wot?!
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I’m pretty sure that goes against all laws of nature.
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I woke up in a funk AND not feeling very well physically, either. My sister gave me all kinds of suggestions and ideas about how to feel better, but to no avail.
Finally we settled on going out for dinner at a restaurant specializing in fried seafood called “Lazy Joe’s Fish and Chips.” (I hadn’t had anything all day but a cup of coffee in the morning.)
All orders come with crudités and ranch dressing!
I ordered the chef’s special (I chose haddock.)
My sister was in the mood for appetizers rather than fish or a meal and ordered the sampler platter.
Her choices were onion rings, mushrooms, zucchini sticks, sweet potato fries and had them substitute cole slaw for the 5th choice.
Mine was very good. I took home 1 chicken tender, 1 piece of fried fish and 1 shrimp (I gave my sister my cole slaw). I ate all the fries because I don’t like to reheat fries.
This restaurant touts they are gluten-free. We asked what kind of breading they used and were told corn flour (the cook seemed to have meant cornmeal).
Unfortunately my sister has IBS and any type of corn (not corn syrup, though) causes her digestive distress and even more unfortunately, we asked after she had begun to eat. She took home 90% of her meal. I will eat the leftovers. She took something for her stomach right away and a few hours have passed since the meal and so far no issues.
Some days my sister is a true thorn in my side. But today she treated me very well. And thanks to that and good food, I feel better as well.
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The John Dory is dressed with a very buttery sauce, so I made the decision to hold off on buttering the baked potato. And I’m fine with it!
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Reader, I survived.
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Happy Anniversary!
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15-year bourbon proved difficult to find and prohibitively expensive, but I managed a blend with some meeting the parameters, and crystal rocks glasses to suit the years.
It might be every anniversary going forward that gets marked with Popeyes.
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Strange flavor chicken using Costco rotisserie chicken which now comes in a bag, with rice, broccolini, and miso soup.
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Variation of Spanish tortilla baked in the oven with diced potatoes, spinach, garlic, eggs, basil, parmesan, pine nuts, milk and nutmeg
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We enjoyed our first al fresco meal of the year, on the deck. I had smoked country ribs with a Cajun dry rub, while Mrs. P made herself a blackened shrimp salad. She also made delicious roasted fingerling potatoes with crispy bacon, blue cheese, and chives. It all went great with an excellent red blend.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Spring on the deck. Mrs. P was working furiously this past week buying and planting flowers and vines. It’s in the very early stages, (and should look much fuller in a month or so), but it’s nice to see a pop of color.
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Trip report here… Manhattan Trip Report - May 10-15, 2024
needless to say (although I said it, i said it a lot, we had a fantastic time.)
first dinner back was a tuna salad the BF made me. much needed!
and tonight’s dinner was chorizo and egg tacos for me, because I had a craving, and chorizo and egg mexi-rice bowl for him.
Good to be gone, good to be back!
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Nor sustainable in the long run.
I’m too biased to give an objective reply 
I think green asparagus (yes, even the hyper-local, hyper-fresh) pales in comparison to white asparagus with regard to flavor.
To me at least, white asparagus is far more flavorful, which is also why I don’t tend to fuss with it much. Berlin is near one of the prized terroirs for growing the Spargel we buy (Beelitz and surroundings), another very popular area is Schwetzingen in Baden-Württemberg.
I’m no biologist or plant person by any means, but maybe it’s bc the covering/eliminating the chlorophyll results in more dense aromatics? PROBABLY NOT, but it sounds like a good theory, no?
Do you know where your white asparagus is grown? As I mentioned before, I got really excited one time when Wegmans had some, but it was clear that it wasn’t very fresh, and the flavor was nothing compared to the German stuff. China and Peru are the biggest exporters.
Ve Germans keep all the good stuff to ourselves 
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Oh, it was mighty purtty alright. I’d just rather eat ugly food that tastes good
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Those taters look absolutely spectacular! And your garden is beautiful. I was mesmerized by the rhododendron at Tivoli and went a lil photo-crazy
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Tell us more, please.
Do you mean one can’t go low-carb long term? I know several people who’ve been at it for years, and more stringently than me.
I suppose one can. I just don’t believe in eliminating an entire food group / macro from one’s diet.
Life’s too short for that nonsense 
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Dinner last night was at Reffen Street Food market, which was the zoo you’d expect it to be on a sunny Friday evening. We’ve been incredibly lucky with the weather here (according to a bartender we chatted with last night, apparently a rarity to have several sunny days in a row), BUT it was also windy AF.
We avoided the super-long lines for smashburgers, tacos, and Korean fried chicken as we can get plenty of that in Berlin and back home. Instead, we shared a lovely Afghan borani banjan (fried eggplant with tomato sauce and yogurt) that came with a sweet & nicely spicy green sauce - chatney?
then ordered lamb shish from the Kurdish stand, which was hugely popular. It was ok. My PIC’s lamb is mo betta. Like, by miles. Portion was on the skimpier side, too.
We then went to Two Socks, a local chain of gin bars. We were super-excited about a huge selection of gins, and maybe trying 2 or 3 in a martini… when the bar staff informed us that they just ran out of dry vermouth.
THEY WHATTTTTT?
Turns out they mostly specialize in G&Ts, and a lot of the gins include flavored local gins and gin liqueurs. We were too lazy to hoof it to another branch 15 min away that - they assured me - would have dry vermouth, so I had a couple of “strong” Not Negronis and called it a day.
Last couple of hours in town, and I may just have to get another Danish dog before we head to the airport.
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