April 27, 2021 Brunch - Oyster Sandwich at Routs Market. Dinner - Monkfish, shallot, snow peas and mushrooms in a cream sauce with baked Sweet Potato
This was a very full day of activity.
It started early at 6:00 with a shower and a bagel with butter, fig jam, and slices of pimiento loaf and Havarti cheese.
We then drove the van to Keller Bros in Lititz for five mechanical repairs.
We got into Jean’s car and she drove us to Routs market, a large sprawling food and flea market. For example, I met an African trader who lived in NYC who was selling carvings, beads and attractive beaded belly coverings, who said he used to have a shop in Woodstock.
We bought lots of food for the trip, sliced cheese, sweet salami, and Lebonan Bologna and three cheddar sausages for dinner. Then we looked for vegetables. Suzette found snow peas and sweet potatoes and I found shallots.
We then each ate a two fried oyster sandwich and lemonades, after which we left and drove to Oregon Dairy, where we ate lunch yesterday, but today to buy food for Mrs. Lindemuth’s Birthday Party tomorrow, such as hamburgers and hotdogs and all the fixings plus fresh fresh monkfish, smoked white fish, and a number of items for the trip such as granola, whitefish, olive oil, butter, balsamic vinegar, toilet paper, etc. It was 12:00.
We then drove home so Suzette could attend an on line seminar and I could nap. Suzette insured the van with her insurance company and received confirmation of its coverage. Jean and I made ham and cheese sandwiches, and then I lay down until 4:00.
I checked the close of the market and saw that I had a minimal gain, which means the market is probably turning down.
At 4:30 we drove to a private title registration office to register the title in Suzette’s name. The process went really smoothly.
We then drove to staples so Suzette could send tax returns to James, her accountant. While Suzette completed her fax, Jean and I went to the Weis supermarket next door.
The Weis store had a complete beer and wine department, so we bought two bottles of Bolla Pinot Grigio, two bottles of Bolla chianti, a bottle of Montepolgino de Abruzzo, a bottle of Josh Sauvignon Blanc, a magnum of sangria mix, a six pack of Magners Irish apple cider, a six pack of Negra Modelo, and a 12 pack of Corona. We also bought three lemons, three tomatoes, and a bunch of Italian broad leaf parsley.
When we returned home and put all the groceries away, then drove home and after a bit Suzette and I made the pasta salad and dinner. I diced a lb. of pepperoni, a lb. of Provolone cheese, a can of black olives, and a generous handful of grape tomatoes while Suzette and Jean boiled pasta.
Jean and Suzette finished the pasta salad while I started dinner by mincing 1/2 shallot and cleaning the monk fish fillets, slicing five mushrooms, and mincing a handful of parsley. Suzette put the sweet potatoes into the oven to bake and then de-stemmed the snow peas and made the poaching medium for the monk fish with butter, white wine, water, and added the fish, the snow peas, the mushrooms, and shallot.
After the sweet potatoes were done Suzette started the fish poaching.
Then Suzette made a roux with butter and flour and when the fish was fully cooked, poured the poaching liquid into the roux as Suzette stirred the sauce. Suzette poured the rather thin sauce into the pot in which we poached the fish and I added thyme and we added a splash of half and half. Suzette put a baked potato in each bowl and then ladled the fish stew over it. I tasted the Bolla Pinot Grigio and it was light, slightly sweet, but entirely drinkable, so I poured glasses of it for dinner.
Every one loved the dish of fish, snow peas, and mushrooms in a light cream sauce and we each had a second helping.
After dinner Jean and Suzette went to bed and I stayed up and watched a episode of Morse with a tea, several chocolate nibs, and a cognac and then blogged this blog.
Bon Appetit
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