So...whats for dinner?
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Ah yes, Eric, the power of optics for the viewing public...AKA how TV can manipulate for purpose of drama/ratings.
And speaking of optics, I was struck by the national news coverage of the terrible widespread gas explosions/fires that occurred north of Boston yesterday. There were three towns whose homes/businesses were hard hit by this, (60-80 buildings, and a death and injuries) and the picture I saw was of an old looking multi- family building in Lawrence, a low income community. In fact, the two other nearby high-end towns had many expensive homes destroyed in moments, too. No one is immune to gas company error, which this destructive surge most likely was. All three towns are mostly still evacuated. Not as big asFlorence, but a serious sudden crisis.
Last evening, after our gym workout, we had veggie omelets topped with mozzarella, with a salad, and rosemary bread. Today, I hope to find some nice fish for dinner to go with some huge brussells sprouts I bought at Volantes, and of course our salad. DH just left for the gym, but I’m opting to walk instead.
Carole your current experience with MN restaurants reminds me of what happens at the lake. Immediately after Labor Day (we discovered this the year I retired), several dining spots close up or shorten their days dramatically. Disappointing for year round residents, but understandable from the business aspect.
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Those MA gas explosions were a shocker, especially since several towns were involved. I'm even more nervous now about those yellow warning flags "buried gas line--hand dig only" along the parkways on our street, and the idiot across the street using a power mower. They're almost done with the digging, so I hope it gets back to normal soon.
I can't eat and drink that much anymore. Should have packed half of every dish except the fish & dessert courses, and not finished each glass of wine (small pours in big glasses still add up. Makes it tough to fall and stay asleep, and was very nervous about reflux. This a.m. I noticed that the only meds I took last night were the Tylenol & Advil. Tums saved my guts!
Tonight will probably be leftovers after the gig. I can't sing on a full stomach, and not just because of performance anxiety (which is more than usual since it's my first time playing a stringed instrument in public since that painful gig in Lafayette, IN just before I fell the second time and broke my scaphoid). A week & a half after surgery, I played only harmonica and sang. At least because we get paid and there is no door charge or tip jar, there's no pressure to bring a crowd. We're competing with Riot Fest and a whole bunch of our friends gigging elsewhere tonight.
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I was shocked too when I saw the news about the explosions. Scary stuff.
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I saw the MA explosion news as well. Some of the folks down here are from there, so there was a flurry of phone calls home.
My engineer brain is "thinking" a failed pressure regulator over pressured a big gas line and made it spring leaks.
It's raining in Charlotte, where we are staged. Now that the storm is passing and damage reports start coming in, we will soon be told where to go.
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Well, Eric, the day after the many gas explosions, the poop is hitting the fan in terms of accountability. It will be interesting to see how quickly the cause is determined. The gov assigned Eversource to be in charge since the local company (Columbia) seemed unable to manage the immediate emergency tasks. Columbia had just started repair work in the area. Never saw management from them until late today. Jeesh! DH seems convinced that it was human error....I think probably because we had a huge gas fire directly in front of our house twelve years ago due to a Gas Co worker attaching two incompatible pipes (wrong terminology here, I'm sure). Resulted in a "fire geyser" almost two hundred feet tall, evacuation of my neighborhood block for a day, and lots of stress. I was at work when it occurred, DH was in the MGH cardiac unit, and our poor pooch was at home unable to be rescued for many hours. Relatives from California were trying to call us since they saw the monster flame story on CNN. I cannot fathom the distress the people in these towns are going through now....most of whom have evacuated, if they were lucky, before their houses exploded. The most fortunate will still have an intact house when allowed to return.
So when we walked to the grocery store to get some cod for dinner, I noticed a new product I decided to try. A little packet named "Nuts Over Fish", an apt description of contents which were roasted chopped almonds, lt brn sugar, powdered dijon, thyme, rosemary and powdered garlic. I bought it and we had it on our cod fillets. It was a nice topping, but probably would not be favored by folks who like savory and NOT sweet since this had a touch of sweetness to it. We liked it. Sides ended up being the brussells sprouts, salad with addition of an avocado, and farro.
Tomorrow morning we are going to the Seaport area in Boston to a baby shower for the son and DIL of my former officemate. We'll have brunch there, then figure out dinner as the day moves on.
TRIGGER WARNING! Mouse nest picture and report....DH took his car for servicing today and sure enough they found an empty mouse nest on top of the engine, some chewed wires, then a dead mouse in the cabin filter. The service rep called later to say that there might still be a dead mouse within the dash board, but the hope is that it will stop smelling after a while, or else that will need to be taken apart. Yikes! Eric....if you'd like to fly home via Beantown, you could have some "fun" tinkering with this mouse car to free the little carcass! And DH would make you a delicious paella! LOL.
Seriously, I hope your work in NC ends fairly soon, and you get to return to your sunny environs quickly! Our DIL's family lives in the Charlotte area and she reported this AM that so far they were fine. I suppose the coastal areas will suffer the most. Stay safe!
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Lacey, EEEK!
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I found a couple of recipes on the www and my 1.5 lb "Jennie O" natural turkey breast tenderloins turned out delicious. Most said use liquid. I didn't want to fool with opening or making broth and since I already had a nice bottle of red wine open I didn't want to open white - so I used apple juice. Seasoned tenderloins with S&P, rosemary, garlic and some Penzey's Foxpoint seasoning. Added 1/2 cup apple juice. Baked at 400 degrees. 40 minutes covered with foil; 20 minutes uncovered. Delicious and VERY tender. I will get 3-4 meals from this. Tomorrow probably with stuffing (dressing) & green veggies. I will make good sangies. Maybe I'll freeze one of the loins to use later with stir fry or medallions w/brandy cream sauce. I'll definitely buy another of these when they're on sale again.
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Lacey, you are very lucky. When my hubby and I had the mouse issue with our car the got into the intake manifold. They didn't find any mice but they did find some droppings. Check with your car insurance to see if they will help with the repair bill, our insurance did because it was covered under Comprehensive.
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My dinner last night at LaPasta was Artichoke Ravioli and it was delicious. Vegetarian with spinach and mushrooms and asparagus. A wonderful mushroom cream sauce upped the fat and calories but also the flavor. The ravioli were green. Not too large a serving but enough. No to-go box, which is the way I like it. Puts me in the minority of senior citizens!
Others at our table ordered entrees with shrimp that looked pretty but I never order seafood here in MN except walleye. I've checked in the supermarkets out of curiosity and the shrimp come from foreign countries. I assume they're cheaper than Gulf shrimp.
DH had declared he would have something different tonight but, no, he ordered his usual Italian sausage (very good), sauteed green pepper and onion over linguine but with alfredo sauce. He has had the butter garlic sauce and the marinara.
I always order the house chianti at LaPasta and enjoy it.
Fortunately, the death toll from Florence isn't large so far but the price tag will be huge. NC politicians can deny climate change for the good of developers but science isn't paying any attention.
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Didn't eat before the gig, but at the break (while I was icing my wrist), the manager gave us homemade lemon squares. Yum!
When I got home, I had leftover pasta (ziti, tomatoes, anchovies & olives) to which I added leftover rotisserie chicken breast (wing on the side) and the remainder of a homegrown tomato. Overslept egregiously: was up till nearly 4 am (with several days' sleep deficit) and took a dropperful of CBD oil for my aching wrist & back, so slept in past 2 pm; so had lunch as my first meal of the day. Hot pastrami (too lean) on pumpernickel (dry--and I prefer seeded rye anyway). No Gulden's brown mustard (son took it with him instead of the yellow mustard he used to eat) so had to mix hot & grainy Dijons. No way I'm eating the crappy yellow French's hot-dog mustard he left behind in the fridge.
Drugstore-deli where I was supposed to pick up my letrozole closed early today--so I will probably pick it up tomorrow along with better (fattier) pastrami, corned beef or tongue, a nice seeded rye, oil/vinegar slaw & potato salad...and Gulden's or Ba-Tamp-Te brown mustard. Just made myself a real caffe latte: wrist & R elbow well enough for me to work the knobs & lock the portafilter on my real espresso machine (had been using the Nespresso capsule machine & electric whirly-frother). Bought a bag of fresh beans, and ground them just for the cup. Mmmmmm......Starbucks, shmarbucks.
Not sure about tonight--got the white meat and one wing remaining from a rotisserie chicken. Have some pad Thai noodles, but also a jar of mole, one of tikka, and a poblano. Will figure it out--Bob's working late tonight and will grab dinner in-hospital or nearby in Oak Lawn (has to eat by 6 or he gets hypoglycemic). Tomorrow aft. is a friend's BBQ in Morton Grove, which several other of our friends will attend; Bob will be working. (Host is also our ophthalmologist),
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Tonight was grilled Balsamic chicken with roasted carrots, steamed spinach and cheesy pasta.
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BBQd pork steak, tiny potatoes with green beans as the side. Dessert is an apple cherry slab pie made in a quarter sheet pan.
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The meal I chose for the wedding reception we were at was Prime Rib, twice baked potato and sautéed zucchini. Starter course was pasta in a garlic sauce followed by salad and rolls. Instead of cake, they had a cupcake tower and assorted treats for after the cupcakes.
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Mommy - sounds absolutely delicious. Wish I had known the bride or the groom so I could have come. Did I see somewhere that this was your daughter's wedding? Or maybe just a family member?
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For my after dinner evening 'toddy' - I mixed two fingers of Gentleman Jack bourbon with one finger of butterscotch schnaps. Delicious.
Tomorrow night I'll try the bourbon with peach schnaps.
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Shredded chicken breast and sauteed poblano in mole sauce over brown basmati rice; also an ear of elotes-style corn (defrosted, wiped the cheese off it, then stripped the cob with an OXO corn stripper (the one that looks like a computer mouse). That corn tool works--unlike the others I've tried. The mole turned out to be a concentrated paste in a little glass jar with a lid no tool could budge. I had to use a beer opener until I could bend back a circle of the top enough to scoop out a teaspoonful.
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Don't know why this is so gigantic!
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Minus, it was a friend's wedding.
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Hello all. Supper today was meatballs in gravy and rice. Again. LOL.
Stan had the 1st apt after the 2nd CT. Definite signs of healing. Dr is still pushing sx. Of course, hes a surgeon... LOL. Will seek 2nd opinion next week. But hopeful.
Basement smells good, so the job was done right.
Daughter was dx. Placeta abruption-partial. Not good. Prayers please. Ill be watching DGD2 gor a couple of days and nights so she can stay off her feet. Gonna be a long 4 months...
Praying for NC, hoping everyone stays safe and all furbabies left behjnd get reunited.
Much love to all.
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Saw these guys on my way home after dinner at Twisted Willow, right in downtown Port. For my Bday dinner we ordered an app of Brucchetta with pumpkin cream cheese and plum chutney. Yum. Dinner was glazed salmon, steamed green beans, and carrot rice. Delicious. And beautiful. DH had the meatliaf and mashed, he still cant eat hard things. LOL. Got a free Grasshopper for desert. Realized its a 50s drink, so its as old as I am. To funny. LOL. Otger 2 choices were Brandy Alexander or ice cream sundae. Mint was better. Then we saw the deer. So we just sat and watched them till they went away.
Much love
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Moon, a grasshopper makes a great dessert. We used to make them for friends from Wisconsin when they came over for dinner. They have since moved.
Dinner last night was a perfectly grilled ribeye steak, small baked white potatoes with butter and sour cream, and a tossed romaine salad with our favorite additions. Dinner doesn't get any better!
Tonight will probably be pasta with home-made tomato sauce from the freezer.
I am not feeling my best thanks to sinus drip and sore throat. Every season brings its torments.
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Tonight is Haddock fish tacos.
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Hi, all! Sounds like you've all been eating well over the past few weeks while I've been MIA.
Had a celebratory date night with my husband on Sat at a restaurant here called The Progress. We had "chip & dip" (housemade potato chips with trout roe and horseradish creme fraiche), smoked ricotta with fresh figs, and roasted & grilled half rabbit with chanterelles, polenta & basil pistou with a lovely bottle of Pinot Noir.
Last night we grilled fresh Monterey Bay anchovies and shishito peppers and made a tomato/corn panzanella salad to go with it.
Tonight I'm making penne in tomato sauce with spicy sausage.
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Wow Magari - the Progress. I heard it was really hard to get a reservation. Sounds like fun. Good to hear from you. Seems like years since we met for drinks in San Francisco. How are you doing? I always like to hear about your meals. Can you believe Gumps is closing??? That's an icon from my childhood - in business since 1861. We used to throw pennies in the Buddha's lap for luck.
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Friend's BBQ yesterday (I was the only guest who was neither an ophthalmologist nor related to one) featured stuff from Romanian Kosher: herb & BBQ wings, Polish sausages (beef, the size of what we back east called "specials" or "knackwurst," only slightly more coarsely ground), hot dogs and burgers. Later in the evening at home, I made myself a gloriously fatty hot corned beef-on-rye sandwich on seeded rye with Ba-Tamp-Te brown mustard (courtesy of the kosher deli/pharmacy where I get my letrozole). This a.m., a pepper, mushroom & gruyere omelet; for dinner, about to pan sear a filet of sea bass, nuke leftover brown basmati rice, & saute sugar snap peas.
Took one of my dulcimers in to Hogeye Music after hand therapy to get an extra fret installed to expand the range of possible chords & notes. Next door was Old Town Oil, which sells olive & nut oils & balsamic vinegars in bulk (with little taster cups). My walnut oil has started to "turn," so I got a new (and smaller) bottle. Settled on a refill of blood orange olive oil (by now, I was down to about a tablespoon of the last bottle), as well as Meyer lemon and Arbequina olive oils. (They use the same supplier for the latter as California Olive Ranch, which was top-rated by ATK). Almost popped for a bottle of peach white balsamic--might go back for it because it makes a great marinade for grilled veggies and a fruity note for wet-mop BBQ sauce that won't clog the squeeze-bottle nozzle or have too much sugar.
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Last night we attended a panel discussion at the Ford Hall Forum, in Boston, a lecture series on various topics that I have not attended in forty years!
I was made aware of this particular event because I follow several local sports journalists as well as MA Senator, Joe Kennedy, on Twitter, so was notified about the panel discussion on Mental and Health and Professional Sports via their tweets. I was particularly interested to attend since the Celltics’ coach, Brad Stevens was on the panel. It was a pretty good start for this important conversation, and as a bonus afterwards, I got to take a pic with Brad Stevens! I just started to type more about it and in it’s typical way, my screen erased several sentences. I’ll take that as a strong suggestion to stop this irrelevant prattle and get to food!!
We ate afterwards at a trendy casual spot near the forum, where we often eat when we go to plays in Boston. Last night’s dinner was fairly boring, but we were starved after this early event, so we wolfed down the app, a baba ganoush plate with toasted pita chips, tomatoes and olives, and then I enjoyed a teriyaki salmon with basmati rice and asparagus, and DH had a salad with many veggies, topped with grilled chicken (and augmented by almost all of my basmati rice). We shared a piece of carrot/pineapple cake for dessert.
Tonight I have no idea what I am cooking, but it will probably involve a lot of veggies given what lives in our refrigerator, and my lack of motivation to head out into the rain to pick up any protein.
I will be making some choc chip cookies for dessert for a dinner I am making tomorrow evening for my next door neighbors who just had a death in their family. Their main dinner will be a faux paella (the husband is allergic to mollusks) with just chicken and shrimp, a large salad, and perhaps another vegetable dish....like sauteed squash with onions and mushrooms.
Obviously, we will be eating the same meal tomorrow night. Since I have still not opened up my “instant pot” 😔, maybe this paella dish can be made in that? I will research that and decide.....
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Nothing--it's Yom Kippur and I began fasting before leaving for temple. (Had a little chopped liver on the heel of a seeded rye and half a homegrown tomato that I had cut earlier for eggs Benedict).
I will take my pills with water--and probably just a little milk or a cracker with the ibuprofen because it needs to be taken with food. Black coffee in the a.m. to keep my lungs open. Once the last Shofar blast is sounded tomorrow early evening, I will probably devour the first thing in my path.
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I had no interest in cooking the thawed chicken breast for dinner last night. Instead we had hot dogs on toasted buns (one for me and two for dh) and our much-liked usual salad with romaine and additions. We never get tired of this salad. The dressing was a sprinkle of white balsamic and a little bottled Caesar.
Tonight we're having Happy Hour at a nearby home. There will be heavy snacks that will serve as dinner. I'm making a pan of cheesy potatoes or funeral potatoes. Not actually a snack but a dinner food.
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