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I'm going to need more pictures, bon.
I'm cooking one of my favorite childhood comfort foods now. Something my mom used to make all the time but I've never bothered to make it until now. Wonder why I waited so long, it's simple and it smells so good.
It's just potatoes and green beans and large chunks of ham cooked together. Just cover it with water, and throw in some seasoning and it's so hearty, and simple and homey.
I put in some onions, pepper, cayenne, bay leaf and fresh rosemary.
The cake was excellent-- spice cake with cream cheese filling, IIRC-- we are still eating it out of our fridge. We also had cheesecake and tiramisu and the special desert -- photographed in the blog post-- strawberry gelato with balsamic vinegar drizzled on, with passed glasses of limoncello and some other liqueur that escapes me.
Bon, you both look fantastic! Gorgeous pictures.
It's just potatoes and green beans and large chunks of ham cooked together. Just cover it with water, and throw in some seasoning and it's so hearty, and simple and homey
My grandmother totally used to make that -- except with sausage, maybe?
My grandmother totally used to make that -- except with sausage, maybe?
I'm sure it works with sausage, or any other heavily salted/seasoned meat. Well, maybe not lox, but the principle applies.
Oh my. I'm literally drooling over those desserts. How wonderful.
AND, now I'm going to have to go hit the market for some turkey ham. Curse you people and your effect on my suggestibility.
Your cake sounds so good, bon bon! And you look so happy!
bon, how was the music? What was the first dance?
Now Drinking: cappucino with shot of brandy, laced with Kahlua and Allspice dram. Mmmmm.
I had a ham bone in my freezer. Split pea soup has since been accomplished. Nom nom nom...
bon, how was the music? What was the first dance?
The music was ok. The good: the first dance was Chet Baker's version of "My Funny Valentine." We came out to Nina Simone's "Feelin' Good." And, naturally, we cut the cake to Europe's "The Final Countdown" (which Bob is singing in the shower as I type). The DJ had a pretty standard selection of songs, which I wasn't overly happy with, but it was fine, and people danced.
At some point we were considering hiring a friend of ours who is a DJ in LA, but I was wary about hiring a friend and having to rent AV equipment in Phoenix, so I didn't. Then we moved here and started listening to his radio show [link] it was, regrettably, EXACTLY what we wanted at our wedding. Oh, well.