What did you cook or eat today (October 2023)?

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TastyReuben said:
No pic, but mid-morning, we stopped for cappuccino and pastries/focaccia break, with two kinds of focaccia, croissants, chocolate croissant thingies, something with raisins, etc.

I had the distinct pleasure of peeing in a urinal while women cycled in to use the sit-down toilet, because the line for the women’s was out the door, and no one was sitting in the men’s. :laugh:

The lunch we had:

Well, first was pesto, made fresh while we were being seated and served Prosecco, on some nice bread, no pics of that.

My pesto smells nothing like theirs did. She asked how I made mine, did I use a food processor, and I said yes, and she said, “That’s your mistake - the heat of the fast blade hurts the basil.” - she recommended putting the bowl and the blade in the freezer for 15 minutes…or just make it the right way by hand in a mortar. :laugh:

Then we had this:

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Focaccia formaggio - two paper-thin layers of dough, filled with a very mild cheese, eaten warm right out of the oven. Wow! I’m making that soon!

Followed by:
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Homemade fresh pasta in a pesto sauce, and pesto-filled ravioli in walnut oil. I may have to buy some walnut oil now, because that was fantastic.
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I always have walnut oil in my cupboard. Its a very versatile oil and only a little is needed to add a lot of flavour.
 
MrsT was stuffed from all the pastries and pasta today, so she canceled our sit-down supper and said, “I’m just going to have some ice cream later.” - they have a little swirl shop by the pool.

“Fine, but I’m hungry, so it’ll give me a chance to try one of their hot dogs.”

Off to the hot dog place.

“Well…I don’t want a hot dog, I’m really not hungry…but I’ll eat some fries if you get some.”

Ok…and we got:

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That’s my chili dog…next to her reuben dog!

Not only that, a fellow walked by with bags of popcorn, and she ate that…then ordered a boozy ice cream drink! :laugh:
 
TastyReuben said:
No pic, but mid-morning, we stopped for cappuccino and pastries/focaccia break, with two kinds of focaccia, croissants, chocolate croissant thingies, something with raisins, etc.

I had the distinct pleasure of peeing in a urinal while women cycled in to use the sit-down toilet, because the line for the women’s was out the door, and no one was sitting in the men’s. :laugh:

The lunch we had:

Well, first was pesto, made fresh while we were being seated and served Prosecco, on some nice bread, no pics of that.

My pesto smells nothing like theirs did. She asked how I made mine, did I use a food processor, and I said yes, and she said, “That’s your mistake - the heat of the fast blade hurts the basil.” - she recommended putting the bowl and the blade in the freezer for 15 minutes…or just make it the right way by hand in a mortar. :laugh:

Then we had this:

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Focaccia formaggio - two paper-thin layers of dough, filled with a very mild cheese, eaten warm right out of the oven. Wow! I’m making that soon!

Followed by:
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Homemade fresh pasta in a pesto sauce, and pesto-filled ravioli in walnut oil. I may have to buy some walnut oil now, because that was fantastic.
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Keep the walnut oil in the fridge unless you are going to use it up really fast. It will go rancid.
 
medtran49 said:
What's wrong with chicken and andouille gumbo?
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Nothing as far as I know, but there’s something about gumbo that really entices people to start chucking all kinds of things in there - can you imagine if I ate that, said it was great, and then the chef said, “Yeah, I had some leftover alligator rectums and crawdad heads in the freezer, so I tossed ‘em in there, too.”

I wouldn’t be able to live with myself…and don’t ask me why they had just the rectums in the freezer and not the rest of the gators! :laugh:
 
TastyReuben said:
Also, MrsT is no longer one to wander aimlessly. These days, she has to have a very structured plan (she’s flipping out right now because the weather is impacting her plan), and she also looks at everything through the eye of a self-employed travel advisor - so she sees a lot of this as work, and that she needs to take the tours, eat at every restaurant on the ship, attend all the activities on the ship, and all that, just so she knows whether to recommend/not recommend something.
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Do I sense some tax-deductions associated with this trip? 🤑

CD
 
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