June 30, 2026 Breakfast - two Men on a raft, bacon, and sautéed onions Lunch - Salad. Dinner - Baked Deconstructed eggplant Parmesan and Spaghetti
I awakened at 7:20, in time to see the market open at 7:30. Soon it became apparent that this was a “risk on” day with a significant recovery in the tech sector. Today my portfolio gained over 2.4%m which is a monster day for me.
Around 8:30 I fried two slices of bacon in a large skillet with some slices of onion and then added butter and toasted one side of two slices of whole wheat bread with a hole cut out of the middle. Then I turned the bread slices over and added butter to toast the other side and broke open two eggs w,ith the yolks falling into the holes. After the bread was toasted I flipped the bread slices so the egg would fry and turned off the heat. After a minute or two I lifted the men on a raft, the fried bacon, and onions onto a plate and ate them with a cup of chai. I love this combination of egg soaked buttered and toasted bread. The crisp bacon and sautéed onion were a nice addition.
Then I worked at my desk until 11:00 when the match Norway v. Ivory Coast World Cup match started. I was thrilled by the unity of the Norwegian fans and that Norway won 2 to 1 with a simple tap in by Haaland near the end of the match.
At 1:40 I prepared an elaborate salad with romaine lettuce, diced tomato, red onion, Gravad lax, egg, cucumber, and croutons. As I was preparing the salad Suzette arrived around 2:00 and handed me a hard boiled egg that I peeled and diced and added to the salad. I dressed the salad with the already prepared smoked oyster Cesar dressing.
I shared this massive salad with Suzette and it still took a while to eat.
At 3:00 I started watching the second World Cup match of rhe day between France and Sweden, and then at 3:30 meditated until 4:00 when I returned to watch France win easily 3 to 0.
At 4:45 my clients arrived and I closed their transaction by 5:30.
While I was in my office with my clients Suzette made lemon curd which we will use tomorrow to make lemon tiramisu.
At around 6:00 we discussed dinner. Suzette wanted to bake the small eggplants we had bought at Talin. Suzette decided to slice them whole and fan them and bake them with sliced lerk and tomato, but we we bought at only one tomato so I fetched a can of Kirkland diced tomatoes. We looked for mozzarella and only found the container of burrata. Suzette went to the garden and gathered several sprigs of oregano that she placed on top of the fanned eggplants covered with tomato and leeks in a ceramic baking dish. She then baked the sliced eggplants for an hour and then added the burrata for the last few minutes to melt into the other ingredients and boiled a package of spaghetti.
So the dish ended up being a deconstructed eggplant Parmesanthat was lovely combined with the spaghetti.
I opened a bottle of Italian 2020 Palazzo Della Torre red wine that we enjoyed with dinner.
Here are some notes on the wine.
Allegrini Palazzo della Torre is a renowned, full-bodied red wine from the Veneto region of Italy. Crafted by the esteemed Allegrini estate, it is a blend of Corvina, Rondinella, Corvinone, and a splash of Sangiovese. It is produced using an innovative ripasso (double-fermentation) method, offering a velvety texture, soft tannins, and rich notes of dark cherry, raisin, vanilla, and spice.
While the eggplants were baking we watched a re-run episode of Finding Your Roots the included Carol Burnett .
Then after dinner at 8:00 we watched the Mexico v. Ecuador World Cup match that was not very exciting because Ecuador could not compete at Mexico’s level of play, just like the earlier match when Sweden could not match France’s level of skill.
We went to bed at 9:30 after I drank another glass of wine and ate three squares of milk chocolate.
Bon Appetit
