Yes, HG was demolished by alcohol tonight. Noel & Yossi M. (BSK’s sister and brother-in-law) were at HG/BSK’s Prince Edward Island oceanfront home for an alternate week dinner.BSK served a spectacular dish of salmon with soba noodles and scallion broth (HG wrote about it some days ago on July 12). Generous N. and Y. brought tasty small potatoes and big bunches of fragrant lavender from their verdant Ocean Mist Farm on the south shore of PEI. Unfortunately, HG was not good company. After finishing the lovely food, HG retreated to a lounge chair and then, prone, to a sofa. A silent, eyes closed HG. Victim of alcohol. A large Negroni (whiskey, sweet vermouth, campari) before dinner. Then, white wine. and a large Gahan’s Red Ale with dinner. Farblunget. A lesson learned. From now on, a modest glass of white wine before dinner. One glass of wine with dinner. Okay, after dinner some sips of whiskey flavored with Angostura Bitters. Let’s see if this regimen makes HG a reasonable dining companion.
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