Dad's Birthday

Now THIS was a good day of food. The 27th is Dad's birthday, but we got him to cook Dad's Famous English Muffins. It's English Muffins cooked in an ass-load of butter and smushed down. Spread some jam on there and you are good to go.

Homemade Bread and Turkey Soup
With Dad's duty done, we decided to treat him to some decent food for the rest of the day. We woke early to get the Easy Crusty Bread recipe done, and started work on the soup shortly after breakfast. We included barley and the usual suspects and listened to Dad's advice to add a bit of sugar to curb the broth's bitterness. Good call. The bread was a bit undercooked because we doubled the recipe for the amount to cook per loaf and it was a hustle at the end to finish eating lunch before the Pats game!

Sidecars all around and vino for Mom

Stone Crab Claws with Drawn Butter
These were per-cooked and none of us had eaten them knowingly. We steamed them for a minute and served them while Mike wished Dad a happy birthday from CA.

Seasame Ginger Crusted Tuna Steaks with Sautéed Zucchini
The crust was formed from one of the spice mixes that Mom got for him. Jim tied his steaks together and rolled them laboriously in the spices. Peta just coated the whole steak. Victory: Peta. Jim ended up dipping his tuna in more spice mix and soy sauce due to the lack of coating.

Mom's Pecan Pie
We've written about it here. Always a treat. Weird consistency issues though...
We ate the tasty grub with Woodbridge Sauvignon Blanc and Whitehaven (NZ) Sauvignon Blanc. Much higher acid in the NZ wine and we preferred it.