July 23, 2022 Snack - Charcuterie and Cheese Dinner - Mesa Provisions

 July 23, 2022 Snack - Charcuterie and Cheese   Dinner - Mesa Provisions 

Today was spent at the computer again until 4:00 when Willy returned from a motorcycle ride. I had not eaten anything since granola with milk and yogurt at 8:00 and an iced Vietnamese coffee at12:00.

We filled a cutting board with charcuterie and goat, Jarlsberg, and Boursin cheeses and I fetched a package of Siljan’s  Crisp bread, which is round with a hole in the middle and a diameter of about 12 inches.  The story goes that the Viking dragon ships would sink dowels into the floor of the forecastle area and stack this type of crisp bread stacked to the top of the dowels.

It is made with rye flour, water and a bit of salt.  It has a rather neutral flavor and goes with anything like butter and salami and/or cheese.  When all else failed you could live on this stuff and a dash of salt water might only improve its flavor.

Carlos came today and started re shingling the garage by adding shakes were needed.  I am thrilled.

I watched the end of Stage 20 of the TDF, which was an individual time trial.  There were no surprises, Von Aert won, Vingegaard came second, Pogacar came third, and Thomas came fourth,laving the top three positions in the GC unchanged as well as the KOM. White, and green jerseys.

After Willy left at 5:00 I showered and dressed and we drove to Nob Hill at 6:15 and listened to music until 7:15 at the Girard stage of Summerfest, when we walked to Mesa Provisions for dinner.

We shared a plate with two grilled quail laying on a pile of thin rice vermicelli, garnished with crushed pecans, sweet corn kernels, small cubes of fresh zucchini and dressed with a spicy soy sauce.

Suzette ordered a glass of French rose and I ordered a pint bottle of Tieton   Farmhouse hopped apple cider from Yakima, Washington that was very smooth and pleasant.  I would order it again.

Talking about ordering it again, even though we found the soy sauce too spicy, we loved the quail and would order it again.  Suzette asked for a ramekin of yogurt that neutralized the chili’s spiciness substantially.

After dinner we walked west on Central a few minutes but the crowds were much bigger and mostly unmasked, so a few minutes before 9:00 we drove home and ate ice cream with maraschino cherries and whipped cream and watched Death in Paradise until 10:00 when we went to bed.

We enjoyed the evening, getting out of the house, and dining at a good restaurant.

Bon Appetit