Outside the dugout: What's cooking?

Inch thick center cut pork chops on the KJ with indirect heat and a simple rub. Should be juicy.

Carrot bisque soup with sherry. My son loves this. He first had it at the Island Hotel in Cedar Key and I reproduced it for him about a week later. He was impressed that I could taste a dish and know exactly how to reproduce it. Well, this one was easy. Every flavor was easy to pick out. The only thing was getting the balance correct.

I used to play a game with my wife when we were first married and going out for dinner. It was to name every ingredient in the dish with empasis on the spices. It is like when I go to see a baseball game and I think about every pitch that has been thrown in an at bat and previous at bats and what will be thrown next. Yes, I could just enjoy the meal or the game without getting into the weeds but I want to truly understand how it was put together. Both the pitching approach and the dish. I think that adds to the enjoyment of both the meal and the game at a deeper level.

After some Googling I have traced the recipe for the carrot bisque back to a Bon Appetit recipe. Very tasty and not hard to make.

Rice pilaf as a side. I will cheat and use the Near East box but will use chicken broth instead of water.

 

Anything like square grouper?

 

A friend is showing up for a quick visit with cheese and crackers. Then throwing together some sandwiches and a salad before heading to the game.

And what is up with tee shirt weather for a February night game? I remember one game where it was so cold and in extra innings that I just wanted anybody to score a run so I could go home and get warm. IIRC Buddy R either scored the winning run or drove it in.

 

Tonight we are having Vienna Beef hotdogs. We have a pickle relish but not the neon green relish that you find in Chicago and our buns won't have poppy seeds but everything else will be like a real Chicago dog. I even have celery salt.

 

Tonight I am roasting pork tenderloin marinaded in a sesame teriyaki sauce. Texmati rice as a side. Stir fried broccoli as well.

 

Using some leftover pork tenderloin for a Thai red curry.

 

Left over lasagne defrosting as I type.

The parents of my 31 year old son's girlfriend are coming through Gainesville for a couple of days on their way back to Delaware. I think that I am making mahi-mahi with a panko/macadamia nut crust tomorrow.

Getting our over 100 year old two story wood frame house repainted starting today, so things will be a mess for about a month. A fair amount of wood repair is required.

 

Change in dinner plans. I am smoking two chickens, making scalloped potatoes with fennel and a salad.

 

Tonight is mahi-mahi with a macadamia nut and panko topping. No grouper at Northwast Seafood but mahi is almost as good and much cheaper so not a huge deal.

As an appetizer I made pickled shrimp with fennel.

Asperagus and a salad as sides.

There was a dog wandering in the fairly busy street in fron of my house this morning. Had a collar but no tags. Took her to the vet, but no chip. Walked her around the neighborhood for over an hour but nobody was looking.

Had a neighbor that knew what to do on social media for lost pets do all the postings, but no response as of yet.

Sweet older female chihuahua that has at least the rudiments of obedience training.

My wife is always the cynic and said that this dog was abandoned.