March 3, 2026 Breakfast- Rice, Chicken, mushroom and onion Egg Foo Young Lunch - Costco Hot Dog.Dinner - Mussels in Parmesan Cream Sauce and Mussels, Corona Beans, and Spinach Stew

March 3, 2026 Breakfast- Rice, Chicken, mushroom and onion Egg Foo Young  Lunch - Costco Hot Dog.Dinner - Mussels in Parmesan Cream Sauce and Mussels, Corona Beans, and Spinach Stew

Today was a day of old and new recipes. For breakfast I made one of my favorite dishes, Fried Rice Egg Foo Young. For Dinner Suzette made a copy of an appetizer at D’ Cortes in PV on February 12.

For breakfast I sautéed mushroom slices and about 2 oz. of onion and then added the chicken and rice left from last night’s dinner and when every thing was heated I stirred in two eggs and cooked the mixture that resulted in a sort of cake like egg foo young.

Also for dinner Suzette prepared a bean, mussel, Miso, and Spinach stew that was similar to the beans with clams we ate in Spain.

All three dishes were exceedingly delicious. At 11:30 we drove to Costco, where we bought a wedge of real Parmesan Reggiano cheese that made a big flavor difference in the cream sauce made with the broth created by steaming the mussels in a poaching liquid of water, white wine, garlic, and shallot plus some heavy cream for richness.

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We also bought seven bottles of wine, four Gran Reserva Riojas, a Scott Family Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand, another Faustino Rivero Ulcea Albariño, and a Brunello di Montalcino plus butter, lemons, limes, a five pound bag of mussels, pistachios, and espresso  coffee.

After dinner we combined the leftover Cream Sauce and the broth left after steaming the mussels for future use as a PPI.

We opened a bottle of our favorite Albariño, Faustino Rivero Ulcea.

Yesterday I received my partially completed form for a brokerage and bank account at Icici Bank and Direct Brokerage. I am very excited that I may be making progress in dematerializing my Indian bank shares.

I also helped Urbano with a real estate problem, reserved dinners at Joseph’s and Izanami and walked 3333 steps

Bon Appetit 

March 2, 2026 Breakfast - Granola. Snack - Latte Macchiato and chocolate croissant Lunch - Leftover Vietnamese Egg Noodle Chicken Soup with Wontons and Roast Pork Dinner - Chicken and Rice with asparagus and Snow peas

 March 2, 2026 Breakfast - Granola. Snack - Latte Macchiato and chocolate croissant Lunch - Leftover Vietnamese Egg Noodle Chicken Soup with Wontons and Roast Pork Dinner - Chicken and Rice with asparagus and Snow peas

I woke up at 6:00 and took a shower and dressed.

Suzette changed my bandage on my calf and put cream on my feet.

I ate a bowl of granola with milk, mango yogurt, and blueberries at 7:30.

Then I drank a latte Macchiato and ate a chocolate croissant at 10:30 and reviewed the loan agreement for the Earn DLT Board meeting. As it turned out I spoke more than anyone at the meeting, which I did not like, but felt was necessary because there was a provision in the loan agreement by Crown that seemed impossible, to upon default to make shareholders of Earn repay the note pro rata. I mentioned that when I represented Westland we tried to alter the terms of stock ownership and I lost on that point at the New Mexico Supreme Court and that in my opinion the board could not force shareholders to repay the loan on default unless they agreed by unanimous consent.

That effectively ended the chances of adopting the proposed loan terms offered. 

We also decided to hold regular board meetings quarterly and Aaron agreed to circulate monthly reports of company activity and cash flow, so we are formalizing the organizational procedures.

After the meeting at 1:15 I heated the Leftover Vietnamese Egg Noodle Chicken Soup with Wontons and Roast Pork.

I added a bundle of rice vermicelli noodles and extra water and dehydrated chicken stock plus cilantro and green onions to the soup. It was wonderful.  

Today was a special day because I received my partially completed application for a 3 in 1 account at ICICI direct Brokerage, so I may be one step closer to dematerialization of my Indian bank shares.

Dinner - Chicken and Rice with asparagus and Snow peas.

Suzette came home at 3:00 and we walked around the block to accumulate about 2500 steps today, which is about 1000 fewer than average, but I did not leave the house today.

Suzette wanted to use up the PPI Roasted chicken. I pulled the meat of the bones and Suzette boiled the bones with a mirepoix of onion, celery, and carrot to make 32 oz. of chicken broth. Then I minced celery, and carrot to apple, 1/2 of an onion, a hard boiled egg, and about 2/3 of the breast and drumsticks for chicken salad. 

I then cubed the rest of the chicken plus 2 oz. of onion and some celery that Suzette sautéed with chopped snow peas and asparagus and PPI rice Plus some heavy cream to make a lovely and quick chicken and rice dish for dinner.

Suzette went to the garage and found a lovely bottle of 2023 Doris and Leopold Daham Gruner Vitliner. I am continually amazed by the wonderful wines we drink. They are a special food experience, separate and apart from the rest of food. Tonight the fruity and balanced acidic Gruner stole the show.

We watched an interesting Danish movie after dinner that was in English and ate a few cubes of milk chocolate with the last of the Gruner.

After Suzette went to bed at 9:00 I drank a cup of Earl Grey tea with a sip of Maison Serene cognac and then blogged.

Bon Appetit

March 1, 2026 Breakfast - Bacon and Cheese Frittata. Lunch - Salad and Pork Sandwich. Dinner - Miso and Corona Bean stew with White Miso

March 1, 2026 Breakfast - Bacon and Cheese Frittata. Lunch - Salad and Pork Sandwich. Dinner - Miso and Corona Bean stew with White Miso

I ate a slice of Pannatone with jam with a cup of tea as I watched soccer around 8:00 in the morning. 

Then around 9:00 we prepped a new dish, a frittata made with fried bacon, cheddar cheese, eggs, cream, sautéed onion, shallot, and mushrooms, on a layer of thinly cut potato baked in the oven in a pie dish.

The result reminded me of Quiche Lorraine without the crust and Swiss cheese. It was delicious and I ate an extra slice.

We ate slices of the frittata under the gazebo with glasses of Gruet Rose Sauvage for a lovely first Al fresco meal of the

We then worked in the garden. Suzette from around 10:00 and I from Noon until 2:00

We then drove to Walgreens to buy bandaids and Lowe’s to buy a loaf of rye bread for sandwiches, avocados, Roma tomatoes, limes, and Club Soda

When we returned home around 3:00 I made a salad, with tomato, cucumber, a hard boiled egg, red onion slices, and romaine lettuce dressed with a Dijonnaise dressing.

Suzette cur thin slices of roast pork and Swiss cheese and made a pork, sauerkraut and cheese sandwich.

Suzette gave me 1/2 of the sandwich and I ate the salad. We shared a beer.

I then rested until 5:15 and we then walked around the block, but my breathing was rather labored. Still I walked almost 4000 steps today.

When we returned home Suzette wanted to make another new recipe of her creation, a bean stew using the cooked Corona Beans from Rancho Gordo Bean Club, with flounder and white miso.

She added a quart of water and a tsp. of dehydrated dashi to a quart of coked Corona Beans and thawed three flounder filets. We rolled, skewered, and tied the flounder filets with string. We smeared the filets with white miso and dissolved a heaping T. of miso into the stew and added the flounder and two sliced green onions cut in 1 inch lengths to the stew to poach for a few minutes until the fish was cooked.

Willy joined us for dinner around 7:00 after a four mile hike in the Sandias.

The result was a very interesting dish with a distinctly miso flavored fish and beans that was mild and light.

I opened and poured the Japanese wine we bought on our day trip to Mount Fuji, a Suntory From Farm 2021 Koshu. It was a dry white wine with a slightly pleasant musty flavor.

We enjoyed reacquainting with the flavors we enjoyed on our Japan trip and the day trip we took to Mount Fuji when we bought the 2021 Koshu and ate fried fish for lunch with wine.

We watched a French movie after dinner titled Priceless in anticipation of our trip to France in September.

Willy left after dinner with a couple bags of Rancho Gordo beans Suzette gave him and we went to bed after the movie around 10:00.

Bon Appetit

February 28, 2026 Breakfast - Panettone Brunch - Lax on Bagel Dinner - Vietnam 2000

 February 28, 2026 Breakfast - Panettone  Brunch - Lax on Bagel Dinner - Vietnam 2000 

Today the U.S. and Israel bombed Iran, starting a new war in the Middle East and possibly WWIII.

I watched soccer and ate a toasted slice of Panettone spread with berry preserves at 7:30 with a cup of tea.

Suzette and I then worked in the yard removing Columbines, lifting the screen off the pond, and planting Astride and Lilly of the Valleys around our new Buddha Statue.

At 11:30 we finished and i made brunch. I toasted three slices of bagel, spread goat milk cheese on them and garnished mine with slices of red onion and Gravad Lax and capers. I put avocado on the bagel for Suzette.

Will and Willy were here to move couches to Willy’s new rental house. They had recently eaten,, so I gave Will some Gravad lax to take home 

I watched the rest of the Man City v. Leeds match, which Man City won, took a shower, and rested until 4:00 when we dressed and drove to Vietnam 2000 for dinner with the Chews and Blaugrunds. It was fun to introduce them to one of my favorite restaurants. 

I told everyone my favorite dishes, No. 30, No.76, and No. 87. Elaine ordered her favorite: spring rolls with that fabulous peanut sauce. Nancy and Suzette and I ordered No. 30, a vermicelli bowl with egg rolls and grilled marinated pork. Wayne ordered No. 76, a bowl of soup with egg noodles and a duck leg. And, Cliff ordered No. 87, a platter of boiled flour sheets on a bed of sautéed mung bean sprouts band cucumber sticks garnished with marinated fried pork and fried egg rolls. Everyone seemed to enjoy their dish. I paid for dinner for everyone, a very inexpensive $60.00.

                                                     No. 30

We then guided Cliff and Nancy to the parking lot north of Johnson Gym and we walked to Popejoy for the NMPhilhatmonic Concert.

The concert was conducted by a young conductor currently working and conducting at Arizona State University.

 

I noticed that he took his undergraduate degree at TCU in violin and graduate degree at University of Colorado.

The Phil’s current conductor is leaving, so the hunt is on for a new musical director. I loved the program. The first half was contemporary American composers with a saxophone soloist, also from ASU and the second half was Moussurky’s Paintings in an Exhibition.

The less than full audience loved both parts of the program judging from their rousing applause.

When the concert ended we drove home and watched the news of the War in the Middle East instead of Have I got News for you. Suzette went to bed at 9:00 and I went to bed at 10:00.

It was fun introducing everyone to Vietnam 2000.

Bon Appetit