So...whats for dinner?
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I like baked potatoes, too. "Loaded" for me is butter, s & p, and grated cheddar cheese. Crumbled bacon would be a tasty addition, too.
Last night at Crabby Shack, dh and I shared a dozen raw oysters. I had grilled fish (sheephead), salad with blue cheese dressing, and green beans, their usual side with fish. DH had their special, stuffed bell pepper with seafood stuffing, thin fried catfish and coleslaw. He thought their thin catfish was better than New Orleans Hamburger and Seafood, known for their version.
Tonight we're going to Bourre's (boo-ray, like the poker game). I may have my own dozen of char grilled oysters. I hope they're as good as Drago's, the restaurant in New Orleans and Metairie that popularized char grilled oysters. Think melted butter, garlic and parmesan cheese. The oysters are cooked in the half shell on the grill.
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Anyone else here get taken to BCO's “new articles" page when they hit “submit?" This is the third time it's happening. Having enough trouble getting online from the hotel lobby as it is. Checked out at noon (no extensions), Bob is busy till 3:30 and our flight boards at 6:45. Ate leftovers (pork chop, sourdough bread, berries) in the room for breakfast about 10:30 am, so too early for lunch. (Thinking of walking to Luke's Lobster). Regretting having bought the wi-fi-only iPad Pro—Settings has me connected to named networks but the little wi-fi icon doesn't appear in the upper left corner. Burning through cell data, tethered to my iPhone via Bluetooth as a hotspot. (One charger, two devices, so burning through my phone battery as well).
Took the Duck tour yesterday—would take the double-decker bus tour today but I can't get up those steep steps. (Duck's steps weren't much easier). Have exhausted the affordable & portable possibilities of both malls (Copley & Pru)—have enough to schlep home as it is, and my bags are with the valet. Wish there were a nearby day spa—but then I'd have to get dressed, shower, etc. all over again. No TV to watch—except for a gazillion ESPN screens in the hotel restaurant, which is a sports bar. Don't get me wrong—the Marriot's a good hotel if all you want to do is stay in your room or venture afield (even to the malls). But the public spaces aren't conducive to killing time pleasantly. Heck, I'd even rent a nap-pod for a couple of hours if there were one.
Carole, sheephead is the new bluefish—tasty & economical and not yet overfished. It’s a species of drum, so it can sub for redfish. In the Midwest, it hasn’t shown up on menus the way corvina or Zander has—so it’s sports-fishermen’s dirty little secret. I do miss bluefish, though—nobody seems to have it except perhaps as a smoked pate. (No accent menu on this iPad)
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Mmmmm...just had my lumpectomy & sentinel node removal yesterday so tonight's supper has to be SOUP! Easy on the body and good for the soul. Tonight's is a slow cooker white chicken chili I made a few weeks ago; husband will toast up some hearty whole grain bread and I'll make a salad and ta-daaahhh!
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I, too, love potatoes. Just plain, or with some lemon-pepper, or a tiny bit of butter...or... :-)
Patsy, hope you are back up to full speed soon.
I'll see if I get taken "elsewhere" when I click submit. Until I click it, I can't say. I'll come back and edit the post ...nope went right to seeing my post added to the end of the thread, just like normal.
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Good heavens Patsy - you are truly ambitious this soon after surgery.
So my trip to San Francisco was marvelous. Unusually - clear blue skies, no fog, no marine layer all but one day. Temps 66 in the day & 56 at night. I figured out the bus system & went from one end of the City to the four winds. Walked from 5-10 miles a day. Food was delicious - some recaps below. Read it and weep!!! But I managed to gain -0- lbs because I was walking so much.
I met Magari at a bar/cafe called Absinthe on Thursday afternoon. We sat and visited for a couple of hours while I managed to put away 3 glasses of Syrah. Weird coincidence - she graduated from the HS the next town to mine & the high schools were major rivals. Also her Dad and mine both commuted from the Peninsula to San Francisco to work and even worked some with the same company. What fun to meet in person and share stories. Some about cancer but so much more about food & books & families. Thanks Magari for taking the time to meet me.
My DIL is vegetarian so it was a challenge for them to find restaurants that had "real" food for her and fish for me. The first night at Heritage I had an excellent salmon, DS had a NY strip & DIL had rice cakes (looked like large crab cakes but all veggies). Amazing cauliflower with basil aioli - maybe honey & soy? Lunch the next day was Tadich Grill - Dungeness Crab Cocktail and clam chowder. BTW - EVERY meal had tons of sourdough bread & butter. Breakfasts were just bread & butter. Why bother with anything else? My DIL cooked corn chowder Thursday night with a salad of spinach, chopped apples & pecans. Friday lunch was more crab at Fisherman's Wharf. Yeah - I know - touristy, but I wanted to savor old memories. Then took the Cable Car to Grace Cathedral (1840s) on Nob Hill and walked the labyrinth. Dinner was on Ocean Beach watching the sun set into the ocean below the Cliff House. Delicious Petrale Sole served on a huge bunch of asparagus. There was a great Brussels sprouts appetizer - sauteed with onion Agro-Dolce, Aleppo pepper, lime, mint & cashews. DIL had Spinach Ricotta Gnocchi. DS had Fish & Chips. Saturday I took a bus to Woodhouse Fish Co. and had 1/2 a steamed Dungeness Crab w/melted butter for lunch. Oh, and a glass of savignon blanc to process all that butter. Otherwise all the wine I drank was red & usually Zin - my DIL's favorite. Took another bus to the Marina and met the kids to walk my grand dog by the Golden Gate Bridge Saturday afternoon. And yes, I walked trails along the ocean and the bay on every side of the City. DIL cooked again Saturday night - vegetarian "meat" loaf. It had lentils & lots of other things & was really quite good. I've asked for the recipe. Sides were her signature creamed spinach and cubes of roasted potatoes & squash &.. Dessert was select See's candy that I purchase in the financial district.And so back home.
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No problems being whisked elsewhere.
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Ocean Beach - San Francisco
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minus - how great - the whole thing! I am totally jealous!
patsy - take it easy! Hope you heal quickly!
Dinner tonight - pork roast (didn't cook it the other night), new potatoes with parsley and butter, a kale salad with sliced carrot, goat cheese, and a creamy vinaigrette.
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Hello all! Hope all is good with you. Im doing well. Went to Cedar Rapids IA for my Gidsons graduation. Had a bit if trouble with our new to us car, a 2015. We heard a "pop" and it scared me. I lookef behind me to see if I hit anything, but, nothing on tbe highway, no lights on the dash. Decided to do a look over at the next exit, and as I took it, heard such a horrible noise. Made it to the gas station right there, got out to see plastic hanging diwn. The cover that holds the lighting harness and wires, etc was rolled under the car. My DH went under the car to see if anything else was wrong. Nope, just the cover. So went in, bought a roll of Duct tape for $10. Now my pretty new car has the same front end my old SAAB does. Wahhhhh. However, we made it to IA, and back without any more trouble, using only 1 tank of gas. Yes, its a hybrid. I love it, but have an appt next week to get the cover put back on if they can, or a new one installed.
Been eating a big lunch mist days, and not much for supper, unless s box comes in. Otherwise Im lazy!. LOL. I try to cook one meal on the weekend whe my DH is home, unless we have too much to do. Today supper was a sandwich of chicken, cheese, hot mango chutney on a wheat ciabbati. Lunch was a pulled pork toasted flatbread with mango, mozz and onion.
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Hello to you, Moon! You sound happy. is you dh talking about retiring any time soon? I have a hybrid, too, and I love it. Gas mileage is great.
Patsy, I second the hope that you heal fast. I like white chili, but usually make it only in cold weather.
Minus, so glad you had such a great trip. Your description was so vivid that I wished I was there with you. Especially when you were eating Dungeness crab. Your DIL's vegetarian meals sound good. Does your son eat mostly vegetarian?
When we arrived at Bourre about 6 pm last night, there was a notice on the door that the restaurant was closed to regular customers until 6:15 because of a private party. Our friends arrived and we decided to sit on a bench in the entry and wait. Seated at a table in the bar, we each had a dozen grilled oysters and each couple split a remoulade salad. No, the oysters were not as good as Drago's but a good price at $11 a dozen. The usual price is $11 for half a dozen. The remoulade dressing was tasty and so were the shrimp, but the shrimp were small. Company was enjoyable. All in all, a good dining experience. I had a light beer in an ice cold glass with the oysters and a glass of house chardonnay with the salad.
Tonight it's back to ... cooking? I think tonight will be chicken breast. I need to go to the supermarket today to replenish my supply of healthy snacks (also yogurt toppings) like strawberries and pineapple and bananas.
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Last nights dinner and today’s lunch was slow cooker shredded chicken taco’s.
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Don't be fooled, MinusTwo...my chili wasn't nearly as ambitious as you might think. I made it a few weeks ago and all I had to do last night was to thaw it! Your San Francisco food-tales had me salivating.
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Trying something new tonight - It's easy but it looks like it's going to be good (and healthy!): Sesame Noodles with Broccoli and Carrots from "Cooking Through Cancer Treatment to Recovery" by Lisa A. Price, ND and Susan Gins, MA, MS, CN. Rice noodles, carrots, broccoli, tahini, tamari, agave, sesame oil...can't go wrong. And some Sriracha on the table just in case because everything benefits from Sriracha!
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Ooooh, Minus---it's been forever since I was in SF (2001, and had to turn around after only 2 days to attend my aunt's funeral in NYC). Hilton Grand Vacations just secured a few floors in a small hotel in Union Sq., and we have points to burn. Only wish Bob had the time to pick up & go whenever we want.
Monica, glad to see you check in, but bummer about the light-assembly cover. I loved traveling in our Fusion Hybrid--one tank of gas for the round-trip to & from Iowa City, and only one fill-up on the round-trip to & from Sparta, IL (rural countryside outside the St. Louis suburbs). But Bob has it now, due to having to commute down to 3 hospitals & 2 offices on the SW side & suburbs; and trying to squeeze as many mpg as he can (and make more "leaves" sprout on the dashboard eco-display) is blood sport for him. He doesn't even fill up the tank more than halfway, as he claims it weighs too much and impairs mileage; he also coasts as much as he can, which drives others crazy. He claims the angry honking, passing, and occasional flipping-of-birds are because of the bumper stickers I put on the car when I owned it. Yeah, right. I'm driving an Outback, and though my mileage isn't as spectacular, it's pretty darn good for a pseudo-SUV. And I can put twice as much musical gear & luggage in there due to no hybrid battery hogging the trunk space.
Monday night, Bob wanted to try Eataly to see how it differs from the one here--as a change of pace, we ate upstairs in Terra, its foodie restaurant. Casual, lively (including live jazz band), and every bit as delicious (more so, actually) as the now-closed formal restaurant Baffo in the Chicago Eataly (which failed, IMHO, not just because of inconsistency but too stodgy and formal an atmosphere). We had the Chef's Tasting menu--whatever he was serving that night on a whim. First course (which I ate before remembering to photograph it) was blood sausage skewers and porcini bruschetta. Next up was salad: grilled escarole, gem lettuces, cipollini, roast garlic & pickled red onion:
Those hands in the backround belong to Bob. Next, the pasta course: chicken/pesto agnolotti in cream sauce with Parmigiano-Reggiano:
Entree: grilled heritage pork rib chop with a wild mushroom agrodolce; side was wax beans & snow peas arrabiata :
Dessert: gelati (dark chocolate and, IIRC, fior di latte or tiramisu) with dark chocolate-hazelnut terrine and cookies:
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Lacy your soup and pasta looks yummy Eric good to see you and Joyce Tech and everyone Sandy, my company put me up at the Marriott Residence Inn Back Bay for 5 weeks then the Marriott Long Wharf for 5 weeks both with my kitty cat . they weren't too bad there was a buffet breakfast each morning and social each evening and they did have valet parking, $48 a night which thankfully my company paid for . There was shampoo and conditioner but I brought my own. HOpefully the plain Marriott won't be too bad The view from Long Wharf in Charlestown was nice.
Since I retired 2 weeks ago people keep asking me to come back to work so I've agreed to a total of 3 weeks this summer , very spaced out a day here and there I am enjoying the grandson and love not having to do anything there's so much to catch up on but I don't know how I ever managed to work
4 lunch I got a Groupon at Gourmet House that had enough food for 4 meals
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We were at the Marriott Copley Place, attached to the Copley Place Mall on one side of the lobby and a skybridge to the Prudential Center on the other. (Bob marveled that this was the first time he's ever lived in an upscale shopping mall). The room was nice--had a mini-fridge but no microwave, so we were able to bring back leftovers but had to eat them cold for breakfast. The breakfast buffet was in the hotel's only restaurant (Champions sports bar), and it cost $25. Room service would have been no cheaper. Bob had continental breakfasts and salad & wraps for lunch each day. I think I got the better end of the deal. There were also luxe toiletries (Thann), but I bring my own sulfate-and-salt-free shampoos to avoid stripping the keratin and color from my hair. I think that Marriott may be contemplating discontinuing toiletries at only its lower-end hotels (e.g., Baymont, maybe Fairfield Inns). There was a pool & gym, but I didn't bring swimsuit or workout clothes.
Long day yesterday--Bob got out of his course at 3:30, and it was too early to go to the airport, so we had a late-ish lunch at Legal Sea Foods. Too chilly out for Luke's Lobster, which lacks either a liquor or even BYO license; and there are two branches of Luke's in downtown Chicago, but Legal still hasn't expanded west of I-95. We're at the age now (and perhaps in the kind of health) at which every trip we make may be our last ever to that destinaion. So Legal it was.
With my lobster roll I had a glass of Sancerre. Bob had Portuguese fish stew, which was like bouillabaisse/cioppino/zuppa di pesce but also had chorizo in it. He had a NZ Sauv. Blanc. We saved a bit on the cab to the airport by using a van-share, and traffic wasn't bad at all. Short flight to Baltimore, where our connection was 40 min. late. Even with a change of terminal we had plenty of time, and we were hungry & thirsty. So, when in Baltimore...cherchez les crab-cakes (at the only sit-down restaurant in the terminal). DOTD for that? A split of Domaine Chandon.
The BWI-Midway flight was the longer leg, and the plane wasn't even half full. So we spread out, splitting the middle seat between us. After drink service, we headed for the loo--Bob in back, I in front. Wouldn't you know just then we hit turbulence--and had to plop down & buckle up for the duration. So we each had a row to ourselves. Just as well--every time I tried to get up and propel myself out of the seat into the aisle, my wrist got sore again. It's always something.
Tonight's dinner was freezer-foraging: Thurs. night's paella and a little of Wed. night's roast chicken breast (just gnawed on the "airline" wing bone) and peas--saved the rest, including sweet potatoes, for Gordy. Tomorrow night is the Spanish winemaker dinner at Cellars. And Friday night will be whatever's still open after my gig in Madison. We'll be joined by an old high school classmate of mine (well, both of us are "old"). Probably Perkins or Denny's. Then Sat. it's back to dead animals & leaves--and a lot less wine. Not happy with my expanding midsection. Hoping to get down to my pre-diagnosis weight by the next time I visit my MO or PCP.
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Dinner was thin and flattened chicken breast slices breaded and browned in the air fryer, baked sweet potato, and romaine salad.
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Tonight's dinner will be a very thick beef fillet. Slice and share. With boiled little red potatoes and romaine salad. Very appealing to this carnivore and another item out of the freezer. DH has missed the mark the last couple of times he grilled steaks. Sure hope he doesn't overcook this beauty.
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My DH tends to over cook steaks as well, so I took over the duty. Now he calls me the grilla from Manila, lol
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No cooking today, no appetite. My dad died today. I'm sad but he was ready.
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Nance, I'm so sad for your loss. I expect to be going through a similar loss before this year is over.
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Nance, so very sorry for your loss. Did your dad live close by??
Sending you hugs.
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Hugs...Nancy...... Even though it was "he was ready"...it's still not easy.
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auntie - so sorry about the loss of your dad. I know he was in and out of hospital/rehab and had some struggle with finding a living situation he was comfortable and safe in - and you did a wonderful job of managing that for and with him, and being a caring and attentive loving daughter. Sending you strength for the days to come.
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I met my SIL at the Medical Center, then we ate lunch at Sweet Paris Creperie. I hadn't been there before but it was good. I had an Alaskan Breakfast Crepe - eggs, salmon, dill sauce, onions. My SIL had turkey, brie & grapes, with a gluten free crepe for her. It came with a delicious salad that she gave to me. She said it's the first time she's had crepes in 15 years. So we splurged & ordered a dessert crepe - Tripple Berry - strawberry, raspberry & blackberry - with dulce de leche sauce, served with whip cream & ice cream. Wonderful. Illi - we went to the one on Rice Blvd but supposedly there is one in City Centre.
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Nance - sorry I had my post sitting there for hours before I hit submit so did not see about your Dad until after I posted. Oh this will be a hard time. Special is right, you did everything you could to make the quality of his life better. You are a wonderful daughter!!! Holding you in my thoughts in the days to come.
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Thanks for the tip minus. I love, love, love the Hungarian dessert crepes like apricot with walnuts and powdered sugar.
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(((Nancy))). May your dad's memory be for a blessing--as your devotion was to him in his final days.
"Tour de España" winemaker dinner at Cellars tonight. (No pix--too much conversing with tablemates, and my slow eating was holding up the works as it was). Appetizer: Sea scallop, Basmati rice, peas, orange & saffron sauce. Next, a field greens salad atop a potato cake, in turn topped with jamòn Serrano, a poached egg, and shaved Manchego cheese. Next: honey-glazed slow-roasted pork belly with a slaw of apple, fennel, & jicama. Main course: sous vide duck leg confit with spinach, chickpeas and chorizo lardons, with a poached pear. Dessert was churros and chocolate dipping sauce.
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Thanks for the kind words guys. They mean a lot. Dodgersgirl, my dad was almost 2 hours away from me, which made it hard. As an only child, I did as much as I could but struggle with some guilt that I could or should have done more.
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Nance, from everything I have read here I am sure you give as much as you could. Hang on to the happy memories and let that hold you close as you go through this tough time.
Will keep you in my thoughts and prayers
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