The Termite Dinner

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Wine:

Tobin James Liquid Love 2004 Late Harvest Zinfandel
Bourgogne Chardonnay 2005
Leal Merlot 2004 San Benito
Kosta Browne 2007 Pinot Noir
Domaine Laurens Brut
Guerila 2006 Pinela


Our neighbors Shelley and Dave love good food. They also have made their house be a great dinner for lots of termites. Talk about being eaten out of house and home! At any rate, they had to get their house tented and fumigated to kill the little buggers and we invited them to stay with us.

Shelley said she would like to cook us a dinner. She is great cook and we immediately took her up on it. I think it is the first time that anyone has come into our house and cooked a dinner for us. Cathy and I were sous-cheifs.

Billy and Kevin joined us for dinner. Billy, also a great cook promising to cook us Dungeness Crab, on his outdoor wok in the future. Just a subtle reminder.

Shelley started with a Cold and Creamy Avocado Soup with Crayfish. There was lots of dry Sherry in it! In fact there was lots of wine with this meal!

We then had Roasted Herb-crusted Salmon. There was a lot and we only left a tad. It was delicious. With the Salmon she served: Roasted Potato Wedges with Olive Oil, Rosemary and Bacon (my favorite seasoning) and Roasted Medley of Vegetables: Asparagus, Broccollini and Baby Carrots. There was an Orange-Dill Mayonnaise and a Parsley-Scallion Herbed Butter as toppings.

The next course was a Cheese Course of 4 cheeses: a 5 year aged Gouda, Morbier, Creamy Goat Cheese and a Potted and Pungent Triple Cream.

We then had Chocolate Chip Cookies that Shelley had made.

Finally we had a Dessert Wine.

It was an amazing night and luckily I didn’t have a hangover the next day!