DINING ROOM IS COMING TOGETHER!!

BRODY EATING HIS FIRST CRAB EVER

THIS STUPID BLOGSPOT PUTS PICS IN THE WRONG PLACE.  THIS IS ONE OF THE CHAIRS.

As I sit here posting this, the Wayfair guys are here putting the two Captain's chairs together.  All I can say is I am totally glad I paid extra to have them not only deliver, but come in and build.  The chairs look fabulous!  I shall put a pic below!

Wayfair left and appliance guys arrived.  They took the stove apart and....its bad news.  The whole electrical panel blew.  Fuckadoode!!!!!  Sometimes I think I should just be renting.  Its always another thousand out the door.  Sigh. (shovel list)

Apparently it will cost more to fix it than to get a new stove.  And I guess the stove is about 12 years old.  I was surprised.  The lady of the house kept that stove in a-1 condition.  It didn't even looked like it had ever been used.  Jeez, mine looked worse than that after using it just once.  So off to the Brick.  I am going to inquire about induction stoves.  I know they are expensive but they have a lot of pluses.  The biggest drawback is you have to use a certain type of pots and I am not sure I can get used to new pots.  I don't use recipes...I just go by my pot on how much to put in.  I think I already posted about that.  Sorry...getting old.

I was having my morning coffee this morning.  I happened to catch the last few minutes of a Jamie Oliver cooking show.  Now, I am not necessarily a Jamie fan but...I recognize that he is well respected and a reliable chef.

Well he started to make a salad dressing that totally caught my attention.  He grated about four tablespoons of onion.  Grating changes the flavour to something kind of magical.  He finely chopped one clove of garlic and added it.  He then cut a large tomato in quarters, squeezed out the seeds and juice and then fine grated the section right down to the skin, which he discarded.  He then squeezed a lemon into it, added salt and about two to three tablespoons of olive oil. Mmmmmm.  

So I decided to give it a try.

oil grater onion tomato lemon garlic salt&pepper

all grated and chopped

all mixed up and ready

testing my cropping capabilities of my new camera

So I made a salad and put it on top of the slurry and dug in.  And it was just plain awful.  Gross.  Shovel list worthy.  Blech!!!!!!!  I went to the fridge and grabbed my thousand island dressing I make and put that on top.  It was bitter, raw tomato flavour and way way to garlicky.  Shan't be doing that again!  I am disappointed in you Jamie Oliver!!!!  TTYL