I worked with Aaron and Ioana on the wine project before lunch. At 12:30 when we finished Aaron said, “I have not eaten breakfast. Do you want to get some lunch?” We discussed where to go and decided upon a mutual favorite, Taj Mahal.
We said hello to Shamiz as we walked in and took a table near the buffet line. Everything was perfect. I ate rice, saag paneer, tandoori chicken, beef meatballs, chicken curry, and riata with slices of onion. There was rice pudding for dessert so I ate a bowl of it, also.
We have decided to use things we have frozen? Yesterday, besides the five lamb chops and five pork steaks, Suzette had thawed a piece of salmon from the freezer. Today we picked lettuce, fresh dill, and some baby turnips from the garden. Suzette poached the salmon in a court bouillon of white wine, water, and butter. She also sliced the turnips into round slices and sautéed them in salt and pepper and butter and olive oil. Them she made a cream sauce using the poaching medium, while I added lemon juice and olive oiled fresh tarragon to the salad dressing and sliced a tomato and made the salad.
I opened one of the last Concannon Sauvignon Blanc from deep in the cellar. After five or six years, it was still good, amazing.
We ate under the gazebo and watched the sunset. The roses are blooming. Lovely.
Bon Appetit
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