January 20, 2023 Lunch - Salami and Jarlsberg Cheese Sandwich Dinner - Oysters on the half shell and sushi rice

January 20, 2023  Lunch - Salami and Jarlsberg Cheese Sandwich  Dinner - Oysters on the half shell and sushi rice

This was another busy day of work.

I made a bowl of granola, milk and yogurt and blueberries and then reviewed the Questionnaire and Subscription Agreement for Rahim’s offering from 9:00 to 11:00.

Then at 11:00 Henry and his brother came and I notarized the brother’s affidavit and then reviewed several documents and drafted and filed a document in response to one of the documents until 2:00.  A bit after 2:00 Rahim returned and after I toasted a slice of baguette and spread basil mayonnaise on it and lay slices of salami and Jarlsberg cheese and leaves of romaine lettuce and diluted the last 1/2 glass of Cotes du Provence rose’ with water for a late lunch, we did our final review of his offering until 5:30.

Suzette came home around 4:30 and left at 5:20 to pick up four dozen oysters, 2 dozen Rappahannock and 2 dozen blue point.  While Suzette was picking up the oysters I squeezed juice of 1/2 lemon into about 1 cup of the PPI cocktail sauce made for her birthday party and also made 

Sushi rice

I heated 1 T. of sugar, 2 T. each of mirin, sake, and rice vinegar to dissolve the sugar and stirred the mixture into the approximately 2 1/2 cups of PPI rice. I then transferred the rice to a ceramic bowl and then covered it with Saran and heated it in the microwave.  The result was that the clumps of hard rice separated and became moist.

The oysters were petits but they were delicious with dollops of picante citrusy cocktail sauce combining catsup, horseradish, lemon juice, and a touch of chili sauce.

Suzette fetched a bottle of Vara sparkling rose that was lovely with the oysters and after dinner we enjoyed sipping the champagne with chunks of milk chocolate with almonds as we watched the news.  

At 9:30 Suzette went to bed and I stayed up to watch the final 2 1/2 hours of Ken Burns America and the Holocaust documentary.

The great quote was when the death camps began to be liberated in 1945 General Eisenhower flew to one or two to inspect the horror of what the a Germans had done he told the American soldiers, who he ordered to March through the camp to witness them, “if you didn’t know what you were fighting for, now you know what you were fighting against.”

A new word was created to describe the destruction of 6,000,000 Jews living in Europe by the Nazis, Genocide.

Talking about great quotes my friend Ed Louden who started Bacchus Distributing used to say, “Life is too short to drink bad wine”. 

Being the foodie that I am I would amend Ed’s quote in light of this evening’s meal to, “Life is too short to eat bad food.”

After the documentary I blogged and went to bed after midnight.

Bon Appetit