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Probably should’ve gone with a green or white plate, come to think of it.

Refrigerated or not?

Oh, no! I love him and his terrible hate-able characters.

I got a pint from Toigo. They are good, not great (they smell amazing, though). Not waterlogged at all, but the Jersey Fresh ones looked pretty soggy.

i'm trying to get my pasta groove back after a couple of years pretending to be low carb. It's gonna take a few more tries. I'm not suffering, or anything. The balcony is doing well so far. Sorrel and Little Gem.

I had one meal at Osteria Morini, a long ago Christmas eve. It was fine. I never felt the need to return.

My morning concert today (and every day) was a cat singing his "wake up and feed me breakfast" song.

Oh! I'm.sure you're right.

Where?

Unfrosted. It was funny. There were a lot of people in it that I recognized. That is all.

Hey, I feed their cats. That's gotta be worth something. (Also, I got his wife's name completely wrong on their invitation, and I am MORTIFIED. We've known them almost 20 years! I should not multi-task.)

🤣It seems to retail for between $250 and $300.

My somewhat disastrous last attempt at pasta, with some red pepper sauce I made and froze a while back, and ricotta from our road trip to Valley Shepherd. I’ll just pretend it looks like this on purpose. FIrst balcony salad of the season! Little gem, and a dressing made with the tarragon, mint and dill.

And my neighbors don't drink.

He's a RE agent, and it's a gift from a client. A very large gift.

Neighbor: Do you drink brandy? Me: I drink pretty much anything. Neighbor: Okay, be right over. Now we have this.

On the plus side, the asparagus & ramp soup I made yesterday was a Serious Eats recipe, and it came out good. So I guess just make liberal use of the "jump to recipe" click-y.

Soul fries with catfish bites sound pretty good to me.

Ramp and asparagus soup with yogurt. It has some nice garnishes, too, but they sank. So much for presentation! I guess I either have to make the soup really thick or make sure it's really shallow. I do not feel like doing either of these things.

Another absinthe frappe. Seemed like a good day for it.

We don't know each other except here, and a message board is vastly inadequate to convey sympathy, but know that every time I read one of your posts here, I take a moment to wish you peace.

I have a lot of different color plates. But not enough to match everything, so sometimes I go for contrast. Just trying to keep myself entertained over here.

I set Laszlo up with a tablet on his couch, because I do not want him perched on the tv stand!