“Our seafood is so fresh, that the fish swim right into the kitchen and onto your plate.”
The sun dropped by yesterday. It was still chilly, but I went out on the deck for a little bit with Henry. I didn’t want to miss any of that sunshine. I’m glad I did. The clouds are back today, and there is a threat of showers. I’ve been thinking that maybe all these cloudy days are really a gift from Mother Nature. She doesn’t want us longing to be in the sunshine. She wants us safe at home.
I’ve been watching movies and keeping a list of them disaster by disaster. Yesterday was earthquake day. One movie took place on the west coast, and there were naysayers even when the fires started and the electric poles toppled, but when lava forced the naysayers to face refutable evidence, they ran fast as anybody facing death by hot lava, all doubts erased. I think I’ll do hurricanes and rogue waves today. I’m avoiding contagion.
I found pieces of my Peace Corps flag in the front yard this morning. They had been chewed off into little squares. I left the pieces there. They are remnants of the flag I found which had fallen in the front yard. The spawns of Satan are at again. I didn’t put out dinner, birdseed, so I am now the decorator instead of the caterer. They’ve already taken the grill cover so maybe this is wall paper. That flag was difficult to find and now it is impossible.
I’m in the mood for a sub sandwich or Chinese food or seafood, probably scallops. I haven’t quite decided but am leaning toward seafood. Imagine if you will a restaurant filled with empty tables and chairs, a solitary cook and a phone ringing and being answered over and over. Around the walls are posters of seafood cooked to perfection. In the parking lot are cars with only a driver. They wait to deliver orders, and one of those orders will be mine. I’ve decided on a scallop plate with fries and the best onion rings around here. It will be my high tea or my linner or dunch, the suggested names of the combined meals. Eating brunch sounds so much better than eating dunch, but if that’s what I’m stuck with, dunch it will be.
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April 16, 2020 at 5:04 pm
Hi Kat,
Are you talking about those huge sea scallops fried lightly, or those small fried bay scallops deep fried? Either one would be just great.
Recently, I watched a food show about Seattle Washington. It’s one of this country’s best cities for seafood. I’m not a sushi eater, but the sushi they get in Seattle is superb because they are only 11 hours from the great fish market in Tokyo. My favorite seafood is a steamed Dungeness crab served with drawn butter. I realize that Main Lobster is a treat in New England, but the Dungeness crab is even sweeter.
Another beautiful day so we took a drive out to Arlington to look at the Ranger’s new baseball field. It’s beautiful with a sliding roof that can be opened in the Spring or Fall days like today and closed during rain or during the hot humid days of June, July and August. Imagine watching a baseball game in air conditioned comfort on a Sunday afternoon when it’s 110 degrees outside and 72 degrees inside. When Houston got their Major League team in 1960, The Colt 45’s they played outdoors until the Astrodome was completed. Pitchers would take bets on how many mosquitoes they could kill with one pitch.
Beautiful clear skies, light winds and highs in the mid 70s.
April 16, 2020 at 7:49 pm
Hi Bob,
No, I’m a lover of the sweet bay scallops, but I’d take the sea scallops if I were really hungry, but I’d stop at sharks cheeks.
The cape is also a good spot for fish. Some of the markets buy their stocks right at the wharf. You’re right about crabs. They aren’t anywhere as popular as lobster. My sister in Colorado loves crab. My other sister, my father and I loved lobster while my mother liked a lobster roll or lazy man’s lobster.
My sister and her husband took a ride into New Hampshire today just to get outside. I know what she means. I’m close to taking another ride, maybe along the water.
Cloudy all day today!
April 17, 2020 at 10:31 am
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PS: Read your Blog daily…Love it.!
April 17, 2020 at 12:09 pm
Thanks, Herbbert,
I have ordered this very flag. Thanks!
My friend suggested I sew a dowel across the bottom as he did with his flag, and the flag is still intact. I just think he has boring spawns.
Nice to meet you, Herbbert!