It's May. But we are experiencing February ... well, sort of. It's not as cold as February, but it's wet - and February this year was not wet ... which is unusual. The rain has been coming down now for three days. I'm glad because everything will stay green for awhile and I have not had to water my vegetable garden.
Now then, the three day dinner streak. Yeah, we lead a quiet country life sometimes. But here it is Monday and we have another dinner party. Saturday it was guests from Florida and San Jose with Wild Boar Rack of ribs, spaghetti squash from the fall garden, foccacia bread and spinach salad with orange-shallot dressing and almonds. We had rose, chardonnay and pinot noir. They asked: "do you drink wine every day?"
Sunday was Scotty's Birthday. I wanted to make him an all American delicious meal that he would enjoy. We bought the biggest blackest shiniest dense chocolate cake we could find, then slow roasted three big racks of baby back ribs for 3 and a half hours, made fresh cornbread and iceberg wedge salads with bleu cheese dressing and diced tomatoes. We polished off a bottle of Iron Horse bubbly for the toast, then a magnum of zinfandel. He loved it!
Monday. Our pal George was blessed with a surprise box of beef steaks from Kansas - good corn fed beef! He brought that over with a magnum of Roederer sparkling wine and we had a lovely meal of grilled steaks with baked potatoes, sauteed mushrooms, carmelized onions, fresh broccoli from the garden and an assortment of cabernets. (one petite sirah thrown in for good measure).
My hubby poured me a shot of Maker's Mark before heading over to the winery with the bottle to refinish the tasting room bar after everyone went home. Work is never done, but who says you can't have a good time doing it. Even on a school night.
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