Menu
Roast lamb and vegetables with spinach and caramelised onion gravy.
Apple crumble and custard.
After months and months of exhausting, mind blowingly dull and frustrating rehearsals my cast and I sat down to be fed properly at last. Having eaten nothing but Pasta in Plastic Cartons, Prawn Mayo Sandwiches and Packeted Plastic Sushi for what seemed like a weighty eternity at last we reached the end of our rehearsal process and the weekend before our exam allowed us just one restful, life saving evening of stuffing our faces.
The five of us slumped low around my low lit, low down, coffee table and exhaled an exaggerated seven hours of rehearsal, most too tired to even sup on some vino. Of course I did, with some help from a trusty house mate. I needed the fuel to quickly cook up this feast, it was an easy one really, although I like to make a big deal out of rubbing the garlic butter and thyme into the leg of lamb, there really isn't much to it.
Whilst my guests wearily wolfed down a packed of New Kettle Chips(The packet was Fuschia, how could I resist?) I caramelised red onions in the juice from the roast and a lot of red wine. It went down so well that someone even lent over and said to me "I would pay for this at a restaurant, Chess." I should hope so too.
The Apple Crumble came at one of those times when absolutely nobody needs any more food whatsoever. Our fatigue and weakness was soon squashed by a hearty roast and the only thing to tip us off the edge was crumble and custard. But we'd done our fair share of exercise that day and I believe I'd jumped on a few shoulders and done a few roly pollies in order to create the wonderful physical theatre master peace we so fervently worked towards. On the Monday morning after this evening, however, I do recollect feeling a little less agile and dainty as I once did.
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