Thursday, November 12, 2009

Need my driving gloves :(

Great way to clean up the snow on the tracks in Skagway!

How great is this. I've already had to dig out my gloves; it's getting that chilly. Yuck.

Went out to lunch yesterday with Puppy's Pop to a place in Woodstock called Sweet Evalina's. It's a very odd type of store/restaurant/gift shop on 169. We enjoyed a good lunch of chicken pot pie and I had Memere's favorite, a BLT. I used to work for Evalina years ago when I waitressed at Beris' in Brooklyn, CT. I also went to grad school at UCONN with Aino Beris one of the many Beris kids. One of the girls and her husband run this rather unique, almost run down looking restaurant in the somewhat snotty town of Woodstock. It's a big hit because it's the only place in Woodstock, almost, I exaggerate here but only a bit. The best thing is that they make home made pies just like their Mom did. Pepere used to give me raspberries and I'd bring them to work with me so Mrs. Beris could make pies to sell in their restaurant/motel. I used to be allowed to eat one, not too big item, off of the menu for lunch so I loved the Fingerling Steak. It was a fried, delicious strip of steak served on a well grilled hot dog bun. I love it to this day but they rarely have it on the menu because they can't seem to get the right cut of meat for it. It has to be tender, of course. I reminded the clerk about the sandwich and she wrote it down. Perhaps they'll bring it back!!

Trying to find a book for youngest daughter called American Cooking in England but it's out of print. I'm on a waiting list of sorts at Amazon UK. Hope I can find it for her. It sounds really interesting as they use different measures and names for many products that we just take for granted in the USA.

Quote: He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends. --Oscar Wilde

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