Lent

Lent is upon us and being Catholic, we are not supposed to eat meat on Fridays. You're also not supposed to eat meat on Ash Wednesday which kicks off this whole shindig. So far we're 0-2 and will be eating meat again this Friday. See, we've made an agreement with God that as long as we sacrifice meat one day a week we're cool, so we've just been swaping our meat-free days. I can feel the heat from hell now, however, we've had good excuses. On Ash Wednesday, we had invited friends over to watch the Top Chef finale. You can't watch the most amazing food contest show on earth without cooking some yummy food so I whipped out a Bobby Flay pork recipe (a castaway from my V-Day selections). It was good eats, let me tell you. On Friday, we went out to celebrate Bill's grant being funded. His lab took him out for chicken wings and beer. I don't think I need to explain myself on that one. This Friday, we're hosting a wine tasting at our house. We're part of a group that has a tasting once a month. The host picks the region and then everyone must bring a bottle from that region. Our theme is Australia and while we could serve meat and restrain ourselves from eating it, a wine tasting without good food pairings is just silly. We have a recipe for lamb already picked out. Hopefully we'll get back on schedule next week so I don't have to worry about lightening striking down.

On an exciting note, Bill's parents were in town this weekend and brought us homemade egg rolls. His mom watched me put them into the freezer and was shocked at how full it was and how many things were falling out of it. If you're not quick, you're getting a frozen solid pound of ground beef smashed on your toes. Anyway, I mentioned to her that we were eyeing a deep freezer at Sam's to alleviate the problem and she said that they would take us to Sam's and buy it for us!!!! On Sunday we all jumped in their minivan and went and got the freezer. An exciting time in our lives. Really we're just excited because we've been wanting to buy a quarter of a cow but never had the space for it until now. Makes me giddy!