This morning around noon we all hopped in the car to visit Candide, Bertrand, the butchers, and their kids Rufine and Augustin. Like most house calls, this was a six hour sit down dinner. The difference was that today we had dinner and a show, for the bike race from Paris to Roubaix (near Lille) passed right in front of their home!
Of course, since Candide and Bertrand are butchers, the food was excellent! We started with an assortment of hors d'oeuvres including a ball of what reminded me of hushpuppies, followed with salmon starters. For the main meal we dined on Parmesan potatoes, tomatoes, aubergines, and pigeon in the most delicious sauce! We only had had about three bites when the cyclists began to turn the curb, so we left our food standing and threw most of it away when we came back to the table (not by my suggestion).
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