Day 8 Wednesday. Well, what a busy day today delivering my cooked meals. Only a couple but from little acorns… you know. Glorious day here in Cairns with early morning sunshine and no rain so far. We have the 'Hump Club' dinner tonight and the theme is Italian. Each participant cooks their own favourite dish and selects their wine and we all catch up via Zoom. For a bunch of seniors, we are not doing too badly with the technology, although there is one yet to test the system. I have collected 30 fascinating facts about general knowledge, Italy and Italian food which we will run as a trivia quiz during an interlude in the meal.

I have made a sourdough pizza base from Penny’s sourdough starter which we will slather with olive oil, salt and garlic and have as a prima portata. I am tossing up between the Angoves Organic Rose or a Giessen Sauvignon Blanc – this a gift this morning from a grateful customer, along with a $3 tip. How about that!

I am yet to make the gnocchi, but have boiled the spuds and passed them through a sieve to dry out. I think we will use the pesto we made last week as a sauce. Perhaps add some full fat cream and salt. Very good for you. I have a Saltram 1859 Barossa Shiraz. Of course, it was not bottled in 1859, but it is delicious.

Answer to yesterday’s amusing trivia is not potatoes Tas. That response was a little harsh on the Irish eh? No, the real answer is cheese.

Also, if you haven’t seen this video (from CP) it’s brilliant if not a little licentious. https://youtu.be/nCtAScghAjU

Amusing trivia for today: Which one would win in a fight between a Great White Shark and a crocodile?