German Reggae and How To Eat a Rabbit

We haven’t been to Nikaia for any concerts since my double concert-whammy of AC/DC – Cranberries last summer. Well, in my case, 3 concerts in 6 months is actually quite a lot ;-).

This time the plan was to see Patrice – the German-Sierra Leonean reggae dude. A good crowd had showed up; we decided to sit back in the stands (let’s say because I’m an old fart ? ;-) ). Patrice put up a pretty good show, and the atmosphere was great all around (maybe a bit too good where we were sitting, the teenage brats behind us were getting a bit annoying at times – another sign of me getting old perhaps?). We were pretty impressed with the good French he spoke as well.

The following day, we had the folks over for dinner – an early father’s day dinner, let’s say father’s day in Finland is the following Sunday). We decided to prepare a real French classic for them, a bit of rabbit stew (we found a free recipe in Carrefour Market, of all places!?). Having purchased all the necessary ingredients (at the local market, of course!), we got cookin’. For starters, we prepared a pumpkin soup, and for main course, as already mentioned, a good honest rabbit stew, with some mashed potatoes. With a bottle of Chianti Classico as wine (the bottle we acquired during our trip to Tuscany last summer).

For dessert, we still had the Kouign-aman we’d purchased in Brittany during our recent visit. Kouign-aman is a Brittany recipe, which basically means the only ingredients are flour, butter and sugar. Yummie, my kind of cuisine ;-). I think the dinner was a success – especially the rabbit – my dad had several helpings. And if I may say so, it was rather delicious. Not bad either, the Kouign-aman. The glasses I purchased for a recent 70's party proved a great success too (check out the photo!). A nice end to a nice weekend :-)