorizo, grana padano and manchego cheeses, krupuk, fruit, flan de huevo, cinnamon buns, sangria and beer! I probably forgot some things, the table was absolutely full of food. I can tell you that we had the best breakfast for ages the following day.
On sunday we visited Whitstable to try some oysters. This was my first one (I had a chance in Nice in back in 2004 or something, but I wasn't brave enough) ever, and I actually liked it a lot. We bought our oysters straight at the harbour, we were served by a nice old man who told us he had been in the oyster business for 50 years. He was indeed very deft with the oyster knife. The oyster tasted fresh and had a much firmer texture than I had anticipated.
We have luckily not (yet) been severely affected by the floods and storms here in England, although Canterbury now has an increased number of ponds and small lakes here and there.
Take care y'all.
