The night is
already starting off poorly. The drink was supposed to be a Berlenga, which is
port and gin. Could have been good, but it called for white port, and my port
was not white. So the next section of the book was aniseed drinks. Yuck.
So here’s an
explicably named Green Monkey. Galliano (1 1/2 oz.) and Pernod (2 tsp.), both of which are yellow.
So the Green Monkey is actually yellow. And it has Pernod in it, so it’s
already streets behind. My plan is to take a sip to get the taste, then down it
and chase it with Magic Hat #9.
Awful. Awful
awful awful. I’d throw out the bottle of Pernod, but I hate wasting money.
Could there be any type of tasty drink that calls for this awful liquid? I’m
cooking with lemon zest, so after I grated the peel, I squeezed some fresh
lemon juice into the drink. It didn’t help.
The pine
nuts I got weren’t toasted, so I threw them in the oven for a bit. I hope that
helps. I also omitted the olives. Not my thing. I hope they aren’t integral to
the stuffing. Judging from the smell, I toasted them up nicely.
Veal is
expensive, so I’m only using five slices instead of eight. I got to the grocery
store after the meat department had closed, so it was either buy five or buy
10. I went with spending $8 instead of $16. I also don’t have the qualms that
some people have about eating veal. It’s yummy.
Does anybody
else have a problem with fresh thyme? The leaves are so damn small, I just chop
it up whole, stems and all.
Just like
last week, I’m using dried instead of fresh parsley.
I realize
that parmesan cheese is not the same as Parmigiano-Reggiano, but I’m not going
to shell out for cheese and then grate it myself. This is close enough.
I’m confused
about the filling. When I’ve done dishes like this before, the filling is a
little bit squishy. It looks like it needs to go in the food processor for a
bit, but I’m going to give Ray the benefit of the doubt and leave it as-is.
I started
cooking later than usual, and I didn’t want the kids to wait (and I knew they
wouldn’t eat this anyways), so they got chicken nuggets, veggies, grapes and
potato chips. I’m okay with that.
I usually
have a problem with tothpicked things that go in the skillet. We’ll see what
happens here. I need to get some new tongs. I’ve only got one pair, and they’re
in the dishwasher because I used them last night. I’d rather wash them through
the dishwasher than give them a quick wash now and use them to flip the
roll-ups.
Okay now,
everybody at the same time…NO ONIONS!!!
I made some
baked sweet potatoes last night that I didn’t eat, so this is going to be a
full meal: the roll-ups, some harvest grain bread, baked sweet potatoes and
salad. YUM!
This was a
very tasty and well-rounded meal. The portions were perfect. I hope the roll-up
last well, because I’m looking forward to having some for lunch this week.
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