So...whats for dinner?
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Just saw the first corn stand up by us. I'll have to try it. And freeze the requisite Thanksgiving and Christmas corn. LOL. I don't freeze a lot but make sure I gave enough "real" corn for those dinners. My Mom and my DH Mom used to freeze tons of it and I never needed to do it myself. Since they passed I just do a bare minimum. But i love a meal of just corn. Well, corn and butter. Oh. And salt. LOL. Of course gotta make sure I'm near a bathroom the next day.... LOL
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Probably hospital food tonight.
DD was running in a trash can race in a school assembly and crashed into the other runner.
..possible concussion.... They did a CT scan to check her out.
Her humor is coming back, so I think she's getting better.
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A minor one...got her "bell rung". CT shows nothing unusual.
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Eric - oh no!! Glad the CT is ok. She may have some headaches going forward for a few weeks.
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Eric, glad to hear that DD isn't seriously injured. How was the hospital food?
Viv, hope you're feeling ok.
For dinner tonight we had corn cut off the cob with diced yellow and orange bell pepper sautéed in liberal amt. of butter. Delicious. Pan-seared crappie filets in olive oil and butter with tartar sauce made of Hellman's light mayo, sweet relish and horseradish. Out of dill relish.
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Eric - so glad the CT scan came out OK for your DD.
Lacey - as far as I know, Hatch Chilis only come from Hatch, New Mexico and this is the only month of the year they are available. There are bottled salsas & sauces and canned chilis available occasionally in some stores but maybe only in the "west". Central Market roasts them in front of the store for sale & adds them to everything from scones to hamburger patties to omelets. Wonderful flavor.
Moon - can you freeze corn on the cob? Or do you need to cut off the kernels?
Dinner tonight was a huge handful of radishes, black olives, 1/2 of a long English cucumber, two ears of corn on the cob and a glass of Cote du Rhone red wine. Lunch was BowTie pastry that one of the players brought to our domino game with a can of Root Beer and some cocktail peanuts for protein.
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Eric, so scary! Glad that the CT just showed brain and no damage.
Dinner tonight was some fajita flank steak, pico de gallo and black beans, with some homemade corn chips. The tomatoes are coming faster than we can eat them these days. I believe that i have eaten 6 tomatoes today. Gazpacho for lunch and the pico for dinner.
Lacey, perhaps you would enjoy a trip in town to eat a really decent BLT? PM if you are interested. I certainly have plenty of the tomatoes, and for you, I would make some bread.
*susan*
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eric, glad your DD didn't Get hurt worse. It's scary when they get hurt. Specialk is right my DD1 got a bad headache after she knocked herself out with her knee when she was dancing. LOL not sure a trash can race is much better though! LOL : )
Viv, good to hear from you.
Minus I freeze corn off the cob. I usually cook it with the cob - it tastes better. Then I have a nail through a clean board that fits over my sink. In the clean sink is a clean dishpan. Place the board over the dishpan in the sink, put the cob of corn on the nail and use the cutter on the cob. The corn falls into the pan with less sticky juice over the kitchen. Then I freeze the corn. The nail holds up the cob so the cutter I have strips off most of the kernels in one stroke. Then I can use a knife to trim up what it missed.
Carole that corn sounds drlish. The simpler the better!
Dinner was a quick fried rice to use up the fish from dinner yesterday.
Much love to all.
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Viv, I'm sorry, I couldn't help it. I hope that it is not too late to learn this for tonight. Ha ha!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJusP2u35Dk
I had a really easy dinner tonight.
Take some really ripe tomatoes and chop them up with some garlic, as much as you like and some basil, also to your taste.
Mix with some good olive oil and let sit for a 1/2 hour or so
Then cook some pasta, I like spaghetti and mix without cooking the tomato mixture.
Add parmesan on top if you like
Lazy woman's dinner
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Minus you crack me up. can you be my personal chef?
Eric I hope everything is OK
I will try to catch up and apologize for anyone that I have missed
I am so tired after work lately and am having a hard time catching up
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She's going to be fine once her headache subsides.
For whatever reason I don't like, "This is Mrs. _______, the principal at __________ high school. Your daughter was involved in a minor mishap at today's school assembly." The nurse feels that you or your wife should take her to the hospital to be evaluated for the possibility of a concussion."
We did manage to avoid the hospital cafeteria food and instead got some takeout.
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It turns out that even a small, quick wedding requires some planning and a bunch of "appointments" to meet with people about flowers and photos. One of my greatest resentments when I was an active player was how much those two vendors made at a wedding, compared to the pittance that us musicians make. Talking with one photographer, I mentioned this, and she started to talk about the cost of her equipment. I reminded her that she was talking to a violinist, and she was smart enough to stop whining about camera prices.
We have hired a guitarist to play. The kid and I went to his wedding in the outskirts of Paris and she LOVED his wedding. The event was in a huge barn, plunked in the middle of a field. There was dancing and food and happiness, all in French of course. We pooped out early. The party continued until dawn without us.
Redheaded, what is a cream cheese mint? Sorry to disappoint, but there will be no cake, or mints, or punch. No registry, no showers, and no party games. There will be no gifts, in fact.
The two "kids" have picked rings, are still looking for a suit for him, and are otherwise doing what the can to plan. She starts her placement at Lesley University next week, so not much time to get these pieces in place.
My mental budget has gone kaflooey, so I doubt I can hire someone to clean the house. Rats!
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susan - I think these are the mints, def an item from weddings back in the day:
http://www.nuts.com/chocolatessweets/mints/dessert-mints.html
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Cream Cheese mints are made of cream cheese, butter, and sugar and you hand put them in little rubber molds and then let them sit a whle and pop them out. You can add favoring and food coloring to get an assortment. My mom used to make them all the time.
If you google it, some recipes will come up. Unfortunately, it must be at my Mom's house, I don't seem to have it here.
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Susan, this wedding planning is crazy. DDs wedding is going to be in May, we think. First it was "just the 2 of us on an island" Then "just the 2 of us on an island with immediate family" Then a small wedding at an old historic house in Jamaica Plain with games and croquet" Now "We want it in a bar that Dave played in last night with Nellie, DD's dog, in attendance" Dave is a sometime double bass player in the Philharmonic who is going away to Yale grad school of business this weekend. Now I don't know what to expect. Maybe sending out hologram invitations. Oh well, they know I'm pretty useless when it comes to cooking, arranging flowers or pretty much anything else for that matter. I hope yours goes smoothly. It is nice that they've found love, isn't it?
It's "Mussels Saturday!" a two year tradition with a friend of mine where we go to the same restaurant once a week on different days of the week for Mussels, veggie platter and that beer that you put an orange slice in . Moosehead? The waiter doesn't even bother to ask what we want, it's always the same.
Happy Weekend everyone
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Bedo, you put an orange slice in Blue Moon beer. The mussels-once-a-week habit is one I'd love to develop.
I have lots of tomatoes, too, because I can't resist buying them at the farmers' mkt. I have the purple heirloom plum tomatoes, yellow plum tomatoes and the slicing red tomatoes. Today I also bought lovely small leeks, beets, snow peas, green beans. A loaf of bread and cookies. Oh, and more cucumbers.
Susan, some of us would consider the purchase of a plane ticket for the BLT's!!! I would love to see you at work in your kitchen. I'm positive that your daughter's wedding will be special and you will help to make it so. Home-made corn chips?
We drove to Detroit Lakes today, about an hour's drive, to spend the day with rv friends who are full-timers in their motor home. (We met them in 2008 in Canada when we were both in the same rv park near Montreal.) We had lunch at a very ordinary little café in the small town of Frazee. Later we had yogurt at one of those serve-yourself yogurt places with lots of toppings and payment is based on weight.
So no dinner tonight.
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Hey Carol
I'm considering purchasing a Tab Trailer with shower and all, after this job is done and maybe another job, and taking off for about 3 months to travel I don't like New England in the dark winter. What have you heard about them? I guess that my dinners would be interesting and simple. What about cats? What do you think? Advice?
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Minus, thanks for the Hatch chilis tutorial. They sound so good!
Eric, happy to hear that DD will be fine. Quite the way to start the school year!
It is so darn not summery here at the lake, it's annoying! Great walking weather today, but at the beach it got too cool for my taste whenever the sun went in. Not sure we broke 63 degrees today.....
Attended a play at the Winni Playhouse tonight, (it was excellent!) and for ease bought our dinner there. It was simple and great...we shared a combo of a lobster salad plate (really good chunks with no celery!) that included an interesting salad of baby greens, dried cranberries and spicy walnuts, and also a turkey breast sandwich with lots on it, and home made potato chips. It was a good combo to share.
Mothers of the brides (and other wedding aged children)....do you think that the wedding trend is moving away from the big fuss 30 thousand dollar weddings. I certainly hope so!
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So, I think that the days of the $30,000 wedding are not really over. $30,000 is just the entry level these days, and I am seeing weddings that far exceed that level. Of the 8 weddings that my daughter has attended over the past three years, and the three that I have attended, almost all of them are in that very expensive range. And, quite a few of those weddings are far more expensive if you include how much guests are expected to pay for the required three-night stay at a resort! However, there is a backlash against this "canned"-industry-style wedding amongst some of the kid's friends, especially for those that are not making a ton of money. As with my kid, they would rather use those funds to scrape together a downpayment than get sucked into the ever-more-frantic wedding planning. And so they make their own food, build their own bouquets, forgo fancy rings, or something. But, from my vantage point, these couples are still few and far between.
Not sure that is succinct enough, or even clarifies. Even me, who is pretty frugal, has already increased the budget to accommodate reality.
*susan*
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Bedo, I'm not familiar with a Tab Trailer. I'll google it.
Anyone have a good recipe for potato and leek soup? It rained last night and folks are walking around the campground in long pants and long-sleeved shirts. It's cool and overcast, a good soup-for-supper day. I took a ham bone out of the freezer and it is thawing.
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Oh, I do! I love love love potato and leek soup. Let me see if I can find an online link, otherwise, I will get to typing.
*susan*
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Good, Susan!
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So, I had to type it. All kinds of web recipes claiming to be this one, and they are all just WRONG!
http://www.pepperplate.com/sharedrecipe.aspx?id=73...
Pepperplate ate my notes, so here they are:
If using store bought stock, be careful about the salt content. Julia is seasoning water after all.
Sometimes after adding the flour, I cook for two minutes and deglaze with a bit of vermouth or white wine before adding the water/stock.Other garnishes could be garlic croutons or roasted pumpkin seeds. I love the soup as is. My husband likes the richness of some cream. I give him between 1 and two tablespoons of cream for 2 cups of soup. [Aren't I mean?] When adding cream, I add it to the bowls and then pour the hot soup on top so if I have leftovers, I don't have to worry about boiling a milk product.
*susan*
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We are now officially in tomato-triage. Separating our tomatoes into must-eat-now, can-eat-tomorrow, need-a-bit-more-ripening. Here is today's harvest. Just today. Still have some left from previous day's bounty. HELP!!!
*susan*
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Eric, I hope your daughter is recovering well.
Bedo, thanks for the video. It helped a lot when I got up to hula.
The LUAU was very nice lots of food.
Back home getting kids backpacks prepared. They have a 2 page list of needed supplies.
Specialized I'm feeling ok. It's great to see a lefty again and so much easier to dress. I still have some pain and will be asking for PT referral I definitely need.
Hello to everyone
Vivian
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Greetings to all! What a lot to catch up on -- I've been reading everyone's posts just been too busy to sit down at the computer and post myself. Had the DSIL and DBIL here for a while - DSIL's birthday so we had a dinner of Frogmore Stew, green beans and cherry pie. The roasted cardamom plum ice cream was perhaps the best ice cream I've ever made. Served it with an olive oil peach cake. Good stuff. Also during that period was a party with my DH's side of the family. They have decided that it's too difficult to get everyone together at Christmas so now we'll be gathering in the summer. Suits me, since it's always in the city, the weather is less of a factor. My contribution was a roasted corn, tomato and basil salad. The corn is winding down here. Got some of the last of it on Friday. I managed to freeze quite a bit. Still getting lots of tomatoes, but they are getting smaller. The deer are finishing up the tomato plants, so there won't be many more. Now the peppers are starting to come in. Holy cow, what a harvest! Lots of cooking here, but for the life of me I can't remember it all. I think last night was pan fried pork chops with a tomato gratin. I do know tonight is individual pizzas with roasted tomatoes and peppers. It will barely make a dent in the produce supply though. I also had an abundance of cucumbers today, so made some sweet relish. Six more inches of rain today. Ugh. Too much of a good thing! Last week I did manage to get in my six month appt with the MO and mammogram. All is well on that front. I can breathe for another six months. Hemoglobin normal, but on the low side. This has caused the MO to start nagging me about another colonoscopy. Double ugh. I have another six months to procrastinate on that.
Monica -- hope your knee is healing and you are moving about better. I've been struggling with some plantar fasciaitis which is making my knee hurt from walking funny. It's hard to remember when I last got up and nothing hurt.
Eric - glad DD is doing ok. Scary stuff concussions! What exactly is a trash can race???
Lacey - how do you do it? Your culinary adventures always make my mouth water. I don't know what I'd do if I had all the opportunities you have! Well I do know, I'd have to live at the gym!
Carole -- I'm always amazed at how well stocked your travel kitchen seems to be. How did you like the crappie? Probably more "fishy" tasting than you're used to?
Susan - I so enjoyed reading about your relatives visit. And how wonderful about your DD. I agree that you will make the occasion very special indeed. The tomatoes are beautiful! I have them in every sunny room of the house in various stages of ripening. I eat them breakfast, lunch and dinner. They'll be gone so soon :-(
Luv, I'd like to send some of this rain your way -- 12 inches in the past 10 days!
SK - I agree you need to rest up. You have been busy!
I apologize for those I missed, I can't seem to remember it all.
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Nance, glad you were able to check in. I've been missing you and was hoping everything was ok at your house.
Susan, the soup was delicious! I followed the recipe to the point of measuring and timing. One modification was the use of ham broth instead of chicken broth or water. I boiled the hambone until the meat was falling off the bone and used the broth and added the ham meat. This recipe is definitely a keeper.
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oh ham bone! What a wonderful addition. I have been known to add bacon, but ham stock sounds even better. So glad that you enjoyed it.
*susan*
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Nance, so good to have you back from your entertaining stint. That peach cake and cardamom ice cream combo has my mouth watering!
You are correct to assume that all these meals out drive me to the gym!
Today we met friends for a brunch buffet which was lovely except just when I was enjoying my first course of shrimp and baby greens salad, and a taste of their popular mac and cheese, my fork got "tangled" in a long hair.....bye bye salad. Everything else was good (and hairless) and I successfully ignored my initial disgust as I plowed through fresh fruit with yogurt, poached eggs over hash (I opted not to wait in line for an omelet), a toasted bagel, carved turkey, and the most deliciously sinful bread pudding. I resisted getting up for another dessert tho they looked wonderful and varied.
So when we returned home, we both knew some exercise was in order! We decided to hike two miles away to Fred's Farm for corn (food always the objective!) and tomatoes (SUSAN I have SUCH TOMATO envy after seeing those pix!). Well, the long walk felt great, but the mission was a failure....no more corn today! Bought some smallish yellow tomatoes which were described as "not as acidic" as red ones....my discovery was that they were tasteless! Used them along with some nice red ones I picked up at another local farm stand in a caprese salad over arugula (yes, again;).
Marinated and grilled a flat iron steak (very flavorful but a bit chewier than I like) for dinner and tried two local corn varieties.....truly disappointing! But more disappointing was that as I started to chew my first piece of steak, I felt this sharp pin like item in my mouth. It was a piece of metal from the grate scrubber DH used to clean the grill grates. Yikes! So I was really careful for the rest of our meal. We have to find another way to clean the grates....all of these wire brushes can shed after a few uses. Any ideas...
Speaking of ideas....I think I mentioned that DH and I are going to Italy in mid -September. We have most of it planned, but I would love to find a cooking course to take in the Lucca area of Tuscany while we are there. I can always connect with one online, but thought if anyone had done that before, I'd love to know about their experience. The man who owns the villa we are staying in insists I should not spend the money on a course....that the lady across the street is a great cook....as is his wife who he offered to cook for us. Oy! I'm sure she is dying for us to show up now!!
Anyway....any ideas....or I will get busy researching places online.Viv, glad you are feeling okay.
Carole, I am also impressed with how mich you create in your RV kitchen!
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We just returned from Bemidji where we rode with another couple to Giovanni's to have pizza for lunch. DH and I shared a thin-crust pizza with Italian sausage, green olives and mushrooms. The other couple didn't give the crust a good grade but I enjoyed the pizza. Pizza is a treat for us since we don't eat it often.
Afterwards we stopped at an ice cream place and I had a small hot fudge sundae made with caramel latte ice cream. This, too, tasted good.
But I've already had my calorie allotment for today!
Dinner will probably be a bowl of leftover potato leek soup.
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