Runs with knives!
Tonight, Wendy brought home Chinese carry-out (or "take-away" as my English friends (both named) Chris would call it) for dinner. Being housebound (carless at the moment because my car is being repaired, and unable to drive anyway), I was hoping to go OUT for a…
Tonight, because I have been going stir-crazy, Wendy & I went OUT for dinner to Frisch’s… I had my usual: a fish sandwich, onion rings, cottage cheese, and a drink. Wendy put away a truly awful looking Chili Spaghetti. It was nice to get out……
On Wednesday, July 9, 2003, the HAPPY MOUTH SUPPER CLUB dined at Cafe’ Istanbul at Newport on the Levee.
It was Ted’s month to select, and he was joined by Tracy, Holly, Ed, Jay, Meg, Doug, John, Kristy, Chuck, Wendy, and Drew at the restaurant to sample excellent Turkish food. We started with a giant appetizer sampler platter, some calimari, artichoke hearts, and Turkish beers. Dinner was kebabs and excellent dishes prepared with yogurt and nice spices.
For dessert, we braved the elements and went up to Coldstone Creamery for dessert.
Another successful Happy Mouth!
Tonight, neither one of us felt particularly like doing anything for dinner, so we didn’t!
Tonight, we joined our friends Jo & Debbie at LuLu’s Noodle Bowl for fresh delicious Asian food. Wendy got a giant bowl of Tom Yum Mi to help soothe her throat, and I enjoyed a noodle dish with garlic, eggs, scallions, and chicken. Debbie had…
We decided to cook at home tonight, something that our schedules of late have made impossible.
Together, Wendy & I prepared Moo Shu Pork, Spicy Long Green Beans and skillet corn bread with a maple butter.
It was a lot of work, and I felt more than a little rusty in the kitchen (even dropping the corn bread when it didn’t properly release from the skillet), but in the end, everything was delicious.
One tool that made the dinner work well is a large cast-iron wok with a flat bottom that conducts heat very well from our glass-topped electric range. If you’re stuck with an electric range, as we are — even a coil variety — I suggest checking out one of these large, heavy woks. They take a bit of time to heat up, but once they do, they’re great.
Kind of a humbling dinner tonight… I wanted to try the SKILLET CORN BREAD again, so I made another batch of it. We slathered it with the Maple Butter, and that was pretty much all we ate for dinner. That skillet corn bread is plenty…