She's Still Got Game
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 09:02PM Memorial Weekend Report:
It would be boring and redundant to the extreme to explain my lack of posting (again), so I won't. Despite the cleaning, organizing and packing we managed to eek out an above average Memorial Day Weekend. The first thing I did was ship my teenage fashionista off with 2 friends for a much anticipated trip to Chicago. They invaded the Chi-town triplets pimp pad and got to try on some independence for size.
Amtrak train to Chicago
She has not produced any photographic evidence of the trip as of yet. I even inspected her for a tramp stamp and found her to be freshly tatoo-less. Her siblings swear that everyone was reasonably well behaved, nothing got broken and no one starved. She did have some crazy blisters along with a small bag of fashions she just had to purchase while on holiday, on her own without her mother declaring them a wee bit too skanky. They were within the determined budget and cute (the clothes not the blisters).
I did manage, in her absence to get my Bobby Flay on with Cubana-style Burgers. Nothing exotic about the burger itself. It was wrapped up in some cool add-ons, pressed until the bun was crispy and the cheese all melty. The most strenuous part was roasting the garlic ahead of time to make some flavored mayonnaise.
Is that big enough for you?
Inside the pressed and grilled bun was a simply cooked ground round patty resting on top of home made garlic mayo, Dijon, Swiss cheese, a slice of ham and some sliced dill pickles. It is definitely going into the Sasstown recipe keeper file. We washed these bad boys down with the recommended Mango Batidos which were little Cuban style milkshakes made with fresh mango, vanilla ice cream, mango sorbet and some milk.
Does anyone know if Bobby Flay is married cause I think I may have a crush? Considering I also celebrated my wedding anniversary this week it would be bad form for me to continue on that note and let me say I don't have any interest in breaking a new man in, ever. But I do have an available gorgeous pastry chef daughter who would be a perfect compliment to the Flaymiester.
To balance out the good food I got my share of activity in at my cousins annual Memorial BBQ. We drove out to the country with my famous Feta dip and (I'm so ashamed) a store bought Lemon Meringue pie. The dip was good, the pie was not. As we've gotten older we've had to tame down our family sporting events so we got out the bats and balls for a resounding game of...Whiffle Ball.
Raymondo demonstrated how it's done
...but the Mayor can still bat
Girls 32- Boys 9
The Ump
Even though the umpire was a little bitch who clearly favored the guys, we whooped 'em good. It's quite surprising how sore one can get playing a couple hours of Whiffle Ball, but it was a good kind of sore topped off by a few mosquito bites.
What could top off a game like this you ask? Well, how about my favorite new summer cocktail? My same food consumption philosophy applies to beverages. If you don't love it, don't eat or drink it. It has to be really good to earn it's way onto my thighs.
From the Southern Living June 2010 issue, this refreshing little cockatu that began in a glass pitcher. I threw in blackberries and muddled them, added sliced cucumbers, fresh squeezed lime juice, simple syrup, 1 cup of Gin, 1 cup of Club Soda and some mint sprigs. I usually say this about once a season, but I think Mama's got a new drink.
Reader Comments (7)
Nice form at the plate, mayor! And that drink is next on the list. We MUST get together before you leave!
Sounds like you had a much more entertaining weekend than I, who drove a total of 600 miles to move the Grouch 300 yards. Fun times.
Yumm! If you feed me, next year I'll be your ump.
Bad news. Bobby Flay is indeed married. His wife is a tall blonde actress and they have cute kids. How do I know this? Years ago, we had lunch in NYC and they were at the next table. Sorry to burst that bubble.
Looks like Memorial Day was a good time for all! Your food looks delicious and the drinks so refreshing. So glad you had time to pack in some fun - in between the packing.
MMmm the summer cocktail looks good enough to give gin another try! Your weekend sounded fun!
Girls rock and thank God no skank tattoos. Phew! Even I was relieved
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