S/Y Babette Sails to the Caribbean

S/Y Babette sails to the Caribbean, carefully avoiding the Pirates, and then sails back again to Norway.

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005

"Bird of Paradise" onboard

A trip to the farmer´s market, "Nuestra Senora de Africa" right in the middle of town. Like the one in Funchal,Madeira, only more so. More flower stands. Where I bought more "Bird-of-Paradise" lilies, bright orange and lilla,
a meter high, for the tiny cockpit table. The building is pink stucco, the entrance a huge arch, a tower over it. Inside it's an open atrium, lined with fruit and vegetable stands, and other necesities, like canary birds in cages. At one stand there was quite a crowd filling bags with "seconds". I came out with a big orange bag full of perfect fruit and veggies for under 2 euro.

Dinner on board is the resultat: Chicken with Serrano ham, cheese and mustard. And thinly sliced onion, leek and green pepper. And small mushrooms sautèed in butter. And white wine. The chicken is merinated in white wine vinegar, pepper, herbs (provence). Then slice into the chicken pieces and put the good mustard, ham. Fry, then add the cheese, cover and simmer. With a certain amount of juggling between one of the dinner plates and the big skillet it can be made in one frying pan.

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