Anna N

It’s not always as clear-cut as it might appear at least in the stores where I shop. It is not unusual to find that the only romaine available is the bagged romaine (and I am “forced” to buy 3 rather than the 1 I wanted). Similarly with the spinach — my choices are bagged or not at all. I always have the option of eating something else of course.

This is a situation probably unique to the Island. It is a sort of church charity. Even we have not completely sussed out how it works. Much of the stuff is donated from businesses off-Island. At least as far as we can determine, some/most/all profits go to support a church (perhaps in Haiti?). Those things unlikely to sell are offered for free. Often they are not “farmers market” quality. There is much poverty on the Island so this seems to work to some extent. I am sure there those opposed—e.g. the grocery stores.

We just got back from a wee excursion. Kerry picked up some farm fresh eggs from the farm. Then we went and had brunch at Elliot’s. Kerry had tea and this time they almost understood what she meant by lots of milk. I had a black coffee. No photo of the coffee. I’m sure you mostly understand what I’m talking about.😊 Eggs benny with home fries for Kerry. Philly cheese steak for me. Yeah. It doesn’t pass muster for serious connoisseurs but it was tasty.

I can relate. So many recipes that make it look so easy to do something turn out to be a PITA to execute successfully. They just make me want to execute person who did the video or who wrote the recipe.

But if you would like to avoid cooking your tomatoes at all then Shelby’s method works.

@Shelby I am surprised you did not notice the watermelon right next to the pork steaks. What do you think this might portend in our future?

Dessert was roasted buckwheat custard. You know how I get to drink Kerry’s cocktail rejects? Well she got to eat my dessert reject. I get drunk she gets fat. (Dessert should not taste like cereal milk — Christina Tosi be damned.)

On the way to butter poached shrimp and scallops. Kerry is creating a beurre monté. Shrimp and scallop swimming in the above butter. Dinner is served. Broccoli cooked forever, reheated baguette, butter poached scallops and shrimp.

No. No. No.. Don’t send it back. It is the best thing ever made for reheating almost all leftovers.

I know. It gets so boring. But a sprig of tarragon just didn’t seem to fit the bill.

Eat that stuff by the truckload when Kerry brings it back from Buffalo.

All is good. Kerry had to return to the hospital and she has all the photos. I had two cocktails — that is all ye know on earth of that and all ye need to know (with apologies to Keats).

Nice. Adam seems to get it!

Must put it on my next Trader Joe’s shopping list. My daughter-in-law brought me some after a trip to Texas but it’s pretty old now.

That is the downside of using the dictation function. Of course a little serious copy editing might have caught that.

Kerry is on her way back now at a somewhat slower pace. So the Tex-Mex plan gave way to the sort of Irish plan. Potato chips instead of corn chips. Undressed. Dressed to my fashion standards.

Kerry is currently living a 10-year-old’s dream. She is going hellbent for leather, lights flashing and sirens screaming to Sudbury. Lord knows when she’ll get home.

The second of the apples whose labels fell off! Almost certain this is the Envy. I loved the texture. It was crisp and juicy. I don’t think it was as tasty as the Jazz which I had the other day. This, regrettably, is the last of the Unexpected Cheddar from Trader Joe’s. I am hooked on this cheese and we are a long, long way from any Trader Joe’s. Since Kerry is doing a 24 hour shift in emergency we don’t plan any formal or even informal meals. We just feed ourselves as best we can. There is something to be said for both ways of feeding one’s face! We can each have things the other doesn’t like. Right now I am plotting a melange of Cuban Picadillo and Mexican? Texan? nachos with a nice Wisconsin cheddar.

And I got the one with the most crispy bits:

Good morning. Forgot to post photographs of Kira’s dinner last night. Tacos filled with peccadillo and cheddar cheese. They seemed to go down rather well.

Point Reyes blue melted on toasted ciabatta and topped with some Campari tomatoes. Leftover Israeli salad on the side.

It is still not local corn if that is what you are asking. But it was quite decent. Also on the plate was a strip loin steak and a bowl of Israeli salad.

I mentioned before that I picked up two apples that I had never tried previously. One was an Envy and the other was a Jazz. But the labels have fallen off so now I no longer know which one I’m trying! Images on Google didn’t help. Oh well at least I know the cheddar is from Trader Joe’s and it’s called the Unexpected Cheddar. And it’s good!

Back to food .... This is the first thing that Kerry made with the red currants. I had hoped she had posted the finished product before I started snacking on it. Maybe later she will do so and tell you the name of it. It’s very good. I know it has a short-bread-type base and a meringue-type topping but that’s as far as my knowledge goes. I have been snacking on it while making dinner preparations.

Don’t think so. The ship was apparently named after Edmund Fitzgerald (1895-1986) chairman of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (owner of the ship).