Today we slept a bit later than usual. I worked a bit and Suzette went shopping for items the three crews needed to finish their jobs at the candy Lady building.
At 10:30 I finally became hungry and made a quick high protein breakfast because I intended to ride later in the afternoon. I sautéed a Hormel smoked pork cutlet Suzette bought at El Super. If there is one thing El Super has it is good quality pork products. The smoked Pork cultlets are just one of many quality items.
After 5 minutes I flipped the cutlet and added a handful of onion slices and mushroom slices with a pad of butter to the skillet and sautéed them for several minutes. I whisked two Eggs, with a dash of water, salt and white pepper and poured that over the sautéed onions and mushrooms. The eggs rose into soft pillows as they cooked and especially after I flipped them to cook both sides. Here is a picture.
Around 1:30 I drove to Costco and bought a torte constructed with chocolate cake and white chocolate and milk chocolate mousse for $15.99.
At 3:00 just before a rode I heated some PPI Couscous with piñon nuts and a small handful of Serrano ham slices in the microwave for 2:22 minutes at a power of 8. Amazingly the ham crisped and crinkled up to create a very attractive crunchy salty bacon like meat that complemented the Couscous.
I then rode the short loop with the wind blowing at over 15 mph. Fast and easy downwind and difficult heading into the gusting wind up wind.
I returned home a 4:00 and showered and dressed for the symphony. We drove to Popejoy Hall about 5:20. We were a few minutes early, so we spoke to Peggy and Ted Cronin. The program was very pleasant. It featured two guitar concertos at the beginning, a contemporary one composed by Leshnoff who teaches at Towson U.in Maryland and the second by Vivaldi from the early 1700’s.
After intermission the symphony played Mozart’s symphonies 25 and then 35.
When the concert ended at 8:05 we drove to Nancy and Cliff Blaugrunds house for dinner. They had accumulated a large selection of wines for us to select from. We started with a Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire Valley that we shared with three cheeses, a firm white cheese, a Derby cheddar, and an English cheddar with apricots, plus a medley of olives, mixed nuts, and crackers.
After we nibbled and sipped wine while Nancy heated the Pyrex baking dish of moussaka made with ground lamb, eggplant chunks, and spices covered with a bechamel sauce. When the moussaka was heated we filled our plates with it, salad of mixed greens and arugula with pesto and pistachio flavored couscous and toasted slices of pita bread garnished with grated cheese and toasted.
We opened a bottle of Louise Jadot Bourgogne Pinot Noir for dinner.
Cliff and Nancy caught us up on their family trip to Disney world to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Their 4 year old grand daughter loved the trip and their older grandchildren loved Epcot Center. Their next trip is to The Galápagos Islands in a week or two.
After dinner Nancy served slices of the mousse cake and we opened a bottle of Vieux Clicquot Demi-sec champagne. Its slight sweetness went well with the heavy creamy torte.
After our lovely meal we talked until almost 11:00 when we said goodnight.
Nancy and Suzette had an animated conversation about sound therapy and Himalayan salt therapy rooms, which they both seem to be attracted to.
Nancy mentioned a salt room at a spa named Amethyst in Albuquerque, we had not heard of for example.
Bon Appetit
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