A ragtag collection of notes from the past couple of weeks. The first thing is that Bear had surgery for lipomas two weeks ago. Has it really been two weeks? Poor thing... he was woozy afterwards, so as he stood next to us in the kitchen the first night, we noticed he was swaying ever so slightly. Always the charmer, the vet staff sent him home with lavish praise about how sweet he was. Not that Bear ever needs to have his ego further inflated.
We fitted him with a cone, just in case:
Ugh, are you serious?!Turns out all he needed was a t-shirt to cover the stitches. He didn't scratch very much, which was good.
Very cute... way too cute.
Notice the cute 80's-style t-shirt knot. His hind legs were tangling in the hem of the shirt, so we had to pull it back. All he needs is a scrunchie on one ear and a slappy-wrist bracelet.
Food-wise, some items worth mentioning... the first being a new guilty pleasure: Einstein's Bagels Apple-Cinnamon Coffee Cake. Yum. It's probably the baked apples and streusel, but I love it. It's not kind to the waistline, though.
I haven't been overly thrilled with our CSA, which has the smallest parcels during peak growing season. What's up with that? Our veggies rot easily, especially the roots (potatoes, carrots, etc.). One would think everything would be more robust right now, but we're apparently receiving the worst of the harvest. Sure, they should save some for market, but for what they're charging, this is ridiculous. However, the strawberries are good. Organic and picked when the sugars are fully developed, they're fantastic.
Phuong Trang's bo cuon mo chai, or ground beef wrapped in caul fat, is excellent. It's really moist and flavorful. Served with a generous heap of greens, dry rice paper, and warm water, it's perfect because the rice paper is moistened at the table.
At $9.50, it's a generous serving and worth every penny.
Very cute... way too cute.Food-wise, some items worth mentioning... the first being a new guilty pleasure: Einstein's Bagels Apple-Cinnamon Coffee Cake. Yum. It's probably the baked apples and streusel, but I love it. It's not kind to the waistline, though.
I haven't been overly thrilled with our CSA, which has the smallest parcels during peak growing season. What's up with that? Our veggies rot easily, especially the roots (potatoes, carrots, etc.). One would think everything would be more robust right now, but we're apparently receiving the worst of the harvest. Sure, they should save some for market, but for what they're charging, this is ridiculous. However, the strawberries are good. Organic and picked when the sugars are fully developed, they're fantastic.
Phuong Trang's bo cuon mo chai, or ground beef wrapped in caul fat, is excellent. It's really moist and flavorful. Served with a generous heap of greens, dry rice paper, and warm water, it's perfect because the rice paper is moistened at the table.
At $9.50, it's a generous serving and worth every penny.
4 bites:
OMG, slappy wrists bracelets! I totally forgot about those. Well, if you can't find one of those, perhaps a Swatch watch :) That suasage looks so yummy. I should probably eat BEFORE reading blogs...
Ah, the 80's were great! Always eat before reading blogs. ;) It's like grocery shopping hungry... nobody wins. Hehe.
I guess the problem is that even if I just ate, reading blogs makes me want to eat again. Curses!
Is Bear an Australian Shepherd?
We have one too, named Boomer. Check out my food blog (Honeyed Hashette) and you'll see he's my kitchen helper (we call him bear cub sometimes). And there are many pictures of him on the home blog (A Day in the Life of the Morgans). Like this one:
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