The Baltimore Fiddle Fair is up and running!I knew I'd miss last night's activities: a text from the organiser (close to 3am) told me that all had gone well - though by then we were in the midst of storm-force gales, so I expect the sessions moved from the marquee to more insulated shelters...
Anyway, will aim to take some photos this weekend; in the meantime here's the first official report on the festival, from over at fiddlefair.com:
Brewing Up A Good One
Liam O' Flynn and Sean Keane along with Laura Cortese and Paul Jennings braved the elements last night and served up a top class opening night to Fiddle Fair 2009.
The wind was blowing hard and it certainly wasn't typical Fiddle Fair weather for the inaugural Fiddle Fair Marquee show but a hardy audience wrapped up well and the music certainly helped to keep us warm (warmish anyway).
Laura Cortese is a true entertainer and a great fiddler with a beautiful voice, and along with Scottish beat box man Paul Jennings they charmed the audience with a great set.
Then it was time for Old School Traditional music of highest order. I'm sure it's been a while since Liam and Sean played in such wintry conditions but it didn't knock a stir out of them and they treated us to a very special concert. Beautiful tunes and such a comfort with each others playing that at times it seemed we were listening to one instrument.
So we're up and running and the weather's going to get better and if last night I anything to go by, Fiddle Fair 09 is going to be a good one.
Declan
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Locals have a whole gauging-of-tourists système (more complex than in Devon, where the term 'grockel' covered every non-resident equally and derogatorily). Word on the street is that the Fiddle Fair and the Wooden Boat Festival (22-24 May) both draw 'nice' people. So in theory, start with either of those for some street cred, and maybe you'll be recognised during the lunacy of high-season August.
In other news, I idled around the kitchen this morning, adapting a scrumptious dessert that my sister made last weekend. I just took inspiration from the top layer, ignoring both the baked cheesecake and the brownie cake that lay underneath - which left me with a particularly fine ras-a-bee mousse. I figure, throw in some melted white chocolate, it's a stand-alone dessert.
And turns out, that's true. But it appears to be a dessert for about twelve people. Twelve greedy people. Twelve little piggies.
I may be appearing at the pub with care packages...
Have a fab weekend folks :-)
3 comments:
Murphy-Rourke's clearly fit the definition of Mousseketeers (and that's before Cillian gets his mitts on his portion.....if he ever does get his mitts on his portion.....). Many thanks again, and Gráinne says she'll have to give you her recipe for Mint Chocolate Mousse..
So the menfolk have gorged themselves and the mousse is no more......and the women folk are grateful that the haunting voice from the fridge has fallen silent.
Glad you liked it! There's a couple of things that I'd tweak, but that's the fun of food. The Mint Choc Mousse recipe sounds scrummy - thanks!
And there's no need for haunting/tempting/guilty voices - sure it was mostly raspberry, it practically counts as one of your 5-A-Day. The same as coffee, which after all, comes from *beans*, hello??
:-)
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