October 25, 2020 Brunch – BLT and Egg Sandwiches Dinner – PPI Enchiladas with Guacamole and Sour Cream

October 25, 2020 Brunch – BLT and Egg Sandwiches  Dinner – PPI Enchiladas with Guacamole and Sour Cream

I awakened at 8:15 this morning.

Suzette was up and working.

I watched the last of Fareed Zacharia and then the news programs.

I worked from 10:00 until 10:30 and then watched PL Soccer Southampton beat Chelsea. 

At 12:00 Suzette made BLT and egg sandwiches.  She ate hers on toasted French baguette and I ate mine open faced on whole wheat toast spread with mayo and sliced tomatoes from our garden.  It was a very pleasant sandwich.  I drank a glass of Clamato juice flavored with lime juice.

After lunch i rode 3 miles south while Suzette painted the basement floor.

When I returned at 1:20 I ate a bag of popcorn and watched the beginning of the Leicester v. Arsenal game. It was played at Arsenal’s home field.  Leicester has not beaten Arsenal at home for the last 42 years but today Leicester did beat Arsenal and I was thrilled.

At 2:00 we had a lively Zoom meeting with the family.  The meeting was lively because both Willy and Luke joined the meeting along with Bill, Elaine, Rebecca, Mickie, and Suzette.

When the meeting ended I watched the last 15 minutes of the Leicester match and the winning score by a header from Vardy..

After the match I sliced 3 1/2 cups each of leeks and potatoes and added 2 quarts of water and 1 T. of salt and simmered them for an hour in a heavy Le Creuset covered casserole. This is the Julia Child recipe for Potato Soup from Mastering the Art of French Cooking

This is the first step in making potato soup.  Tomorrow we will emulsify the soup and add cream and chives to finish it..

Then around 4:30 I made guacamole with the 3 small avocados we have, plus 3 oz. of onion, ½ cup cilantro, 4 small cloves of garlic, and juice of a lime.

At 5:30 Suzette heated some of the squares of the PPI  enchilada casserole and fetched the container of sour cream. We ate an early dinner as we watched 60 Minutes.

Then we started watching Seattle v. Arizona in an NFL matchup and game 5 of the World Series

Starting at 8:00 we watched two episodes of PBS’ Masterpiece Theater while occasionally checking in on the World Series and the NFL game.

The Dodgers won this game 5 tonight and there was a tie at the end of regulation in the NFL matchup.  In a wild twist of events Arizona intercepted and kicked the winning field goal to go ahead 37 to 34 in the last minute of overtime a few minutes after 10:00.

I blogged after the game and then fell asleep.

Bon Appetit