So much for a break...
It's true, I'm a degenerate online poker player and couldn't go more than two days without playing poker. Last night I played 7, yes 7 SNG's and finished ITM in exactly 1. Pretty impressive huh? The thing is I feel I played pretty good poker, I just ran some pretty good second best hands into the nuts. Tonight I redeemed myself by playing in 4 SNG's (simultaneously I might add) and finished ITM in all 4. So I guess the pendulum has swung back to NL tourneys. As a side note I received the Sklanky/Miller NL book today that I purchased with FPP from stars. Looks pretty good after reading about 20 pages. I'll let y'all know my final impressions when I finish reading it.
Onto more important topics; I made sausage tonight. Pork, pork fat, salt and seasonings. I used my handy, dandy meat grinder attachment for my Kitchen Aid and it was hella fun to make. I fried up a little piece to adjust the seasoning if needed and it was REALLY good already so I didn't touch it. It's curing in the fridge right now for three days for dinner on Sunday. I'm going all out since there will be 6 guests for dinner. I'm starting with Shrimp Bisque and French Bread, then onto Sausage in Brioche along with a yet to be determined vegetable and finally a dessert made with Callebaut Chocolate (which happens to be from Belgium and is the best in the world) that's yet to be determined as well. Everything is made from scratch of course. I bought the shrimp (frozen) for the bisque today but I'm seriously considering fresh lobster. It'll be a game time decision.
I had something cool happen to me today involving my grocery shopping. I went to Schnucks for the first time since I just moved to Iowa and COULD NOT find clam juice that I need for my bisque. I was in a hurry since I had to go to my daughter's Kindergarten registration so I just said screw it and left without it. So I'm in line registering with my wife and daughter and we're getting info on the PTA and such when we get to the part where if we get a Schnucks VIP card our school gets money which is all fine and dandy. The Manager of the store happens to be there explaining the program and I mention I went to his store for the first time and he asks how it was. Before I can say anything my wife says that I couldn't find clam juice. The manager IMMEDIATELY gives me his business card and says come in and he will not only personally get me the clam juice, he'll throw in a nice bottle of wine as well. I'm a wine snob and he ensures me it'll be top notch. My wife rocks! I never would have said anything but she isn't afraid to speak her mind. Too bad she doesn't drink wine...
Onto more important topics; I made sausage tonight. Pork, pork fat, salt and seasonings. I used my handy, dandy meat grinder attachment for my Kitchen Aid and it was hella fun to make. I fried up a little piece to adjust the seasoning if needed and it was REALLY good already so I didn't touch it. It's curing in the fridge right now for three days for dinner on Sunday. I'm going all out since there will be 6 guests for dinner. I'm starting with Shrimp Bisque and French Bread, then onto Sausage in Brioche along with a yet to be determined vegetable and finally a dessert made with Callebaut Chocolate (which happens to be from Belgium and is the best in the world) that's yet to be determined as well. Everything is made from scratch of course. I bought the shrimp (frozen) for the bisque today but I'm seriously considering fresh lobster. It'll be a game time decision.
I had something cool happen to me today involving my grocery shopping. I went to Schnucks for the first time since I just moved to Iowa and COULD NOT find clam juice that I need for my bisque. I was in a hurry since I had to go to my daughter's Kindergarten registration so I just said screw it and left without it. So I'm in line registering with my wife and daughter and we're getting info on the PTA and such when we get to the part where if we get a Schnucks VIP card our school gets money which is all fine and dandy. The Manager of the store happens to be there explaining the program and I mention I went to his store for the first time and he asks how it was. Before I can say anything my wife says that I couldn't find clam juice. The manager IMMEDIATELY gives me his business card and says come in and he will not only personally get me the clam juice, he'll throw in a nice bottle of wine as well. I'm a wine snob and he ensures me it'll be top notch. My wife rocks! I never would have said anything but she isn't afraid to speak her mind. Too bad she doesn't drink wine...
posted by Eric at 11:11 PM
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