spring bits and pieces

beginning of may is always festive in serbia..

first, there is 1st of may

international workers day:

meaning two days off work and school

and this year these two days merged with weekend

resulting in spring break

..

1st of may is kind of a big deal over here

and that has nothing to do with it's origin

for most people, it's just the day you're supposed to spend out in the nature

drinking and barbecuing with bunch of friends!

just this year

we get to do all that drink-eat-repeat routine for 4 full days

up in the mountains with 60 (!?) friends..

not an easy task for me

as i've spent most of those 4 days looking like an elephant man

with left side of my face swollen..

and i had a company:

my friend nebojsha (meaning daredevil! coolest name ever)

 wore an eye patch

because of some eye injury that refuses to go..

we looked totally ridiculous together

(you'll have to trust me on that

no way in hell i'm sharing my elephant man phase photos)

..

once back to civilisation and off the booze

antibiotics finally kicked in

and my face shrunk to it's normal proportions

..

then it was 6th of may

st george's day

one of the very important slavas in serbian ortodox church

another custom that requires drink-eat-repeat approach

but, since we're not really a religious bunch

we're never invited to such events..

so we went mushroom picking instead

(funny thing is, that these particular mushrooms we picked

are actually called st george's mushrooms)

..

wanted to make few posts on various meals we prepared this may

but i'm too lazy to do it

and, after all, this is sewing blog

so there you have them all mixed up:

grilled st george's mushrooms 

and local cheese and onions..

various beans

and my favorite:

potatoes and onions and carrots and morels (type of wild mushrooms)

slowly cooked in wine in traditional ceramic pot..

possibly the best meal of my life

..

mokosha