un repas chez nannick

for all of you wondering what dinners are like here in france:

un repas chez nannick

(a meal at nannick's)

la table familiale

great times at the good family table

toujours d'eau

(don't worry, nannick gets her wine fix for breakfast and lunch. and she drinks vin rose. never red)

first course: le potage

we always have soup, tonight it was soup au cresson

it was homemade tonight,

or soupe a la maison.

always a baguette on hand.

notice the soup is gone.

we are obligated to finish everything here. (and we always want to.)

the plat: gratin d'aubergine

aubergine = eggplants = delicious

nannick served it with rice, although she does not like rice. she always takes juste un petit peu 'for the principle'

in between courses photo-op

this is therese, she is irish and absolutely darling

she boards with nannick as well and is great company

plus she say things like "how are ye?" and "have a bonnie!" (a good night)

and of course nannick and i

we always sit in the same places. toujours.

course number three: salade and fromage and pain

nannick always surprises us with a new variety of cheese

this might be my favorite course

our selection of cheese tonight: chevre, roblochon, carre de l'est, beauforte, et compte.

gotta try them all!

and always always dessert

tonight: des beignets aux abricots!

aka doughnuts, with whipped cream. tasty, as always.

a big part of the night is when we "rangez des choses"

aka put everything away and do the dishes

although we use extra sketchy sponges/brushes,

so in the end who knows if anything is actually clean.

washing and drying

well, drying and washing

the dishwasher

full

our favorite part of the night:

cleaning out the drain post washing.

we miss you garbage disposal!

bon appetit!

p.s. happy birthday vincey-pie!