strawberry daquiris anyone?
Here’s my plug for Stanley’s Fruit and Veggie Market….I bought all of these strawberries today…yes, count ‘em….8 cartons for……..98 cents….not 98 cents per carton, but 98 cents total for all 8! Granted, half of them were inedible and overripe and I had to weed through them and they took my almost an hour to cut up…but it’s STILL worth it! The amount I salvaged would have cost $20 from whole foods.
Holy shitake, that was good
Well, the day has come that I must admit my little dark secret.
No, it’s not related to American Idol. I am proud of this shameful-ish habit. In fact, Elliot Yamin’s (of last year’s American Idol fame) new single is playing in the background as I write this. Tis good. I highly recommend him and his new, handsome smile immensely.
My secret is not really a secret. Because anyone that knows me and/or Miranda knows that my girl has a way with the food. Meaning, she can cook. She just has the sensibility and intuition that transforms her dishes into irresistible yum.
Tonight, I was graced with her wild mushroom risotto. DEAR GOD it was delicious. I am kind of freaked out. Her skillz are sort of unstoppable. And I appreciate every last morsel of them. Come on over and you won’t be disappointed.
Thanks, M.
xo
Sad blueberries
A poem…
Blueberries splattered in the Dominick’s parking lot
Four dollars for them all
Tucked inside my pancakes, they are not
From my grocery cart, they did fall
I failed to double-bag
I stuffed those groceries in
my carton of blueberries
were wedged beside Wheat Thins
Why couldn’t it be apples, or an ear of corn
And not those sad little blueberries, now in the Dominick’s parking lot on Clybourn
Tuna Fish or Tuna Salad?…discuss amongst yourselves
I think it’s a matter of where you are from. I can’t say tuna salad, it’s just sounds weird, it’s sounds too wet or something. It sounds like someone is using an ice-cream scooper to scoop the mushy tuna out of a metal tray onto a paper plate. Chicken salad, seafood salad, egg salad, shrimp salad, those are all okay, in fact, delicious, if made right. To me it’s a “tuna fish” sandwich, or just tuna sandwich. Canned tuna is one of those things I do not want to eat if it’s not nicely cushioned between 2 pieces of bread (preferably toast). I do not care for a scoop of tuna on a bed of lettuce. In fact, please don’t scoop meat and fish items onto my plate, the scooper is reserved for ice-cream (or melon balls if it’s a small scooper). I have really only heard this “tuna salad” in the midwest here.
By the way, my Dad makes the best tuna fish ever! Celery, onions, a little mayo, salt and pepper.
scallop poll
I’ve decided that sea scallops are far superior to bay scallops. There’s just no comparison. It’s like the difference between a good NY bagel and a Lender’s bagel.
Sea scallop over NY bagel equals bay scallop over Lender’s bagel.
Plump and juicy over crusty-on-the-outside, chewy-on-the-indside equals tiny and flavorless over mediocre.
That is all.
