So...whats for dinner?
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Laurie,
Here's a really easy salmon recipe:
Salt and pepper salmon filets and either gril or bake until just beginning to easily flake. While fish is cooking, mix a glaze of 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 dijon or honey mustard (if using honey mustard, use a bit less brown sugar) and 2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger. Mix well and spread over the salmon. Grill a few minutes longer (or broil in the oven) so the glaze carmelizes on the fish. It is delicious and super easy. I keep my ginger root in a ziploc in the freezer and just grate (while frozen) however much I need. It stays fresh for a long time this way.
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Amidala,
That sounds REALLY delicious!! We just had salmon that I topped with some home-made pesto (the basil from my garden is going crazy and I had to use it)... It was really good, but I think I like your idea better! That glaze sounds awesome!
One question though... for the mustard... is it 1/4 cup? or 1/4 tsp? Love anything with ginger!!0 -
Michelle,
I hope you enjoy the festival!! It sounds awesome!
I love ALL food but, I do have a special fondness for Italian food and I don't have an ounce of Italian in me either! My Mom is half Cuban and my Dad's side mostly German/Scottish...
We went to a Rennaisance Fesival last week-end and that was exactly what my husband and I did... We would order something and share. That way we got to taste more things without getting so full!!
We stayed over-night and left the kids (18 and 22) alone for the first time EVER! They did fine and the house is still standing with no complaints of any parties! We had the nicest dinner out at an Italian place that the hotel recommended...
We both had a dish that had seared scallops, mushrooms and peas over pasta in a vodka cream sauce.... Was just amazing.... Didn't have room for the cannoli (a favorite of mine)!!!
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zumbagirl,
Cabbage lasagna sounds interesting... Is it anything like cabbage rolls (Halupki)? Could you share the recipe?
Laurie,
Since I just picked my first EVER eggplant from my garden today and I also have zucchini (more than I care to think about) and tomatoes, would you be willing to share the recipe for your casserole?
Hope you all are making progress on getting things back in order!!
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Michelle- let us know about the Italian festival, it sounds like heaven! I am drooling over here!
amidala- Thanks so much for the salmon recipe, I am going to keep trying it different ways, my husband was thrilled that I made him salmon.
Today we were busy going through the contents of the basement and making a big pile of trash. Sigh...but we are through most of it now which is fantastic and we are having a simple dinner of cheeseburgers and hot dogs with slaw.
I hope everyone had a good day and to all the east coasters-batten down the hatches! I hope everyone makes it through the storm without anything momentous happening, including me
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debbie- I hope you have a great trip and safe flying. Flying is no fun- but a cocktail could help!
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Getting ready to head out to the hotel airport, will stay over night to fly out tomorrow, beens so busy today, just got a chance to log on and see if you are all ok.!
Thanks for the wishes, be safe every one,
Hugs,
Debbie
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Debbie,
Haven't flown in a very long time but, had to do quite a bit of flying back when I was still working... I always made sure that I flew iin the night before... A Dramamine or two and a glass of wine and I didn't care WHAT happened! Just had to make sure that I didn't have any meetings where I had to be worth anything at until the next day...lol!
Enjoy your time away! Hope to hear about your adventure when you return!0 -
I would love to meet at Pickity Place.
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Just got back from the festival. The vendor areas were so close together and crowded, you couldn't even walk down the street! We left the immediate area because I found the crowds and just standing in line a little too tiring. We went looking for a pizza shop and stumbled on Pushcart Caffe then we walked over to the Modern Pastry Shop for dessert and cappucino. I'll be regretting it - the caffeine will keep me up or I'll take my full dose of sleeping pill and hope for the best!
The pizza place was off the beaten path in the North End and has really good Yelp reviews for being fast and friendly. Well, something went awry and it took almost an hour for us to get ours. At one point I asked our waitress if our pizza was coming and she said they were really busy. Then I think she went and checked, and either she forgot to put the order in or they had given it to someone else. She kept coming back and saying "2 more minutes" then again...like a broken record...lol. They offered us more drinks on the house, they never told us what happened, but the pizza finally showed up and it was really good. All in all, we had a good time even though the festival food wasn't quite what I expected or was "up" for.
And of course, anything from the Modern Pastry Shop is absolutely excellent! I don't normally drink coffee in the evening, but I couldn't pass up a cup of real cappucino to go with my cannoli. Well, I ate just a bit of the cannoli as I was pretty much "done" by then! Tomorrow is another day.
For anyone who is a Food Network junkie, the show Sugar High was on earlier tonight and is being repeated at 1:30 a.m. eastern time. They are featuring desserts from famous Boston shops including the Modern. We didn't know about it 'til we were waiting in line to get in and there was a sign on the door. The DVR is now set to record the show, we'll see it some time this weekend.
We still have a few things to do in preparation for whatever size storm will hit us tomorrow and Sunday. We have a borrowed generator from Joycek, I brought in all the cushions from the patio furniture and DH will batten down the hatches tomorrow morning. Then we will be off to DD's so the guys can work on a remodeling project and I can hang out with the grandkids.
Michelle
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Michelle how disappointing for the food at the festival, hate it when i get my hopes up for a really good treat and then it isnt what I expected. Love italian food...little Italy in NYC...yum. Daughter home from NYC just in time to escape the storm
Today we are expecting wall to wall sunshine. Carribean party at marina for all us boaters..have a guy coming with a huge smoker/cooker doing jerk chicken and pulled bbq pork. we will all bring dishes to pass. The food is always amazing at this event.
Happy weekend everyone..be safe!
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Carrie - I think I was the bigger problem at the festival. I thought I'd be able to handle the crowd and wandering from food tent to food tent, but I really wanted to sit down at a table. And, oh I forgot to mention this part...DH had a horrible workday and he was NOT in a good mood. I think he would have been happier to not go, but was trying to make me happy. So when the one and only place at the festival (tables and chairs, beer and pizza) had a very long line and DD and I had taken a "once around" to see what else was available, I decided the best thing to do was go look for a restaurant with an open table. It turned out just fine - we actually liked the place and we'll probably go back. So in the end, we "discovered" a little neighborhood restaurant that we would not otherwise have found.
OK, now...all the east coast gals...check in if you can. DH and I are just getting back from my daughter's house in Acton. It's just raining, normal rain, no wind, no nothing. It's not even a heavy rain. I'm sure all that will change and we are fully prepared for Irene. What's everyone else doing?
Michelle
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That's still the case in Philly at this point too. It is raining pretty hard, but the winds don't seem too bad yet. My biggest worry is all the trees around here. Hope none of them get knocked down. Other than that, took in the outside furniture and the trash cans. Not in an area to worry about flooding. Keep safe everyone.
Seeing some pretty bad flooding down at the Jersey shore on tv.
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My brother in Virginia is OK so far. He is inland enough to be safe from coastal flooding but they have some localized flooding. They live on a small hill and just downhill from them are some homes with water already to the door sills from ordinary run off because the storm water drainage system is overwhelmed.
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Just lost our power. Yikes.
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oh no Kay! Keep us posted via phone if you can.
Michelle, I'm sorry your North End trip didn't end up the way it was planned. I have a good friend who actually goes to the North End to buy food every year for Christmas Day. I drool everytime she tells me what she gars and swear I have to get down there.
We made progress today, all the stuff in the back yard that was dragged out of the basement, ruined by water was inventoried and hauled away. We have put all our patio sets away and gotten everything secured outside and had a tarp put on the chimney. I am hoping it is not going to hit us too hard.
I agree- lets all try to check in and let everyone know if we are ok. Right now it is raining here, but nothing abnormal. We had a long hot sweaty day with the clean up followed by a birthday party at 5:30 for a three year old. The kids went to bed late, hopefully they will sleep in tomorrow for us.
I hope everyone is doing ok. Take care ladies.
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You must have gone through Chelmsford Michelle.
I have not been tothe North End in years.
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I will be visiting my DD during the Christmas holidays, she lives in Bermuda now, used to live in Merrimack NH.
That's her in the picture with me.
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Well power is still out. I guess it was too much rain or maybe a downed tree. It is still raining and there is some wind, but it doesn't seem that bad. The biggest problem will be if there are so many outages getting to them all will take time. I am in a very populated area so hole illy it will be high on the list to fix.
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Deborye - I go through Chelmsford all the time! One daughter lives in Acton, one lives on the Manchester/Hooksett line, one son lives in Candia and one lives in Merrimack. I am extremely jealous of your upcoming trip to Bermuda. I have wanted to go there for a very long time, and I think my DH would love it because of the fabulous golf. We love fine dining, of which I hear there is an abundance, and I love beautiful beaches. It seems to have everything, and it's not that far away from here. It's going to happen... And oh, we went to the Glenview Grille on 3A in No. Chelmsford last weekend. When we lived in Litchfield (20-something years ago), we belonged to a bowling league and someone in our "crowd" introduced us to the Glenview and its $8.99 prime rib dinner. Well, we went back and the place hasn't changed a bit on the inside. The price is now $11.99, but the portion was huge and it was cooked perfectly. I'm sure we'll be going back frequently as it is an unbeatable deal.
Chabba - glad your brother in Virginia is OK. I have a niece and family in Virginia (military) and they are ok but based on her Facebook post (candles, wine and beer) from last night, I'm guessing they lost power.
Kay - hope your power is back this morning and all is OK.
DH may get his favorite breakfast this morning - baked apple pancake. He's still asleep and I'm going to let him. It always amazes me that he can sleep a very long time. Mostly I'm just jealous because I haven't been able to do that in years, even with the help of a sleeping pill! Seven hours and I am done!
Surprise, he's up!
Stay safe, everyone!
Michelle
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Kay- I hope you're doing ok.
Michelle- Love the prime rib story! It's nice when some things don't change. I lived in Litchfield until I was 4. Such a small world at times.
I really hope we don't lose power today. I'm getting ready to make a big breakfast for us. Pancakes, eggs bacon etc. I'm also hoping to make some banana bread in a bit too.
I hope everyone is doing ok.
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Just checking in from NY (south-central)....
So far we're doing OK. LOTS of rain and wind overnight and we lost a piece of fascia from the roof eave (that was flapping in the wind half the night) but, we still have power and from what I can see, minor flooding in low lying areas in town....
Talked with my sister in Albany (further east than I am) and they are without power and, while they are OK so far as flooding, the access to their neighborhood is under water so no travel!
Hope you all to the north and east will come through this with no damage!
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No power here in Southern NH. The fire station is just across the pond, maybe half a mile or so, and they're probably out, too. I would hope that when they are restored, we will also be back up.
DH is bored, so he is going to fire up the generator because he wants to watch tv. I made a comment about power for the fridge and he said that the fridge would be ok for a few hours. But HE will not be ok if he doesn't have his tv...LOL!!!!! I wonder how many channels we can get if the cable is out. This will be fun!
Michelle
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I guess a transformer blew out right across the pond. Our neighbor was out getting lake water for toilet flushing and said that she saw it happen. We did hear the fire trucks go out, sirens blazing, and quickly stop. So I guess they responded, saw what it was and went back to the station.
It's not raining at the moment and the wind is not much of anything. I've been in worse thunderstorms in Kansas City! Glad Irene wore herself out before she got here.
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Still have power here, cleaned and filled my hurricane lamps for nothin. Oh Well. I'm bored.
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We lost power too it seems the storm is about done though. I will agree with being bored! Michelle my husband and your husband sound to be about the same. We have access to a generator, but need to hook it up, well my brother needs to hook it up! My concern is losing food in the fridge, and feeding the kids. It will be an adventure today... My almost 4 year has not stopped talking and asking questions since he got up. Ide love to read a book.
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SouthWESTERN NH (Sullivan county) is mostly OK. It's just like a big bad rainstorm for me; just windy and rainy but (so far) no downed trees or power issues. 20 mins south of me and more rural -- where my Pack Rat and his cousins live -- they ARE having a few downed trees and power issues. But they own generators, they'll be OK. All in all, for us at least, the hype was worse than the actual storm has been, so far.
I'm still eating way weird (the combinations my body craves of late is basically getting even stranger than some of the things I already mentioned, if you can believe that), and unpredictably and not cooking any real food to really have anything interesting, meaningful, useful or on-topic to say in a food thread (my Pack Rat and I got pizza Friday night). And I'm sleeping a lot (I slept till 1:30 PM today!). Hope this all is just my body's way of healing up from radiation poisoning. (Oh did I mention? right after 25/33 I had to stop treatment because I ended up with second degree burns?)......
Hope you all are as OK as possible!
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Lena- I am so glad that the storm asn't too bad out your way. We had a few trees come down, but no property damage thank goodness. My brother brought us a generator and got us hooked up so we have lights, water and cable. I can't use the stove and we don't have hot water, but I'm still very excited! It sounds like the rads are really draining you, I'm sorry you are having such a hard time. I remember when my mother had rads it made her very tired by the end as well, I also remember the burns she got. I hope they gave you something to help with the burns, but wow, that just sucks. I hope you have a relaxing night.
Where all our neighbors have no power we are having a few of them over so they can be in light for a little while and their kids can watch tv and play with someone elses toys. Where we can't use the stove we are just going to grill everything. Everyone is bringing some sort of meat to grill and share and we have tons of fresh veggies from the garden and potatoes. So, it should be a bit of chaos, but fun and I know they will all appreciate using our house until bed time the same way I would have appreciated it. I am waiting for my youngest to wake up from his nap and then they will all head over.
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Lena,
Glad to hear things near you are OK! Sorry to hear about radiation! I know by the end my skin was pretty burned and hurt like heck but, the radiation nurse said that my skin had actually held up well! Also, I had extreme fatigue an it stuck around for a few weeks after....
Rest when you can!
Laurie, What a nice thing to do for your neighbors!!
To all... Looks like how bad the storm was depends very much on where you are.... We're still doing OK but, my sister called on her cell phone... She's in Albany... No power and tons of trees down. She said it looks like a war zone.
Weather Channel says flooding in some upstate NY areas is catastophic. National Guard out of Ilinois has been called to assist.
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Got our power back. Not much damage in my neighborhood, but some bad flooding around the city. We got almost 6 inches of rain here. They were predicting it to bee worse though.
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