Skyping Jacquie; come in, Jacquie....

Yes you can cram 8 people into our little tiny apartment! I had the girls over to chat with Jacquie on skype. She is recently been diagnosed as pregnant and we wanted to see the baby bump and since I love cooking it was an excuse to have everyone over. Denise, Ruth, Catherine, Claire, Karen, Katrin, Tullia and myself all crowded around the TV to chat with her and Phillip. Of course this is where technology fails us. We could chat with her just fine, but to see her with the video made both computers crash. Still pretty cool that we could sit in Ireland and chat with somone in South Africa for free and it was clear as if she were in the room with us. She ended up just emailing us some photos of her belly and rang us on my mobile, but we will have to try again once the squirmy one is born. It was just great to hear her voice again for all of us!

We behaved for the most part since it was a school night. But Catherine just had to make here yummy Brazilian Caipirinha drink since her boyfriend is brazillian, to go along with the all the food. The drink is prepared with cachaça:
Caipirinha
1 lime
2 ounces of cachaça
Sugar to taste
Ice cubes

Wash the lime and roll it on the board to loosen the juices. Cut the lime into pieces and place them in a glass. Sprinkle with the sugar and crush the pieces (pulp side up) with a pestle. Just enough to release the juice, otherwise it'll get bitter. Add the cachaça and stir to mix. Add the ice and stir again. It is delicious and potent!

If you can't find cachaça, use a good vodka. The drink will then be called caipiroshka. No vodka? Use white rum and you will have a caipiríssima. Worth a go for sure!