Busy Easter

We are having a busy Easter, with the house full of guests. This morning, we broke the record for most cooked breakfasts! With a full house of twelve people, we finally had everyone opt for a full cooked breakfast. I have to thank Jodie for this record... firstly, because it was her turn to cook, but she let me do it for a shot at the record. Secondly, because she was wonderful to work with - keeping all the guests happy, and still having time to help out with beating eggs, and expert toasting duties.

Here are some stats for this morning's effort:

• Start cooking at 0815, and finish cooking before 0915 [that's me just plating up the last breakfast in the picture]. That's one breakfast every five minutes.
  
• 31 eggs used [lots of people opted for scrambled eggs]
• 8 serves of mushrooms
• 7 serves of tomato
• [only] 14 rashes of bacon [I think it's usually a higher percentage]
• 6 sausages [a good effort there]
• no baked beans, pancakes, smoked salmon

We've got a full house tonight as well, so we'll see if Jodie gets as many orders. I think now that it's getting into winter, the full cooked breakfasts are getting more popular. In summer, we had people cleaning up our fresh fruit salad instead.

After Easter, things will wind down a little as we get towards the end of the peak season for Tasmanian tourism. The year, Swansea is running a program for Heritage week, and we are hoping to attract some people for that, including a couple of events at Schouten House... stay tuned for more details soon [and on the Schouten House website].