November 27, 2024 Breakfast - Lax and Bagel Lunch - East Ocean, BBQ Pork with Snow peas, Steamed Whole Rock Cod, and Stir fried Chinese Broccoli, Dinner - Leftover Pot Roast and Chinese Broccoli over PPI Sushi Rice

November 27, 2024 Breakfast - Lax and Bagel Lunch - East Ocean, BBQ Pork with Snow peas, Steamed Whole Rock Cod, and Stir fried Chinese Broccoli,  Dinner - Leftover Pot Roast and Chinese Broccoli over PPI Sushi Rice

I read Melville’s The Confidence Man from 4:30 to 6:15 this morning and then slept until 8:15.

I ate Gravad lax on 2 slices of toasted bagel spread with cream cheese and garnished with finely sliced red onion and Gravad lax and sprinkled with capers with a cup of Earl Grey tea.

Then at 11:45 Peter and Etienne picked me up and drove to East ocean.

We each ordered a dish from the dinner menu. Peter ordered BBQ Pork with Snow Peas and baby corn, Etienne ordered a steamed whole Rock Cod and I ordered Stir Fried Chinese Broccoli (Gai Lin) that is one of the traditional dishes served with steamed fish.

All the dishes were wonderful. I was amazed that we finished the fish and BBQ Pork and most of the Chinese Broccoli. It was our warm up for lots of food tomorrow on Thanksgiving.

I took a small container home with the last bit of broccoli.

I arrived home at 2:00 just in time to start the zoom meeting. It was not very successful. Only one of the four invitees connected so we had to re-schedule the meeting.

Then I worked on my objection to the State’s Proposed Order in SSI 104 until 4:30 when I meditated until 5:00.

We then cooked for Thanksgiving. We made cranberry sauce with orange zest and juice, roasted carrots with red onions and dates, I chopped an onion, celery and white sandwich bread for the stuffing p, and Suzette started simmering the turkey giblets for brown gravy.

Dinner - I fetched the PPI Pot Roast and Suzette combined some of it with the leftover Chinese Broccoli from East Ocean-and the sushi rice and heated it in the microwave. I opened a bottle of 2022 Barbera di Asti red wine ($6.99 at Trader Joe’s) and we ate a quick and hearty dinner.

At 7:00 we watched a PBS nature program on Woodpeckers that was very interesting. I learned that the common characteristic of woodpeckers is that they all live in holes. They hollow out nests in trees, Saguaro cactus or in cliffs, but always a hole.

I drank a cup of tea and ate the rest of my fee from Henry, four chocolate chip cookies.

We went to bed at 9:30 and set the alarm for 6:30.

Bon Appetit