The Bistro- Off topic and fun posts!

[KenzSailing]

I don't know if CC has an upper limit on the number of entries a poster can have on their "ignore user" list but, as they say in Texas, I'm fixin' to find out.

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is another from my 2007 upper Amazon Cruise on La Amatista.  On July 24 we were approaching the midpoint of the cruise portion.

 

 

Roy

[KenzSailing]

I have discovered that Pat LaFreida meat processors of New Jersey are selling a 40 oz tomahawk steak available with CUSTOM ENGRAVING ON THE LONG BONE.  Why do the meat gods tempt me so? 

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2008 Rovos Rail epic journey from Dar es Salaam to Cape Town.  It was taken from the train July 25, 2008 as we approached Pretoria.

 

 

Roy

[KenzSailing]

Whew!

 

It's just a rotten cold.

 

So, last weeks OLoPP's *%$&#! boss insisted she attend a two day in person group meeting. No masks, but everyone was vaxed.

 

Couple days later she developed the sniffles, by the following day, she felt pretty lousy (congestion, sore throat, no aches and pains though.) 

 

After three days of this, I nagged her into the car and got her to a drive thru testing site.  Results are negative.  Like I said, whew.

 

Anyone notice how there was virtually no flu season last winter (in NA)?

 

Yeah, masks work.

 

[rafinmd]

1 hour ago, KenzSailing said:

Whew!

 

It's just a rotten cold.

 

So, last weeks OLoPP's *%$&#! boss insisted she attend a two day in person group meeting. No masks, but everyone was vaxed.

 

Couple days later she developed the sniffles, by the following day, she felt pretty lousy (congestion, sore throat, no aches and pains though.) 

 

After three days of this, I nagged her into the car and got her to a drive thru testing site.  Results are negative.  Like I said, whew.

 

Anyone notice how there was virtually no flu season last winter (in NA)?

 

Yeah, masks work.

 

I hear colds will be big this year as our immune systems lost some of their power with all the mask wearing.  I do want to get exposed to some colds and ramp up my immune system sometime but this is not the time for that.

 

Roy

[KenzSailing]

20 minutes ago, rafinmd said:

I hear colds will be big this year as our immune systems lost some of their power with all the mask wearing.  I do want to get exposed to some colds and ramp up my immune system sometime but this is not the time for that.

 

Roy

 

Drop by any time Roy.  I know someone who can help you with that.😁

[May B]

On 7/24/2021 at 11:29 AM, KenzSailing said:

I don't know if CC has an upper limit on the number of entries a poster can have on their "ignore user" list but, as they say in Texas, I'm fixin' to find out.

I think I missed something!

 

Heck, I didn’t even know there was an “ignore user” list.

 

And just to change the subject, that whole tomahawk steak thing is a puzzlement to the cook at my house. Is it just the aesthetics of it, or is it actually better-tasting?

[KenzSailing]

16 minutes ago, May B said:

I think I missed something!

 

Heck, I didn’t even know there was an “ignore user” list.

 

And just to change the subject, that whole tomahawk steak thing is a puzzlement to the cook at my house. Is it just the aesthetics of it, or is it actually better-tasting?

 

May,

 

Well, not knowing about "ignore user" makes you a better person than I(not a high bar.)

 

As to the tomahawk, yes it's purely aesthetic.  The butcher leaves another 6 to 8 inches off the rib bone  from a rib eye steak still attached.  It's pretty much a summer on the grill thing.  Think Fred Flintstone(um, me like fire!)  I was just tickled that I could get the bone engraved.  Imagine a steak for two plopped on the table with a bone in that read "Chez Kens." 

 

Hey, a cook can dream.

 

 

[rafinmd]

Sunrise today is from a 2010 Blount cruise from Rhode Island to Quebec.  On July 26 we visited Charlottetown PEI.

 

 

Roy

[Roland4]

11 hours ago, KenzSailing said:

 

May,

 

Well, not knowing about "ignore user" makes you a better person than I(not a high bar.)

 

As to the tomahawk, yes it's purely aesthetic.  The butcher leaves another 6 to 8 inches off the rib bone  from a rib eye steak still attached.  It's pretty much a summer on the grill thing.  Think Fred Flintstone(um, me like fire!)  I was just tickled that I could get the bone engraved.  Imagine a steak for two plopped on the table with a bone in that read "Chez Kens." 

 

Hey, a cook can dream.

 

 

Aside from the fact the day when I could eat a whole steak that size are long gone, the thing that puzzles me about them is why anyone would pay for 8 inches of bare rib bone??? Especially at the price of beef these days, at least here in Canada!😲

[BEAV]

12 hours ago, KenzSailing said:

 Imagine a steak for two plopped on the table with a bone in that read "Chez Kens." 

 

Hey, a cook can dream.

 

Where do I reserve my spot at the table? 🥩

 

Does Chez Kenz have an app? 

[nancygp]

1 hour ago, BEAV said:

 

Where do I reserve my spot at the table? 🥩

 

Does Chez Kenz have an app? 

Brian,

 

we’re having tomahawk pork chops at Chez N AND L tonight!

 

Nancy

 

 

 

[KenzSailing]

1 hour ago, BEAV said:

 

Where do I reserve my spot at the table? 🥩

 

Does Chez Kenz have an app? 

 

Your invites in the mail!

 

No app, no QR codes, menus on stone tablets (we sandblast them between uses.)

[BEAV]

1 hour ago, nancygp said:

Brian,

 

we’re having tomahawk pork chops at Chez N AND L tonight!

 

Nancy

 

 

 

 

But is the bone engraved Chez N & L !?!? 🤔

[KenzSailing]

STILL no bratwurst.

 

OTOH, I've discovered my local merchant has a very flavorful chicken with white wine and garlic sausage.

 

Then it hit me: it's a conspiracy by Big Chicken (AKA the Deep Cluck.) 

 

Yep, that has to be it.

[rafinmd]

 

Today's sunrise is from my 2007 Amazon cruise on La Amatista.   It was my last full day on board:

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2019 Blount Cruise from Rhode Island to Quebec.  On July 28 the Grande Caribe was on the lower St. Lawrence River:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise really is today.  It's from the Crystal Serenity Panomax camera with the ship visiting Long Island in the Bahamas.

 

 

Roy

Edited July 29, 2021 by rafinmd

[rafinmd]

I do not have a photo for July 30 so I am going to July 25, 2005 and my multimodal trip from Yellowknife to Chicago and home.  On July 25 I was on Blount's Grande Caribe cruising the Great Lakes from Duluth, stopping for the day in Munsing, Michigan:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2010 Blount cruise from Rhode Island to Quebec.  It was taken from the Grande Caribe before disembarking in Quebec:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

My August 31 sunrise is from my 2018 Grand Alaska and Panama trip.  On August 1 I was on the Westerdam and visited Haines, Alaska.

 

 

Roy

[KenzSailing]

Alright already, I'll get that pedicure I've been putting off.  How did you know?

[rafinmd]

I don't have a sunrise for August 2 so I am going to August 7.  It's from my 2008 Rovos trip Dar Es Salaam to Cape Town.  Dreading the idea of a long flight home from Cape Town I only flew as far as London and returned the rest of the way on QM2.  This is the sun coming up from QM2 as we were about to dock in Brooklyn:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2016 Crystal Serenity Northwest Passage trip. On August 3 I was on Amtrak's Empire Builder in New York headed for the Pacific:

 

 

Roy