Comments on: A Delicious First Year

By: Mango Lassie

Mango Lassie — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:24:57 +0000

Thanks! It was wonderful. How did yours turn out? You’re no dope. The proof is in the seven years of marriage. You’re a vertiable marriage expert! We’ll be looking to you for advice when we need it.

By: Big Andouille

Big Andouille — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:20:56 +0000

I’m a dope! The wine was smoky and mellow. D’oh!

By: Big Andouille

Big Andouille — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:20:05 +0000

I know I’m late to the party, but wanted to add my best anniversary wishes to you two! Sounds like a wonderful anniversary dinner, and I’m dying to know, how was the Bordeaux?

Again, happy anniversary, and here’s to at least sixty more!

By: Popover

Popover — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:07:31 +0000

Dearest Lassie: Happy Anniversary wishes (again). We just had an opportunity to get back to your blog.

Your observation about EB’s doggedness is the same one Toffuti Cutie and I made when he was a little eb – before we turned him over to you. Making pommes frites is one of the more productive applications of that personality trait we have observed. In any event, we agree that it is endearing and offers great promise.

All our best.

By: maggie

maggie — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:39:54 +0000

Happy Anniversary!!
I think it’s kind of funny that you made french fries in someone else’s kitchen…what a project!

By: Eating Adventuress

Eating Adventuress — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:32:21 +0000

Happy First Anniversary! I really appreciate that you are meat and potato people, as my favorite dinner out with Trader Joanna, is at McMenamins in Raleigh Hills where I always order the Captain Neon Burger with French Fries.

By: Mango Lassie

Mango Lassie — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:15:54 +0000

Thanks for the tip, Sous Chef. I need to take a meat grinding master class the next time we come to Evanston!

By: Sous Chef

Sous Chef — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:17:53 +0000

Happy anniversary, Mango Lassie! One tip on grinding meat from my in-house sausage maker — cut it into strips instead of cubes and it will go through the grinder much more easily.

By: Mango Mama

Mango Mama — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:53:36 +0000

This is a great chance for me to tell the story of how Brownie Benefactress, Mr. Slow Food, Daddy Salmon and I drank another special bottle. It was the night of Obama’s inauguration. The four of us were all super excited by all the grand happenings in DC. Brownie Benefactress invited Daddy Salmon and me over for a simple dinner and to drink the old, crusty bottle of wine that they had kept since they had been given it as a wedding gift 26 years ago.

So we arrive for dinner and Mr. Slow Food goes to get the bottle of wine. He opens it, and takes a look at the cork, saying “I’m not sure this is going to be any good.” He gives me a little bit in a glass, I take a sip, and immediately tell him, “there is nothing at all wrong with this bottle.” We were all enjoying the wine and toasting to a better future for our country, when Brownie Benefactress decided to check out the value of the wine on the internet. It turns out that this was also an ’82 Bordeaux, worth $500! After a few pangs of regret as to how much they could have sold the bottle for, Brownie Benefactress and Mr. Slow Food decided to make the best of it and enjoy the wine and the moment!

Happy Anniversary to the Mango Lassie and Empanada Boy! We love you both.

By: The Spud Stud

The Spud Stud — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:51:56 +0000

This is probably my favorite Mango Lassie account–of what you cooked together at home. It never hurts to have a bottle of extra special wine to accompany the food and tease great conversation and moments out of you. All best wishes!