Topic: YES, WE HAVE NO TOMATOES (Read 12866 times)

singdaw · « **Reply #210 on:** January 28, 2023, 07:24:09 PM »

Eight!

singdaw · « **Reply #211 on:** January 28, 2023, 07:24:18 PM »

Good night, friends.

John G. · « **Reply #212 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:00:05 PM »

Quote from: Jane on January 28, 2023, 04:38:29 PM

STAY WELL VIBES FOR BRUCE!

Ditto!

John G. · « **Reply #213 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:03:19 PM »

Home after a very long day.

John G. · « **Reply #214 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:05:01 PM »

I joined friends for lunch in Boerne, a charming and rapidly growing town in the Hill Country. It's a strange place, a mix of racist militia types and new money. There are so many foodie shops in the downtown area, restaurants and bakeries, wine bars, etc.

I hadn't been in a few years and didn't recognize a lot of the place.

John G. · « **Reply #215 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:05:33 PM »

We ate at a restaurant that everyone liked -- at least before lunch.

John G. · « **Reply #216 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:05:50 PM »

They were out of a quarter of the items on the menu.

John G. · « **Reply #217 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:06:14 PM »

It took a half hour before an order of pimiento cheese showed up. It was quite good.

John G. · « **Reply #218 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:08:31 PM »

But the fried oyster po'boy that Cynthia was strange. The oysters were soggy, and the sandwich had barbecue sauce on it for some reason.

I had a lobster roll that uninspired. The green goddess-dressed potato salad was better.

Cynthia's husband, Darien, had fried catfish that he liked, but the biscuit was weird. It tasted of too much baking powder and the butter was sweet. It had something more than honey in it and it didn't react well with all that baking powder.

John G. · « **Reply #219 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:09:01 PM »

Gail had a chicken-fried steak that was so tough I couldn't chew the taste she gave me.

John G. · « **Reply #220 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:11:03 PM »

The desserts were only OK. They didn't have the chess pie I really wanted. The carrot cake would have been really good, except that they drizzled apricot jelly over it, making it too sweet and sticky. My brownie was OK, but needed nuts or something to keep it from being one note. Gail's chocolate cake was perfectly meh.

John G. · « **Reply #221 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:11:58 PM »

Afterwards, we went to Fickle Pickles, a pickle joint that has been written up nationally. I found the regular pickles to be too sweet. I bought a jar of their fiery pickles. We'll see.

John G. · « **Reply #222 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:12:42 PM »

We then went to a wedding. For a background, know that it had been raining all night and much of the day. It was cold and gray and dreary.

John G. · « **Reply #223 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:12:54 PM »

So, of course, it was an outdoor wedding.

John G. · « **Reply #224 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:13:36 PM »

The rain held off during the ceremony. The bride was lovely. The groom later played some mean electric guitar and serenaded his wife beautifully during the reception.

John G. · « **Reply #225 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:14:25 PM »

After the ceremony, we had to wait outside for about 30 minutes while they took photos. Apparently, the doors were not to be opened until the bride was ready to enter.

John G. · « **Reply #226 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:14:43 PM »

The bar was outside, so folks got liquored up a bit.

John G. · « **Reply #227 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:15:27 PM »

Then we went in for a meal that was hard for me to eat, because I had to use a fork and knife. And that is still a problem.

John G. · « **Reply #228 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:16:05 PM »

But the food, a combination plate of chicken piccata and stuffed pork loin, was fine.

John G. · « **Reply #229 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:17:21 PM »

The wedding band was excellent, playing everything from The Girl from Ipanema to songs from Grease to The Cupid Shuffle. It had a horn section, which was tight, and three talented female singers.

John G. · « **Reply #230 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:18:09 PM »

But for some reason the wedding cake wasn't served until about 3.5 hours after the reception started. A good third of the guests had left by then.

John G. · « **Reply #231 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:18:28 PM »

I didn't know the couple, but I know their parents. I wish them well.

John G. · « **Reply #232 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:18:52 PM »

I'm now at home.

John G. · « **Reply #233 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:19:10 PM »

I'm cold and tired, so I cranked the heat to 70.

John G. · « **Reply #234 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:19:24 PM »

Vixmom, I usually keep the house at 68.

John G. · « **Reply #235 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:20:24 PM »

I'm now about 75 % of the way through Salka Valka, which is good because the new Thursday Murder Club mystery has arrived. This will be volume 2 for me.

John G. · « **Reply #236 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:20:38 PM »

I need to get my hand on ice.

John G. · « **Reply #237 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:20:45 PM »

And I need to get to bed.

John G. · « **Reply #238 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:20:54 PM »

But let's get off this page.

John G. · « **Reply #239 on:** January 28, 2023, 08:21:01 PM »

Push!

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