So...whats for dinner?

I did go out and do some ancillary shoveling on this corner property. DH had much of it done with the snow blower, so I do a lot of fine tuning. We have a little more than two feet of the white stuff on our property. Seaside,I know exactly what you mean about the peaceful walks in the snow. And here the gov banned unessential cars, so it was delightfully quiet!



Before I suited up for the shoveling,I started some pizza dough.That's what we had tonight. It was good. If I ever get to my computer I'll try to post a pic. But

I really want my pizzer to taste like serious NYC or Philly pizza, and this was more like the local Greek pizzer we have here (less oil, tho). We had no trouble polishing a lot of it off, however!

Nancy,



Hope your stomach yuckiness is short-lived and not that nasty Norovirus that's ben making the rounds... Rest and lots of fluids!



Susan,



Mmmmmmm on the lamb shanks... Love lamb but have never done a shank before. Not even sure I've seen one in the store here but, we had it for dinner on our cruise served with Israeli Coucous and it just melted in your mouth! Soo sooo good!

Auntie, I hope your queasies don't last.  I'm back to a normal diet but I still take a slug of Pepto now and then.

The mardi gras parade was lots of fun.  We had a great place on Canal Street, right in front of the insurance office building.  Voodoo Barbecue provided the food and it was very good.  Beef brisket, pulled pork, oversized hot dogs, hamburgers and the usual sides, baked beans, corn pudding casserole, coleslaw.  Draft beer, soda, bottled water.  King cake and bread pudding for dessert. 

My neighbor Arleen, dh and I got into the spirit of things, waving our arms and catching beads and other "throws."  Lighted necklaces and bracelets and toys are very big and the children make out like bandits.  We caught and picked up a huge bag of beads and so did Arleen.  There was quite a large crowd in our area but it was a nice crowd.  DH was the designated driver on the way home.  He and I aren't big beer drinkers so that left our neighbors free to imbibe.

Tomorrow I'm cooking southern chicken and dumplings for a noon meal at my mother's house.  Southern dumplings are not dropped off a spoon but are made of dough rolled out thin, cut into pieces and dropped into the bubbling broth.  The dumplings are similar to a home-made noodle.   Chicken and dumplings was one of my favorite dishes that my mother cooked when I was growing up.  I don't have her recipe because she never used a recipe, just threw ingredients together.  She didn't even own a rolling pin, but used a tall drinking glass dusted with flour. 

Take care, everyone.

I don't think it's noro, from what I've read, it comes on pretty quickly and intensely. I really just feel kind of "off" with little appetite. I'm better today than yesterday, so I'm hoping tomorrow is better yet. Thank you all for the well wishes.



Carole, your Mardi gras celebration sounds like great fun. I would love to see one of the big parades in NOLA but the big crowds kind of intimidate me. We usually make Mardi gras in Galveston but we're going later this year so we'll miss it. Sadly, no king cake or beads for me this year :-(

Your post reminds me of my great grandmother. She never wrote anything down either and made the most fantastic dumplings of the type you describe. I wish I could recreate them. Her rolling pin was an old brown whiskey bottle that she had used for years. Sort of ironic since she was a staunch southern baptist who never touched a drop of whiskey in her life./p>

Hope everyone got shoveled out and is managing to stay warm! We only got about 6-8 inches around here so.nothing big. Had to laugh at the weather people though, I mean, come on! It's February in WISCONSIN. Snow happens. My favorite quote of the storm "Everything looks white" . LOL



For dinner, I had to cook a pork tenderloin. I bought for a special dinner for my DH and I this weekend. Then, he had to go to his dads, who is not doing well. so I ended up steaming some potatos, cutting the loin in medallions, with mango chutney and wine sauce. Yum. He missed a good dinner. I probably would have just roasted it with a brown pan sauce and mashed, if he had been home. Trying to cook more now that I am actually feeling a bit better. But when I cook a meal,.that's about all I can do. Still have to sit in between trips to the stove, but I can clear and load the dishwasher before I have to sit down for the night. So actually improving. Slowly.... LOL much love to all.

Bedo, LOL!



Moon, glad you're feeling better.



Carole, I have always wanted to go to maradi gras. My SIL is from NOLA and their whole family goes every year. They rave about all the fun they have.



Lacey, I am sure your dinner will be a huge success, wish i could wrangle an invitation. I'm not doing anything in Seprtember and would love to see the Shore up in Mass.



Michelle, glad you're enjoying Hawaii, looking forward to pictures!



Had the best dinner last night for my MIL's b-day. Even the name of the restaurant was cool, Talula's Garden, a Steven Starr restaurant down town.

We lucked out with the snow, temp was in the high 30's all day, so we mostly just got rain.  Had about an inch of ice overnight, but a bright,  sunny day yesterday, so everything is pretty much gone.

Dinner last night:  I had a really nice wine.  It was from Spain, a red, a blend of monastrell and syrah.  I don't like red if it is too dry, but this one was just perfect.  It was my MIL's b-day, and she frequents the place, so they brought us out this little cheese and date on a home made water cracker with an almond something or other little cracker in it.  Then a really delicious little parmesan something or other roll.  Then a kale catellini (sp?) with a veal ragu and rainbow swiss chard.  Then gulf snapper and some veggie sides which they just brought out for MIL, a beat salad, brussel sprouts with maple syrup, and a mustroom dish.  It was all delicious.  We were so stuffed we were just getting coffee and one ice cream for the whole table, but they also brought out some kind of lemon tart.  It was sinfully delicious.  I think it was the best dinner I've ever had.  DH had sword fish, which he absolutely loved, and MIL had duck, BIL and MIL's SO had brisket.  Everyone was very happy with their choices.  I will have to go out more with MIL, she goes all the time, and I think they always give her extra food.  I am salivting remembering it.

Carberry. Go Zips!



Eric

Before & After

Oh my Carole, what fun that would be!

Nice job, Deb!

We spent today doing more snow mgmt....DH spent the afternoon shoveling off the family room roof since we were concerned about tomorrow's rain forecast. That particular roof has a low pitch, so a giant snow sponge for the rain would not serve the structure well.

I took a long walk around town...first to a convenience store where I could buy lottery tickets to pop into some valentine cards for our kids......Then to the USPO to mail them.

I enjoyed my partially peaceful walk, but was horrified to see how many sidewalks including the PO and several businesses....like CVS....I mean come on!) were not cleared. I had to walk in the streets a lot, and what worried me the most was the potential for getting clipped by one of the large private plows that zoomed past me. I didn't.


So when I finally returned home, I got out the well-used shovel, and made sure that the places where the town plows re-plowed today, making it difficult for people to easily cross the street (even after DH already cleared them), were nice and clear. A walk can be an informative thing!! But boy was that snow heavy today!


We keep getting calls from many of our friends and family in warm climates. What would they like to hear from us....that our muscles are tingling? I contend that we are the hearty souls who enjoy the challenging rigors of being here. Truly, I do not mind this weather at all.....especially since I have few places I have to be! And I was spoiled beong a clinician in a school setting in recent years....so...bad weather? Good chance of no school! Now, all that said, if it snows again late this week I will not be amused since we are scheduled to drive to NJ to visit the grandkids (and their parents:).


To reward DH and myself for our hard work (so bad to reward with food!), I made one of DH's favorites....seafood linguine with creamy pesto sauce. It was heavenly......and I was glad I had some recently made pesto in the refridge.



Downton Abbey tonight....

In a later post, I'll update on my "Downton dinner"....I am learning some lessons about trying to "give back" to a generous worldwide CEO. Very interesting!

Lol Lacey.... Yep us Northerners are made of sturdy stuff and we DO have to keep our sence of humor to get through these winters buuuuuuuttttt... that weather best NOT get between us and visiting our children or, in your case the Granchildren and their parents...lol!!



Still playing catch-up on Downton Abbey... 1 more episode to watch from season 2 and then it's on to season 3... Not sure how I'm going to deal once I'm caught up and I can only watch once per week rather than several episodes per week!



I have pesto frozen from this past summer. Would you be wiling to share your recipe for your seafood linguine?

It's a deal!  You guys come down for Talulah's Garden, and we'll come up there some time for Pickety Place!  I really would like to try that out some time.

Thanks for the recipe Lacey! It sounds beyond delicious! During lent we observe the no meat (although fish and seafood is OK) on Fridays and I am always looking for new non-meat dishes to try...



In addition to your recipe you gave me a really great idea! We make a grilled artichoke and black olive pizza with pesto as the sauce. I bet adding shimp and scallops to that would be wonderful!!



Hmmm... now I'm suddenly starving... Just having jump-ups tonight...lol!