October 15, 2025 Breakfast - Lax on Bagel. Lunch - PPI Vietnamese Miso Pork Bok Choy Noodle Soup Dinner - Chicken Curry with Rice

October 15, 2025 Breakfast - Lax on Bagel. Lunch - PPI Vietnamese Miso Pork Bok Choy Noodle Soup  Dinner - Chicken Curry with Rice

I woke up at 6:00 after only about 6 hours of sleep interrupted by a call from Masonic that Suzette’s mother had died which we were expecting because Don and Jean called several days ago to say she had an infection and since she is on hospice, they were not giving her antibiotics.

At 7:30 I toasted three slices of bagel, spread them with cream cheese and garnished them with slices of onion and Gravad Lax.

At 11:45 I walked to the country club and an extra block to Los Alamos and back. When I returned I picked a small handful of Oriental basil to add to the soup.  The longer walk of 3000 steps allowed me to reach 4233 steps for the day.

Then at 1:00 I heated up the leftover Vietnamese Miso pork 

Bok Choy noodle soup I made yesterday. Overnight the noodles swelled up and absorbed some of the broth so today I added more roasted pork, another Shanghai Bok Choy, some Napa cabbage and another T. of white miso plus another cup of water.

The soup was just as delicious today. Perhaps the broth was even better and there was lots of pork.

I checked the market at 2:25 and had a small gain of .2%. I have sold many of my high flyer stocks so had to watch from the sidelines today and got no help from Nvidia that closed down $.18. Much of the gain came from Apple that closed up $1.57.

At 3:00 I lay down and read The Human Stain by Roth to try to finish it by tomorrow when it disappears from my kindle account as my three week borrowing period expires.

Suzette came home around 5:00 and we decided to make chicken curry. We had no raisins but decided to use chopped Ju ju dates instead. Suzette pitted and chopped about 1 cup of them while I peeled and diced two sweet potatoes, a cup of onion, an apple, about a lb. of chicken white meat. 

I sautéed the onion and sweet potato in canola oil and after a few minutes added the apple cubes and dates and some curry powder.

I let that cook while I heated water for rice with a stick of cinnamon and about 8 cloves and a tsp. of chicken stock.

After the vegetables softened I added about three cups of chicken stock. Later Suzette added a can of coconut milk and I added clove powder, some tumeric, and crushed coriander and cumin seeds. The flavors became decidedly interesting. 

After about fifteen minutes the two cups of rice water began to boil and I added 1 cup of jasmine rice, covered the pot and after five minutes turned the heat to low and simmered the rice for 30 minutes.

I fetched two Estrella Jalisco pilsner beers from the garage and Suzette found a jar of her homemade apricot chutney. I fetched a mixed pickle and a sweet mango pickle and found some yogurt, so we had a great meal.

The curry with all the exotic herbs was really tasty with the thickened coconut milk and Suzette toasted 1/2 cup of coconut flakes as a garnish. The curry  thickened as it cooked so we did not need to add any flour. 

Suzette made a quince, blueberry and peach cobbler but we were full from the curry so will eat cobbler for breakfast.

Bon Appetit