The visitors decided to hang out in the barn yard.
Delighted by the nosy cows. 
Queenie mooched about chatting with the girls.
And the boys. It was a lovely laid back evening with a glass of wine in the newly cleaned yards. Everyone could join in. Unless you are a pregnant sheep. 
Then No partying. Oh I remember those days Mama. For the pleasure of being round, over pregnant and tired- you can have no glass of wine and no wild gallivanting about. They will probably keep you up late. Then you will have to drive them all home.
Good morning. Friends from Germany braved the gale force winds to visit the Farmy. And a lovely time was had by all.
When I have people visiting out of the blue I invariably fall back on a quiche. This base is very quick and I always have eggs and some kind of vegetable hanging around.
The base is one cup of flour, one cup of oatmeal. 1/4 cup of water, 1/4 cup of oil, pepper and salt. Press into quiche dish. This is the standard base. It is very simple. Last night’s base variation was a sprinkle of poppy seeds and a small glug of truffle oil. Then add eggs, cheese and vegetables, not necessarily in that order! I love the deep orange of the paprika against the green of the asparagus in this one too.
Good morning. We are fine and clear here with a bendy tree forecast. The yards were cleaned of all the dung heaps yesterday (just in the nick of time) and today I shall carry on with clearing out the last of the dirty straw from the back pens with a fork and a wheelbarrow. It will all go around the flowers in the gardens as I prepare each flower bed for the summer. My rule is No bare earth. Also as I push the wheelbarrow back and forth I can keep a close watch of Mama.
My little chicks are growing at the rate of knots. And yesterday Kupa wandered even further, gave himself a fright by encountering a cow and put himself to bed early.
We have begun to water the gardens. It is getting dry already.
Now while it is still calm and light I had better get to work. The house is full of sun it is so lovely to have the spring light!
Good morning. Have a lovely day.
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
76 responses to “Cows like to party too.”
Nice place to hang out for a wine, not surprised everyone wanted to join in.
I love the images of everyone wandering around the paddocks clutching beautiful glasses of wine – that does make farming look very romantic! Glad to hear the seasons are changing and that the warm weather is on its way xx
Oatmeal for the quiche crust? Interesting. Whole or quick oats in there? How does that affect the texture?
And who doesn’t love hanging with cows?? 🙂
whole rolled oats, the less processed the better! more crunchy!! hi jed!! c
🙂 Almost 100% with ya on that one! 🙂
That quiche looks splendid and I love your base recipe. I have never made a quiche without a traditional pie crust but this make it so fattening and unhealthy. Adding oats sound perfect.
it is a good crust and you can use any flour you choose, it even holds together with flax seed flour. but not quite as tasty! so good for gluten free! c
What a great idea to add oatmeal to your quiche dough!
I agree. Wouldn’t have thought of that. Something to try.