Expected later: 3' with mixed precipitation as in rain and flurries? Really? Someone should show Mother Nature a calendar. She seems a little confused this year.
Well it was an eating kind of weekend - again.
Saturday was Burger Love's attempt to break the Guinness Record for the most freshly made burgers sold in a 24 hour period. Needless to say we thought it was our duty to help out. So we and the VanGaals headed over to Peakes Tee on Saturday evening to do our bit. It was crazy busy there and we were fortunate to have timed our arrival just perfectly. We scored a parking spot right in front of the door in the very packed lot, and then a table had just left so we were seated almost immediately. Quite a few people came in after us and had fairly lengthy waits. Poor Brenda barely had time to eat her meal as there were so many people she knew there. It was quite the gathering place that night. But a great time seemed to be had by all and what a boost to the island beef industry this promotion has become each year. Our burger on Saturday was:
The Ultimate Wedge:
12oz. Island Beef, Homemade Spicy Mustard Sauce, Fresh Red Onion, Homemade BBQ Ranch Sauce,
Potato Wedges, Cheese Blend, Mozza, Bread & Butter Pickles, Ketchup, and Bacon Bits on a Toasted Kaiser with Garlic Butter, garnished with a Potato Popper
All agreed it was a very tasty burger. Only four days left of Burger Love 2015. We haven't had as many as in past years but it's still be a good time (and a tasty one)
Sunday our focus was on dinner. The VanGaals and Hughes were invited to sample Cod Tongues. Raymond had brought them back from Newfoundland for Lloyd so he was very keen to share them with everyone. Not everyone else was as keen but everyone was a good sport about it.
We were both up early on Sunday morning so after coffee we got right to work. We had a bit of work to do to prep our menu and we had a great day working together in the kitchen. Our fishy menu went something like this:
Seafood Chowder with
Brenda's light and fluffy homemade biscuits
Fish Cakes three ways
BBQ grilled Arctic Char
Deep fried Cod tongues
Pan fried Haddock
Toutons with scrunchions
(that would be fried pieces of bread dough with
tiny pieces of crisp pork fat - a newfie specialty)
Marlene's colourful mixed green salad
Twice baked potato casserole
Broccoli Salad
and for dessert, Pavlova with whipped cream and fresh fruit
As usual, we had way too much food, but the up side is we have lots of leftovers. Never a bad thing.
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| Arctic Char |
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| Cod Tongues before... |
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| ... and after |
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| Toutons and Scruchions |
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| Marlene's beautiful salad - needed something healthy to balance it all out! |
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| Pavlova with fresh fruit |
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| Some satisfied diners! |
Once again a delightful evening with great friends - thanks guys!
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