September 19, 2013 Millennium 2000

September 19, 2013 Millennium 2000 I went to Pro’s Ranch Market in the morning and bought Mexican Squash ($.33/lb.), vine ripened tomatoes ($.33/lb.), ham ($.97/lb.), fideo for Suzette’s restaurant, a can of anchovies for cesar salad dressing and few lovely haricot vert string beans ($2.29/lb.). I intend to make calacitas with the old corn, onions, green chili and ham this weekend some time. Then I went home and after working for a while I made a ham sandwich and went to the UNM Art Museum for Robert “Chip” Ware’s lecture on the large Raymond Jonson Earth Rhythms Triptych in the current 75th Anniversary show. At 5:30 Suzette came home and we went to Poulin Design and Remodeling to discuss remodeling our kitchen. After that meeting we did not want to go home and cook and Suzette suggested eating Vietnamese food, so at 7:30 p.m. we drove to Millennium 2000. Suzette and I checked the board of Specials. She picked No. 10, stir fried beef and vegetables with flat rice noodles. I asked the proprietress what dish she liked the best and she said No. 7, Macaroni and tomato with beef, so although it did not sound appetizing I ordered it. Suzette’s dish was exactly as it was represented; a large array of vegetables (broccoli, snow peas, bamboo shoots, bok choy and carrot slices) with stir fried with sliced beef. My dish on the other hand was something quite unusual. It was ziti pasta sauced with a sort of catsup tomato and fish sauce on one side of the plate and on the other side of the plate a mound of sautéed pieces of thinly sliced beef and onions garnished with sprigs of cilantro. We enjoyed our meal and not having to cook and then went home to watch Jon Stewart and Colbert Report and go to bed. Bon Appétit