Tuesday, March 17, 2009

St. Patrick's Day

means corned beef brisket, cabbage, and boiled potatoes. And beer. So, I cheated this year, went with store bought corned beef, rather than "corning" my own. Simply put, I didn't have the desire to put more than a week's worth of work into it, when store-bought is OK. I'm sure I could've consumed a lot less salt, and had marginally better flavor... but, c'est la vie. As I'm working on three manuscripts right now, plus a grant proposal, plus a talk for Thursday... plus working with four undergrads... all of whom have project results due soon...

Tomorrow, back to real food. Pork chops with fresh blackberries. I'm looking forward to how my sauce comes out. In fact, I'm wondering what I shall put in it, aside from blackberries. I'm kind of thinking a mix of some sweet-ish wine -- maybe port or marsala, and some honey. As it's getting to be spring, and blackberries are a very springy-early summer thing... I'm thinking asparagus would be a good pairing. Stay tuned for results.

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