January 14, 2023 Brunch - A mess of eggs, mashed potatoes, PPI grilled steak, sliced mushrooms and red onion? Dinner at the Blaugrunds - Filet, new potatoes, and steamed string beans.

January 14, 2023 Brunch - A mess of eggs, mashed potatoes, PPI grilled steak, sliced mushrooms and red onion?  Dinner at the Blaugrunds - Filet, new potatoes, and steamed string beans.

I watched two soccer matches stating at 6:00 this morning.  Then I worked for an hour and around 11:30 finally became hungry.

I gathered some of the PPIs, such as a handful of mashed potatoes and strips of the steak we grilled last week.  I sliced two fresh mushrooms, the last nib of a red onion, and two of the four strips of steak.

I sautéed the onion and mushrooms in butter and after those cooked added the mashed potatoes and steak. After those two additional ingredients heated i added two eggs and stirred them in with the other ingredients.  The result reminded me of a combination of two recent meals: Beef Egg Foo young at East Ocean and potato latkes at Rachel’s Chanukah party in Corrales.

I drank chai with the meal and toasted a slice of the artisanal whole wheat bread we bought at Trader Joe’s on Tuesday and spread it with Swedish Cloudberry Jam.

It was a very tasty and filling meal that held my hunger until dinner.

I napped until 4:00 when Suzette awakened me to do the credit card payment.  We had difficulty matching the sum of the charges to the bill balance but finally paid the balance by 4:45 and then showered and dressed for the symphony.

Tonight was an exciting performance of Scheherazade that drew a good crowd including the Papadopolises, who we met in the Popejoy entry hall.

Everyone loves Scheherazade because of its dynamic musical pyrotechnics which I live also, but I like it as a revolutionary piece of music that set the stage for modern 20th century music, such as Stravinsky’s Firebird.

After the concert we drove to the Blaugrunds for dinner.

They started with appetizers of a mushroom pate and large boiled shrimp with cocktail sauce.

We brought a bottle of Edict Pinot Noir from Anderson Valley, another one of those smooth from the front of the mouth to the back of the mouth, a silky smooth and elegant wine.

The wine went perfectly with the entree course of a thick slice of filet with new potatoes sautéed with herbs and almond slivers, and steamed green beans.

After dinner Nancy served small tarts in a variety of flavors that we shared with a few sips of an elegant 1967 Madeira.

We talked and talked until 11:00 when we drove home and fell into bed.

Bon Appetit