So...whats for dinner?
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Dinner was a chef's salad due to an unusually large, but delicious, lunch. Lunch was a perfect catfish filet on French bread (NOLA style) with remoulade and some of the best onion rings I've ever had. The restaurant that served this opened shortly before we moved from our previous town. It figures. We have a history of just missing out on decent new dining opportunities in places we just left. And this is easily the best restaurant in this town. We were in town checking on our storage unit that we are trying to empty. We were supposed to meet a guy who was going to take some of our stuff but he was a no show. Highly aggravating but at least we got a decent lunch with friends.
Our “pod" friends are coming Monday for a barbecue. I'm trying something I haven't done before - sous vide a brisket then smoke it on my gas grill. We'll see how this adventure turns out. (I'm also having grilled lemon chicken in case it's a disaster.) Sides will be the usual baked beans, baked late season corn and a cucumber salad. Our friends are bringing dessert. Meals until Monday will be pretty simple
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Bob had a big lunch, so I gave him my risotto and I gnawed my two baby lamb chops. (Had to keep Happy from them, as the bones could have splintered and hurt him). I have a couple of keto cauliflower crusts in my deli keeper; if they're still edible I will make myself a Margherita pizza for brunch (if not, I will use a low-carb tortilla instead). Or maybe I'll do shakshuka. When I was going down to the basement fridge yesterday to retrieve a carton of grapefruit juice for Bob, I saw a dozen eggs with a "sell-by" date of 8/3. I will use whichever ones don't float in a pitcher of cold water. Had to ditch only one--and I didn't have to try & "dunk" that one because it was light as a feather. Into the disposal it went (and its shell into the compost pail). So for today's brunch I harvested parsley & chives and made soft-scrambled eggs with a small piece of wholegrain toast.
Bob announced as he came in the back door that one of our tomato plants had been blown over. I went out and discovered that it was the five-footer--and there were a couple of little green ones lying on the deck, without tooth marks. We righted it. We didn't have any wind today, so we figure it was either a raccoon or opossum (too heavy for a squirrel), and the racket it must have made when it fell scared the critter off. I was worried that we'd lost all our tomatoes remaining on the vine, but so far so good. My worry was based on a neighborhood blog post by someone one neighborhood over who had every single pear stripped from her carefully tended (even braced) tree overnight. Another person had a fig tree dug up and stolen. I know the Bible says not to harvest your entire field, but to leave "the corners" unpicked for passing gleaners--but this wasn't gleaning, it was theft. Not exactly Jean Valjean stealing a loaf of bread to feed his family--the thieves probably sold most of the pears on the street.
I will pick the ones that have turned orange and let them ripen on the sill. Usually, we can wait till late Sept., even Oct. for that, but we did have a bumper crop this year, and too much of it ripened all at once. We've given away over two dozen. (We usually don't have any to spare).
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Eric, when I read your post about the llamas having a tiff, I was imagining one was saying “Quit being such a drama llama" and the other one retorted “"Keep it up and Alpaca your bags"
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Mae - there was a review for Hughie's in the local paper this week. Thanks again for introducing me to this tasty place. Link below for anyone else wandering through Houston.
https://www.theleadernews.com/food_drink/review-hu...
The next place I want to try is Mo's Irish Pub for the fish & chips and the Shepherd's Pie. There's one in Cypress & one at Vintage Park. Unfortunately they don't open until 3pm except on the weekends and I prefer to eat lunch out be be home later.
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minus, thanks for the article, I didn’t know they had an older original location. DH and I enjoyed the fish n chips at Mo’s in cypress on the outside patio a couple of months ago, we’ll be back.
Saltines and peanut butter tonight instead of a meal because I snacked on fruit and nuts too late in the afternoon and DH had a big lunch.
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Last night's dinner was the Labor Day celebration meal. The resort owners hired a man with a smoker who cooked pork for pulled pork and big pans of cheesy potatoes (a MN staple), and baked beans. The pot luck element of the meal provided a variety of salads and desserts. My contribution was two small cheese cakes purchased from the Amish vendors at the farmers market. One cheese cake had raspberry topping and the other had blueberry.
I was not impressed with the pork. We ended up with a package of the leftover meat.
Labor Day signals the end of summer up here. Kids back in school. Football seasons in progress.
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Yesterday I made guac & had avocado toast & egg for brunch. Went to Cellars last night for dinner, and for the first time was not happy with my meal. The tomato-veg soup was perfect; but the fish & chips I'd always loved pre-keto was undercooked--the fish itself was fine, but the batter beneath the outer crust was still pasty & nearly raw. Fries underdone too, though I specified to "burn them." Of course, I didn't have the heart to carp (pun intended), just packed most of it to take home. Reheated it in the air-fryer for lunch--and it turned out great. Not sure what we'll do tonight, but tomorrow we are going to their last brunch, and I intend to cheat again, with their French toast. The goodbyes & crying are likely to last nearly til I have to get ready for temple. Going out in a little while in search of a round challah and an apple (already have lots of honey).
Having a very sore gum behind my lower L molar--feels like when I was cutting my wisdom teeth at age 21. (I no longer have wisdom teeth--they were impacted--nor premolars, which had to be removed 40 yrs ago for orthodontic purposes). Neither my dentist nor perio are returning my calls, texts or e-mails--why do emergencies all happen on weekends & holidays? Gargling with Listerine & warm saltwater, and taking Tylenol & ibuprofen. No toothache, but the gum feels very tender and is swollen. I'd at least like to know if I need to start taking the amoxicillin I have on hand. Can't get seen till at least Tues. Not even the 24/7 "emergency" dentists are open. No way I'm gonna visit an urgent care center (closed, too) and certainly not an ER unless I get a fever or cellulitis. This all started after dinner Thurs. night, when I couldn't get the floss into the space between that molar & gum.
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Chicken noodle soup for dinner. Came down with food poisoning after eating from a subpar Burger King
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Oh dear, Mommy, I hope you feel better soon.Minus, sorry, just saw your kind inquiry about my back…The involved facets still act up a lot, and I will be revisiting the injection doc once we are back home. Further, I will probably also be seeking some help (neuro eval, or OT or SLP) to get the slow return of my cognitive abilities stepped up a bit. I hate to think that the concussion I experienced might place me in the fast lane to dementia! A woman on our beach who had a concussion a few years ago told me her cognitive processing took two years to heal. Ugh….
Like Carole, we also had our end of summer association beach dinner party last evening. We don't have anybody cook for us (yet) just a big pot luck line up on tables. But this year two young member gals who have been organizing activities for the association (and doing a great job, as it has evolved over the past few years) planned for Music Bingo, which everyone enjoyed playing after dinner. I have to say that it was fun, and an activity for everyone, young and old. And no one had to be the first to start the dancing which we have always had as the only post dinner activity in previous years. Of course, I did notice that the focus on the activity resulted in less interesting foods this year. Hmmmmm…not as much fun for us foodies. That said, my back was a bear yesterday, so instead of making an interesting entree, we bought three desserts: iced oatmeal cookies, a chocolate bundt cake, and a NY cheesecake which I decorated with fresh raspberries. One of my neighbors brought a platter of bought Italian cookies. The almond macaroons were great!
Our association has grown quite a bit over the past ten years as the remaining lots have been sold and built upon, so it will be interesting to see how social activities like this change as we go through growing pains. Right now, there are someassociation tensions related to amenity availability. Definitely not enough docks, moorings and beach lockers for all of the members and unlike those of us who built many years ago, there is no concept that these things don't become available to everyone immediately. Waiting does not seem to be a very popular option with the new younger couples. Not sure how this first world problem will be worked out over time…but we'll see. I don't think it helps new members expectations that when houses are sold, brokers give misinformation liberally about amenities that are not immediately accessible.Tonight DH is grilling turkey tips that I marinated in a honey/mustard sauce. Sides will be some of the last of local corn on the cob, and salad with my horseradish vinaigrette (only the homemade marinade is a new try:)
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Tonight is a bun less turkey burger with a little cheddar and mozzarella topped with sautéed onions, a veggie mix and roasted rosemary potatoes.
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M0mmy, I think it is time to rise up and depose the Burger King. Seriously, feel better very soon!
Lacey, you sound quite articulate and sharp--at least in writing. Hope your back eases up and your cognition improves to your satisfaction.
Not sure what we'll do for dinner--Bob went out to Beard & Belly for chicken pot pie for lunch (and a bottle of Listerine for me). Just got a small portion of cooked brisket, plus chopped liver, from the kosher section of the grocery--as well as a gala apple. pomegranate and round challah with sesame seeds (sold out of the ones with raisins). I know brisket is more appropriate for actual Rosh Hashonah, but we won't be done with Cellars' last brunch tomorrow till after 3 and services start at 7:30--traditionally, we do apples, challah & honey when we get back, but I don't think Bob wants to go; maybe I'll make him a big chopped liver sandwich with diced Vidalia onion. We don't have rye bread, but I'm sure he won't mind my ultra-whole-grain, which he eats all the time.
Tempted to go back to Cellars to see if they have their famous meat loaf. I suspect there's "no room at the inn," because it's the last dinner. We'd sit at the bar if that's all that's available.
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Illimae, that looks yummy!
So we went back to Cellars for dinner--but alas, they sold out of the meat loaf. (I am all the better for having tasted it, and the recipe is up on their YouTube channel). So we shared the watermelon salad again. Bob had the "Cellars burger" (smashed & caramelized with cheddar, mushrooms, lettuce, tomato & onion on a brioche bun). I decided to stick with something nobody else in town does: my usual bourbon-glazed Scottish salmon over grilled sweet potato slices & julienne veggies. Ate all the salmon, but left half the "fixins" to have with tomorrow night's after-temple brisket & green beans. Karen will know what I'm talking about: it's a near-facsimile of a tsimmes (sans spuds & prunes).
Dessert, in a little while, will be strawberries and a "wee dram" of Sauternes. (Forgot to buy blue cheese).
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Dinner was a BLT for each of us. Delicious.
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A BL (I don’t like the T) does sound delicious!
Not dinner but I had leftover pork loin, sweet potato and broccoli to use (not enough for a meal),so I added cauliflower, onion and garlic to make a breakfast hash. I cooked enough for 2 servings and saved 2 for later. I love using leftovers in an omelette too.
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Sharon and I are at the hospital emergency department with her mom. We took her mom to the dentist because of a bothersome tooth and the dentist sent her to the hospital. She has a tooth abscess that got *WAY* out of hand.
Apparently the tooth had been bothering her for 3 months...but she didn't want to bother us.
...sigh....
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Prayers for a good outcome, Eric.
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Lacy, I see a neurologist for the first time on The 27th of Sept......
dementia is knocking on my door!!!
My brain MRI was ok
: ( Di
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We went to Clancy's restaurant last night with three other resort dwellers for Meatloaf Monday. There were four orders of meatloaf. I had two pieces of dark meat broasted chicken, baked potato and salad with extra blue cheese dressing. The waitress spilled my glass of chardonnay on the table, getting some of it on me and Laurie, sitting next to me.
Eric, sorry about your MIL's infection.
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eric - oh no! Hope Sharon's MIL is on the mend shortly with some medical intervention. My DH had a serious sinus surgery a year ago with four types of trapped bacteria in the treated sinus, but never felt 100% afterward. It turned out he had an abcess above the upper molar on that same side, but didn't know this until six months later. After a routine cleaning where they probed that area he went to his endodontist and the tooth was extracted (not the original plan, but they couln't save the tooth with the amount of bone loss) and with it came the abcess - he felt almost immediately better after a short course of abx. We will never know if the sinus issue caused the tooth abcess, or the oother way around - chicken and egg.
carole - I once had a server at Ruth's Chris drop a ramekin of ketchup - meant for the table next to us - and it splashed on my clothes and in my hair. Our meal was then deemed free of charge! Did you at least get free wine?
We have been painting again, but I think we are done for the moment. This past weekend was the bedroom - two light gray accent walls that parallel each other, the other walls are a cream color. This is not a rectangular room - there are several angles and narrow walls, plus a tray ceiling with crown and smaller molding, so it was a challenge. In order for dinner to make itself, I put a pork butt in the oven while we painted. I had previously made 3 bean salad and broccoli salad, so dinner was that, with pulled pork sandwiches. We had all that again last night, but tonight maybe shrimp and angel hair pasta and a salad.
We leave for CO in just over a week and a half. Having stayed in a number of AirBnb and VRBO properties on vacation I have found a variety of kitchen staples - sometimes well stocked, sometimes not. We are planning meals ahead and since we are driving I am taking a number of things with me - anything canned or shelf staple for the dinners we are making, like canned tomatoes or all the dry ingredients for cornbread. I have crown molding install next week so will be gathering all supplies and doing last minute appointments this week so I can be home all next week - except for a nail appt. When we return I am having the three long awaited glass doors installed - they are currently in my garage. Right after that the custom wood valances go in by the same guys doing the crown install next week. During all that I turn 65, lol! All I need is my new fridge I ordered in January to arrive...
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Tonight is seared chicken in a creamy mushroom, onion, spinach mix with refreshed leftover veggies.
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Lovely plate illimae.
Tonight was a lighter version of fettuccine alfredo with the addition of broccoli. The only side was sliced homegrown tomatoes given to us by friends. Delicious.
I hope your mil has a speedy recovery Eric.
Carole - I’m glad your wine was white and not red lol.
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Although it was 102 degrees today, my husband asked for meatloaf. He's been so very helpful so I made a meatloaf with baked potato with a side of home grown cucumbers and red & yellow bell peppers. Although it made my kitchen hot, it was delicious & a peek to the coming fall.
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Nice plate, Illimae!
In your pocket, Di, for your neuro visit. Hoping it's not dementia, but the C.R.S. Disease ("can't remember s**t") that affects us all sooner or later.
Eric, bummer about Sharon's mom's dental abscess. Hope some IV abx & TLC can reverse it and prevent sepsis. This seems to be dental-distress week in general (though my inflamed gum behind the L lower molar has calmed down, thanks to various rinses & mouthwashes. Still seeing my perio on Thurs. to ascertain if the problem was not the gum itself but an imperceptibly-loosening crown that trapped a meat particle beneath the edge where floss couldn't reach it).
Monday's last brunch at Cellars was bittersweet. I decided to indulge in bananas Foster French toast and a mimosa or two--and at the end of the afternoon, champagne that the chef-owner poured for everyone remaining. Lots of tear-filled hugs and goodbyes. They have a buyer for the fixtures, furnishings, and alcohol--but not for the business. The landlord has turned down every prospective buyer because he's gun-shy about having a restaurant in there in case there's another lockdown or even capacity limit that might make it hard to pay rent. The owners are taking time off to visit family and then tour northern Spain before deciding what to do when they get home in Feb. The staff have all found gigs elsewhere, but most of them are taking vacation time first.
After temple (Bob didn't want to go, so he stayed home and had a chopped liver sandwich) we cut a round sesame challah, and dipped apple slices in honey. Alas, the challah was just too good to limit myself to one piece, so not gonna weigh myself this week. Back on the straight & narrow yesterday: a breakfast "pizza" of tomatoes, mozzarella & basil on a crust made of cauliflower & parmesan. Dinner was kosher brisket with leftover Cellars green beans and sweet potato-julienne veg. quasi-tsimmes.
Tonight, skate wing in browned butter & sherry vinegar with capers, plus asparagus, tomatoes, and corn (for Bob, though I might cut off a 2" piece from the tip for me to try). Lunch: a classic French rolled herb/gruyere omelet with half a small tomato.
Speaking of tomatoes, ours are winding down, One "Black Prince" plant seems particularly susceptible to blossom-end rot (despite calcium supplementation in the soil); I have to pick them while they're very small and the brown bottoms haven't softened (so I can cut off the brown part). Once they soften, they're gone, and the best I can do is throw them over the fence into the gangway for the squirrels & rabbits. (Too late for the seeds to take root anyway). My ripe ones are still firmly on the stalk (I wiggle them every day, and if they come loose I bring them in). Have about a dozen on the sill (plus two green ones that fell off when one plant fell over), 7 ripening ones on the stalk, and about 7 green ones not nearly ready to pick. Culling the browned & yellowed leaves. One plant has only one tiny fruit, but several blossoms--so perhaps a couple of warm weeks may bring us enough fruit to take us to Oct,
My herbs are still doing fine--oregano, loads of basil, curly & flat parsley, thyme, and mint--despite culling it and giving it to neighbors, it keeps coming back. And the rosemary is now a veritable bush. (BTW--rosemary stems make great skewers for shirmp & kebabs). It's an extremely winter-hardy perennial--only prolonged subzero temps can kill it...till spring, when it comes back. Even snowpack preserves it.
But Bob just called from his office. Guess what he's bringing home? Yup, tomatoes--a gift from a patient. Shakshuka & BLTs, anyone?
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She is receiving IV antibiotics for sepsis.. They wanted to transfer to another hospital, but there was "no room in the inn" there, so the doctors "there" are coordinating treatment with the doctors "here".
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Eric, that’s a difficult situation on many levels. I’m sorry and wish you all great luck and a quick recovery.
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Eric - wishing your MIL all the very best.
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DH requested stir fry, so I tried a new recipe. I omitted the mushrooms and added sliced squash, bean sprouts and cashews. This one is a keeper.
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Eric, I do hope your MIL benefits from the “coordinated" treatment.
Sandy, thank you for your kind words about my written communication. Fortunately, that remains in tact so far. The lingering concussion effect on cognition seems to be processing large amts of info, and integrating/synthesizing it for response. Facing such information feels overwhelming, and results in a headache.I also notice that when I am talking I can suddenly lose track of my conversation. All pretty concerning! The PT I saw for my more immediate post concussion symptoms suggested that an OT at the clinic could be helpful for my cognitive concerns. A teacher/neighbor at my beach said that she worked with a SLP for several months to regain her cognitive abilities. Of course she is about 20 years younger than I. Ugh… will decide what route to take once back home.
Di, I hope your neuro consult is helpful and hopeful!
Two nights ago, we made at home lobster sandwiches, Connecticut style, and last night had BLTs with avocado spread for mayo, with a side of Tuscan white bean soup. Pix below…served bought cole slaw both nights that I doctored up to try to make it tasty.
Tonight we ate at The Homestead, a popular local restaurant where I had broiled scallops and DH had French onion soup, and jambalaya. We enjoyed it, esp due to no food prep or clean up!
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Looks delicious Lacey, yum!
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Lacey,
The lobster....looked so yummy!
I ♡ lobster.....
Di
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