These are busy days for us. Suzette is doing Christmas activities at the Center. I am working with Bill Turner to finish his Reply Brief in the Court of Appeals and attending depositions in Martin’s case against the State for wrongful termination.
Today I was in a deposition that lasted from 8:00 to 5:30 p.m. We took a lunch break and I met Bill Turner for lunch at Anatolia at 313 Central NW, which was 1 block from the building in which the deposition was held. I ordered my favorite dish, Ishkender Kabob, which is chopped up beef kabob on a bed of diced toasted pita garnished with a savory tomato sauce and yogurt sauce served with a bit of salad dressed with red wine vinegar vinaigrette. Bill ordered falafels with yogurt sauce.
We talked about the brief and water rights.
After the deposition I went to Lowe’s and bought a bottle of sauerkraut and drove home. Suzette asked, “Where are the potatoes?”, which made me realize I forgot to buy the third critical ingredient needed for German Bratwurst Casserole. So I suggested a Chicken stir fry, because we had PPI roasted chicken. Suzette agreed and I started scouring the fridge. I found four stalks of baby bok Choy, a stalk of celery, ½ of an onion, and a couple of mushrooms, plus the PPI wild rice dressing from Thanksgiving with its fruits and nuts and garlic. This was not enough ingredients, so I opened a small can of bamboo shoot strips and chopped ½ chicken breast. I stir fried all the ingredients and thickened them, but was still in my “not enough ingredients” frame of mind, so I added a hand full of shredded coconut, which, because it was finely grated, gummed up the dish and gave it a gritty texture. Lesson learned. Enough is enough. We ate it because we were hungry, not because it appealed to us.
I guess things like this happened when one’s mind is focused on other matters.
Also, Suzette was coming down with a cold and had little enthusiasm for cooking.
Bon Appetit
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