Friday, February 23/2018

Several snails on a wall and sidewalk between us and the greengrocer. Fairly large ones. They're not far from a fenced yard with lots of greenery and flowers where they'd be much better fed and presumably happier, so it's a mystery what they're doing here. Tempting to toss them into the long grass, but we don't interfere. Locals often look for them in the fields and collect them as a delicacy.

J has acquired a very nice beef fillet from the butcher at Prinos. The plus and minus of living in a simpler food culture. He inquired on Friday and was told to come back on Wednesday. And indeed on Wednesday it was there, a kilo and a half of it. So the timing of the invitation to Jane and Bill for Friday follows on the butcher's acquisition. Soft as butter lovely, though, with mushroom sauce and leeks and carrots and salad. As always, we have two burners (with somewhat uneven heat) and a microwave. Really miss the radiators of past years. Once a dish was hot it was possible to keep it warm until everything was ready. Fresh local strawberries now - greenhouse, obviously, but nice.