ShotsnCruises Posted March 26, 2017 #826 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Shots, you have been hiding your light under a bushel. You must share your enjoyment of cooking more with us. Sent from my iPad using Forums Since my new job will allow me to cook more, I promise to post more pictures!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKCruiseJeff Posted March 26, 2017 #827 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Since my new job will allow me to cook more, I promise to post more pictures!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I'm really pleased you decided to take the trouble to share your piccies. I love looking at what others prepare. I have always believed that preparing food for others, even if only for one "other" is one of the few things you do that shows you love and care. It doesn't matter whether the end result is excellent or not so excellent, it is the time and trouble and effort, and I think you can always tell if someone has simply tried. In fact when someone tries but fails miserably you can see how hard they tried and it demonstrates the same level of love as a proficient effort. I always think when I see those really poor rural societies where mum is preparing flatbreads for her family that there can be no better iconic picture of how a mum loves her family than making sure that however poor they are they will be full of the daily bread that she has prepared with her own hands if nothing else. Perhaps thats why I love flatbreads so much ... it seems to symbolise something primeval. Anyway I seem to have gone over all emotional so I'll get a grip now ... :) Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare spinnaker2 Posted March 26, 2017 #828 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Shots Nice food shots! Love that brasciole. Just like Auntie Mary made from my first marriage...nice "gravy" too. Will you make sfogliatelle too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camillus112 Posted March 26, 2017 #829 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Shots, I heartily congratulate you for your food offerings. Wish I cold partake! As I've said before, I don't cook, and Jeff, I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I am very appreciative of those that do, and wish the fairies had given me the gift of WANTING to cook. Sandwiches and salads, that's all I do. Jeff, no wonder you don't feel tempted to travel too much away from your idyllic balcony. Interesting information on the Napoleonic history of your bay. I read it with gusto and reminded me of a bit of history of my ocean (Atlantic, north side of the Island). My family traces roots to a famous (infamous?) Caribbean pirate named Roberto Cofresí y Ramírez de Arellano (the latter being my maiden name). In the 1600's he overtook many a booty from the Spaniards, and legend has it he shared with the poor. However, when the Dutch menaced to overtake the island, he helped the Spaniards defeat them. For this, he was give a title and was left in peace. I love this history tidbits. Now, with regards to the article you just shared.... I can only share back my thought that the pendulum of polarization always rests in the center. Let's hope for a resting period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKCruiseJeff Posted March 26, 2017 #830 Share Posted March 26, 2017 (edited) Hi, Just googles and read about your ancestor. So interesting. Of course ours was the first generation that had the benefit of the internet to make these things achievable. When I met wifey it transpired that her mothers maiden name was of Spanish (or possibly Portuguese) origin. And so my mother-in-law who had been left in a children's home when a baby had always presumed that her father was Spanish. In fact she died believing that to be so. A few years ago, being bored and having just bought myself a years subscription to one of those heritage tracking databases I started researching wife's family. Within a day or two I managed to get back to great grandfather and his details triangulated exactly, so there was no doubt I'd found him. And I managed to find put quite a lot about him. He had been a sailor in his early years and ended up as a waiter in London and he met wifey's great grandmother. I even found his sailor record and a photograph of him. The only issue was, that he wasn't Spanish but from a small village a few hours from Buenos Aires in Argentina! I had to break the news to wifey early one morning when she got up and came down. Now she feels enormous solidarity with the Argentinians and the British terrible occupation of the Malvinas. I should add, that there were some odd and puzzling discrepancies, which are too complex to remember let alone write, but one explanation explained everything. It wasn't clear initially whether he was wifey's grandfather or great grandfather because he appeared to be both when looking at the census. But what seemed to have happened was that "he" had mother out of wedlock (this smooth talking Argentinians) and that his mother registered wifey's mother as hers, ie therefore wifey's mother appeared to be living in the same household with her Dad as though there were brother and sister with a large age difference, but then wifey's mum was placed in a child's home. The registering of a baby out of wedlock by a grandmother I have since found out was quite common in those days because it avoided scandal. This explained quite a lot of vagueness that surrounded wifey's mum's parentage. I wish I could have told mum, she would have loved the story. Sent from my iPad using Forums Edited March 26, 2017 by UKCruiseJeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jpalbny Posted March 26, 2017 #831 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Busy cooler this weekend! We made a quick getaway to NY City Friday night and just got home a few hours ago. We were celebrating my first 49th birthday, hopefully the first of many...not really interested in the next decade but not much I can do about it! We have been staying in the NoMad neighborhood (NOrth of MADison square park) the past few times and we've really come to enjoy that part of the City. We found a last-minute room at the Nomad Hotel on 28th and Broadway, and drove down Friday night after work. Traffic was surprisingly light and we were parked and checked in about 3h after leaving home, which is amazing for that drive. It usually takes longer. We had a casual meal Friday night at the Belgian Beer Cafe, a block from the hotel. I tried a few Belgian beers to go with moules et frites, and Chris had some nice wine with Steak Frites. On Saturday morning we had coffee and pastries then walked all the way down to Houston St. (One block south of 1st St, so 28 blocks), stopping at Madison Square Park, and Union Square Park on the way. There was a huge farmers market in the latter which made for a pleasant browse. From Houston St, we walked through NYU and Washington Square Park to see the Monumental Arch (like the Arc de Triomphe). Then of course, we headed back north and stopped at Eataly. After all that walking we grabbed pizza and drinks. Then browsed the store for a bit. We didn't shop (yet) as we were waiting until today. So after resting our feet for a bit we walked uptown along 5th to Rockefeller Center. They still had the ice rink and people were skating despite the 60 degree weather! Then we walked home for a more serious rest. Dinner was a fantastic tasting menu at Gabriel Kreuther, near Bryant Park. We had a multicourse tasting meal, paired with wines by the glass. The sommelier was quite good and her pairings were eclectic but tasty. We even learned a few new wine styles and varietals, which is always a bonus. That took care of food and drink for Saturday. We were stuffed! This morning we went shopping at Eataly for some fresh ingredients. I love the high-quality dried pasta that they have there and also the hard grating cheeses. I picked up some prosciutto, pancetta, and sopressatta sausage as well as a few fine olive oils. Eataly is like a candy store for me and it was a fun birthday present! On the way home we stopped off for lunch at a little out of the way restaurant about an hour south of Albany called the Mountain Brauhaus. They have Schweinshaxe and Schnitzel (veal, not pork, sorry Jeff) with all the right accompaniments, and German beer on tap. Some Spaten and a light Bock fit the bill for me. It made me miss our trip to Munich last spring. So we're home now, looking at the nasty weather and hoping that mysty is safely in Florida. It was a fun birthday and I wish the celebration could go on a little longer, but unfortunately work calls tomorrow. Hope everyone else's weekend was fun too; sounds like it's been busy! Great catching up with everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jpalbny Posted March 26, 2017 #832 Share Posted March 26, 2017 And, let me add to the compliments for ShotsnCruises. Great dishes! When can you host a dinner party for all of us? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camillus112 Posted March 26, 2017 #833 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Yes, Jeff, what a wonderful story about your wife's family! Don't you think this is what make us so special? Let me tell you that in Spanish, and, therefore Latin American, tradition there were no orphanages. The families would keep the babies as they would see fit to avoid scandal. In my mother's family in the late 1800's, several babies, some of mixed race, were brought up within the family, and woe to whoever disdain them, they had the family name! Spaniards that settled in the Caribbean were quite inclusive in terms of race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camillus112 Posted March 26, 2017 #834 Share Posted March 26, 2017 JP, happy birthday!! I was missing your posts and thought, rightly, that you were traveling. We go to the City quite often due to DH's music thing; he hates it and I love it. Since we live in a rural paradise, going to urban hell is so exciting!! Eataly is always a must do for DH, as he is the cook at home. I don't particularly like the area, but the store is amazing. I prefer to stay around 7th and 56th, right near Carnegie Hall. DH likes to stay nearest Lincoln Center. We compromise and sometimes stay at the East Side. New York City is so much fun!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKCruiseJeff Posted March 26, 2017 #835 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Happy Birthday JP! Where was the candles? Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare spinnaker2 Posted March 26, 2017 #836 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Happy Birthday JP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKCruiseJeff Posted March 26, 2017 #837 Share Posted March 26, 2017 I take it back ....... i have just realised that this week we're celebrating our 43rd wedding anniversary. That means that JP is only six years older than our marriage. And we didn't get married straight away ..... Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted March 26, 2017 #838 Share Posted March 26, 2017 We are in FLL. Flight left early to miss the freezing rain. Thanks all for your care and concern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare spinnaker2 Posted March 27, 2017 #839 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Now have fun Mysty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jpalbny Posted March 27, 2017 #840 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Awesome mysty! Have a fantastic time! Sent from my SM-G930T using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camillus112 Posted March 27, 2017 #841 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Glad you arrived safely, Mysty Enjoy your cruise!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camillus112 Posted March 27, 2017 #842 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Happy Anniversary, Mr. & Mrs. Jeff. Why will the special gift be... say, diamonds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare spinnaker2 Posted March 27, 2017 #843 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Happy Anniversary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jpalbny Posted March 27, 2017 #844 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Happy anniversary to Jeff and his young bride! Sent from my SM-G930T using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKCruiseJeff Posted March 27, 2017 #845 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Good afternoon all ...... Very much appreciate the anniversary good wishes, and what we tend to do is drink one or three and reflect on all the things that have happened since that day 43 years ago in a couple of days time when I finally agreed to make the ultimate sacrifice and agreed to her constant badgering to marry her. She wore a white trouser suit and hat and I tried hard not to look like what I now know to be Homer Simpson. She was and is gorgeous and has made what is the fickly finger of fate when you find and marry a stranger into being a perfect fit. 43 years ago today'ish ie a day or so before our anniversary we took over our home which was completely bare apart from wallpapaper and other stuff that was 30 years old and spent the day preparing the home for both us and our young son to live in and to be the venue for our impending wedding celebrations. We couldn't afford a hall and a home. There was no phone, or electric and certainly no modern heating. And we got stuck in. On the morning of our wedding I peeled off what paint I could from my fingers, stopped making sandwiches, opened and put out the last of the bowls of crisps and drove to the council office to sit in front of a registrar to plight my troth. Our buffet table was going to be a fold down wallpaper pasting table, the obvious consequence of which ie the collapse under the weight of a plate of sandwiches we had failed to predict. The music for our wedding celebrations was to be an 8 track car player (remember those? ie you listen to two tunes playing at the same time .....) plugged into my car battery which had been taken out of the car once I got back from getting married and plugged into two speakers I had made. Our wedding night was tidying up the house nad making somewhere to sleep out of the wedding debris. Luckily I married someone who had no idea what a bad deal she was entering into and doesn't complain.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jpalbny Posted March 27, 2017 #846 Share Posted March 27, 2017 That's awesome. Great visuals. Sent from my SM-G930T using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare spinnaker2 Posted March 27, 2017 #847 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Great beginning Jeff! And 43 years later you are still together. Marvelous and heart warming commitment and rare in these times! Truly a milestone, not a millstone. Was just looking at webcam for Port Everglades. Unfortunately the camera is trained on another vessel and one can not see the Wind. The weather is gorgeous and 73 F now, projected to 80 F. Terrific day for a sail away. I see no mist or Mysty. I hope she is sleeping late and eating strawberries with her consort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShotsnCruises Posted March 27, 2017 #848 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Happy Birthday (belated) JP, and Happy Anniversary Jeff! Those events in life are important to remember and to celebrate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShotsnCruises Posted March 27, 2017 #849 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Well Coolers, It was back to work today. I am finally settled in the new office and keeping a fairly busy schedule, although I have at least another month before my caseload is full. I still have an hour here and there to troll the boards! :D I better enjoy it while I still can. Tonight I will be making Mexican food for dinner. I am not sure what exactly, but it will have chicken and Poblano peppers. The hubby requested chips (crisps for those of you on the other side of the pond) and my homemade salsa. So, I will come home and be inspired. I will try to remember to post pictures before it gets eaten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camillus112 Posted March 27, 2017 #850 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Jeff, what a heartwarming memory of your wedding day and your young bride! Our wedding was very traditional, but lovely memories anyway. JP, I have a story about birthdays. When my mother turned 91 she decided she would transpose the numbers when referring to her age; thus she was 19. This was quite a joke in our family and continued until she was 98 (or 89). When she turned 99 she smiled and said "This is it, because if I turn 100 (001) I'll be in the womb. She died at 99 and we all remember her very dearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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