Wouldn’t want to be a chicken for quids!

Ro and Keith have very kindly been looking after the chooks, apparently they are very well behaved when staying with friends.

We have been rewarded with at least one of them laying so I was in the middle of deciding what to cook that would use both the fresh eggs and the new potatoes out of the garden when we heard a bit of a ruckus outside.  The chooks where outside about 6.30pm and from nowhere appeared 2 little dogs.  One of the dogs had decided although twice his height a chicken might be worth a try….so imagine a chicken being chased down the drive by a dog followed by Nick and a rather larger dog (Tana), comical yes but the poor chicken lost most of its tail feathers, more of its mind but luckily for the dog not its life.  Turns out they had got out of a neighbours yard. 

I’m hoping that wasn’t the laying chicken.  We got back to the house to find another one sheltering in my study of all places.  Once all chickens where back outside I was able to get back to the task at hand.

Crispy potato cake

4 large potatoes

1 small onion

2 eggs lightly beaten

1 T flour

½ cup chopped parsley

Salt and pepper

1 tablespoon of olive oil

 Grate the potatoes and onion.  Wrap them in a tea towel and squeeze out the excess moisture.  Put all ingredients except the oil in to a bowl and combine well.  Heat a 22cm non stick oven proof pan over a medium heat and add the olive oil.  When the oil is hot, add the potato mixture, cover and cook for 10 minutes, shaking the pan occasionally to stop the cake sticking. Heat under a grill for a further 6-7 minutes until cooked and brown.

We served this with a simple salad and a couple of sliced of smoked salmon.

This is a photo of the potatoes we grew this year, how good do they look!

Enjoy the potato cake its great.

Love Mary