I awakened at 7:30 and began watching the news programs and drank a cup of green tea. Suzette awakened around 8:15 and drank coffee and then went to check the garden.
At 9:00 I toasted a slice of bagel and smeared it with cream cheese and garnished it with slices of onion and Gravad Lax. I drank another cup of green tea to wash down the bagel.
At 10:00 we decided to make breakfast. Suzette fried four sausage patties and the four eggs in a large skillet. I toasted another slice of bagel and spread cream cheese on it and a couple slices of onion. I refreshed my green tea Winthrop hot water and Suzette made her favorite Sunday morning beverage, a Bloody Mary.
We then dressed and at 11:00 drove to Santa Fe. We drove directly to the International Folk Art Museum on Museum Hill overlooking Santa Fe and the Jemez Mountains to the west.
We wanted to see the Alexander Girard exhibit. He was not only instrumental in helping organize the Museum, but he was one of the greatest designers of the 20th Century. He worked for Henry Miller and Knoll and was friends with the Eames and Eero Saarinen. It was a fantastically interesting exhibit. Here are some pictures.
God Bless Chateau La Nerthe
A happy girl with her wine and her cell phone
Suzette ordered corn custard garnished with a poblano green cream sauce and a slice of avocado. I ordered two duck and cheese flautas with a ramekin of mango salsa and one filled with mango purée.
The view from our table to the west with the Jemez Mountains in the distance
We were both supposed to also receive a salad. My flautas were on a bed of greens but Suzette’s dish lacked a salad. When we brought that to the waiter’s attention he immediately brought Suzette a salad dressed with a drizzle of creamy balsamic dressing. We requested more dressing and were brought a ramekin of dressing. I combined my greens with her salad and we dressed and shared the combined salad.
Lunch was excellent and the wine superb. Our best meal of the month. We had visited Chateau
La Nerthe on our first trip together to France because we enjoyed their wines at a wonderful dinner at Restaurant Christian Etienne in Avignon.
The complexity and vibrant fruitiness of the Rose was startling. We could not stop drinking the wine. It ranks near the top of my favorite roses. I highly recommend it, especially if you like Rhone grape varieties from Chateauneuf du Pape
After our entrees we still had wine in our glasses so we shared a slice of pecan pie made with molasses. It was thick and wonderfully gooey.
After lunch we drove to Stephen’s Consignment where Suzette found an Allesi Italian designed pepper grinder that was the identical design as our corkscrew we bought in Brussels.
After Stephen’s we drove home arriving at approximately 5:15. I dozed on the way home and rested and the Suzette lay down for a nap after we arrived home. I awakened at 6:15 and went the garden to gather dill, thyme, parsley, and chives. Suzette awakened while I was in the garden.
I also picked strawberries and then took the herbs inside and chopped them finely and then cut off the head of the 1 lb. trout and we stuffed the stomach cavity with the herb mixture combined with soft butter, which is the Swedish recipe.
Suzette steamed the asparagus and boiled the corn and cooked the fish in the steaming oven for 25 minutes. Everything was well cooked. I simply took a knife and fork and lifted the backbone from between the two filets as easily as ever and lay one filet on each of two plates with a portion of the
herb stuffing.
Suzette had placed the Béarnaise sauce near the pots on the stove to warm a bit and we garnished the asparagus with near room temperature sauce and buttered the corn with a stick of firm butter.
I opened and poured glasses of Pinot Grigio delle Venezie bought on Saturday at Trader Joe’s for $5.99. It is seemingly our summer house wine. I like it a lot with food because it is light and has a pleasant balance of acidity and fruitiness. Of course the fact that it is the Pinot Gris grape helps a lot.
Bon Appetit
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