Kate's One Word choice for this weeks' Scavenger Hunt is 'Delicious'. As it is just B and I at home these days and what with stay home restrictions at the moment, I don't get an opportunity to bake for either ourselves or for the 3 hollow legged males in Kate's family. So I had to think again. Then I remembered this. We had done a small fruit and icecream tea for our son a while ago and when our daughter-in-law's birthday came round she asked if we could do the same for her but on a larger scale and ask all the family to join us. It seemed a good plan.
So J came round in the morning and we got stuck into cutting up the fruit between us. It was not that difficult at all, the hardest part was buying the fruit at the right time. I'm sure you all know the mangoes, kiwi or nectarines that say they are ready to eat but take at least a week to ripen on the kitchen windowsill. The pineapple was the same. But once we got started it was no problem. We washed and trimmed as much of the fruit as we could the afternoon before which saved time on the day. I have a melon baller and a knife that cuts the zig zag pattern which helped speed up the preparations. I had bought two vanilla Carte d'or icecream, as they always look pretty, one for each end of the table as it was a 'help yourself occasion.
The beautiful table cloth had been hand painted for J as a birthday present from her late mother some years before. The sunflowers just added to the tropical look of the table.
The more I look at the pictures the more my mouth is watering. Perhaps we can do it again sometime for one of us Katie??
Now off to look at others interpretation of 'Delicious' and I know their pictures will really get my mouth watering.
PS. Just realised that there is not an African animal in sight on my blog. Sorry Lovely Lady!!
Can I do a ONE WORD comment. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It looks so delicious. Thanks for sharing, take care & hugs.
ReplyDeleteMy mouth is drooling just remembering all of the delicious fruit. It was not as complicated or time consuming as it looks. Peel, slice, arrange. It helped that I had looked up pictures on Google Images. Days are getting longer and weather improving so I imagine the opposite is happening to you. At least it will be cooler. Take care. xx
DeleteI love fruit and that spread is wonderful. I'm not patient enough to cut up food into fancy shapes! I know what you mean about ready-to-eat fruit not being ready; often it goes off before it ripens when I put it aside. I forgive you for your lack of African pictures! x
ReplyDeleteAs I said to Susan, it was not as time consuming as it looks. I had googled pictures for ideas then it was just peel, slice and arrange. I also have a knife that cuts the zigzag patterns and a melon baller. xx
DeleteThat looks absolutely beautiful and also very healthy ... bonus 😃
ReplyDeleteIt was and I am tempted to find an excuse to do it again. Not as time consuming as it looks. I had googled pictures for ideas then it was just peel, slice and arrange. I also have a knife that cuts the zigzag patterns and a melon baller.
DeleteI commented on this yesterday but it seems to have disappeared into the ether. The fruit spread looks wonderful, it must have taken ages to do - I think I would have lost the will to live before even halfway through preparing it all. It looks so colourful and artistically arranged it would be a shame to spoil it all by eating it - hard to pick a favourite shot but I think the second one as it's seems to be a bit sharper :)
ReplyDeleteMy favourite part of summer, the fruit! Your display looks absolutely wonderful.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely delicious
ReplyDeleteJulie x
Oh that looks fabulous - it must have taken you ages to prepare. Making my mouth water :)
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