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Re: My Last Meal

128 by Wino
Had homemade Caesar Salad for lunch and mid afternoon snack of six bacon wrapped, pan seared, large sea scallops with some left over Chianti needed to drink before it went south.
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Re: My Last Meal

129 by highdesert
I admit I've never been a fan of Caesar Salad, I think it's the eggs and anchovies that turned me off. I had some tomatoes and an avocado I had to eat up, so I cut up the two ripe tomatoes, added basil and olive oil (EVOO), sliced the avocado and added some chicken and that was dinner last night. I used to love red wines like Cabernet Sauvignon and Barbera, but the tannins started upsetting my stomach. Strangely I've stopped drinking liquor recently and went back to wine, white wine. I had a Pinot Grigio with dinner last night, a California dry white. Read on the internet that the French and Italians actually drink more white wine than red, seems odd because we associate Italians with red wines like Chianti and the French with reds like Burgundy and Bordeaux. Maybe it comes from watching too many movies.
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Re: My Last Meal

131 by highdesert
I like jicama, I used to cut one up into spears and put it next to the chips at parties, it's great for dipping. People often skip buying it because it has to be peeled. The seeds, vines and flowers are toxic.
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts." - Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Re: My Last Meal

133 by highdesert
CDFingers wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:54 am Crunchy peanut butter on a slice of jicama. Ah, sweet. Yeah, peeling is a drag. I use a potato peeler. Watch the fingers.

CDF
Love it, the crunchy jicama and the creamy peanut butter. It's up there with bananas and peanut butter.
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Re: My Last Meal

134 by highdesert
I must admit I've been thinking about wino's
... mid afternoon snack of six bacon wrapped, pan seared, large sea scallops...
That sounds really good, I haven't had scallops in a long time. Wino's recipes are always mouthwatering.
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts." - Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Re: My Last Meal

135 by Wino
I just made a Lemon Vinaigrette from a recipe I ran across on web. Will use to cover a couple of avocados about to go south for lunch. Man, it's tart, but tasty.

Yesterday, after leaving eye Doc, I sauntered by Saltgrass Steakhouse (I'm a Landry's Select Club member for about 12-15 years) to apply my annual $25 birthday freebie the first time since 2021 - due to covid and my health issues have skipped - but no more. Had a 10 oz. Ribeye with stringy fried onions side, house salad with blue cheese, green beans and all chased down with Shiner Bock - $17 and change including $7.50 tip after $25 deduct. Ribeye a bit chewy, but well done to my med rare - there were no scraps of anything left over, with lone exception of a glass of water.
"Being Republican is more than a difference of opinion - it's a character flaw." "COVID can fix STUPID!"
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Re: My Last Meal

136 by highdesert
Can't remember the last time I had a steak, I think it was at an Original Roadhouse Grill which is a California/Oregon steakhouse chain. I think I had a fillet, which is about my speed.

Never heard of Saltgrass Steakhouse, looks like they're in Nevada and there is one in the Golden Nugget Casino in Laughlin, NV. Laughlin is popular gaming town on the border of Nevada, California and Arizona, it's about 3 hours from where I live.

Glad you had a great "birthday" dinner wino !
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Re: My Last Meal

137 by Wino
Landry's has quite an extensive list of restaurants - https://www.landrysinc.com/brand-listin ... 164dc8cab4

As a matter of fact Tilman Joseph Fertitta, Landry's owner and CEO has been tapped to be turds ambassador to Italy, which kinda turns me off on his brand. SIGH!!
"Being Republican is more than a difference of opinion - it's a character flaw." "COVID can fix STUPID!"
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Re: My Last Meal

138 by highdesert
Fertitta will be popular with Giorgia Meloni's center right government. Feetitta probably donated some big bucks to get an ambassadorship to a major European country like Italy.

The link worked great, Morton's and Mastro's both high end restaurants have locations in Palm Desert. Fertitta has a lot of restaurants and I see he owns the Gold Nugget Casinos which is why his restaurant is located there. IIRC the Golden Nugget was owned by Steve Wynn, but he must have sold it. The had wonderful daily buffets, the best in Las Vegas
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Re: My Last Meal

139 by Wino
Had Lemon Garlic Butter Shrimp over bed of Fettuccine pasta sprinkled with chopped cilantro for lunch. Will snack on whilst watching football playoffs.
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Re: My Last Meal

141 by Wino
CDF - My god that looks/appears decadently delicious - and expensive at $3.50 per 3 oz. bar or about same price per pound as my Prime Ribeyes of which I'm so fond. Gonna have to give it a go - chocolate with Expresso!
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Re: My Last Meal

143 by highdesert
I don't drink coffee, but coffee and chocolate is a great combination, like chocolate and orange and chocolate and cherry. I'll have to check the local health foods store.
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Re: My Last Meal

144 by Wino
CDF - I don't know whether to thank you or put you on ignore!! LOL
I had never heard of Endangered Species until your post above. I went to their web site and found many delicious combos of chocolate & fruits. While their products are available in some stores in my area, none that are convenient nor have much of a selection (based on web search). Long story short, just dropped $95 on their web site for four different versions of 72% chocolate (mint, raspberries, cherries, Espresso) and one 60% (cinnamon, cayenne & cherry), all in in six pack quantities. Did get a 10% discount for first order with free shipping. I love chocolate, but have a problem controlling my eating until all gone, so generally avoid buying when shopping i.e. I make a mess when I buy Kisses in large bag due to having to unwrapped tin foil, which is a pediment of foil debris. Oh, well! At least it's for a good cause. LOL
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Re: My Last Meal

145 by CDFingers
Wino wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2025 11:12 am CDF - I don't know whether to thank you or put you on ignore!! LOL
I had never heard of Endangered Species until your post above. I went to their web site and found many delicious combos of chocolate & fruits. While their products are available in some stores in my area, none that are convenient nor have much of a selection (based on web search). Long story short, just dropped $95 on their web site for four different versions of 72% chocolate (mint, raspberries, cherries, Espresso) and one 60% (cinnamon, cayenne & cherry), all in in six pack quantities. Did get a 10% discount for first order with free shipping. I love chocolate, but have a problem controlling my eating until all gone, so generally avoid buying when shopping i.e. I make a mess when I buy Kisses in large bag due to having to unwrapped tin foil, which is a pediment of foil debris. Oh, well! At least it's for a good cause. LOL
This is exactly why I buy one bar at a time. To me, the dark is so rich that I can do like six squares off a bar and be satisfied for minutes on end. One bar lasts me about ninety minutes. If I drink coffee with it, I can do three more squares. Yeah: my local natural foods store luckily does not stock all varieties all the time, so it's been at least a week since I could get the raspberry one. I ball up the foil and try to hit the trash can from my chair. Fifty percent from the floor. ;-)

CDF
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Re: My Last Meal

146 by Mason
I had forgotten about Endangered Species Chocolate. I haven’t had it I guess since we left California 16 (!) years ago. They used to have many varieties to temp us at the checkout of our favorite local market in Ft Bragg. Good stuff!
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Re: My Last Meal

147 by CDFingers
Wino wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2025 11:12 am CDF - I don't know whether to thank you or put you on ignore!! LOL
I had never heard of Endangered Species until your post above. I went to their web site and found many delicious combos of chocolate & fruits. While their products are available in some stores in my area, none that are convenient nor have much of a selection (based on web search). Long story short, just dropped $95 on their web site for four different versions of 72% chocolate (mint, raspberries, cherries, Espresso) and one 60% (cinnamon, cayenne & cherry), all in in six pack quantities. Did get a 10% discount for first order with free shipping. I love chocolate, but have a problem controlling my eating until all gone, so generally avoid buying when shopping i.e. I make a mess when I buy Kisses in large bag due to having to unwrapped tin foil, which is a pediment of foil debris. Oh, well! At least it's for a good cause. LOL
Having run last night out of broccoli, this morning I headed to the natural foods store for that and a few other things. As luck would have it, the latest flavor of Endangered Species dark chocolate they displayed was raspberry. I have collected the precious and have retreated to the kitchen, ducking behind a pot of strong coffee.

CDF
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Re: My Last Meal

148 by highdesert
I usually buy dark chocolate with 80% cacao and nothing else, dark chocolate is supposed to be good for the heart. The health foods store in my town is really small, next week I go down to the big store so I'll see what they have in dark chocolate.
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts." - Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Re: My Last Meal

149 by CDFingers
highdesert wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2025 2:30 pm I usually buy dark chocolate with 80% cacao and nothing else, dark chocolate is supposed to be good for the heart. The health foods store in my town is really small, next week I go down to the big store so I'll see what they have in dark chocolate.
My health foods store carries beer. It's a co-op, so the customers own it. I've been a member for over three decades.

CDF
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Re: My Last Meal

150 by Wino
My Endangered chocolate due to arrive via USPS Tuesday.
"Being Republican is more than a difference of opinion - it's a character flaw." "COVID can fix STUPID!"
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