February 2, 2024 Breakfast - Eggs, chocolate croissant, Blackberry and cream cheese Danish. Lunch - Venison and Melted Brie sandwiches. Dinner - Potato, leek, carrot, and tomato Potage

February 2, 2024 Breakfast - Eggs, chocolate croissant, Blackberry and cream cheese Danish. Lunch - Venison and Melted Brie sandwiches.  Dinner - Potato, leek, carrot, and tomato Potage

I watched Tottenham win 2 - 0 against Brentford and then went to breakfast at 9:00 and ate the same thing I ate yesterday, eggs, a chocolate croissant, and a Blackberry and cream cheese Danish with a cup of Earl Grey tea.  

After breakfast I asked the attendant from what bakery they got the Danish and he said, “We get them from a purveyor that imports them flash frozen from Denmark.” I was impressed and really noted why I had enjoyed them so much and told him about the bakeries at train stations that fill glass cases at the station with Danish pastries that you can open by dropping a coin in a slot and take a pastry  on the train to Copenhagen.

We then packed and left for Santa Fe, but stopped on our way at Kokoman that is the best liquor store in the state, where we bought two Argentinian wines, a French Côtes du Rhône, a Vouvray, and a Colome High altitude grown Torrontes, plus four 1.75 Usher bottles of Scotch for Debbie, and a 12 pack of Carlsberg tall boys.

I am stocking up in anticipation of a tariff war.

We then drove home arriving around 1:30.  We were hungry so we made venison and melted Brie sandwiches on toasted baguette spread with Mayo and drank glasses of Carlsberg beer with them. Thanks to Allison for giving us her venison at the Wine dinner on Saturday night. It made a really delicious sandwich.

It was 63 degrees and sunny so we enjoyed our first meal of the year in the garden.

I rested and read my Ancient Celts book until 2:30 when Suzette wanted to go to Costco because she needed more flooring for the Center. 

When we arrived at Costco I took a basket and she took a flat bed and we split up. I bought household items we needed, including mushrooms, lamb chops, a round of French Brie, asparagus, chocolate croissants, a bottle of Brunello di Montalcino and a bottle of Colome Argentinian Reserve Malbec rated 94 points, ibuprofen, and gallon ziplock bags.

When we returned home I watched women’s professional volleyball and sliced 4 cups of leeks, 4 cups of potatoes, a carrot, and put them into a large Le Crueset casserole with a 15 oz. can of diced tomatoes, 1 1/2 T. of salt and 2 quarts of water and we simmered the soup for about 1 1/2 hours.

I then emulsified the soup and we ladled bowls of it and added cream chopped parsley and ate it with a piece of toasted and buttered baguette for dinner.

Later I ate the last of the apple crisp and whipped cream Susan made with a cup of tea as we watched the Grammy presentations and talked to Willy. Then Suzette went to bed at 10:00 and I stayed up to watch Paris Murders and at 11:00 I watched the market open in Europe. The markets are crashing worldwide and the dollar and oil are rising as Trump’s Tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada go into effect tomorrow.

Then I wrote this blog entry.

There will be a dramatic and immediate economic impact on the average working person many of whom voted for Trump. I wonder if the political climate will change when the U.S. experiences inflation, especially in grocery prices that are coming for no good reason, other than for Trump to flex his power to harm our closest trading partners who are also among our closest allies.

Bon Appetit