Saturday, November 18, 2006
Oops. I didn't do it again.
Missed another day of blogging. I wonder if I'll get kicked off the NaBloPoMo list for missing two days this month. But I gotta say, I'm kind of digging this frequent posting. You might not give a rat's ass what I have to say, but I'm enjoying writing it. And since it's all about me, that's a good thing.
But I don't know why I didn't blog yesterday. I had a great day! I know you don't care what I had for lunch, but I had lunch with Becca at Satchel's and that is definitely blog-worthy. Then we did a bit of secret shopping, I dropped her off at home, and I went to the grocery. And boy, what a trip it was. Kelly summed it up pretty well here, and you can even read my comments on the occasion.
You might find it odd for me to speak of grocery shopping for anything other than beer because I am not the cook of the household. Chris very graciously does 99% of the cooking at home. Until now, that is. Since I have Fridays off, I'll be meal-making once a week.
This Friday's menu consisted of Paula Dean's crab cakes and Alton Brown's mac & chee. On the crab cakes I left out the parsley but added a tablespoon or so of Old Bay seasoning. Of course I couldn't find fresh cleaned crab meat in Florida, so I used 8oz of pretty expensive tubbed white meat and 8oz of mid-range tubbed claw meat. I gotta tell ya, for as many tears as I shed trying to make these things, they turned out absolutely delicious. The lemon-dill sauce was a welcome change from the remoulade the usually accompanies crab cakes. AB's M&C was pretty good. I'm so used to the boxed stuff that the consistency got a little weird for me as the cheese congealed. But I can't wait until tomorrow when we'll try AB's fried M&C! I shudder in anticipation!
In other around-the-house news, Chris tore down what I've always affectionately called 'Mr. MacGregor's Garden' today in order to make way for the first line of fencing that we plan to put up sometime over the holiday season. Hrm, I should have taken a picture of it, but the garden was a small area that the previous owners enclosed in chicken wire so that they could grow some veggies and such without the local bunnies and gopher tortoises eating the crops before the humans got to them. It was a cute little area, but we'll never use it for a garden. It'll be nice to have instead a goodly amount of fenced in area so that the dogs can romp to their hearts content without running off.
As a sign off note, I'd like to say that I find it odd that Blogger's spell check dictionary does not contain the word 'blog'.
But I don't know why I didn't blog yesterday. I had a great day! I know you don't care what I had for lunch, but I had lunch with Becca at Satchel's and that is definitely blog-worthy. Then we did a bit of secret shopping, I dropped her off at home, and I went to the grocery. And boy, what a trip it was. Kelly summed it up pretty well here, and you can even read my comments on the occasion.
You might find it odd for me to speak of grocery shopping for anything other than beer because I am not the cook of the household. Chris very graciously does 99% of the cooking at home. Until now, that is. Since I have Fridays off, I'll be meal-making once a week.
This Friday's menu consisted of Paula Dean's crab cakes and Alton Brown's mac & chee. On the crab cakes I left out the parsley but added a tablespoon or so of Old Bay seasoning. Of course I couldn't find fresh cleaned crab meat in Florida, so I used 8oz of pretty expensive tubbed white meat and 8oz of mid-range tubbed claw meat. I gotta tell ya, for as many tears as I shed trying to make these things, they turned out absolutely delicious. The lemon-dill sauce was a welcome change from the remoulade the usually accompanies crab cakes. AB's M&C was pretty good. I'm so used to the boxed stuff that the consistency got a little weird for me as the cheese congealed. But I can't wait until tomorrow when we'll try AB's fried M&C! I shudder in anticipation!
In other around-the-house news, Chris tore down what I've always affectionately called 'Mr. MacGregor's Garden' today in order to make way for the first line of fencing that we plan to put up sometime over the holiday season. Hrm, I should have taken a picture of it, but the garden was a small area that the previous owners enclosed in chicken wire so that they could grow some veggies and such without the local bunnies and gopher tortoises eating the crops before the humans got to them. It was a cute little area, but we'll never use it for a garden. It'll be nice to have instead a goodly amount of fenced in area so that the dogs can romp to their hearts content without running off.
As a sign off note, I'd like to say that I find it odd that Blogger's spell check dictionary does not contain the word 'blog'.
idyllicchick, 7:19 PM
1 Comments:
OMG - you're gonna LOVE AB's fried M&C. I'm a mac fan from WAAAY back, and his stove-top and baked recipes are among the best (and easiest). But fried? Aagguuuugghhh (Homer Simpson sounds)...it. was. so. good. Enjoy!
Joe & Beth, at Nov 19, 2006 2:57:00 PM
