Weekend six

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elaine

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We had a good weekend with the return of my eldest grandson. He was in Thailand on Safari with his mom, her husband and brother when he was bitten by a huge 10 month old tiger in a

petting room. He had 5 stitches in his neck and

then underwent a series of rabies shots.

We had an unsettling 10 days and I went with my son to the airport cause I had to feel him and see him myself. He is fine, still has one shot to get (one we got on the way home from the airport) and still wants to pet tigers. NOT LIKELY. He said that the tiger just wanted to play with him.

So on duty with my youngest grandchild for the rest of the day, I made an easy dinner for all of us- chicken schnitzel, leek patties and bought tons of salads - tabouleh, humus, tehina, sabiah (chick peas), a few types of eggplants, mejaddarah and white rice for some of the kids, and a huge pita baked with zataar leaves.

Thankfully, I did have a fair sized piece of cake with colorful frosting in the freezer so the kids were pleased. The grown ups (and kids) had strawberries and whipped cream.

Early morning wakeup with the little one so

we just hung around today.

I am about to finish up the whipped cream with

some more strawberries.

Next weekend I will have to actually cook.

 
Yegads! How old is he? Now you can tease him about being so sweet even tigers want to eat him...

but that is really scary. Perhaps tigers shouldn't be in a petting room methinks. I got to be in a yard with 2 month old baby tigers, they were bigger than my enormous cat and had these huge paws. We weren't allowed to touch them but they walked on my shoes and one got a claw stuck in my shoelace. I am glad he is going to be okay!!!

 
My Country Weekend Six - week 2

After sluggishly finishing our coffee this morning, my mom and I got busy in the kitchen. She made a Denver scramble - or Western if you are in the west - and I started a pot of soup for dinner. The rain is coming so I'm making my favorite carrot dill soup and the house smells so good right now. I'm waiting for the Met broadcast to end so I can puree it, can't dare interrupt the Queen of the Night or Papageno with kitchen noises! LOL

Tonight mom is making cat head biscuits to go with the soup and we are having a salad, perhaps with some ham in it.

How is everyone else doing with their ham leftovers? Besides the eggs this morning, I made Croque Monsieurs, mom made ham salad with sweet pickles, we are about to make deviled ham for our family broiled club sandwiches, and tomorrow for Sunday supper we are making either reheated sliced ham or ham and mushroom filled crepes or ham mousse with mushroom sauce, asparagus as the vegetable. Please help us pick one!

I have been using up a bit of leftovers in other ways, leftover sock yarn for a fun project - a mini tea cozy for my mom's baby Brown Betty teapot. It's cabled all over and I'm a 1/2" from being done! The yarn is a soft delft blue, perfect with the rich brown of the glaze.

Last night we finished the last of the raspberry mousse/Pavolova thing my mom concocted. Tonight we have nothing slated for pudding, oh dear! I think after a virtuous dinner of soup and salad we should have dessert, don't you?

My parents are singing the Papageno/Papagena duet to each other, holding hands on the couch, so cute! Hope you have a great weekend!

 
Weekend six...

Started a new private chef gig for friends of mine last week. Athletes wanting lots of protein, gluten-free. After spending hours going over my cookbooks, came up with a menu they loved. (Thank God.) Planning next weeks menu this weekend & working out the budget. Finally, I get to cook out of my towering stack of books! (Cooking for one is not much fun...)

Tentatively starting a new walking/eating tour of Seattle's Chinatown. Scoping out sites, today I stumbled on a tea house. Stuck my head inside & was invited to join the tea master for a cup. We ended up talking and tasting all afternoon. I tried two different teas that were aged over 30 years. Fascinating. Still trying to wrap my brain around green tea having more caffeine than black tea.

Joel Salatin from Polyface Farms will be in Seattle on April 20th. (He's the farmer profiled in Ominivore's Dilemma.) Joel will be the guest of honor for two speaking gigs and a luncheon. I've been asked to introduce him & moderate the Q&A for all the events. Yowza! The hall for his speaking gigs holds 500 people per seating. I'm trying not to freak out....

Right after Joel leaves, the director of the movie "Fresh" will be in town. I'm putting together an event for her for the documentary film folks on her experiences putting the film together. Really interested to hear her perspective.

Tomorrow the tea master has invited me to his Buddhist temple. He's cooking food for an event and I've been invited to join in the fun. "Come early if you'd like to help cook." I'm utterly fascinated. Can't wait!

And finally, I've been uncovering a bunch of new podcasts. My current favorite: Cutting the Curd (available on iTunes). It's about the world of cheese and she interviews cheese makers, farmers, etc.

 
Oh my, these biscuits were so light and fluffy they should float off the plate, but their sheer

girth warrants the name, cat head! They were bigger than my enormous cat's head and that truly is saying something. It's CI's recipe. Even though we forgot to put in the salt they still tasted great with the soup and salad. I'm so full I'm 'methodically packed' as stated by Andrew Todhunter. LOL

 
Me, too, except that I now have "Pa pa Pa pa pa PA pa Pa pa" in my head for at least a week smileys/smile.gif

 
Good thing I can live vicariously through you! How fun, I never do anything good ;o) My six

involve:

- washing the car before it rains again tomorrow

- weeding out the hyacinth garden

- making braised beef with red wine for dinner

- trying the cat head biscuits to go with it

- walking at the lake

- giving the cats a bath and applying anti-flea stuff that costs an arm and a leg (see, I told you I lead a boring life)

Enjoy Sunday everyone!

 
Major ear worm - Queen of the Night aria stuck in my head yesterday, so I listened to reggae for an

*hour* to get rid of it, this morning however I woke up with Papageno's aria in Act I. I'm hoping the golf tournament chatter will drive that out. Once I had the Queen of the Night stuck in my head for 6 months when I worked at the Opera. Everyone was amused, except me, because I really cannot sing but hummed it everywhere I went, even board meetings. Insidious stuff that Mozart... smileys/smile.gif

PS - Crepe batter is resting! We didn't have any tarragon so we used the green part of the green onion and changed the filling to mushrooms instead of asparagus, we'll serve the asaparagus as the veg tonight. Here's the recipe. So pretty the green batter!

http://cookincanuck.blogspot.com/2010/04/tarragon-crepes-with-ham-asparagus.html

 
Too many subjects to list, 1st your parents' duet...I always loved the english translation of the

lyrics from the duet:

Come sit here, pretty maiden,
Be Papageno's wife.
A turtle dove beside me
Is all I want out of life.

This tune will be ringing in my head for days, now. But that's not a bad thing, as it reminds me that my DH's desires are the same as Papageno's. And how lucky I am that he just wants a turtle dove to nestle up to, to make his life complete! Could a girl ask for anything more?

2nd, I vote for crepes, but you have already made a wise decision. I have a jar of dried tarragon from Penzey's, that I use all the time, as I enjoy the flavor so much. It keeps forever, so no need for fresh, (although of course that would be the best).

3rd, cat-head biscuits are a staple in the South. I remeber the first time my Southern MIL made them for me. This Yankee was really impressed.

 
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