But someone's boss went out of town and rained on our sunny day plans, so we stayed home.
Instead of moaning and groaning- we cooked. A lot.
We stopped at our local grocer and picked up four lobsters. My 3 year old likes to push her own cart at this store, but after taking one look at these insect-like waving creatures, she muttered "No one is putting that in MY cart."
But she did eat it. Oh yes, indeedy.
We steamed the lobsters and served them with butter. Pretty straightforward, really. (Um, I won't mention that yours truly was "conveniently busy" when it was time to put them in the water).
We soaked corn on the cob, and then buttered them up, sprinkled on a new chili-lime rub we bought and wrapped them in foil. Popped them on the grill for 30 minutes, and they were really, really (messy) good.
My Dad made his famous coleslaw, but left it at home. He ran out to pick some up, and while tasty, no where near as good as what he can do all by himself.
But the clincher? Home made Blueberry pie. I've never eaten blueberry pie, but since I got a barrel full of blueberries at Costco for something like $2.00, it seemed like a good idea. Here's what it looked like in the oven:
I will post my pie crust recipe for you tomorrow. It's an old family favorite that I've adapted for the food processor, and it's ridiculously easy, fatty, fatty, fatty and oh, so tasty.
Dude. If I can make your pie crust and do it in my food processor, I will love you forever. No lie. Post the recipe -- pronto;)
ReplyDeleteDitto on the pie crust recipe... it all sounds great!
ReplyDeleteThough... I have to say you haven't given little Lucy the full lobster experience unless you let them play with the critters before cooking... you know, lobster races on the kitchen floor, the ritual naming of the pet lobsters, the crafting of lobster "beds" from milk cartons... all the traumatic stuff we used to do in my grandmother's kitchen prior to watching our new pets get cooked.