Pig's Disease?

Monday Night Bridge : Split Rubbers

Tonight was another bridge night. First a vegetarian dinner. Cris doesn't eat much meat, and eating veggie is supposedly healthy so we always try to find something creative and vegetarian for Monday nights. This Monday was one of our favorites. Pasta a la Pomodoro


It's not pasta with tomatoes, but rather a pasta dish we had at Pomodoro restaurant in Boston, and have since copied.

Recipe:
1 can white kindney beans (drained)
1 box pasta (we like farfalle), cooked
8 cloves garlic, sliced
1 bunch old spicy arugula (not baby arugula)
a couple of cherry tomatoes

In a big pot, or wok, add olive oil, heat, add garlic, sautee until about brown.
Add beans, heat
Add cooked pasta
Add Aaugula, cook until arugula has shrunk
Add tomatoes for color, heat for 1 minute
Add more olive oil, serve immediately with salad


Onto the Bridge. We played two rubbers, and a one game tiebreaker.

DH | AC
-----------------
. | -200
. | 30
. | 700
_____________
. | 40
. | 120
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. | 40
. | 60

Rubber 1: Annette and Cris killed us


DH | AC
-----------------
20 | -50
-100 | 30
90 |
-150 |
20 |
700 |
_____________
40 | 30
60 |
-------------------
20 |
30 |
40 |
70 |

Rubber 2: Dan and Heike finally get some revenge

Tie breaker:

DH | AC
-----------------
-50| -50
-50| -100
. | -200
. | -300
. | 350
. |
_____________
. | 90
. | 60

Dan and Heike win, as we have the least negative points! Oh Yeah!

By next week, I'll try to figure out how to post the scores correctly :)

Steak Dinner

Tonight we had the night off from Pool, Bridge, Taxes, work etc. , so we treated ourselves to a steak dinner.

Recipe:

• Ribeye steak (We got a local one from a farmer's market)
• Crushed Pepper - Not ground pepper. Put pepper corns in a ziploc bag, hit with hammer
• Fleur de sel

Press pepper and salt on steak
Cook until done (maybe 6 minutes total)
Let rest

We tried to make a sauce but it didn't turn out well.
Bad Recipe:
Using the fond from the bottom of the pan stir in some onions.
Let cook for a minute.
Deglaze with bourbon
Add Worcestershire, pepper, salt, water
Reduce

The bourbon had too much flavor, the onions are not as good as shallots, the Worcestershire tasted funny. So we served it on the side.

The steak was served with green beans, and bread.

I enjoyed my steak with a fine bottle of Trader Joe's Ordinary Beer, Heike opted for a glass of Darien Rioja

Monday Night Bridge

3/3/08

Dan and Heike vs. Cris and Annette
Cris and Annette beat us again

DH CA
-50 0

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70 90
60
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90 70
60
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30
80

At least the beating was prefaced by a nice dinner.
Spicy Fried Rice with Tofu:
One package Extra Firm tofu (must be extra firm for us to touch it)
Peanut and Sesame oil
garlic, ginger
red pepper flakes
Bok Choy
Carrots
Onion
2 eggs
3 cups cold cooked rice
1/4 cup chicken broth
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tsp. balsamic vinegar

1. Pat tofu dry
   
2. Cut tofu into cubes, and fry in oil in batches.
3. Fry red pepper flakes, garlic, ginger. Add carrots, bok choy, onion (cook not too long)
   
4. Add rice, tofu, 2 eggs beaten (cook a little)
   
5. Add broth, soy sauce and vinegar. Cook for 3 minutes
6. Serve with errant Chinese condiments (hoisin, sweet chili, crazy chicken)