Yesterday I took pictures of black things in color. Today, colorful things in black and white.
No meatballs today! Today, nuked up some leftover rice, broccoli and cheese scraps in one steamer bag and in another bag – skinless chicken thighs with chili pepper flakes. When the chicken was done (after 4 minutes) I made a little sauce out of apricot jam and shoyu (soy sauce). And chopped up a sorry ass tomato to sprinkle on top of the rice mixture. Pretty good. Today’s lunch was a two bagger. Tuna sandwiches with avocado for dinner.
Okay boys and girls… Here in the lee of Hualalai, we don’t worry about the lack of swine flu vaccine or the scarcity of mechanical hamsters. We have a serious problem… There may not be any ahi for Christmas/New Years. Ahi is yellowfin tuna. And, it is absolutely required for New Years.
Every year ahi goes from 8-10 bucks per pound in early December to nearly $30 per pound in late December. We’ll see what happens this year. As for me, when I am not eating meatballs – for the next couple of weeks I’ll be eating ahi.
The ahi problem is that by mid-December the fishermen will have taken the yearly quota and will not be allow to catch anymore until January. Sort of gives the tunas a two week holiday.
Today, I am planning to make meatball cheese “burgers”. I have LOTS of meatballs. And, the food fairy has more. I am planning on having meatballs, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce for Turkey Day.
computers, travel, fish, and pulp fiction... my Kona literary life
Been here two weeks already. No regrets about coming over early. The weather is air conditioner warm. The ocean is nice. There are very few tourists. Life is good.
The West Hawaii Today is a very poor newspaper. But, it is the only paper. I scour the paper daily, looking for something to rationalize spending 50 cents. Today the Lost and Founds were worth 50 cents.
I suppose Chris and Leslie lost a couple of DOGS
Meatball fest continues. Today, I nuked them with some leftover rice, a few veggies, and some chilis. Sort of TexMex meatballs. Side dish of avocado and pineapple.
Note to self. Finally figured out how to make OK eggs in microwave steamer bags. Use the Glad brand bags. Break 3 eggs into the bag. Add a couple of tablespoons of cottage cheese and a little cream, milk, whatever. That is is basics. I added salsa and some chopped up spinach. Nuke for 4 minutes in our rather wimpy microwave. Let set a couple of minutes. Top with grated cheese. The cottage cheese is what makes it work.
Wonder what I’ll figure out to do with meatballs tomorrow?
Today was a glorious warm sunny summer day. Above and below the water.
We continue feasting on meatballs. Today, I mixed up some salsa, catsup and mustard and nuked meatballs in that – which then was the basis for meatball subs. The Safeway here makes mighty good french rolls – which finished off the subs.
The food fairy provided 3 HUGE avocado today.
Wandered by the bookstore today. I am happy to report that there were plenty Sarah Palin books around, but Stephen King’s latest offering was running low. Speaking of Sarah, didn’t someone tell her that only male elephants turn “rogue”.
Still waiting on “them” to tell us we don’t need so many colonoscopies!
I am starting to sink into carefree careless Polynesian paralysis. No problem with that.
The food fairy provided lots of meat balls. We will be having meat balls with everything. Today I nuked some meat balls and when they were hot – I added some sour cream and called them Swedish meat balls – sorry Sweden. It was pretty good. Added tomato, avocado and foccotia bread. (The food fairy delivered foccotia bread too)
Walker – our next “room” neighbor and hotel groundskeeper
Politics and medicine aside… I bet that if the government had said that we don’t need as many colonoscopies there would not be outraged cries of “government rationing” but rather dancing in the streets.
Oops the power just went off – but for some the internet seems to be hanging on. Will quickly post this.
Lunch is late these days – 3:30pm today. But it was worth the wait. Yellowfin Tuna – 4 minutes in the steamer bag seasoned only with pepper, lemon and a little butter. Rice, avocado and tomato to round out the meal. Around 8:30, we’ll have a little turkey sandwich with some fresh pineapple.
The Swine is not an illness – it is the main event at the luau
Been puttering around with Lightroom 3 Beta. It is almost an almost perfect match with my needs. Main problem is that it is really really slow on adding new images to the catalog. Painfully slow. Might be a deal breaker. I hope not. Maybe it is a beta problem or maybe it is something that I don’t seem to understand.
Carlton “works” from 10 to 3 – Wednesday to Saturday. So our “weekend” is over.
If you have ever been to a parade in Kona – you will understand that this is typical.
The internet was busted today, and of course, I was sure that I had busted it. Or at the very least dinged it. But, “I only got a new SDHC card reader”… And after that the internet was busted. Actually, I am pretty sure that my very flakey wireless provider just wigged out for most of the day.
Took the underwater camera out today. Conditions not ideal. Pictures not worth keeping. Deleted them all. I am not making much headway organizing the old images. But I am managing to catalog and cull the new ones. Maybe that is progress.
The street was closed this afternoon. Vendors and musicians gathered to play and sell. Our friend Sam Ah Hoy sells his coffee and hats. He makes fine lau hala chapeau. I may commission one. I can not buy an “off the rack” one – because I have a really big head.
Cooking note to self: Hawaiian Green Beans – steam in the microwave for 12 minutes to make done enough for Carlton.
This winter, I am experimenting with microwave steamer bags. I was going to get a little crockpot this winter – but decided that microwave steamer bags will require less cleanup.
No parade pictures – I encountered “technical difficulties”. Used a “new improved” SD card in my camera in honor of the parade. Only after the parade did I discover that my “old not improved” SD card reader would not read the “new improved” SD card. I am sure that a trip to WalMart will yield a “new improved” card reader. But, I decided to go swimming and will get up the hill to WalMart sooner or later.
The parade was for the Coffee Festival. Now that is a festival that I can get behind. We had the Coffee Queen and the Coffee Princesses, no Coffee King however. Three marching bands – which is about every marching bands on the island. The usual big trucks and homemade floats.
