*HUGE* storms hit Brisbane and surrounds and created havoc all over. Trees
down, houses damaged, car crashes, flooding, rooves missing, power
cut...... that was the worst part. Power was out for a good 24 hours, so
emergency services kicked in, generators came out, oldies on machines
transported to facilities with power..... and *still* the rain came down.

And then it stopped...... and the sun came out........ and it was *bloody*
muggy!!

Luckily the power kicked back in mid morning yesterday, just as I was
starting to get dinner prepared for friends we had invited over.

It was a bit of a rush, but I managed to get the original dinner plan out
to them, with the secondary plan (salad) just waiting in the fridge in
case we had another blackout.

The main was spit roasted chicken (which was going to be cooked power or
no), with roasted potatos, carrots, and pumpkin, and steamed beans,
broccoli and cauliflower.

With a rich mushroom sauce gravy.


Dessert was my High Apple Pie, with Crème Chantilly.


Pics in the next thread, as soon as I get them up on Photobucket.



--
Peter Lucas
Hobart
Tasmania


A good friend would drive 30 miles at 2:00 am to bail you out of jail.
A best friend, however, would be sitting in the cell next to you saying
"Man, that was f******n Awesome!"