'Tis the season ...
The holidays are here. Birthday, Christmas, New Year's ... means lots of gatherings with friends and family ... lots of meals ... Holiday Parties too.
So, our company had its own staff luncheon, my staff and I got together on our own and did our own little lunch thing ... aside from all the rest of the dinners with friends and all, this year was a little different. D and I somehow got in the graces with one of the restaurants' owners that we frequent and the both of us got invited to THEIR staff holiday party. We contemplated it for a while, back and forth ... and decided that aside from our being busy, it would be a little weird for customers to join them at the party meant for the staff.
All in all, Christmas was pretty low-key this year. I just ended up relaxing at home and got some much needed rest. Besides finally busting out some of the video games I haven't played in a while.
So ... my latest kitchen-experiment plans have to do with seafood. I wanted to try steaming crab a little differently. Normally, I use water, ginger, scallion and some Chinese rice wine to steam it with. My latest is to use white wine, some chicken stock, lots of garlic, some chopped tomatos, a touch of cream and a bit of butter as the liquid. Sounds really good in theory, but will try and report back later. Maybe I'll try steaming some clams like that and give that a try too.
Friday, December 30, 2005
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Dogs
Tis the season to eat a lot and get fat. People bake and bring you cookies to share. Who's going to turn down cookies???
Went to a rib joint for dinner a couple of nights ago. It was moist, tender and very tasty. We couldn't finish the whole thing, so I got the left-overs for lunch the next day.
I've got my goodies bag on top of a cabinet behind my desk at work. Took a walk to the lobby to talk to somebody and their dog trotted right in and got himself stuck between my desk, chair and the cabinet. It was a funny sight, the dog was just standing there staring at my bag of goodies while trying to get out. The owner of the dog was laughing and wondering why he was getting himself into such a fix when I told her about the ribs. Too cute.
Another dog came in to visit about a month ago and found my rather large box of doggie treats. He gingerly poked his head toward the flap and pulled back with a suprise look on his face when the flap bounced a bit and hit him in the snout. It took a few tries, but he got through eventually and started just chowing down on the treats.
The stories that the owners told me about the dogs were precious. One of them ate an entire pizza when it was a puppy. Couldn't eat for about 3 days afterwards. One ate a whole bag of catfood (dry) and it was so full that its stomach expanded to resemble a big round ball and was practically rolling around. It was such a funny sight that the owner, while very concerned, had a hard time keeping himself from laughing while calling the vet. BTW, if your dog ever eat an entire bag of dry cat food (or dog food, I guess), don't feed him any water since all the dry food will expand with moisture. Not a good thing.
Went to a rib joint for dinner a couple of nights ago. It was moist, tender and very tasty. We couldn't finish the whole thing, so I got the left-overs for lunch the next day.
I've got my goodies bag on top of a cabinet behind my desk at work. Took a walk to the lobby to talk to somebody and their dog trotted right in and got himself stuck between my desk, chair and the cabinet. It was a funny sight, the dog was just standing there staring at my bag of goodies while trying to get out. The owner of the dog was laughing and wondering why he was getting himself into such a fix when I told her about the ribs. Too cute.
Another dog came in to visit about a month ago and found my rather large box of doggie treats. He gingerly poked his head toward the flap and pulled back with a suprise look on his face when the flap bounced a bit and hit him in the snout. It took a few tries, but he got through eventually and started just chowing down on the treats.
The stories that the owners told me about the dogs were precious. One of them ate an entire pizza when it was a puppy. Couldn't eat for about 3 days afterwards. One ate a whole bag of catfood (dry) and it was so full that its stomach expanded to resemble a big round ball and was practically rolling around. It was such a funny sight that the owner, while very concerned, had a hard time keeping himself from laughing while calling the vet. BTW, if your dog ever eat an entire bag of dry cat food (or dog food, I guess), don't feed him any water since all the dry food will expand with moisture. Not a good thing.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)