Yesterday, I was so excited - when I stepped on the scale, I had gained a pound or 2! But today, alas, I discovered, it was just poo. I guess this weight will come soon enough. A bit of a lump now, which is pretty cool, belly is protruding a bit. But no big weight gain, not yet. At least in weight not in poo.
I keep remembering little tidbits from last week at the CIA that I'm sure I forgot to note during my week there. Little things - like, that oyster noodle soup I made for my aunt in NJ - we used dried oysters. Well, the water did reconstitute, but it gave the soup a weird flavor, left over no doubt from the drying of the oysters. The insides of the oysters, too, were pretty dry, and not that palatable. I wouldn't recommend using dried oysters - just wait for the frozen ones, or use fresh ones that you shuck.
What else... oh, I finally got the photo upload to happen on this site, so I will add some photos along the way from here on out. I stayed at the Copper Penny Inn, in Poughkeepsie, which was a wonderful place to stay, and the hosts were more than hospitable. They were worried that they weren't providing enough in the way of the "breakfast" portion of the B&B, but no worries, as I was getting more than plenty of food at the CIA. They did, however, honor my request for fresh fruit, so each morning, while the world was still dark, I would find a bowl of fruit waiting for me in the fridge before I headed out for my day. There was one day, when I was coming towards Rt. 9 from the 44/55, when the Mid Hudson Bridge was hidden in a fog that tucked itself just along the top half of the bridge. I was completely bummed, that I didn't have my camera on hand, and there was no shoulder to be able to pull over just to take a shot. It was beautiful - the sky was just beginning to lighten, this bridge was shrouded in fog, and just as I turned onto Rt. 9, the fog was no longer hiding the bridge - just that one view as I came on the bridge straight on. You can imagine the expletives coming from my mouth as I saw that view and didn't have a way of capturing it, and I am sure in a cartoon, my car would have been the Mexican jumping bean, with all sorts of punctuation marks all around it.
What else... oh, during one of the wine tasting sessions, I did get the opportunity to taste a cabernet, paired with blue cheese. Oh my god - can I just tell you, what a pairing that is! I don't know exactly all the chemistry behind it, but the pairing tasted like a full meal. It was absolutely amazing! A colleague of mine asked me this week for some recommendations for cheese and wine - you can imagine, that was most definitely my first recommendation. And not to worry, I didn't drink that wine, no chugging here, we did have spit cups that allowed us to just taste. And the cheese, like all cheese in the US, or any cheese that comes across our border, is pasteurized. As Alton Brown would say, "Louie Pasteur, YAAAAY!"
So a quick note before I'm on my way for the morning. Plans for today - I am going to do that roast pork tenderloin for my friend Jess, who just had her second little one this week. Both seemed well when I visited on Monday. I intend on doing one half of the tenderloin as a sweet roulade w/mincemeat, the other with a mushroom filling. Both halves will be barded. Sides - blanched/seasoned broccoli rabe, roasted red potatoes, sauteed mushrooms.
This morning, Hubby and I will embark on our first ever trip to comparison shop to see what baby stuff is out there, probably get hounded by some salespeople who see "SUCKERS" labeled across our foreheads, and come back with more than one sales tag stuck to our body. But before our little trip (which I do hope will not drag on to become one of those all-day excursions, at which point I may have to pack a picnic), I'm off to our farmer's market, to see what is coming of fruit this season; then I'm going to make some savory scones for the week, and for this morning; and I have to pick up some flour, as my baking experiences over the last month or so have depleated my stash (never happened before!). The scones - I'll post the recipe after my trial/error.
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