Phase 1 was the "Look at the Baby...Look at the Baby" celebration at my brother's. We had a very nice brunch prepared by my sister-in-law Molly as we watched Jack play with his new stuffed hammer toy from the Easter Bunny that made a crashing noise when you hit it against something.
Phase 2 was fun....mixed feeling about the the Church. My Dad was in complete boycott mode (I'm sure you all can think of a few reasons). My Mom was upset with the Bishops. And I'd describe my feelings as "pushed under the rug" so that I could keep the faith on the holiday to fulfill 50% of my Creaster dedication. Needless to say, one and a half of us mentally attended Sunday mass.
Phase 3 Now that the niceties of the Easter Bunny and Jesus were complete, it was time to eat. Although 70% of US families prefer Ham at the dinner table on Easter, my family going against the grain as usual and had Lamb.
The meal was insanely delicious. My Mom tends to just "make things up," however I'll do my best to describe what we had:
Lamb: My mom adapted a Bobby Flay recipe. It was so tender that I must have eaten at least 20 pieces. She served it with gravy made from the pan dripping.
New Potatoes: She baked these for about an hour with olive oil, rosemary and some kosher salt.
Asparagus: These were roasted up with some lemon zest and juice to balance out this light Spring dinner.
Wine: The meal was served with a 2002 Rust en Vrede Stellenbosch that my Dad had been saving for a while. When he had it the first time it was served with Lamb, so Easter was the perfect occasion to bring it out. It was delicious.
It is worth mentioning that the wine was the same served at Nelson Mandela's inauguaration.
ReplyDeleteDelish dinner for all concerned and we are so glad that our chronicler was on the scene!