Dinner tonight - or last night.

we had turkey and green beans. Not much because we had a big lunch.

Sure does, msolga.

I even had the left-over sausages with brown sauce in a barm for breakfast the next next day.

Meat makes me happy!

I actually had sushi yesterday. We got the spicy tuna rolls, then a crab and fish combo roll thingie, and then shrimp rolls I think. Oh, also some chicken satay (sp?). I have never really been a big fan of sushi, but for some reason I actually enjoyed it! I'm so surprised at myself. Oh, and we had lots of sake as well. It was a very enjoyable dinner, I must say.

mmmmmmm love sushi.

Did you have pickled ginger and wasabe too?

There was definitely ginger. I don't know if it was pickled though. How can you tell? And if wasabi is that super hot green stuff, then yes. Oh, no, that stuff is tahini or something, isn't it? What is wasabi again?

I really don't know much about sushi, so please forgive my completely ignorant response here...

Ooh, I just looked it up. That green stuff was wasabi! Yes, we did have that! I still don't know if the ginger was pickled. I guess if that's the way it usually comes, then it probably was. Good stuff.

I'm sure the sushi places in New York are much better than the one here in Manchester (Yo! Sushi) but the pickled ginger is usually very thinly sliced, a pinky colour and soaked in a sweet vinegar.

My mouth is watering.

Never had sake, get you hammered I heard.

Chicken soup from the freezer.

God that was exciting!

Chicken Drumsticks Curry
Rice
Rabadi (An Indian Sweet made up of highly condensed milk, dry fruits and lotz of milkcream)

I gained 2 kgs.

grilled salmon steaks with a sugar lime dressing, and extremel fresh snow peas in a garlicky chicken stock. Some of the snow peas were still alive and acreaming in their dishes.
We began picking the snow peas and will be so doing for about a week.
Ill be leaving for NY tom orrow and Mrs F will have the snowpeas detail till Im back

I was only kidding about geting back to work. Shouldnt you rest up a little?

I have a Drs appt this PM and early tomorrow before my train. They are making the calls and Im still planning to head up there for a meeting and see some of the A2k guys on Fri

Think I might go down the chippy tonight!

fresh halibut was on sale today , so we treated ouselves - and will again tomorrow !
new red potatoes in the jacket with first fresh herbs fron the garden , what a treat !
hbg

sounds very healthy hbg.

I did indeed go to the chippy.

Fish chips and peas. Sorted.

Hmmmm ... I was just thinking, Dorothy, I haven't had fish & chips for ages! But then, it's hard to find good fish & chip places anymore. A good fix would be great, now & then!

But back to last night:

One of my no-fail, fallback el quicko recipes that I love :

Mushrooms sauteed in olive oil (with copious quantities of garlic & some chilli flakes gently fried in the oil beforehand), with lots of chopped parsley & black pepper added at the end ..... then tossed with penne.

YUM!

I went overboard with the garlic & it was fabulous! Anyone fancy kiss?

Rotelli with tomatoes, artichoke hearts, olives stuffed with almonds, garlic, olive oil, bit of white wine, a squidge of lemon, misc dried herbs, pepper. Slurp....

Msolga, I can smell your garlic breath from here.

Kebab last night.

Spanish banquet tapas kind of stuff. Goodness knows what most of it was, but it was great. I liked the prawns in garlic butter.

late lunch/early dinner today :
plenty of aspargus on the mrket ($1.50 - 2.00 a lb) .
we bought about 5 lbs . mrs h made a large pot of aspargus/carrot/potatoe soup - i brought in fresh herbs from the garden .
freshly made meatballs (ground angus/veal/turkey mix) , side salad , hot bun - a meal fit for a king AND ME TOO !
hbg