Kathleen wrote:
> Chemiker wrote:
>
>> Yesterday everything was surfing along smoothly,
>> until I came into the house and smelled something suspicious.
>>
>> OMG! Wife presented me with chicken livers
>> in madiera sauce, over rice/peas pilav, and
>> for a salad, heirloom tomatoes slices dressed
>> with guacomole/mayo drizzle.
>>
>> It was wonderful. She said the recipe came from
>> some magazine, Gourmet, I think.
>>
>> She never does this, unless I'm in deep s**t.
>>
>> And she used up my Rainwater Madiera!!!
>>
>> I don't even know what the Hell I did!!
>>
>> help?
>
> You're asking the wrong question. I'd be wondering what SHE did.
>
> Have you taken a slow walk around the car in good light?
>
> Oh and by the way, thanks ever so much for mentioning the heirloom
> tomatoes. Now I'm craving them. Even in the summer they're seven bucks
> a pound, and right now I'd pay that and smile, but they're just not to
> be had locally.
>
> AND the gardening catalogs have started arriving. Unfortunately (or
> probably, fortunately), my husband has vetoed my plans to plow up the
> entire back yard for a vegetable garden.
>
Neighbours two doors away converted virtually their entire small (about
30 x 50) city backyard to vegetable and fruit growing over 30 years ago
and grow pretty much all the produce they use!

> I think I need to organize a field trip to Soulard Market for Saturday
> morning.
>