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Yesterday was such a calm, peaceful day. I woke up early for some obscure reason, so I had plenty of time to relax and read before church. Went to church, listened to a pretty good talk on genetic surgery, destiny, and human nature (in lieu of sermon), chatted with friends for a while, came home.

In the afternoon, [livejournal.com profile] curiousangel and I lounged about on the couch, watching the Orioles game (until it got too depressing), reading (him), doing needlework (me), napping (him), and generally just enjoying being close to each other.

I tried a new recipe for dinner. I mixed together six minced cloves of garlic, four good-sized sprigs of rosemary chopped into smaller pieces, some salt, and the zest of a lemon, and rubbed it into a lamb roast. Then I browned the lamb and put it into the slow cooker with some potatoes and white wine. It smelled fabulous all afternoon. I reduced the cooking time called for in the recipe, but the lamb still got a bit overdone - I think perhaps the recipe intended to call for a much larger leg-of-lamb than the 3-pound roast I bought. So the meat was just a trifle dry, but it was still tasty - and the potatoes were amazing.

It was just the kind of day I needed, after our long and busy month of July.

Date: 2004-08-02 06:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] minnaleigh.livejournal.com
Yay! I'm glad you had such a perfect quiet day.

That recipe sounds wonderful! Mmmmmmm.

Date: 2004-08-02 03:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pecunium.livejournal.com
Can I come over for dinnner?

Lamn is probably my favorite of meats, and I don't get to eat it often enough.

Sigh...

Date: 2004-08-02 08:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dragon3.livejournal.com
Lamb is so easy to overcook -- I'm glad it came out well. We had lamb chops on the fast cooker (BBQ) with fresh tomatoes. Here's to slow days! (and vacation)

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