"jmcquown" > wrote in message
. ..
>A large, thick sugar cured North Carolina country ham slice (soaked about
>10 minutes in cold water to extrude some of the salt) pan fried for a
>couple of minutes on each side. Creamers (tiny red new potatoes, boiled
>then tossed in a medium white sauce with lots o' pepper) and steamed pole
>beans. Oh, and skillet cornbread, yellow meal, no added sugar
>
> How about you?
>
> Jill

My mom is visiting from PA this week, and tonight she and I went out to
dinner at a place down in our historic district:
http://www.johnnysbistro.net/. We had a selection of tapas, including
portabellos stuffed with goat cheese and topped with broiled shrimp, mini
crabcakes, bruschetta, seared sea scallops wrapped in bacon, and roasted red
pepper hummus with pita. We split a "dark side of the moon" cake (dark
chocolate cake layered with a chocolate mousse and covered in a rich
ganache) for dessert, and we both had wine (their wines are half price on
Wednesdays and Thursdays).

Mary