Pie Time!

It's been really cold for the first time and it reminded me of pies and comfort food. Here's what's happening in Fond du Lac:

STEWED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS      
Lightly Hand-Breaded HADDOCK FILLETS

Flavorful SALISBURY STEAK
DEEP FRIED SHRIMP
  SMOKED SAUSAGE with German Potato Salad

DEEP FRIED CHICKEN
A special every Tuesday:  ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT WINGS, Traditional or Boneless   

Desserts-of-the-Day

PEACH PIE 

GRAHAM CRACKER CREME MERINGUE PIE 

FRENCH BLUEBERRY PIE

HOT MINCE PIE with Rum Sauce

PUMPKIN PIE with Whipped Cream

WALNUT PIE

APPLE PIE I think I'd go with the chicken and dumplings special with a piece of pumpkin pie and a piece of French blueberry pie to take home

. I don't really care what makes it French, but let me check. French Blueberry Pie appears to have a crumbly crust and crumbly, streussel type topping. This makes my mouth water:

Can't decide if I'd want whipped cream (don't you hate when people call it 'whip cream'?) or ice cream. I would definitely want some coffee to go with this pie. Nice fresh coffee.

 

Sticker Shock

Sometimes I like looking through fancy catalogs and sometimes they are tossed unread in the recycle box... so I'm looking at one today -- gourmet candy and I admit they are beautiful... and I come upon the caramel apple section and I thought it might be fun to send to my sister's family for Halloween... that is, until I saw the price.

Here's a picture of one of them (they have many versions of their caramel apples)

This one is dark chocolate and cashews, and I admit it's gorgeous... but the price?

This one, lone apple is $23.99. Couldn't be, kept thinking I was reading it wrong, went to the website and yes, they range in price in this range -- some are even more.

None of youse guys is gettin' caramel apples from me!

Mold on Bread

Marilyn bought me a big loaf of bakery rye bread on Thursday. I probably ate six pieces so there was about 2/3rds of the loaf left. Today I went to make a sandwich for lunch and there was this white powder on the top of the bread (when it was in a plastic bag) and I couldn't figure out if it were some kind of flour or mold. Ana was here at the time and we both decided it was some sort of flour... so I took two pieces out and I see that this (ahem) flour was also on the inside... of course, it turned out to be mold.

I keep my bread in my microwave and Ana says she keeps all her bread in the refrigerator. I really don't like the notion of cold bread -- and I haven't had this problem with bread aisle bread unless it was very old.

So who keeps their bread in the refrigerator? Come on... fess up.

Dream that Has Stayed with Me

 

Last night, I had a dream about my late friend Katrina. She showed up -- we were standing in the galley part of an airliner (have no idea why) and she was happy and we were chatting.  Then I said, "I thought you were dead." And she said, "Oh no, no I'm not dead." And I said, "Then where have you been?" and she didn't say anything and I said, "You are dead, and you have just come by to say hello to me." And she sort of hung her head and said, "Yes." But she really was happy, and I have had the experience of people who are dead coming to me in dreams.  I don't think I'd dreamt of Katrina.

On Friday, I was deleting some old files and I came upon a photo file of her and decided to keep it.

Typically dreams leave me as soon as I wake up, but this one has stayed with me all day.

Whale Watching

Mary writes:

It was a beautiful morning on the water. Hermanus is a lovely beach town with shops and markets and pretty homes.

Back in South Africa...

Mary writes:

Our whale watching was cancelled today due to high winds. In the meantime we had a nice lunch by the water but the pictures weren't good. Then we went to a brewery and had a beer tasting (the light was too sweet from the honey they used and the dark too heavy from the chocolate but we liked the others. Then we went to a cheesemaker and sampled some cheese. Now we're relaxing before heading out to dinner. This really is a lovely guest house.

Last Gasp of Birthday Celebration

Barbara came over for lunch today to celebrate my birthday and we had a great time talking about copyediting and grammar and commas. Ah, and we dined like queens on BLTs from Gracie's. She likes rye toast so  made it easy and got mine on rye toast too.

Really, is there anything better than a BLT?

She had stopped at Little Red Hen for cheesecake -- mine with cherries, hers plain. She inquired about birthday candles and were told they were $3.50 a box and she said, "Oh I only wanted one" and the woman gave it to her for free which we both thought was nice so I actually had a candle to blow out. Then I cleaned off the candle and saved it since I have no birthday candles either. This cheesecake is delicious -- so fluffy and light as you can see below. Oh yes, we also had freshly brewed coffee to accompany it.

All that remains...