Aug 19 2008
A Good Send Off
There is something of a tradition at my work to do a picnic lunch in the coffee room for anyone leaving. We gave J a particularly fine gastronomic goodbye, I feel! I contributed two dishes.
- Mortadella Pasta Salad
- Crunchy Salad with Hot and Sour Dressing
What a spread there was. I hope I merit such efforts from my colleagues, if/when I leave!
Both the dishes I took were from On the Run, the lunches chapter and both I would eat again for lunch. That said, the crunchy salad would be a bit high faff to make in the morning for lunch for only two- quite a lot of slicing and you have to blanch some of the veg. It also wasn’t quite hot or sour enough for me- I was expecting a really potent kick! More appropriate to put the effort in for a bbq or picnic, I’d have thought.
The mortadella pasta salad was yummy, a dead simple, fairly standard pasta and ham affair with a mustardy dressing. It coped particularly well with my part-making it at home and then assembling it at work. My only gripe would be that I didn’t chop the parsley quite fine enough (perhaps I do need a mezzeluna after all?!?!) but otherwise most satisfactory. I made Dougal a little portion of this on the side as he had most selflessly provided a batch of Spicy Moroccan Rolls for me to take as well.
