Outside the dugout: What's cooking?

I'd do it, but I don't think anybody would pay me what I would want.

 

A great way to go. Freshly ground is they only way to go if you like your burgers on the rare side.

 

Ever try making boeuf bourguignon? Adding the wine starts you in that direction.

 

Correct.

I rarely see tri-tip prepackaged, but I can get it if I ask for it. Usually right away, but sometimes I have to wait a day.

 

Sounds great.

 

Damn, I was just thinking about lasagna. My grandmother on my mother's side was not Italian, but she could really cook Italian food. Probably learned that when working as a cook for a Chicago Southside mafia don way back when. Her ravioli was to die for.

Tonight I am making spicy sesame noodles. Key things to get that you won't find at Publix are Thai basil and Chinese egg noodles, so a trip to the local Asian market was in order.

 

Corona is Spanish for Miller. ;^)

 

Tonight is simple and good: clam linguini. A couple of cans of minced clams, flat leaf parsley, garlic and olive oil served over linguine and freshly grated Parmesan cheese.

A simple salad and a bottle of Patricia Green Chardonnay from Oregon will complement the entree. Patricia Green makes some excellent wines and is not pretentious. I love her wines.

Then I will sit back and watch Game 4. I have watched about 30% of the World Series so far, but what I have watched has been great.

I didn't see the tasteless taunt in real time, though. And being suspended next season and not in the Series? If we still played old school ball he will get a fastball in the ribs tonight. Maybe twice. I don't expect that will happen, especially on the road.

I spent the morning mowing my lawn and doing some other yard chores and then spent the afternoon helping prep my MIL's house for an Open House tomorrow. Scrubbing tile grout that hasn't been cleaned since 1993 with tri-sodium-phosphate on your hands and knees is hard work. Cleaning off wood floor wax that has slipped over the edge for all those years was also a chore. But the entry to her house now looks great.

 

I just read through the first 5 pages of this thread. There is some good stuff there. I had to stop because now it is time to cook.