Originally Posted By: Yogi Barrabbas
Toad in the Hole for dinner tonight!


Now you're talking!

I haven't made that in close to ten years. I had a weakness for it with lots of caper sauce made with beef stock and malt vinegar (among other things). Because of the varying palates of some of our friends, we even came up with a vegetarian variation that was actually quite enjoyable.

Often times specific foods conjure up lots of memories...

Dinner late last night was another one of my Asian noodle-house concoctions. I had been to the local Chinese market the other day and got some baby bok choy, rice noodles, bean sprouts, mushrooms and shrimp. Cooked up everything with some broth and spices and called it dinner. Or supper. Or breakfast. Or whatever...

Tonight, who can say? Perhaps I'll get inspiration from some of the (very) many cooking/food/travel shows on PBS or cable - though I think I'll draw the line at stuff like skewered chicken intestines. Leave that to the Zimmerns and Bourdains of the world.

Or, maybe I'll open a can of Spaghetti-O's. ;\)

Signor V.

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"Sure I cook with wine - sometimes I even add it to the food!"

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"It was a grass harp... And we listened."

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