Lunch, Learning, and a Note

Re-visited St. James Pub yesterday for my monthly lunch with old cronies. By the time we left, every table was occupied and people were standing around waiting. They must be doing something right. But yesterday, I think they did do something a little wrong. Although the white board did contain the Gyro as it did on my last visit, I decided not to be in a rut, and ordered the Tuna Melt which means I got back in another rut. At any rate, it came with swiss. I believe that a classic (if there is such a thing) tuna melt should be cheddar. And it came on rye bread with caraway seeds. The filling was good and hot, and quite tasty. The fries served should have been left in the fryer a bit longer as they were kind of limp and pallid. But, hey, the atmosphere and clientele was just right, including the guy sitting at the bar showing more of his backside than you would have wished..

Then last night I attended another "cooking class" over in Leonardtown. An enjoyable and informative evening. It so happened that I took a quick cocktail at Corbels before the class, and sat next to a couple at the (lovely) bar who came down from Deale to attend the class. Word gets around! Jeff Jeffries (of tavern/woodland grill fame) was the chef of the evening, and so those of you familiar with Jeff know it was a fun time. We had a Belgian Endive salad, some "easy" lobster bisque, a salmon en papiotte, and a Brandied Fig Vanilla Pudding with toasted hazelnuts. All of the dishes could be prepared at home quite easily. Curiously, through some sort of communication glitch we wound up with salmon steaks instead of filets. Remember the red things from when you were a kid? Those sort of crosswise sections of the fish you hardly ever see anymore. But, they still tasted good. And mercifully, "yummy" was not in attendance.

The Ruddy Duck was talked about in today's enterprise. The "reviewer" echoes most of the things I get back channel. I have heard that some acoustical baffling has been recently installed which should alleviate one of the main complaints I hear..am planning on a visit next monday as part of a civic organizational social whoop la..not a real feeder visit. Besides the Duck article, he has discovered Solomons! Stop the presses!

Not aware of any biggies in the area this weekend. enjoy your last weekend of unofficial summer..

THE NOTE - in an effort to streamline the flutters home computer network, somehow part of the mail system got disrupted and the Feeder missed several e-responses which deserved replies. Apologies for that, but i think it has been ironed out. Now that he is somewhat removed from the mainstream, those responses are greatly appreciated.

DFD