Dinner and a Movie!
I had a most fantabulous weekend!
Decorum prohibits me from going into TOO much detail, but suffice it to say that my wife rocks my world (among other things)!
We had a little dinner party on Friday night for some friends of my wife (who are now my friends – believe it or not!).
And, of course, I put on my apron and became the Kitchen Bitch Extraordinaire!
(I wonder if I can trademark that title………)
Anyway, it was a simple meal:
Appetizers:
- grilled sausage in homemade bbq sauce
- skewers of grape tomatoes, fresh basil from the herb pot and cubed cheese all covered with balsamic vinegar and my wife’s tender love and care.
First Course:
- wedge salad with green onions, bacon and homemade blue cheese dressing.
Side Dishes:
- fresh green beans right out of the garden, simmered in beef consume’
- extremely small new potatoes boiled and then roasted with fresh rosemary and parmesan cheese in virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
Main Dish:
- whole beef tenderloin crusted with sea salt and course ground black pepper which was grilled to a perfect 105 degrees on the Big Green Egg cranked up to 750 degrees - accompanied by fresh whipped cream horseradish sauce which takes that perfect piece of meat to an entire new level of deliciousness!
(now for those of you that don’t know your meat, that’s simply a whole, trimmed out filet mignon that looks like a horse dick and has been cooked rare and juicy and then allowed to rest for 15 minutes and then it’s sliced thinly for ease of consumption).
Desert:
-OH MY GOD! Fresh berries (a layer of blueberries, a layer of raspberries and a layer of blackberries in a martini glass) covered in a homemade vanilla custard!
Now the OH MY GOD part of this desert was quite simply the vanilla custard. And for posterity’s sake I will describe that in more detail and then I’ll dare you not to be horny, um, I mean hungry after you read it!
2 cups of heavy cream, 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract and the roe scraped from the inside of 4 vanilla beans – all of this heated to a simmer (do not boil or you’ll ruin it!)
12 egg yolks and a cup of sugar in the mixer
Slowly mix the egg yolks and sugar together and then with much love and desire, pour the hot cream very slowly into the mixer as it mixes on slow (must be done very slowly so as not to cook the egg yolks – scrambled eggs don’t make for a good custard!)
After all of that is incorporated into one thing, pour it from the mixing bowl into a double boiler and heat, stirring constantly for about 15 minutes until it gets thick (but not too thick, you’ll need to be able to pour it).
When it gets to the consistency you want it to be, put the bowl in an ice bath to stop the thickening process and refrigerate until cold. (It’s best made the day before)
I’m telling you true, when I poured that custard over those berries in the cute martini glasses, it was as if I was a porn star and was putting the pedal to the metal with all of those folks. I have never in my life heard people moan like that with their clothes on!
Anyway, with all of that and several bottles of wine, I can safely assure you that it was a good night with a very happy ending!
Then on Saturday, in the midst of horrible thunder storms, my beautiful wife agreed to go have a date with me at the theater.
We saw “Get Him To The Greek” and I loved it!
I normally don’t like these kind of movies because they’re a bit too sophomoric for my taste (if you can imagine that), but this one was fabulous.
Russell Brand was great as a rock star – he played Aldous Snow, the same guy he played in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. And he played it well. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience right down to the blue icee, the popcorn and holding hands with the woman of my dreams.
So here’s to hoping your weekend was as fabulous as mine!
Peace
Decorum prohibits me from going into TOO much detail, but suffice it to say that my wife rocks my world (among other things)!
We had a little dinner party on Friday night for some friends of my wife (who are now my friends – believe it or not!).
And, of course, I put on my apron and became the Kitchen Bitch Extraordinaire!
(I wonder if I can trademark that title………)
Anyway, it was a simple meal:
Appetizers:
- grilled sausage in homemade bbq sauce
- skewers of grape tomatoes, fresh basil from the herb pot and cubed cheese all covered with balsamic vinegar and my wife’s tender love and care.
First Course:
- wedge salad with green onions, bacon and homemade blue cheese dressing.
Side Dishes:
- fresh green beans right out of the garden, simmered in beef consume’
- extremely small new potatoes boiled and then roasted with fresh rosemary and parmesan cheese in virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
Main Dish:
- whole beef tenderloin crusted with sea salt and course ground black pepper which was grilled to a perfect 105 degrees on the Big Green Egg cranked up to 750 degrees - accompanied by fresh whipped cream horseradish sauce which takes that perfect piece of meat to an entire new level of deliciousness!
(now for those of you that don’t know your meat, that’s simply a whole, trimmed out filet mignon that looks like a horse dick and has been cooked rare and juicy and then allowed to rest for 15 minutes and then it’s sliced thinly for ease of consumption).
Desert:
-OH MY GOD! Fresh berries (a layer of blueberries, a layer of raspberries and a layer of blackberries in a martini glass) covered in a homemade vanilla custard!
Now the OH MY GOD part of this desert was quite simply the vanilla custard. And for posterity’s sake I will describe that in more detail and then I’ll dare you not to be horny, um, I mean hungry after you read it!
2 cups of heavy cream, 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract and the roe scraped from the inside of 4 vanilla beans – all of this heated to a simmer (do not boil or you’ll ruin it!)
12 egg yolks and a cup of sugar in the mixer
Slowly mix the egg yolks and sugar together and then with much love and desire, pour the hot cream very slowly into the mixer as it mixes on slow (must be done very slowly so as not to cook the egg yolks – scrambled eggs don’t make for a good custard!)
After all of that is incorporated into one thing, pour it from the mixing bowl into a double boiler and heat, stirring constantly for about 15 minutes until it gets thick (but not too thick, you’ll need to be able to pour it).
When it gets to the consistency you want it to be, put the bowl in an ice bath to stop the thickening process and refrigerate until cold. (It’s best made the day before)
I’m telling you true, when I poured that custard over those berries in the cute martini glasses, it was as if I was a porn star and was putting the pedal to the metal with all of those folks. I have never in my life heard people moan like that with their clothes on!
Anyway, with all of that and several bottles of wine, I can safely assure you that it was a good night with a very happy ending!
Then on Saturday, in the midst of horrible thunder storms, my beautiful wife agreed to go have a date with me at the theater.
We saw “Get Him To The Greek” and I loved it!
I normally don’t like these kind of movies because they’re a bit too sophomoric for my taste (if you can imagine that), but this one was fabulous.
Russell Brand was great as a rock star – he played Aldous Snow, the same guy he played in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. And he played it well. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience right down to the blue icee, the popcorn and holding hands with the woman of my dreams.
So here’s to hoping your weekend was as fabulous as mine!
Peace
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