So...whats for dinner?

DD called. She was over at Arizona State University and found a loose puppy. She spent more than an hour (successfully) looking for it's owner. I was a bit "worried" that she'd not be successful and.... :-)

That quiche looks good HappyHammer. Are there any special things to making the quiche?

I've heard of corn smut (supposedly it makes the corn a delicacy), but never corn sweat. The heat dome is something I've seen in Phoenix, so I know it's real.

Tonight is the remainder of the tacos...beef in this case as we finished the fish last night. Tonight I'm cooking a pork roast, loosely following

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sandra-lee/pork-roast-with-apple-mustard-glaze-recipe.html

It won't be done until too late for tonight, hence the tacos, but it'll be good for tomorrrow.

Forgot to mention my daily meal. My ex-DH called around 11am. He was in this part of town and offered to buy my lunch. Who would turn that down? He wanted a salad and not to drive more than 5 minutes from my house. That severely limits the choices. We ended up at Pappadeaux (fish & cajun) and both of us had a Cobb Salad with Applewood bacon, avocados, cukes, hard boiled eggs, etc & boiled shrimp & lump crab meat on top. I had a delicious remoulade dressing (thinking of Carole). This chain restaurant is way too noisy, but the salad was good.

It was stormy, so the temperature was only in the upper 90F degree range. Had it been the normal hot (110F degrees or hotter) I would have used the outside grill as an oven.

Joyce - how was your evening with Rick and his new partner. I think of Michelle often. She was truly a bright soul.

The last few days have been not only hot but filled with on-site client visits. Yes, I have overdone! Tonight, Mr. 02143 suggested that perhaps, just maybe, I shouldn't be responsible for dinner. I agreed. We headed to the Mexican spot. I had some chicken tortilla soup and a side of black beans. Our waitress, who is getting used to us, can not believe that our small orders are sufficient for a meal, but I was full when we left.

Sandy, have a safe journey to Rome. If I remember correctly, you head there tomorrow.

Our current guests are, well, not my cup of tea. Entitled 20 something.... three guys who use tons of product and smelly stuff. There is nothing "wrong" with them, but they are "bros" and I am not a "bro" person. They are at the Red Sox - Giants game tonight... huge Giants fans they are, and they are getting beaten!!!! They leave Thursday, fading into memory and the next guest moves in.

Humans are fascinating!

*susan*

Have a wonderful trip, ChiSandy!

For all the oppressive heat we've been having at home, the Vineyard was actually chilly last night...blanket sleeping temps. I'm sure as soon as I get out for our morning walk, it will be wonderfully warm enough in the bright sunshine. Last evening we attended a delightful performance by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band at The Old Whaling Church in Edgartown. They got everybody in the place up dancing. We ate a very late, very delicious light dinner here after the concert. My friend made a shrimp mix in a creamy Greek dressing which we had over wedges of romaine. Side was a bulghur tabouleh, minus the parsley in deference to one of my food allergies. Really tasty dinner!

Plans are for the beach today, then out to dinner, then to a play....the rest of the week is unstructured.

Susan, AirBnB guests are like a "box of chocolates", I 'spose......even with screening. I hope you are getting some of this cool air!

HH thanks for posting the recipe. I so rarely stray from my original NYT Cookbook quiche recipe, that I never try "other" milk forms than presented in that one, but it's about time I do so.

Happy Birthday Nance!!! Sounds like you did an excellent job at the whole celebration thing. Well done!

I finally went back into the kitchen today. Did two batches of cranberry-walnut bread for the AirBNB, two batches of Balance Bread with pecans for Mr. 02143, the for dinner, cole slaw, smoked-grilled chicken, and corn bread. I tried a new recipe, and finally, we have a house-favorite! Joy! I will freeze the remaining corn bread since it does get stale so very fast.

*susan*

auntie - Happy Birthday - all the celebration and food (and cake!) sounds yum!

minus - I was happy to see him go too - Navy Seals are good at what they do but they, by nature of the type of work they engage in, make lousy boyfriends and husbands! Bro no more!

Tonight was French dip sammies - I put a rump roast in the slow cooker with French onion soup, beef consommé, and a beer. Shredded the meat and put it on Cuban bread that was buttered and warmed in the oven. I spread some horseradish mayo on and served the sandwich with the au jus. Made a shredded kale salad with cara cara oranges (kind of like a blood orange) and goat cheese, with a citrus vinaigrette.

So glad you had such a fun food birthday, Nance! You were certainly a trooper to manage that meal at the restaurant! LOL And your at home lobster tail fest sounds wonderful. I'm kinda drooling over the sound of your cake!

Special, that sammie/salad dinner sounds scrumptious!

Today we beached for a while, then tonight had dinner in the most lovely spot, Lambert Cove Inn. The dining room was just beautiful, and the waitress, a lovely young, well-informed girl who also works at a farm and really understands the chef's preparations. The downside was that the menu choices were limited, and peppered with my allergy foods....damn allergies, which have surfaced more here. So, I had gazpacho and then a chicken dish with fresh steamed whole baby veggies. The chicken was totally unspectacular, which I expected....and tough....maybe the bird'sfree ranging it helped him develop very muscular breasts and thighs! I had my eye on a key lime pie with fresh berries special, but we realized that we needed to skip dessert to get to our play, so we had ice cream after the show.

Tomorrow night off to Chilmark Tavern....

So the bro's have left. Last night and this morning, I was able to spend some time actually talking with them, and it turns out they were not being entitled, but trying to not bother us! They had planned their trip so well, they didn't need any suggestions, and so they slipped in and out, thinking this is what we wanted. Who knew? Anyhow, they left having told me what 24-year old single guys found interesting in Boston, gave me a run down on their two day-trip experiences; all helpful information for me to have for the next bro-group. My new guests, a researcher at Oxford [yes, that Oxford] has arrived and is off to visit his friend at MIT. They are both from Sichuan province, and plan to spend the weekend together. I have to admit I was a bit afraid of how well I would understand a Chinese person speaking English with an English accent, but his English is perfect! Absolutely perfect. Dinner tonight is last night leftovers with exactly two cherry tomatoes from the garden. By the end of next week, we will be awash in tomatoes, but for right now, we are celebrating them in couples.

Eric, I froze the remaining cornbread, cooked in a square pan, in two portions. There is no way that we can eat an 8x8 cornbread before it goes stale.

*susan*

Happy B-day Hammer. Sounds like one of my favorite meals.

Susan - I envy your opportunity to meet all these interesting people, but so much the extra work.

auntinance- LOVE good onion rings..happy for you!

Minus, that particular dip is popular at our house and with everyone to whom I've served it.

Happy Birthday Auntienance and Hammer!

I usually freeze my hotdogs separately so i can cook only one at a time. I use the hot dog buns for sandwiches though. LOL.

Ive been reading, but mot posting. And then i stopped reading for a bit. Not doing anything, but just mot posting.

Still ordering Home Chef, and really liking it. Tonight was a fried chicken breast with mashed potato and corn. My DH was actually home so thats a goid thing. We ate everything. I dont usually fry things, but it tasted great. Steak with yum yum sauce is next. Ive had one shipment where the broccolli was old and brown. But i wrote an email and they gave me a 20$ credit two days later. So i think customer service is great. Even with the 90 degrees temp, the meat has been cold so i dont worry. Ive double checked it though. LOL.

I helped my DD2 by sitting for DGD1 while she was in Madison for a class. It went well, we spent a lot of time in the pool. My DD1 and DGD 2 came and joined us after work. They are both water babies. My DS2 also popped in. Fun. DD1 and DGD2 and my son live in Madison.

Little squirts after the pool getting ready for bed before going home.well, the little one. The older one stayed in the hotel with us. It was tiring but fun.

Much love to all.

Adorable pix of precious grands, Moon!

Later I can post some pix of our meal at Chilmark Tavern. I discreetly refrained from taking a pic of DH with Bruce Willis behind him. Boy does Brucelook good at sixty-ish!