It was just sitting there, calling to me as I was getting some sliced London Port at the deli counter. Very expensive, but really worth it kind of Gouda cheese. Syd (yes, my daughter) consistently proclaims that she doesn’t like ‘cold’ cheese, but she gobbled this up. It was all crumbly and had great flavor. I could have just eaten that for dinner with some crackers and a bottle of wine. I may go back and get some more tomorrow once VDOT plows the snow off the roads. Syd’s counting on being off school again tomorrow. I’m just irritated at having to watch it come down and cover everything up again. Whatever – I made another yummy pork tenderloin for dinner. I marinated it in some balsamic vinegar and garlic, then roasted it with some chopped up leeks. And I keep trying to copy the highly memorable salad I had 2 years ago in Edinburgh, at a restaurant called Fisher’s in the City. It took me a couple of months after we came back to figure out that ‘rocket’ and ‘arugula’ are the same thing. It was the simplest salad – just the rocket tossed with some lemon juice and olive oil, homemade garlic croutons,parmesan shavings, and pepper. I haven’t been able to find parmesan that good, but I’ve come really close.
I also got a Red Velvet Cupcake mix from Williams-Sonoma as a gift last week. I made them last night, and though the end product was a bit dry we have successfully finished off all 12 cupcakes in 24 hours. I don’t care much for baking, it’s my Achilles heel. But these were pretty easy to make, and I cheated and used store-bought frosting. SQ has stated a couple of times that maybe he should take up baking so we could be a great kitchen team. I said I think that’s a great idea, but I secretly think that he doesn’t have the patience for it, or the time. OK, I guess not a secret now… Maybe someday, after he makes enough money for us to sell our house and move to France, he can take up baking and hone his photography skills. Then we could do something crazy like sell sliders and cupcakes out of a trailer.