Thank You Consequence

Dear Food Diary,

Our theme for this year's Thanksgiving was "A Celebration of Pork."

For breakfast, Sarah made french toast and sausage.

Then we tried to recreate a tostones plate we had at Conga a few weeks back for lunch.  I ventured out into the cold temperate November air to deep fry some plantains on the grill's side burner while Sarah put the rest of the elements together. 

It really only turned out okay.  The pork could have used a little more marinade time, and the plantains were pretty meh.  Really, though, any time you combine lime, avacado, and cilantro it's hard to complain too much.

Sarah put a lot of thought into supper.

We closed out the pork-related portion of our "Celebration of Pork" with some Banh Mi.  It was awesome.

They Can Only Do Harm.

Dear Food Diary,

This weekend I turned 30.  I had planned on complaining about it to you long and loud... but now that I'm at it I find I don't have the energy.  Yikes.  That's probably a bad sign for what's left of my youthful vigor.  On the bright side: if 30 marks the death of my youth, at least the cake was good at the funeral.

Sunday we ate at home. 

I made steak and scallops.  Sarah created a vaguely asian "what the hell is in this (in a good way)" salad, and a vanilla vodka-infused berry/mint/lime dessert.  Since you probably wouldn't be able to get to sleep without knowing (and joylessly analyzing) what was in that salad, stupid asshole Food Diary, I'll tell you:
    a Granny Smith apple
    a carrot
    a parsnip
    dried cranberries
    cilantro
    honey
    rice wine vinegar
    salt and pepper

See?  It was the very picture of healthful side-dishery.

Speaking of pictures -- then we had two Byerly's desserts.

I know and I don't care.

Monday, we both took the day off and returned to the Arboretum (again) so Sarah could take some more awesome pictures. 

To summarize:  Now I'm practically ancient, I eat too much meat and sugar (and fat), and I'm too tired to even complain about it.   Life is good.

Your (old) buddy,

Matt