So...whats for dinner?
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Our DD. ****ALWAYS**** raids the left overs...
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Hahahaha....growing adolescents and young adults! I guess the balance is that they help to keep their parents' (with slower metabolisms) from eating all that food.
Really zonked...will post our culunary adventures after I get some rest. It is freezing here at night...if 52 degrees qualifies as freezing on July 31st!
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Today was treatment day, so we ate out. Went to a local Irish pub and had their fabulous fish and chips. Ordered the special, mojito, which was strong enough to topple a linebacker. The waitress called the drink "potent" and brought me extra soda water so I could water it down regularly. I never have a drink this early in the day.... might be an early night!
*susan*
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You go Susan!!
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Fish and chips at the Irish pub sounds good to me, Susan.
Chuckled to myself yesterday as I made turkey meatballs. Never has anyone worked so hard to make a bland ground meat tasty! I sauted fresh spinach, drained and chopped it. Diced green onions, garlic, and ground up mushrooms in the mini processor. Sautéed the onions, garlic, and mushrooms in a bit of EVOO. Added spinach and sautéed veggies to ground turkey with s & p and Italian bread crumbs. Formed the meatballs and cooked until firm in convection oven. Added to home-made red sauce (onions, colored bell peppers, Cento crushed tomatoes, Rotel tomatoes).
So dinner was mostly ready when we got back from a SLOW round of golf yesterday afternoon. (Waited on every hole and blamed any bad shots on the wait!) I cooked some wheat linguine and made a salad of sliced seedless cucumber from farmers' mkt, tomato, perfect avocado, purple bell pepper. Fresh-grated asiago on the pasta. We were hungry and dinner tasted good. Lots of leftovers.
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susan - sometimes an afternoon mojito is what we need!
carole - all sounds delish!
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Susan & Special - or a margarita if you can't find a mojito.
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Leftover grilled chicken, tomato and feta salad with basil, wok cooked green beans and a salad. No margaritas or mojitos tonight. Humid again, but it appears that the thunderstorms are going to miss us once again. Farmer's market in the AM.
*susan*
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Today is bread making day -- cinnamon, English muffin and rye. Trying to get ahead of guests coming next weekend. I'll also make sandwich rolls later in the week.
Tonight's dinner will be grilled country style ribs and grilled corn with a Greek salad.
Carole, I hope the turkey meatballs were worth the effort! It amazes me what you can whip up in your kitchen on wheels!
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Last night was steak, a mixture of brown and wild rice with sesame oil and some sautéed spinach with garlic and a sprinkle of parm. Not sure about tonight - today is DD's birthday (25!) - but will be making chocolate cupcakes with Dr. Pepper icing. She likes chicken more than beef so maybe I will roast a chicken.
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Special, have fun celebrating DD's HB!
Carole, I am also amazed at your culinary ability in your mobile kitchen! The meatballs sound delicious. You certainly disguised any association to ground turkey! I have never worked with it...and may never. When I consider buying it, I always end up opting to go vegetarian mode, e.g., turkey chili idea ends up being veggie chili. Nice that you had lots of leftovers after all that effort, and they will probably even taste better after a day or two!
Okay.... A very long travelogue follows....feel free to skip!
We had quite the eat fest on the Vineyard! My friend there loves good food and loves to cook and eat out. She is now a widow with an empty nest, so mostly does cooking for her church social functions and friends, however...... inexplicably, she has no other friends who are foodies, so she was dying for us to show up this week, and made reservations at two of our favorite dinner spots well over a week ago.
A lovely ferry ride in perfect weather on Tuesday morning was followed by lunch at my friend's home : delicious cold salmon salad with capers and red onion (forget what else, but have the recipe saved somewhere), white gazpacho soup, and the wheat sprout bread we brought down from NH. All good...yum!
DH and I took a long walk before venturing out that evening for fish dinner at The Homeport restaurant. OMG, the options! We shared three starters....smoked bluefish pate with crackers (oh so delish), a citrus tuna chunk tartare (not my favorite, but interesting and tasty), and an interesting local greens salad with feta. My entree was mahi mahi over wild rice with asparagus, my friend had swordfish, and DH scallops, which came late, netting us a free dessert of key lime pie. Adding to our meal was a beautiful sunset over Menemsha beach which we got to view from our table's window.
Wednesday we enjoyed a pretty day at South Beach in Katama. While DH and friend set up on the beach, I took a very long brisk (much needed) walk. I am committed to this fitness thing, and could easily see the scales turn upward, and joints hurt without my daily exercise. After the beach, we picked up some raw oysters, (DH loves the shucking challenge) and returned home to have them and then a tuna linguini medley (artichokes, kalamata olives, scallions and I forget what else, tho I always used to make the recipe after learning it from this friend). I will unearth it from my archives......so delicious, especially with the fresh local greens and tomato salad we had with dijon vinaigrette.
We saw a play that night, Search: Paul Clayton. It was about Bob Dylan's mentor and their complicated relationship...lots of old folk songs well performed in a lovely small rehabbed theatre. Stopped for an ice cream in Edgartown afterwards, and tried some cranberry fudge which was really yummy.
Hit the beach again on Thursday....and I did my long pre-beach walk before intrepidly fighting the crashing waves to get out in the deeper water to have a relaxing swim. It was hysterical at first, since DH and I were knocked on our keesters (sp?) twice and ground into the sand as we tried to enter the rough surf. The high waves were crashing right at the shore line....a true challenge for entry. Reminded me of my summers at the NJ shore where I loved to struggle against the waves.....but I was not 69 years old then! LOL! I was happy to have validated that my fitness work really helped me be strong enough to exit the water without any more falls. What a fun and exhilarating challenge for both of us, and I am sure, amusing for my friend to watch from her beach chair!
I am still wearing sand abrasions on my knee, and had over a pint of sand in my bathing suit after this little surf swim. I was glad the house had an outdoor shower, so we didn't fill my friend's septic with sand.That evening we had dinner at the Sweet Life Cafe, a pretty spot in Oak Bluffs where my friend loves to go since she and her DH used to celebrate their anniversaries there. The food is inventive, delicious, and beautiful. We had a lovely porch table and shared three appetizers: a pork belly crusted something (can't recall the name, and since they change their menu nightly, I can't retrieve it like DH suggested) that was wonderful; hand-rolled garganelli, with pine nuts and spring pea puree....yum; and their North Tabor greens salad...so fresh and tasty. For entree I had something called beef duo: a small tenderloin, along with little pockets stuffed with short rib meat over sautéed kale (!) and sided with burrata. It was wonderful, except that the kale a bit tough. Who would guess I'd ever complain about that!! I'm also discovering that eating so much red meat is pretty hard on my system....note to self. But it tasted great! DH had rack of lamb which was delightful, and our friend had the entree portion of their appetizer Martha's Vineyard Bouillabaisse, which she continually raved about while eating. Believe it or not, we had dessert too! I opted for the blueberry compote with lemon sorbet and some sweet crumbly grain (?) DH had an unusual rice pudding. I cannot recall friend's dessert...but I remember her plate was spotless by the end.
There you have it.....our food frenzy on MV with our friend! We had a beautiful ferry ride back to Falmouth yesterday afternoon, and a quick ride home....on the way stopped at a local place to have BLTs which served as early dinner, and had popcorn later. Back to reality....better plan dinner for tonight....and hit the grocery store!
This morning, I felt obliged to think about the gross expense of that little foodie excursion, and DH discovered that his charge receipt for the Sweet Life seemed lower than he remembered. It became apparent to us that the tip he wrote on the bill never got entered into the system. When we called to rectify the situation, the manager was beside himself with joy, telling DH, "Thank you! You made my day!" (at the Sweet Life Cafe;).....
Sorry for yet another long post....never had a moment by myself to write while on the island.
Have a lovely weekend everyone. We are happily foregoing a trip to the lake to stay here and catch up on things.......yay! Then to NJ on Friday for DGD's BD party weekend.
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Special, tell your DD "Happy Birthday".
What's Dr. Pepper icing?
Eric
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Good question, Eric!
And what is in a mojito, Susan? Totally unaware of muxed drinks.....
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Lacey, I am positively drooling! What a lovely food excursion, and what a wonderful thing to share with a friend who also loves food. Your DH is a mensch. Totally. I continue to admire him. And you! Doing your walks on the beach, earning your glorious dinners. The weather, until yesterday, has been my definition of perfect. Sounds like the Vineyard was just as good.
A mojito is one of those drinks that could land you on your butt without noticing. First you muddle some lime and mint, then add a bit of simple syrup and lime juice, muddling a bit more before adding light rum and club soda. Shake and pour over ice. And repeat.
Happy Birthday SpecialKid! I never warmed up to Dr. Pepper. Made me the recipient of many jokes when we lived in Texas.
*susan*
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Susan - you're right about the jokes. I've lived in Texas now for 40 years and still don't like Dr. Pepper.
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I had a wonderful summer making mojitos here one year. I keep a big pot of mint but never seem to make them much anymore. Frankly don't drink much at all anyway. Susan - I put tonic water in my mojitos. Don't know what started me on that but I do love them that way and a touch of Rose's lime juice.
I made a casserole of cube steaks (browned), potatoes, onions and a lovely gravy of cream of chicken soup, milk and pan drippings. Highly not diet food. But we are finishing it tonight. I do so love not having to cook every night. Not sure what we will have tomorrow. Maybe just snacks. I have a seedless watermelon I bought from a roadside stand. Need to get that cut up. A nice small one since just us two.
Eric - many recipes out there for Dr. Pepper cake and frosting. These appear to be some originals. There are a few leaflet type cookbooks out there too.
http://www.squidoo.com/DrPepperRecipes
I made the cake ages ago. Also Dr. P baked beans. Notice this collection has a recipe for pork loin. Hmmm - may have to try that since I have one frozen. My mom loved Dr. P, my GM not so much but I understand my great grand mother who I barely knew was one of those 10-2-4 women - when to drink Dr. P. But of course those were the teeny tiny bottles back then.
Could kick myself. Went into next town over yesterday. WalMart/Albertsons. Forgot to look for the frozen dumplings. Oh well, I think I will treat myself to "back to school" sales on Friday no sales tax weekend. The tax is not the draw but the prices.
Lacey - what a culinary adventure. I have to keep Google maps open to figure out where you have been. I flew into Boston years ago when I was working on an Army Corps of Eng. project grant for the Univ of Texas/Dallas. We sampled water and dredge dump sites for pesticides/heavy metals. They had been dredging somewhere in Narraganset Bay. We drove to Newport RI and stayed there 2 days going out on a cutter from Buzzards Bay. I was single then, but engaged. Went on to Long Island sound off of Norwalk CT on some dinky lobster boat on a cold Nov. day. I don't think he had a radio even. Boston was only a blur - in/out but I remember Newport was beautiful (1975).
I did get my exercise this morning. Don't know what year (not kidding) DH last edged the driveway. We got 60% done this morning. Had to haul off clumps of bermuda sod that had overgrown. Bend/stretch/lift/sweep - should be good for something, well at least something more than the Advil I had to take for it.
Hope everyone is having a good weekend. Our cool spell is fading along with our rain chances.
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http://www.pinterest.com/stephyyoung8/vintage-ads/
Found this in my quest for Dr. Pepper recipe leaflets.
Also here is an online view of a Dr. Pepper leaflet.
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Ok Lacey, you definitely got my drool going! What a great time!
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lacey - wow on the MV culinary adventure! I'm jealous but so happy that you got to enjoy!
Dr Pepper icing is just regular buttercream but at the end you add a Dr Pepper reduction (4 c. Of Dr Pepper reduced down to 1/2 c. You can make a matching cake with cocoa and dried fruit but I just did some regular chocolate cupcakes.
I checked out the other Dr Pepper recipes - my SIL has a pulled pork recipe for the slow cooker that calls for cola - adds sweetness and works like a tenderizer.
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So Luv, no worries that your mint is not needed for mojitos anymore. There are so many wonderful ways to use mint....definitely Greek Salad, some soups, and if you google uses of mint you will enjoy many new ideas of what to do with it. I always dry it at the end of summer so I have plenty on hand.
It's just as well that Boston was a blur to you in the 70's since it is so massively changed from that time. I intentionally landed here (from midwest college) for grad school in '67 and lordy, the city is massively changed....mostly in a good way. (I do worry about what has happened to the families in Southie, Somerville, parts of Dorchester, etc., who have been displaced for the yuppie element like DS2 and his peers). He is involved in a lot of the Boston development given where he lives (Southie....read, Good Will Hunting) and his work...managing real estate investments. Several of his accounts are in the Boston area, so he has educated us about what is happening here. Anyway, it is a lovely city...very different from Newport, tho, which is totally beautiful in a different way from "the bean", which the young'ins call it. Sounds like you had an interesting job as a young adult!
Late this afternoon, DH (who was starving) and I made our way to Volante Farms to get red russian kale, so I can return to making smoothies tomorrow, then Traders to get avocados, burrata, and a variety of other things (thanks, Nance...I remembered the ginger cookies....yum), then to our local food store for some marinated chicken to grill (never usually buy such prepared things but it was late and DH's stomach was panicking). So after unloading, we grilled the chicken breasts (not bad), steamed the Volantes corn....and the one we got from Sudbury as a comparison....and I made two salads....a caprese using the burrata, and a green lettuce one with spring onions, and kalamata olives with Italian dressing and shaved parmesan. Dinner was good! DH is happy that food is back in the house.....;) And, yes, Susan, he is a mensch. His being on the island with friend and me is always a plus....for all of us.
Tomorrow, back to my smoothies......
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No dinner for me tonight. DH will be happy with some warmed-up turkey balls and linguine.
I went to Taste of Dorset by myself today since dh wasn't in a mood to go anywhere. It was kind of nice to drive myself in the big Ford truck and wander around among the crowd of people flooding into the little village of Dorset for this annual food fest. I stood in a line for about 30 min. to buy my prime rib sandwich and also a deep-fried spaghetti ball. I kid you not! This is a popular food at this event. The ball has a meatball at the center and lots of cheese mixed with the spaghetti. It's dipped into a batter and deep-fried and served with a side of marinara. I had not tried one before. It was quite tasty.
The prices are very reasonable. None of the usual festival price gouging.
I also bought a pair of glass art earrings, which I do NOT need. And a t-shirt for each of us.
When I got back to the resort/campground, a very generous neighbor gave me a bag of fish filets. The fish is Crappie, pronounced Crop-pee. It's a pan fish and I have not eaten it before. We're going to go broke buying cases of beer for people who give us fish!
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Yum - love fish filets. Let us know how the crappie tastes. I've not had it before (though hubby has a t-shirt that says "Don't worry - be crappie"
Obviously a fisherman joke...I haven't been cooking a lot lately, instead we've been making freezer jam. We've done two different takes on raspberry jam (one with herbs and horseradish - which was a little more weird than I like) and a few batches of boysenberry.
This week I'm planning on canning dill relish and salsa. Gotta check out the tomato and cuke availability. In a normal year it would still be a bit early, but this year has been very hot and dry (for us), so I've a hunch that things are probably available now (all except for all the jars I need....) When we moved I didn't want to store jars, so now have to repurchase.....
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Carole, if you like walleye, you should love crappie. Its the only fish my dad would fish for. We love it.
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So ladies, is crappie a white fish or like trout or what? I have never heard of it.....
Carole, that is one of the more inventive fried items at a fair that I have heard of. Tho I have actually never had any of them but fried dough, but being of Italian background, I would be tempted to try at least a bite of that creation! How do people come up with these ideas??!! Maybe you should introduce an idea for frying your turkey balls!
Visited the farmer's market today and got some beets topped with beautiful greens, which I used in my smoothie. I have a lot more left, so need to figure out some other way to use them aside from sauteeing.
Tonight we will be grilling lamb burgers laced with rosemary powder, ground black pepper, and fresh minced garlic and served on rolls with butter lettuce (according to the farmer, the sweetest of their lettuces), red onion, sliced local tomato and feta cheese. Local corn on the cob and a butter lettuce salad (redundancy at the table!) round out the plates.
Big news here (or maybe not, since we could be reading waaaaay too much into this) is that while DS2 was out visiting his DGF he actually changed his Facebook profile pic to include both of them as a couple. In a few weekends, he is taking her to visit DS1, his wife and family (which includes a lot of her extended family), so we are thinking that things are progressing in a serious way. He seems really happy with her, so we would be happy for both of them if they are "the ones" for each other. The big question remains, of course, as to who relocates!
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Crappie are a freshwater fish related to sunfish. The flesh is white. They are great fun to catch as they are ferocious, if small, fighters. Many think they are the best tasting freshwater fish.
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Garden. I guess great minds think alike. I just finished a batch of plum jelly....cooked and canned.....
Eric
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Thanks for that description, Nance.
Once again back to the gym today....and our stretching class. Felt challenging yet good.
For dinner I made us leftover grilled chicken breast sandwiches, with avacado, tomato, red onion and butter lettuce on multi grain bread (TJ's), accompanied by an arugula salad with watermelon and feta.
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Nance, glad to hear that you like crappie. I'm sure I will like it, too. I froze the pkg of filets. Last night we had walleye filets that were also a gift from one of the fishermen here at Pine Hollow. I cut them into pieces and cooked them the same way we cook catfish in LA. Dipped in egg and then breaded with a fish fry breading I brought with me from LA. Pan fried in small amt. of veg. oil. DH made a tartar sauce of mayo, dill relish and horseradish. Our one side was fresh green beans and small new red potatoes. Everything was delish.
Tonight's meat will be a rib eye steak. Will probably make a salad and boil some more of the new potatoes to eat with butter and sour cream.
Had an attack of vertigo last night. Got up to go to the bathroom and had to hold on to surfaces. Still had some of the symptoms this morning but feel good now. If you've never experienced vertigo, it is really weird.
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Carole, fix the crappie the same way. Bad news on the vertigo, been there done that. I now make sure I always have meclazine on hand.
Lots of cooking today -- pulled pork, ham salad, olive oil peach cake, roasted plum ice cream and more -- all for company coming for the next few days.But for us tonight it's grilled chicken, baby beets and a wedge salad with Blue cheese.
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I was disappointed in the Dr. Pepper frosting - not enough flavor, so won't make that again. It was not terrible, just not that exciting. DD is a big Dr. Pepper fan, so I was looking forward to the cupcakes! Sent DD back to the keys with cooked chicken breast, pulled pork (auntie - greats minds, right?), cole slaw, all kinds of goodies. DH flew up to DC early this morning - that means I am left all alone with too many leftover cupcakes
I am considering pawning them off on the next door neighbor, because I surely don't need to eat them!!!carole - sorry about the vertigo - I have known more than a few people who have had it - not fun! Lol on the fish for beer trading!
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