Not Your Average Mother's Day Dinner . . .

Mother's Day we celebrated at Linderhof

But not a meal cooked for me

But with a meal cooked by me

And not for family either

But for friends

Well, friends that are "family"

Friend Tim's brother was here from Upstate New York

and we enjoy his company

And whenever he visits, we always have the Emersons for dinner

(for Anne and Tim are dear friends and we have shared many a table)

Sunday, we set the table in the dining room

A lace cloth

And blue and white, of course!

Two plates -- the dinner plate and the salad plate for the first course asparagus

Three forks -- one for the asparagus, one for the trout and the last for the main dish

A blue and white pitcher is the perfect holder

for the bouquet of white mums

The table a vision of blue and white

Dinner was mostly served family style

The first course was a platter of roasted asparagus dressed simply with butter

 and garnished with lemon peel

The second course was steelhead trout over a bed of basil pasta

The trout cooked in a skillet with olive oil, salt and pepper

A pat of butter to melt over to finish

And a kitchen window basil leaf for garnish

 4 hour leg of lamb with French Provencal beans

Most of us at table are fans of rare lamb

We all pronounced this fork tender juicy lamb superb

It's Spring

A "springy" dessert is in order

Meringues with roasted berries (strawberries, blueberries and blackberries)

topped with cassis flavored whipped cream

It's Thursday and I'm joining Susan at Between Naps On the Porch for Tablescape Thursday and Cuisine Kathleen for Let's Dish