Yeah, the hands are easy to do on Zoom. But (and lord knows I’m no expert on emojis), I don’t think you can change an emoji, just select one.
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Dinner outside last night: chicken in a lemony cream sauce with pasta. Sautéed spinach and sweet onion. Tasty.
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Record cold temps for July 3rd in Boston… It never got above 60° in Boston proper, but only 58° and raw in my area north of the city. The cold misty rain makes it feel like like early November or early April. That’s 2 major summer holidays in a row that weather has messed up for New England. STOPPIT, Mother Nature!
Despite the weather, I went with a summery meal from my freezer: large Argentinian wild-caught pink shrimp defrosted on many layers of paper toweling, seasoned with s/p, then seared in butter 2 minutes per side and served with saffron cream sauce on top.
Sides were leftover Basmati rice and steamed green beans. And wine. It’s a long weekend. Can’t forget the wine.
There will be a small snifter of Cuarenta y Tres for dessert.
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Polenta looks lovely.
I’m disappointed by how hard it still is to find organic pork in the US, given how much easier it has become to find organic beef, chicken, and even turkey now.
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Happy Birthday Greg!!! Glad you are having such a nice getaway… 
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As we head into peak fishing season, working on emptying out one of my freezers. That’s how I came across a small package of ground pork I didn’t know I had or even remember why I bought it in the first place. Since I had some zucchini and baby bok choy on hand I threw together a quick stir fry. I made a sauce with lots of ginger and lemongrass, soy sauce, kecap manis, fish sauce, sesame oil, and Sriracha. Served over rice cakes I also found in the freezer.
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Not much presentation but it was halibut on mushroom risotto. Oh… a gin & tonic is trying to photobomb.
And a Smith & Kerns for dessert.
ETA:
Hey…hey…hey!
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Yummm! I keep a pound or two of frozen ground pork on hand all the time. Claire loves this noodles with pork and scallions and I do lots of meatball things with hidden veggies. Yours looks good!!
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NYT creamy corn pasta with basil, with added Dungeness crab meat, at my sister’s. I’ve made this dish a couple of times before, so good with sweet summer corn!
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We enjoyed another excellent dinner at our favorite Sichuan restaurant. We enjoyed the usual favorites of eggplant in garlic sauce, hot and spicy lobster and jumbo prawns, stir fried lamb, chicken ting, ants climbing a tree, and spicy baby wontons in chili oil. There were a ton of leftovers; enough for two more dinners. It all went great with an excellent Napa cabernet.
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Dinner out tonight at a Spanish/Portuguese restaurant. I will post only the pictures here, but for the complete story, see this thread. I promise it’s worth it:
Garlic shrimp.
BF’s broiled shrimp.
Mom’s red snapper.
My chicken in garlic sauce.
One of several gin martinis for me.
BF’s espresso martini.
Tartufo dessert.
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After sitting all day. Though I did catch and release 3 trout at the reservoir. I’ve decided I’m tired of sitting in the heat and smoke. Pretending to be in Pacific grove, ca . In the fog. Mussels , clams , and prawns , with thin spaghetti. Cheers .
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Thinking PSTOW needs to be a thing, Linda…
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Are you sure? Not insulation peeled off the inside? grin
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Lovely oysters.
Interesting. Here everything that is edible can be purchased with legalities of ecological or what we call “bio” …
The polenta is ecological too … Was very good.
Thank you.
Thank you. I did not grow up eating pork of any kind so it’s just not something I think about too often. I amy start buying it more often going forward.
Your daughter has such good taste - in “real” food and ice cream.
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This time I am sure but I find if I don’t cook rice cooks absolutely perfectly insulation would be an improvement.
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Deprived by the pandemic of my beloved Dollar Oyster Happy Hours, I learned to shuck my own. It’s proved to be a valuable skill.
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