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Note
I’m sick of being told what not to eat. Like, farmed salmon. It’s fucking salmon. CLOSE ENOUGH, nouveau-hippies. And canned tomatoes. My grandmother eats them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. She’s ninety.
That said, I have agreed [with myself] to stop shoving fried things into my mouth. Here’s to some January health! And lots of farmed fish and the tomatoiest tomatoes that ever tomatoed.
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Vinegar and Mousse
They go together, right? Half of you are thinking ick, and half are all, well, if it’s a strawberry balsamic reduction, maybe.
Doesn’t matter because they won’t be touching until they get in my belly.
This evening’s culinary treat consists of an asparagus salad over pasta…
(Thin slice a bunch of asparagus, finely dice a red onion, add a big handful (maybe two) of grated pecorino, some salt, a lot of fresh ground pepper, my favorite olive oil in the world, and about a half cup of vinegar (red wine).)
…and a chocolate mousse dessert which I totally shouldn’t be eating but oh well.
(I usually do this with egg whites, but tonight I did about a half cup semisweet chocolate, melted and added to two egg yolks whipped up with a quarter cup of sugar and then added to 3/4 of a pint of heavy cream (whip before combining, and combine a little at a time so you don’t unwhip the cream with all the subsequent spooning), and save the remaining 1/4 fresh whip for a topping. Chill for an hour.)
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Swedish Solstice
Go decorate the maypole at Wagner Park (at Bowling Green) this Friday.
5:00-8:00pm, the Swedish Festival will be packed with Swedish crafts, Swedish food, Swedish games, Swedish dancing, and Swedish fish. Why not?
Maybe also the Swedish Chef.
Music by Olle Olsson’s Oldtime Orkester, Swedish folk fiddlers. Folk Dancing with Barnklubben Elsa Rix and Swedish Folkdancers of New York.
Swedish Family Dance: 6:30-8 pmI don’t know what a Swedish Family Dance is, but I’m going to find out.