Just call her “Snake”. She can escape. Besides, she’s only got a few more months of house arrest, then she’s free to unleash her vast robotic minons in her quest for world domination, or whatever it is she’s up to.
Oh, you’re a local…I hadn’t noticed that before. Old Town’s okay; I just don’t like the way the “new” businesses are trying to force out the more “unsavory”, i.e. ecclectic and entertaining ones. We don’t need a replica of bloody Fashion Island in Pasadena.
Dinner at your house still sounds more tasty than the “Hamburger Helper” crowd. (Sorry…lingering childhood trauma about that stuff.) Do you ever try throwing some sliced strawberries or dried cranberries/currents in there?
It’s Taco Tuesday at work and I have to hang around to do a campfire.
Two tacos with refried beans, corn, rice, and a little cheese. Some cucumbers on the side.
I fear odors (not my own) at the campfire. Whose idea was it to give 50 7th graders a taco bar?
A breaded veal chop, with lemon zest and sage mixed in with the breading, pan fried. Made pan gravy with the pan drippings and some chicken stock, and poured that over some mashed potatoes with roasted garlic. On the side, other than the potatoes, I had some peas with thyme and prosciutto, and a salad of tomato, arugula, and goat cheese with a balsamic vinaigrette. I undercooked the veal a bit, but it was still pretty good.
Actually, last night I walked down to Old Town Pasadena as well and had the fish and chips at Lucky Baldwin’s with a couple beers (London Pride, I think). I like the fish at Baldwin’s much more than Barney’s, but that’s just me. Tonight I’m stuck at work, and dinner for me has been cigarettes and stale coffee. Yum.
Stranger, I’ve only been in the area for a few years, but is The Colorado (on East Colorado by the Guitar Center) like the 35er used to be? Granted, I’m not scared of the clientele at The Colorado, but it does have a seedier (in a good way) vibe.
I’ve only lived here a few years myself but I happened into the 35er back when I drove out here looking at schools (the one just over to the east there) and when they were a lot more lax about carding than they are now. It was daylight and pretty quiet when I was in there, but you could see the residue of overindulgence of drink and testosterone, and the clientele didn’t take to highly to me, so it was one brew (PBR, as I recall) and back out into the world. Most of my knowledge of it is secondhand, actually, and from what I hear they used to have cops and ambulance there every other night with some tiff or another. It’s certainly not like that now. If you’ve seen the film Real Genius, the bar they go to after the successful test of the laser is alledgely modeled after the 35er though the layout doesn’t look at all the same to me.
The Colorado is a little seedy but friendly. (Actually, although my neighbor calls it a “dive” I think it’s a pretty average Wisconson bar.) The few times I’ve been there I’ve never seen anybody get aggressive, and on the whole it’s a pretty fun place. I’d hang out there more often, but I’m one of those that actually likes the lack of toxic levels of cigarette smoke.
I’ve never had the fish and chips at Baldwin’s, but their burgers are pretty rubbery. I avoid McMurphys at all costs. I haven’t tried Amy’s yet, or the place across the street, but Lucky Boy’s is my after-pub crawl spot, 'cause they have gyros (even if they’re not very good) and because it’s on the way home from the Metro Rail depot.
Leftover home made chicken matzo ball soup and gefilte fish for appetizers. Brisket with gravy, snow peas and potato pancakes for the main course. For dessert we had kosher dark chocolate raspberry jelly rings and chocolate covered macaroons.
For lunch, I am making my favorite eating-alone meal. I call it “roestis,” though it’s much more like a great big latke. Scrub and grate two small potatoes; put gratings in a bowl. Mix with one egg, a spoon of flour, and plenty of salt and pepper. Grease and heat an 8" skillet, and put the mixture in it, evening out the top. Keep over medium to medium-high heat till the whole thing can be moved in one piece… about 10 minutes. Turn over, and cook till that side is brown and crispy, 5-10 minutes more.
Eat with sour cream and Sechler’s kosher dill tomato pickles.
Ugh, I went through a “rice-a-roni” phase when I became a veg and I’m never going back to that stuff. The sodium is nuts in those things.
I’ve never tried either of those although I do love dried cranberries. I’ll have to grab some the next time I’m at the store. I eat spinach by the pound and I could use some ways to mix it up…
I find the sweetness of the fruit nicely offsets the tang of the vinegar and the bitterness of the leaves, and goes well with a modest amount of crumbled goat’s milk cheese. (Inspired by your earlier post and the–still!–lack of fresh salmon at the store, I made this for dinner last night, which went well with the Belgian ale.)
Some other ideas: carmelized red onion/scallion and mango; roasted garlic/carmelized whole garlic cloves and sun-dried tomatos with toasted pine nuts/almonds; or swap out the spinach for frosted kale and some grated asiago. Damn, this is making me hungry, and all I have at the office is a cup of yoghurt and some of those Odwalla bars.
Or you could just mix up some Uncle Ben’s Instant Cajun-Style Rice and throw it on top, then slather the whole thing in “French” dressing. ::shudder:: (I once had a roommate that put “French” dressing on everything in the same manner that the English like to slather their food in ketchup.)
I’m on the “like to cook” side, but I usually can’t be bothered when I’m alone. But last night I grilled me up a nice ribeye steak. The mushrooms had gone south, but an avocado was just perfect, so I sliced that up and threw on some balsamic vinegar and kosher salt for a quickie salad. That was really a good dinner.
Supper: 1 banana, 1/2 cup of salted/roasted peanuts in the shell (less the shells), 8-oz. blueberry yogurt, now sipping on artifically-sweetend Lipton iced tea.
For lunch I had sliced peaches, a big piece of excellent fried catfish, peas & carrots and aspartame-sweetened iced tea. $7.49 including 7% tax, plus $1.00 tip.
I sort of stretch out dinner over a period of a few hours. First I had some yogurt, then a small bowl of turkey sausage and lentil soup, and some juice. Later I had pretzels, tonic water, and then a low-carb ice cream bar. (Okay, maybe those were snacks.)
