Well, did you have a nice Valentine’s Day as we did yesterday? More on that in a moment, but we awoke this morning to gale like conditions
whipping the river into a frenzy
At least we’re not shoveling stuff like those folks up in
New England. As a quick aside, there
are those (and I think I’ve taken crap for expressing this opinion before) who
keep on wishing for snow. Especially on
face book, every time there is a prediction for snow, there are always those
who say something like “bring it on!”. I
never quite understand their motive.
Yes, it is pretty (for a while) but anything over an inch or so is not
welcome in this office. You could always drive up to Boston...
Enough of that. Back
to St. Valentines. Anybody who knows
MFO and myself would never accuse us of being “romantic”. I am sure there are those who have been
hitched for over fifty years like us who are still “in love” and express it, but we don’t. The fact that we’ve endured each other for
that length of time probably says something.
Anyway, one of the things we do both love is….(wait for it….) food! What a surprise. So, rather than attempt any outing on what
some restaurant people would call “amateur night” we stayed in. And, we had ourselves a pretty nice meal.
However, being together for over half a century must result in some connection, because
we both came up with the same idea for dinner. I don’t know how many of the readers
remember the early days of food television when there was a show called “The
Galloping Gourmet”, which debuted in 1969, before anybody ever dreamed of Iron
Chef, and crap like that. It featured Graham Kerr as (the British) galloping chef. He was always
lighthearted, had a great enthusiasm for cooking, and a glass of wine was never far from his hand during the show. He always ended the
show by inviting somebody from the audience to share the dish (and a glass of wine) he prepared. The series terminated as a result of a rather
serious car accident. A quick internet
check reveals he is still alive at 81. Hope he still enjoys his wine.
Anyhow, MFO latched on to one of his dishes called “chicken for two”,
consisting of chicken breasts, onions and green peppers, tomatoes, mozzarella, garlic, capers, and (surprise) wine. We break that out
occasionally so yesterday seemed like a perfect time to revisit it. Also, fittingly for the day, we paired some shrimp (and remoulade) with a bottle of (very good) bubbly for cocktails
For the Chicken, I dug deep in the cellar and came up with a nicely aged bottle
of Chardonnay from the always reliable Talbott Vineyards I think procured during a trip to the Monterey peninsula (read on)...
Serving the chicken over pasta made a very nice plate
And, to cap off the meal MFO prepared a lovely Apple Pie,
appropriately decorated
So it was a very nice evening, hope yours was as well.
Bonus
And today is another special day in the sports world,
probably my second favorite golfing event, the final round of Pebble Beach (the
same round of the Master’s remains premier).
Not only because of its natural beauty, but a lot because I had the
chance to play the course with FOJTE as part of his fortieth birthday
celebration. One of my most cherished (life) memories was walking up the 18th fairway, and (if you don’t count
that shot that went in the Pacific ocean) I think I parred the hole (don’t
correct me FOJ if I’m wrong). But the
best part was that the “ladies” were waiting for our group on the patio of the
Lodge, at a table with a chilled DMOTRWAT cocktail waiting for me along side a dish of
warmed nuts. We enjoyed recounting the
round, looking over that famous golf hole to the azure ocean. Priceless.
We also had some nice dinners there for which we shed the
golf togs to be
DFD
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