What Did You Eat?

How I spent My New Year's Eve

It was going to be such a nice New Year's Eve. We had reservations at Biba, my favorite Sacramento restaurant.  Then, Saturday it went all horribly pear shaped.  I was waylaid by SOMETHING that ruined everything.  Instead, I spent New Year's Eve huddled on the recliner, in between those moments when I had to rush to the bathroom.......   (Well, let's not go there.)  I discovered several things:

1.  A good sports drink will keep you from dying of dehydration. 

2.  Sometimes just hearing about food can make your stomach lurch so drastically, it leads to a mad dash to the loo.

3.  Watching the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation marathon on TV, as you drift in and out of consciousness, is rather soothing. Clearly, those people on the show died of much worse things than stomach flu.  (And could Gil lighten up a little?)

On New Year's Day, I ate two bananas, my first food in 48 hours. Meanwhile, Bob ate as God intended---nachos, popcorn, and a very special sandwich (more about that tomorrow).

At least I started out the new year losing weight.  Priceless.

Yippee!!!!! Penzeys!

My Penzeys spices and herbs just arrived!!  What a wonderful smell when I opened the box.  I remember when Penzeys was a tiny company with just one shop in Wisconsin. My mom and I would drive there from Illinois to buy our supplies.  It's nice to see how they've grown. 

I'll be sharing these with friends. Well, maybe not the Tellicherry peppercorns. Ahhh, I love that stuff so much. OK, I'll share a little of it.

Yowza! It's a great feeling to have good herbs and spices! 

How to eat a Mt Tam cheese

Well, this is how I ate one particular Cowgirl Creamery Mt Tam cheese.  A Christmas present, it waited patiently in my fridge for the moment when we would be united as one.  Finally, three days ago all the stars aligned properly and magic time was at hand.   Even better, I was alone and didn't have to share it with anyone. 

Obviously, I'm a little over the moon about Mt Tam cheese. And happily so.  To begin, I looked at the pretty package, and realized it's been two years since I visited Point Reyes Station, the Northern Exposure style town where the cheese is made.  I'll have to correct that soon.    

Happiness is......

...getting Cowgirl Creamery cheese and Agrimontana cherries for Christmas.  Lucky me, I received two packages of the cheese and two jars of cherries.  One package of the cheese was demolished Christmas Eve. I hope the remaining package you see in the picture can make it until New Year's Eve.