Another Wild Week? Maybe Not.

 A Week in Review

 Hello everyone at Sunday Salon, hosted by Deb Nance at Readerbuzz, Heather at the October Foodies Read, and Marge, hostess at Weekend Cooking, along with anyone else out there.

First off, it's time for bacon!  Yes, we've got a pork belly curing.  Today is Day 1 of a 10 day cure.   Sorry all you vegans and vegetarians!  But, I do love my bacon.  No pictures though.  Who wants to see a slab of pork belly?  Instead, maybe a recipe or two later. 

Favorite Beverage of the Year! 

Some Books

  Lost in Paris, by Betty Webb pretty much lost me, only 1/3 of the way through, with a protagonist I couldn't understand at all, doing stupid things.  And this after I read and absolutely loved all of Webb's Gunn Zoo Mysteries.  The Desert series (synopses and reviews) never attracted me enough to try them.

Currently reading: Death Comes to London, by Catherine Lloyd.  Second in her Regency-era series,  Kurland St. Mary Mysteries.  The debut novel was Death Comes to the Village and was great, I thought and in my fairly humble opinion.  Characters you can relate to.  Flaws and all.

We are presently having a LOT of rain.  But it wasn't that way all week.  Here Bob caught me in the midst 

of a swim, on a nice day.  Let's see, when was it?

And, with all the rain, we have TOADS!!  A lot of them!  Do you see them in there?  They are taking over my pond and I don't like it.  Not at all.  The ong choy is mostly flattened.  And it's such a nice cooking green.  Also the chickens like it.  If this rain will stop long enough I plan on dealing with them.  Said with a grimace! 

Admittedly, the pond badly needed weeding, overgrown as it is with duckweed, water hyacinth and yes, ong choy.  So, when the rain stopped for about 15 minutes I made a wee dent in it all.

You may remember I promised an update on the fermenting soybeans mentioned last week.  They turned out well.  And, some I made into a nice Bean Paté. Lovely with crackers or just as a side with cheese, olives, cold cuts and pickles for lunch.  Which I'm about ready for. Right now.

A few memorable meals:  Do you remember the days of Veal Marsala, well not any more.  Only available at VERY high end restaurants, veal that is.  Here in Hawaii anyway.  But it probably shouldn't even  be mentioned in some circles.  Anyway, I made an absolutely scrumptious Chicken Marsala.  So there.  

Then, after eating too much left-over Tortilla Casserole for lunch, just wanted a soup for dinner last night.   I threw in some fresh ginger and turmeric for good measure.  Floating on top, Texas tarragon leaves & flowers.

That's about it for now.  Happy Weekend y'all.