Friday
9th October
Lipari
In
the mornings we can hear the fishmonger spruking “Pescatore” at
the top of his voice – so what are a couple of lads on holiday to
do? We headed down o the little port and purchased a rather ugly but
fresh squid and a large bluefish. Then it was off to the beach for
a bit more snorkeling, reading, sunning etc before returning to the
apartment to prepare the calamari. Jim, somewhere in his deep dark
memory, recalled having once prepared calamari from the start and was
able to clean the little sucker and then produced salt and pepper
squid. Served with a crisp salad – fabulous.
After
lunch we headed off for our afternoon jaunt around the island, this
time in the other direction. We just missed the sunset on the other
side of the island but we'll get it another day. We did get to see
the near island of Volcano spitting steam for the tip of it's main
peak. How exciting.
But
now to dinner; Nic took on the chief chefs role again and prepared
stuffed baked bluefish served with baked garlic potatoes. Another
culinary masterpiece. It's so easy when the produce is right.
