Sunday lunch

It would have been nicer had the weather cooperated. Since it was chilly and showery, we had to eat indoors rather than out on the deck. Oh well. We welcomed a couple of friends for lunch on Sunday and had a good time in spite of the weather.

The fixin's for kir, minus the sparking wine which was chilling in the fridge.

We had appetizers of saucisson sec (mild dried sausage), olives, and rillettes de porc et de canard sur toasts (potted pork and duck on toast) along with a bottle of champagne, then kirs made with a sparkling Vouvray and blackberry liqueur.

Nibbles. The sliced sausage is hiding behind the wine glasses.

The first course was a salad of céleri rémoulade (grated celery root in a mayonnaise/mustard sauce) topped with saumon fumé (smoked salmon) and served with a chiffonnade de salade (shredded lettuce), tomates cerise (cherry tomatoes), and a single olive noire (black olive). That was accompanied by a local dry rosé made from pineau d'aunis grapes.

Salade de céleri rémoulade et du saumon fumé. Ken took this picture.

By the time we got to the main course we forgot all about taking pictures. Ken roasted a pintade (guinea hen) stuffed with sauge (sage from our garden) on the rotisserie and served it with pommes de terre rôties (oven roasted potatoes) and kale. The wines were two local reds; a côt (malbec) and a "tradition" (a blend of côt and cabernet). We finished off with a plateau de fromages (cheese board) and a delicious cobbler of plums and apples that our guests brought along. Yum!