Shrimp, Pork, Lots of Wine and Mahjong

Wine:

Debich Debit 03 North Dalmatia
Elizabeth Spencer Special Cuvee Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast 2005
Cambria 2002 Pinot Noir Clone 115
Renard 2005 California Syrah
Jorge Ordonez Malaga 2004 (desert wine)

This was the least Kosher meal of the year, so far. Shrimp, Bacon, Pork and Milk. Oye! It was really wonderful.

We invited Billy and Kevin over for dinner and more Mahjong. We started with wine and pate. We served D’Artagnan Mousketeer Pate. We had purchased Mustard from The Cheese Store of Silver Lake. They have a special mustard that you have to ask for. It is excellent. The mustard is from Provence and is very strong. We love it. From Surfas we had bought Smoked Trout and Truffle butter. along with the D'Artagan Pate. We served cornichone pickles with the pate. I had stopped at La Brea Bakery and purchased some pastries. In addition, we picked up some Navat Spanish Goat Cheese that we served with the pate.

For our first course we served the Potato Leek Soup we had made for New Years. We went to Whole Food and purchased some fresh Pink Large Shrimp. We boiled the shrimp, shelled and de-veined them. We then cut them into ½ inch pieces. We cooked bacon to add to the soup. We added the shrimp and bacon to the soup, just before serving.

With the soup we served the Cheese Rolls from The Bread Bar. These rolls are exceptional! We really like them, especially when heated. We first had them at Hatfield's.

We served the Pork and Polenta Casserole as the main course. We really liked it. The intense truffle butter aroma filled the room!

We then went to play Mahjong. In the middle of the game we served German Chocolate Cake and the Malaga desert wine we had purchased at Silver Lake Wine. At 1:30am Cathy declared it was time to go to bed! I was surprised how quickly the time had past. Maybe the 5 bottles of wine made the time go faster!