November 5, 2024 Lunch - Moo Goo Gai Pan at East Ocean Dinner - Stir Fried Rice, Eggplant, salmon, mushrooms, baby bok Choy, and Moo Goo Gai pan

November 5, 2024 Lunch - Moo Goo Gai Pan at East Ocean  Dinner - Stir Fried Rice, Eggplant, salmon, mushrooms, baby bok Choy, and Moo Goo Gai pan

Today was another great day that turned very dark. It started with a chocolate Croissant and a strong up tick in the market with my portfolio increasing 1.8% and ending 2.35% from its all time high.  Unfortunately, that may change if Trump is elected.

In the morning I drafted and filed a Response in a case and then at 11:00

I met the new tenants at. 3213 Central to sign the lease and pay the November rent. So within a week I have rented both the vacant upstairs apartment and 3213 Central, with only a minor reduction in rent at 3213 Central and a rent increase at the upstairs apartment.

At 12:15 I drove to Jubilation and bought a bottle of Martin Codax Albariño for $21.00 and then met Mike at East Ocean forLunch. Mike ordered a dinner portion of Kung Pao Chicken, his favorite, and I ordered a dinner portion of Moo goo Gai Pan.Both are served with a large bowl of steamed rice. We could only eat about half, which was the intent, because we requested take out boxes and took the remaining half and the extra rice home.

Suzette ate enchiladas for lunch and was not hungry for dinner, so I diced the Chinese eggplant I bought at Talin and stir fried it with some diced sweet Italian pepper. I then added the rice and Moo goo Gai pan from lunch and the PPI salmon and baby bok Choy, mushrooms, sugar snap peas, and rice from last night. The leftovers from last night had a sauce but I made an additional seasoning sauce for the entire dish of cornstarch, chicken stock. Soy, sherry, oyster sauce, rice vinegar and some water to thicken and add chicken flavor to the dish.

The resulting dish was delicious and there was enough left for another meal.

We watched the election results and became depressed as Trump seemed to gain in several of the battleground states and the Dems lost control of the Senate and appeared to be losing control of the House.

The big question is what will become of the U.S. if Trump continues to govern as he did previously.  Of course, there is always the contrarian view that the worse things get the greater chance of a dramatic change in the next election.

I drank a cup of chai and ate two chocolate chocolate chip cookies and we went to bed numbed by the prospect of a Trump Presidency and praying for a Truman like upset.

Bon Appetit

November 4, 2024 Breakfast - Mackerel, Spinach, and onion Scramble. Lunch - PPI Vietnamese Lamb Noodle Soup. Dinner - Stir Fried Baby Bok Choy, Sugar Snap Peas, Mushrooms, onion, and Salmon with Rice

November 4, 2024 Breakfast - Mackerel, Spinach, and onion Scramble. Lunch - PPI Vietnamese Lamb Noodle Soup. Dinner - Stir Fried Baby Bok Choy, Sugar Snap Peas, Mushrooms, onion, and Salmon with Rice

I woke up with lots of plans for work today but around 8:30 I received a call from my dentist’s office telling me they had an opening at 11:00 to complete the deep cleaning of the right side of my mouth.

So at 9:30 i minced onion, destemmed a pile of spinach leaves, and diced the last PPI baked Mackerel filet and sautéed the onion in butter, then added the Mackerel., and then the spinach. When those ingredients were warmed and cooked I added two eggs and scrambled them with the ingredients. 

I drank water with the meal and then brewed a cup of green tea that I took in an ember heated cup to drink on my drive to the dentist.

When I arrived at 11:00 the procedure commenced and it was finished in about. 45 minutes. Half my face was deadened so I could not eat but I drove to Costco and bought eggs, a salmon filet, toilet paper and kitchen garbage bags.

I then stopped on the way home at Lowe’s and bought a gallon of milk.

Suzette called me soon after I arrived home at 12:30 to ask if she wanted me to pick up some food at Monroe’s where she was headed to buy a green chili cheese burger for lunch.

I told her I could not eat because my face was still deadened.

Suzette ate her burger and I watched the PL Fixture between Fulham and Brentford at 1:00.

I took Tylenol and watched the match. Brentford led Fulham 1 to 0 until added time when Fulham scored twice to win the match. 

To say PL matches are unpredictable is an understatement.

Suzette took a nap after she finished lunch and I followed her to nap after the match at 3:00 and after I ate a lunch of the leftover PPI Vietnamese rice noodle soup with lots of fresh cilantro and Oriental basil, lime juice,  and hoisin sauce.

I awakened at 4:30 and was still groggy talked to Luke for over 1/2 hours.

Suzette did not want to eat or cook dinner. I decided to Stir fry mushrooms, baby bok Choy, sugar snap peas, and salmon for dinner.

I minced three slices of fresh ginger and four cloves of garlic from our garden and minced about 3 oz. of onion and mixed a seasoning sauce combining, soy, oyster sauce, sherry, rice vinegar, corn starch and water. Then I sautéed the onion, ginger, and garlic in a heated wok with 2 T. of peanut oil.   I then added the five sliced mushrooms and four or five baby bok Choy and stir. Fried those ingredients and added the seasoning sauce and more water to create enough liquid to partially cover the ingredients so they would stew in the sauce.

After a while I heated the PPI rice and brewed a cup of Chinese green tea and ate while we watched an Indian arts edition of the Antiques Roadshow as well as the Monday night Football game between The Chiefs and the  Buccaneers. The game tied at 27 each and went to overtime in which Kansas City won to stay undefeated.

We then watched Kamala’s final rally in Philadelphia is and Suzette then went to bed. I stayed up until 10:30 and then went to bed to blog and read.

Everyone who is following the election news is on edge. This could be close and there is a lot on the line. Big money seems to run both campaigns rather than the politicians, which is in American, but it is the system we have and the citizens can still vote their conscience.

Bon Appetit

November 3, 2024 Brunch - BLT and Egg Sandwiches. Late Lunch - Lamb and Pork Sausage Pho Noodle Soup. Late Dinner- Charcuterie and cheese

November 3, 2024  Brunch - BLT and Egg Sandwiches. Late Lunch - Lamb and Pork Sausage Pho Noodle Soup. Late Dinner- Charcuterie and cheese

I woke up at 7:00 to watch the match between Tottenham and Aston Villa. It was tied 1 to 1 and even through halftime but Tottenham scored three unanswered goals in the second half. The last goal by Maddison was amazing a free kick taken from just outside the 12 meter box that curved around the wall of players and went into the top right corner of the goal.

I still have affection for those players who played for Leicester in its winning days.

At 9:30 Suzette fried bacon and toasted slices of whole wheat sandwich bread and I sliced two Roma tomatoes and tore two leaves of lettuce.

Finally Suzette whisked two eggs and cooked them into an egg pancake that we split. We each spread Mayo on the slices of toast and lay the ingredients on them. Suzette made a traditional sandwich and I made two open faced sandwiches.

Then Suzette went to the apartment to clean out the cabinets of food and help Carlos change the lock on the door, fix the blinds and the shower door.

I watched the second PL match that was more exciting between Chelsea and Man United that end in a 1 to 1 tie when Man United scored in overtime.

I then watched Denver and Dallas loose their football games and lost interest at 1:00 so I pruned the rose bushes in the front yard and some of the invasive trees.

At 2:30 we were hungry so I made Vietnamese rice noodle soup with the last 1/2 lb. of ground lamb and 1/4 lb. o pork sausage plus 1/4 cup of yellow onion, a handful of spinach leaves, 2/3 package of fresh rice noodles and two green onions diced plus a cube of pho seasoning and 1 1/2 cubes of beef bouillon and a T. of red miso.  The broth’s flavor was terrific and we added fresh mung bean sprouts, hoisin sauce, fresh cilantro, Oriental basil, and a drip of Shiracha for a truly authentic Vietnamese soup. Later I added lime juice to my second bowl of the soup for an even more authentic soup.

We napped after lunch until 5:30 and watched the rest of the Martha Stewart documentary.

Then at 8:00 we made a cheese board with brie and slices of Jarlsberg cheese, and salami and Suzette cubed some of the Lebanon Bologna log and made a mixture of Mayo and mustard to spread and I sliced and toasted several pieces of baguette and poured out the last of the Celebus Cabernet Sauvignon that was still good after two weeks because I pulled a partial vacuum with the wine bottle plunger we bought at Mar de Frades in Cambados.

Later we watched the Marlow Murder Club and the MSNBC election special and felt somewhat encouraged about Harris’s chances of winning the Presidency. Suzette went to bed and I then watched a German TV series episode called Sonia and Luna with a cup of chai and two chocolate chocolate chip cookies.

I then went to bed at 11:00 and blogged this blog entry.

I am curious to see if any of the after hours $7.00 surge in Nvda holds in the Monday market.

Bon Appetit 

November 2, 2024 Breakfast - Mackerel, Potato, spinach, and Egg Scramble. Lunch - Tabouli Salad with Taramasalata Toast Dinner - Guacamole with Crema and chips.

November 2, 2024 Breakfast - Mackerel, Potato, spinach, and Egg Scramble. Lunch - Tabouli Salad with Taramasalata Toast Dinner - Guacamole with Crema and chips.

I woke up at 6:30 and watched Arsenal lose to Newcastle  and  then we made breakfast by sautéing cubes of previously baked potato, onion, two cloves of garlic, pieces of diced baked mackerel. When those ingredients were cooked or heated suzette added three whisked eggs and I added a handful of diced Dubliner cheddar. We ate the cooked scramble with glasses of orange juice.

I then watched the Ipswich v. Leicester match that Leicester managed to tie 1 to 1 in a brilliant overtime goal by Ayew to Vardy and Vardy back to Ayew.

We then drove in Suzette’s new BMW to the Farmer’s Market and walked around it without buying anything. It was fun to walk in the warm sun among a lot of people.

Suzette then dropped me at home and drove to the car wash. I watched Wolverton against Crystal Palace play to a 2 to 2 tie and also watches several big college football games like No. 3 Penn State v. No. 4 Ohio State and No. 2 Georgia v. Florida.

Suzette went to look for cranberry decorations, her theme for Christmas at the Center at Goodwill and bought a large assortment of artificial plants.

At 1:30, before she returned, I made a simple tabouli and romaine  letttuce salad with some extra olive oil and lemon juice and toasted two slices of baguette and spread them with a combination of taramasalata and olive oil hat were delicious with the salad.

At 2:30 Suzette returned and heated her leftover dinner of roast duck, squash, and red cabbage and I lay down and napped until 4:00 when we drove to Fusion on 1st St. where there was a Dia del Muertos celebration with bands. We enjoyed the Mexican band named Cumbria del Norte and danced a couple of Cumbria’s.

We returned home at 5:45 to watch Bill Maher at 6:00 and the comedy news program at 7:00 on CNN interspersed with TCU vs, Baylor.

It was a terrific game that Baylor won 37 to 34 with a field goal with 4 seconds left on the clock. 

During the game I made guacamole with the two avocados I bought at El Super and Suzette baked some corn chips that had become stale to revive them and heat them.

Then at 9:30 we watched Kamala Harris do the intro skit on Saturday Night Live and about 1 hour of it and went to bed at 10:30  after dozing off and on.

I woke up at 2:00 a.m. to blog this entry and drank a cup of chai and read about the celts for a bit before going back to sleep, perhaps in part because we had walked over 4000 steps during the day.

Bon Appetit

November 1, 2021 Breakfast - Mackerel and Spinach Fried Rice. Lunch - Vietnamese Rice Noodles with Ground Lamb Dinner - Roast Duck with Braised Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage and baked Squash and Spinach Today was a multicultural dining experience. Breakfast was Chinese, Lunch was Vietnamese, and Dinner was Czech.

November 1, 2021 Breakfast - Mackerel and Spinach Fried Rice. Lunch - Vietnamese Rice Noodles with Ground Lamb  Dinner - Roast Duck with Braised Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage and baked Squash and Spinach

Today was a multicultural dining experience. Breakfast was Chinese, Lunch was Vietnamese, and Dinner was Czech.

At 8:30 I sautéed minced onions in a medium skillet. Then I added some PPI rice, then some PPI baked mackerel and then some spinach leaves.  After that all heated up I added two eggs and scrambled all the ingredients together. It was delicious and kept me energized until lunch.

Lunch - Yesterday I went to Talin and bought fresh rice noodles, fresh mung bean sprouts, fresh basil, so today it was chilly and a perfect day for Vietnamese noodle soup. I put two quarts of water in a sauce pan and added a beef bouillon cube and a duck Vietnamese seasoning cube and two oz. of minced onion, a diced green onion, and about 1/3 lb. of chopped ground lamb. When this mixture began boiling I added a handful of Vietnamese rice noodles. In a minute or two the noodles were cooked and I filled a large bowl with soup and added fresh cilantro and basil and a generous squeeze of hoisin and a few drops of Srichara.  The soup was delicious because it was permeated with the flavor of freshly cooked lamb.

I ate two bowls of it.

Then I went to Gobble This and signed the lease with Nestor for the apartment and got the rent and security deposit checks.

I then drove to the Post Office and finally home. I checked my portfolio and was happy for a small recovery from yesterday’s disaster. My portfolio increased by .5%. I rested but when I watched Mad Money I noticed that Nvidia had risen $7.00 in the after market. I checked the news and found out that Nvidia had replaced Intel on the Dow 30. When a stock is replaced the newly added stock typically gets a quick price boost as all the bid funds tied to the Dow buy it to include in their portfolios.  If the increase holds through Monday I will make all the loss my portfolio suffered yesterday.

Suzette was hungry when she arrived so we decided to cook dinner.

Dinner - Again using prepared foods and PPIs made cooking dinner easy.

I sliced 1/2 head of red cabbage I bought for this duck dinner because we had eaten roast duck with red cabbage in Prague on a Sunday night. Roast duck and red cabbage is the Czech National dish for Sunday dinner.

Suzette also heated the remaining baked delicata squash and toasted a small handful of pinon nuts in a dry skillet and garnished the squash with the nuts.  I also destemmed a small pile of spinach leaves.  Suzette added apple cider vinegar and sugar and a little water to the cabbage to give it a sweet and sour flavor and give it a light sauce.

When the 1/2 duck was reheated in the oven at 350 degrees for twenty minutes I deboned it and sliced it and Suzette plated pasta bowls with a bed of spinach leaves and then red cabbage on one side and the baked squash on the other and slices of duck on the cabbage and toasted pinon nuts on the squash.

I opened a bottle of Vara Carignan produced in California that was slightly heavy and a deep purple color that went perfectly with the dinner.

After dinner we finish the bottle while we watched the news.

Women are voting in greater numbers than men in the swing states which is good news for Harris, even though the polls show a race too close to say either candidate has a statistically significant lead. 

We started watching a film on the life of Martha Stewart on Netflix but got tired at 10:00 and went to bed.

I love the day of multicultural cuisine. Tomorrow it will likely be back to Middle Eastern pita sandwiches.

Bon Appetit