A (Nearly) Perfect Day
With the singular exception of nearly losing my new tractor off the side of the mountain, it was a nearly perfect day today on all fronts.
The sun rose brightly through the turning tree leaves on a cool, crisp morning. Suzy Q went on active duty as our full-time mouser. The woodshed was filled with firewood without breaking a sweat. Sam had a wonderful time chasing me and the tractor through the woods. The phone rang only once and that was for a realtor to arrange a showing for the flatland house. The sun set beautifully over the Peach Bottom Mountains. A fire is now burning in the fireplace with some of the wood gathered today.
I'm tired but not exhausted. Just the way you should be at days end.
A gin Martini on the rocks with an olive and a twist was perfect as I prepared a English dinner called "bangers and mash". It's really nothing but sausages and mashed potatoes. To make the dish a little more interesting I used Polish Kielbasa sausages (made in Smithfield, VA) and Irish potatoes (grown in PA). On the side I had Italian zucchini (USA) with a little Italian Parmesan cheese (Chicago, IL) sprinkled on it. To drink, I had Alleghany County (Sparta, NC) well water. Dinner was served on china made, well, in China, but the flatware was made in the USA. I didn't use a napkin.
The gin for the Martini was made from an English recipe in Baltimore, MD. Alas, the Vermouth was from France and the olive was from Spain. But, the Vermouth was tiny in quantity and I didn't actually eat the olive. And, best of all, absolutely nothing I ate was grown in Canada.
Even then with dinner, it was a (nearly) perfect day.
Now I'm not a fan of British cooking in general but the sausages were on sale (Smithfield is trying to buy some brand share) and I had some potatoes that were beginning to sprout. So, "bangers and mash" it was. Can you imagine British cooking before Columbus discovered America? No potatoes, tomatoes, corn, hot peppers, beans, pineapples, avocados, squash, or sweet potatoes, among others. It must have been really, really bad. Oh, well, at least they got the beer right.
Cheers!
The sun rose brightly through the turning tree leaves on a cool, crisp morning. Suzy Q went on active duty as our full-time mouser. The woodshed was filled with firewood without breaking a sweat. Sam had a wonderful time chasing me and the tractor through the woods. The phone rang only once and that was for a realtor to arrange a showing for the flatland house. The sun set beautifully over the Peach Bottom Mountains. A fire is now burning in the fireplace with some of the wood gathered today.
I'm tired but not exhausted. Just the way you should be at days end.
A gin Martini on the rocks with an olive and a twist was perfect as I prepared a English dinner called "bangers and mash". It's really nothing but sausages and mashed potatoes. To make the dish a little more interesting I used Polish Kielbasa sausages (made in Smithfield, VA) and Irish potatoes (grown in PA). On the side I had Italian zucchini (USA) with a little Italian Parmesan cheese (Chicago, IL) sprinkled on it. To drink, I had Alleghany County (Sparta, NC) well water. Dinner was served on china made, well, in China, but the flatware was made in the USA. I didn't use a napkin.
The gin for the Martini was made from an English recipe in Baltimore, MD. Alas, the Vermouth was from France and the olive was from Spain. But, the Vermouth was tiny in quantity and I didn't actually eat the olive. And, best of all, absolutely nothing I ate was grown in Canada.
Even then with dinner, it was a (nearly) perfect day.
Now I'm not a fan of British cooking in general but the sausages were on sale (Smithfield is trying to buy some brand share) and I had some potatoes that were beginning to sprout. So, "bangers and mash" it was. Can you imagine British cooking before Columbus discovered America? No potatoes, tomatoes, corn, hot peppers, beans, pineapples, avocados, squash, or sweet potatoes, among others. It must have been really, really bad. Oh, well, at least they got the beer right.
Cheers!
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