Having a nearly inexhaustible supply of eggplants and running tired of Eggplant Parmesan (although I particularly like Eggplant Parmesan) we tried something new; Baba Ganoush. Not bad for a first try, it's a combination of eggplant roasted on the BBQ, pureed with garlic, lemon juice, salt, pepper, parsley and tahini. Some toasted pita chunks for dipping and you have a nice little snack.
Leo is a happy dog tonight, because one of his boys is home. Jacob arrived at 9:35 this morning at the Ontario airport, right on time. Actually early, which was a big improvement over his last flight home, which he missed entirely. Good thing he was on time, because he had a follow-up appointment with Dr. Herford at Loma Linda at 11:00, the only open time during this Thanksgiving week. We made the drive from Ontario to Loma Linda in plenty of time to take a short stop for a bad breakfast at Del Taco.
The visit with the doctor went well, the doctors apparently very happy with Jake's progress. Based on the discussion with Dr. Herford, next up will be extraction of Jake's wisdom teeth. During the extraction they will harvest some bone and perform a bone graft under his front teeth where they will eventually install the post for his dental implant. The tooth that Jake knocked out was directly on top of his mandibular fracture, resulting in very little bone to support the implement. Consequently, the bone graft will be necessary to provide a stable base for the new tooth.
Got back home to Temecula by about 1:00, shortly after which Jacob took about a 5 hour nap. I guess that's to be expected of a college student, forced to be out of bed early and at the airport by 8:00AM or so. Tomorrow won't be much better, because Jake has an 8:30AM appointment with his orthodontist.
Anyway, we are home this evening, with Leo barking away at Jake, pleading with him to wrestle. Now he's given up on Jake temporarily and is blowing his hot breath all over my keyboard, trying to bait me into a bout.
Tonight I continued with the refrigerator purging. One of the side benefits of Thanksgiving is the opportunity to get rid of all the odd crusts and countless slices of bread that have been sitting in the freezer for ever, chop them up into cubes and turn them into stuffing. As it turns out, several of the odd samples of bread were these honey wheat and sesame seed sort of things, too sweet to really lend themselves to the sort of savory dish resulting from insertion in a bird's behind. So, rather than let them go to waste I used them in a southern style bread pudding. Very tasty, but needed a little bourbon sauce. Unfortunately I have no cream, so the bourbon will be relegated to a rocks glass instead.
Must go now and fight with my dog. More later.
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Glad to hear Jake made it home OK (and actually on time). Can't wait to come up there sample the beer and check out the Wii Fit thing.
ReplyDeleteAnd especially can't wait for feasting!
I like to read your blog, but I have trouble posting comments cause of my stupid dial up.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving! It has been a very thankful day in our home for many reasons, though Jake's recovery has taken top billing. Thanks to all of you who supported us in so many ways these past months. Glad to hear from people that they are still following.
ReplyDeleteAs long as everyone is in the touchy-feely mode of Thanksgiving, I'd like to share our family's most closely-held, favorite recipe:
ReplyDelete1 750ml bottle Val-u-rite Vodka
1 Big Gulp cup (preferably from dumpster)
1 hobo
It passes the Vegetarian test. It may even be Vegan.
Because I am on a clearly self-destructive path, I offer the following festive holiday cookie recipe:
ReplyDeleteJose Cuervo Cookies
1 cup of water
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup of sugar
1 tsp salt
1 cup of brown sugar
1 cup lemon juice
4 large eggs
1 cup nuts
2 cups of dried fruit
1 bottle Jose Cuervo Tequila
Sample the Cuervo to check quality. Take a large bowl, check the Cuervo
again, to be sure it is of the highest quality - pour one level cup and drink.
> Turn on the electric mixer...Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl.
> Add one teaspoon of sugar...Beat again. At this point it's best to make sure the Cuervo is still OK, try another cup ..just in case.
> Turn off the mixerer thingy. Break 2 leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit, Pick the frigging fruit off floor... Mix on the turner. If the dried druit gets stuck in the beaterers just pry it loose with a drewscriver. Sample the Cuervo to check for tonsisticity.
> Next, sift two cups of salt, or something. Who giveshz a sheet. Check the Jose Cuervo. Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. Add one table. Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find. Greash the oven.
> Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over. Don't forget to beat off the turner. Finally, throw the bowl through the window, finish the Cose Juervo and make sure to put the stove in the dishwasher.
CHERRY MISTMAS