What are you eating?

[Lethevich]

It's a recurrent feature of every mini or real crisis. Otherwise sane and reasonably intelligent prople become irrational. Lunatics and nincompoops tend to react with the kind of primitive, caveman behaviour one would expect from remote Borneo tribes. The Y2K bug scare caused many otherwise normal people to stockpile like crazy.

I suppose they were suitably punished - having to polish off dozens of tins of crap quality foods before they expire

[BorisG]

[BorisG]

[SonicMan46]

Well, we've been a litte crabby lately - 

Couple of nights ago, Alaskan King Crab w/ just a simple salad - delicious!   

Yesterday we shopped @ Costco, and picked up some Dungeness Crab; again just w/ salad - great! 

Usually love a 'lite' Chardonnay w/ crab - the current Columbia Estates Chardonnay '06 (Grand Estates) - about $10 @ Costco went great w/ the crabs each night!

Tonight, some 'clam soup' - wife out @ a singing practice - will put on my plastic bib, sit in the den, & watch a Netflix rental - sipping on some Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc '07 - newest release & wonderful!

 

[BorisG]

Well, we've been a litte crabby lately - 

Couple of nights ago, Alaskan King Crab w/ just a simple salad - delicious!   

Yesterday we shopped @ Costco, and picked up some Dungeness Crab; again just w/ salad - great! 

Usually love a 'lite' Chardonnay w/ crab - the current Columbia Estates Chardonnay '06 (Grand Estates) - about $10 @ Costco went great w/ the crabs each night!

Tonight, some 'clam soup' - wife out @ a singing practice - will put on my plastic bib, sit in the den, & watch a Netflix rental - sipping on some Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc '07 - newest release & wonderful!

 

I love crab, lobster.

SonicMan, if you have not seen the following TV series, do make an effort to.

http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/deadliestcatch/about/about.html

[SonicMan46]

I love crab, lobster.

SonicMan, if you have not seen the following TV series, do make an effort to.

http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/deadliestcatch/about/about.html

Hello, Boris - YES, shellfish is one of our favorites - couple of pages ago posted some of our 'treats' in D.C. a few weeks ago (had a couple of lobsters & plenty of oysters!) - thanks for the link - those Alaskan coast crab fisherman indeed have a 'dangerous' life!  I've read a number of articles, heard some radio features, & have seen one or more shows on their occupation, but will also record one of the Discovery Channel shows - Dave 

[uffeviking]

, and picked up some Dungeness Crab;

Are those Dungeness Crab the genuine article from our Olympic Peninsula Dungeness Spit, or is it just a variety of crab having inherited the name Dungeness?

Do enjoy them anyhow regardless where they come from!

[SonicMan46]

Are those Dungeness Crab the genuine article from our Olympic Peninsula Dungeness Spit, or is it just a variety of crab having inherited the name Dungeness?

Do enjoy them anyhow regardless where they come from!

Hi Lis - no those are the West Coast version, quite popular in the San Francisco Bay Area & further north - unfortunately, to get to the East Coast, the crabs are steamed first, then frozen - at Costco, they had been thawed, so ate them that night - they were delicious (but I've had a few that were quite not as good, so can be a 'hit & miss' here) - another favorite for us is the Blue Crab, a very popular beast on the mid-Atlantic coast - no place to have a wide variety of options that in Charleston, SC or Savannah, GA - hmmm! Dave 

P.S. And, of course, when I'm in Florida, Stone Crab claws are the choice (luckily, wife does not like this crab as much, so I get more!  )

 

[toledobass]

Opera is finished and it's beautiful weather here in Toledo so I've got some potatoes baking away and will grill a ribeye and some asparagus.  Probably all 3 will get topped with a basic maitre d'hotel butter.  I started in on a bottle of Casillero del Diablo Carmenere and also have a Fuente Hemingway Classic for later.  Ahhhhhhh.


Allan

[SonicMan46]

Opera is finished and it's beautiful weather here in Toledo ..... Casillero del Diablo Carmenere and also have a Fuente Hemingway Classic for later...............

Allan - enjoy!    Amazing how some of these so-called 'lesser' Bordeaux red grapes do so well in South America, Malbec in the Mendoza Vly of Argentina & Carménère in Chile - I've been sampling these offerings more recently - great value & taste!

For us, just returned from our 'Mountain Bistro' down the road - couple of 'specials' tonight - wife had a delicious bison tenderloin, medium rare w/ a wonderful grilled flavor, shitake mushrooms, and a reduced wine sauce; I had an outstanding sea bass, broiled w/ a 'beau blanc' sauce & a couple of sides of veggies (spinach & asparagus - 'heart healthy' recipe from my own workplace) - couple of glasses of Pinot Gris for me (King Estate, Oregon) - we were both quite pleased! 

[George]

3 slices of cheese pizza, prepared by actual Italians. 

2 cans of Fresca - nice stuff, never had it before.

[BorisG]

[Lilas Pastia]

Pea Soup ?

[uffeviking]

Looks like Lentils to me! 

[DavidRoss]

Tonight I had carne asada fries--french fries mixed with carne asada and drenched with sour cream, guacamole, chiles, and salsa.  Yum!

[BorisG]

[toledobass]

Tonight I had carne asada fries--french fries mixed with carne asada and drenched with sour cream, guacamole, chiles, and salsa.  Yum!

I've never seen or even thought to put that stuff together, but boy does that sound fuggin' good.

Allan

[DavidRoss]

I've never seen or even thought to put that stuff together, but boy does that sound fuggin' good.

It's a local specialty and one of my weaknesses! 

[Bogey]

It's a local specialty and one of my weaknesses! 

Forkless? 

[DavidRoss]

Gee, I hadn't thought of using chopsticks!  But why not!