October 22, 2022 Brunch - sautéed stuffed delicata squash with fried eggs. Snacks - sandwiches and pop corn. Dinner - caviar dip, beef Stroganoff with egg noodles and salad

The highlight of the day was the cream cheese, sour cream, onion soup mix, and lemon, lumpfish caviar dip Nancy served as an appetizer with shot glasses of Russian vodka.

Here is a recipe I found for one without the onion soup mix.

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/caviar-dip-recipe-1940308

The other interesting dish today was Suzette’s brunch of fried eggs with sautéed stuffed delicata squash.  Suzette diced the remaining 1/2 PPI stuffed delicata squash and then fried eggs and served them together.

Willy came over and ate a plate of it also and then helped Suzette cover the pond.

Willy and I watched the Man U. V. Chelsea PL matched.

When it ended Willy left and we drove to Costco to replenish some items, including turmeric, Tylenol, baguettes, cream, eggs, and tortillas. We also bought four more bottles of the $6.99 Chateau   Appellation Controlee Blaye.

We then drove to Vara to pick up our allotment that included a new bottling of Tempranillo, a bottle of Grenache rose,   We exchanged our bottle of Malavisa white for a bottle of their rum and rye blend that we really like.

We drove home by way of 2nd St. And stopped at Pastian’s and bought a loaf of whole wheat bread and four Halloween decorated cup cakes.

We then drove home around 3:30.  I made two sandwiches of toasted baguette spread with basil Mayo and garnished with slices of red onion, Jarlsberg cheese, and the last two slices of salami on one and the last slice of prosciutto on the other.  I thought I was in a Stanley Tucci episode of “Discovering Italy”.  

Suzette watched home remodeling shows and ate a bag of pop corn, while I napped until 5:00 when Suzette awakened me to get ready for the symphony.

We dressed and attended the symphony’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2, Romeo and Juliet and his 1812 Overture. The audience participated during the Overture by clapping and bursting paper bags of air when the burst of the bass drum occurred toward the end of the overture.

After the concert we drove to Nancy and Cliff’s house for dinner.

We were greeted by the caviar dip and vodka for appetizers and we were instantly in heaven.

Nancy’s beef stroganoff with egg noodles was excellent and the fresh salad with cherry tomatoes and avocado chunks she served with it was lovely.

After dinner she served a strawberry Romanoff dessert and halves of our dry cup cakes that were greatly improved by moistening them with amaretto.

We drank the bottle of Gruner Vetliner we brought with dinner and left the bottle of Bordeaux.

We did not get home until 10:45, so a lovely evening of music and food.

Bon Appetit