My Lunch today: A mess of mussels --- so very good!
My lunch today.
1, A cup or so of sea-food stock.
2, Pearl onions (frozen, from Birdseye)
3, Celery (maybe three cups). If I have too much celery I cut it up, blanch it and then freeze it. It's then perfectly fit for soups and stews). That's what I used today.
4, Six plum tomatoes, diced into about 1" squares ( much better than the canned ones).
5, Garlic to taste. Salt and pepper to taste.
6. And the crowning glory? Frozen Mussels from Whole Foods: (they are already cooked and de-shelled).
This "mess" is simmered in a big pot for about an hour.
Utterly delicious, if I may say so!
Such was my lunch today, and it will be so tomorrow, and on Thursday.
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But not on Wednesday when my friends Fred and Diana will be at my home for a simple lunch.
I will serve them my version of a sandwich which was one of my favourites at Samel's Deli in Pittsfield MA.
Samel's called it a "New Englander".
1, Good whole wheat bread. (I use the organic "Eureka" brand, made in California, and available at the Publix Supermarkets in Florida).
2. A generous slice of chicken or turkey breast (not the packaged kind, but cut from a roasted Turkey or Chicken). (Supermarket Rotisserie Chicken works well).
3. A slice of the very best aged cheddar cheese.
3,. A slice of peeled and cored apple ("Granny Smith" apples work well in the absence of the far superior "Bramley" apples which are all but unavailable in these benighted States).
4. I use mustard as the "spread", but butter or mayo also "work",
'Tis a damn good sandwich.
I'll serve it to Fred and Diana with "sides" of good (sliced) tomatoes, a small helping of "Five Bean Salad", and some chips (crisps).
Most importantly - I'll rejoice in the company of Diana and Fred.
(They were my guests the day after I adopted Penne, six years ago. So, apart from me, they are Penne's oldest friends!).
1, A cup or so of sea-food stock.
2, Pearl onions (frozen, from Birdseye)
3, Celery (maybe three cups). If I have too much celery I cut it up, blanch it and then freeze it. It's then perfectly fit for soups and stews). That's what I used today.
4, Six plum tomatoes, diced into about 1" squares ( much better than the canned ones).
5, Garlic to taste. Salt and pepper to taste.
6. And the crowning glory? Frozen Mussels from Whole Foods: (they are already cooked and de-shelled).
This "mess" is simmered in a big pot for about an hour.
Utterly delicious, if I may say so!
Such was my lunch today, and it will be so tomorrow, and on Thursday.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
But not on Wednesday when my friends Fred and Diana will be at my home for a simple lunch.
I will serve them my version of a sandwich which was one of my favourites at Samel's Deli in Pittsfield MA.
Samel's called it a "New Englander".
1, Good whole wheat bread. (I use the organic "Eureka" brand, made in California, and available at the Publix Supermarkets in Florida).
2. A generous slice of chicken or turkey breast (not the packaged kind, but cut from a roasted Turkey or Chicken). (Supermarket Rotisserie Chicken works well).
3. A slice of the very best aged cheddar cheese.
3,. A slice of peeled and cored apple ("Granny Smith" apples work well in the absence of the far superior "Bramley" apples which are all but unavailable in these benighted States).
4. I use mustard as the "spread", but butter or mayo also "work",
'Tis a damn good sandwich.
I'll serve it to Fred and Diana with "sides" of good (sliced) tomatoes, a small helping of "Five Bean Salad", and some chips (crisps).
Most importantly - I'll rejoice in the company of Diana and Fred.
(They were my guests the day after I adopted Penne, six years ago. So, apart from me, they are Penne's oldest friends!).
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