It's been a big food month for the Salmon family. It all started the first week of July when we had our "Meat Week." Since the fourth of July fell on a Wednesday this year I wasn't able to take the time off before or after to make a 5 day weekend and perhaps go somewhere exotic... like south Atlanta... So we decided to use a little of the money we saved to have a "Meat Week."
The plan was to eat and learn to cook some different kinds of "animal protein slabs." Among the list was scallops, duck, lamb, and (one) lobster (pricey!) along with some chicken, fish and beef recipes to round out the week for one each day. We didn't quite reach our goal to cook all the listed dishes as we were invited to some barbecues and enjoyed hamburgers and ribs during that week, but we felt that those meals were also very fitting with our theme. We still haven't cooked our lobster but we will post when that happens...
I apologize to all the vegetarians out there who are offended by our Meat Week. If you know either Lindy or me, you will know we are "carnivore extremos", whatever that means...
Anya got in on the action too by chewing on a hunk of steak one night. She was yacking on a bone for a while. But she got it down... She also loves apricots and sweet potatoes. Always mashed. Always mashed. Still, we help her to eat her rice cereal before her dessert of sweet potatoes... I would feel a little ripped off if my dessert was sweet potatoes but Anya seems to be okay with it. I'm sure that will change some day.
She does like to wipe the food all over her face. It must be a compliment to the chef in her own weird way:
Lastly, we found a wonderful sushi buffet, called Badayori, that Paul would love. Sue Ann, who served her mission in Japan, would also approve. (Has anyone ever noticed that Sue Ann rhymes with Japan?) It had 40 different kinds of sushi along with another 50 Japanese salads and dishes. Rows and rows of delicious food. It was beautiful! However, we were upset we could only eat 5 or 6 plates each. I'm a little disappointed in myself. I've lost my buffet skills. I have developed a program to get back in shape though and visit about 2 buffets per week for the rest of the year...
Now that I know how to upload videos, hopefully I'll be able to post some more that we have. Here is one of Anya eating some rice cereal. She so cute! And yes, as always, she is kicking just out of the camera's view although she is a little more calm than usual. (There is also some weird music in the background I didn't notice before... I also need to shoot these on higher resolution. Sorry about that.)
