January 24, 2025 Lunch - Oysters and Shrimp Dinner - Lamb Shank Pita Sandwiches

January 24, 2025 Lunch - Oysters and Shrimp Dinner - Lamb Shank Pita Sandwiches

I awakened at 7:55 after being up from 3:00 to 5:30 a.m. 

At 9:00 I ate a Chocolate Croissant with a cup of tea.

At 11:00 I talked to Aaron and Monica and invited them to lunch at 1:00.

At 11:45 after I called an order four four dozen oysters to Whole Foods I drove to the Walmart Neighborhood Market on Cutler near San Mateo and bought two jars of Vita Herring in Wine Sauce. I then called Suzette and asked her to boil the shrimp and make cocktail sauce.

Then I drove to Whole Foods and picked up a baguette, a bottle of Martin Codax Albariño, and the oysters. I ordered 1 dozen each of Kumato, Wellfleet, Salt, and blue point oysters.

I returned home a few minutes before 1:00 and adjusted the cocktail sauce by adding a few more drops of lemon juice and a tsp. more Long’s Horseradish.

Soon Aaron and Monica arrived. I opened a bottle of Pinot Grigio Rose and Suzette fetched bottles of Pellegrino and cut slices of the baguette and fetched saltine crackers. 

There was so much food we had difficulty finishing it. We saved several shrimp for scampi.

After lunch Monica requested a bite of cheese so I served the Dutch Goat Gouda and the brie. Aaron and Monica liked the Goat milk Gouda, especially.

After lunch we tried to use Monica’s international credit card to pay the PAN fee but it did not work. After they left we lay down for a nap and I slept until 4:45.

I then rode a mile on the bike, which helped me accumulate about 3500 steps today.

Then we watched the news until 7:00 when I stripped the meat off the lamb shanks and Suzette emulsified the vegetables and broth left from the lamb shank stew we made.

I cut a pita in half and heated the halves until they opened easily. Suzette chopped a tomato and some lettuce and I added yogurt and lemon juice to the PPI tzatziki and we stuffed each pocket with feta, tzatziki, lamb, tomato, and lettuce for a light dinner.

I opened a bottle of Kirkland Côtes du Rhône Village 2023.

I ate a second pita sandwich.

Then we tried to connect with Surjit and her employee to use an Indian credit card to pay the PAN fee but it did not work.

Suzette then tried to use PayPal and that did not work either.  So, as Suzette said, “On to plan C”.

We watched Lion with Nicole Kidman and went to bed at 11:30.

Bon Appetit