My first Easter in south of France.

Maunday Thursday
Busy making chocolate cup cakes.
weight of egg/ 2 x 2 x 2 flour sugar and butter.  tablespoon of chocolate powder or bournville cocoa.
Individual small cup cake moulds to cook.  When cold make up chocolate butter cream with icing sugar scoop out center cut into 2 to make butterfly wings...pipe in butter cream, place in butterfly wings and dust with icing sugar white.  Delicious.
To distribute...to.....
 1 for Nicholas my butcher in Bedarieux the best meat ever and always such a welcome nothing too much trouble...low and behold its his birthday Easter Saturday could not have been better timed. 1 for my little veg/cold meat counter girl.  Always smiling and speaking so slowly for me to understand.  Its been a long haul this learning the language.  But hey ho mastering a little more each day!  2 for my neighbours Francoise and Batiste.  They are working so hard on new kitchen I feel sorry for them....always such a mess kitchen replacement I know wonderful at the end...but who wants to come back to work mans mess when you have had a full day at work!  Nearly finished.... 2 for the Aznars my saviours and now 2nd family.  For all the coffees the language and just the comfort to know I have some one close by just if.....
Off to see Jacqueline for translation ready to put new offer in place for gas and electric...for 2 years.  good price cheaper than Wales.  What a wonderful friend to help in translation and supporting me.  Take her soup doesn't eat chocolate.  Made wonderful veg soup with ham stock like minestrone.....all veg cut into small dice with tomatoes, pasta and garlic and herbs from Joaquim s mountain garden..
Home for tea and a bun my sugar fix.  Enough for today.