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Gallery: Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner

October 27, 2025 Kasanje Leave a comment

On Sunday, the day before my flight, for breakfast we had Egg Fritatta made in part with leftovers from Thursday’s stir fry, including a few shrimp.

Around lunchtime, we headed downstairs once more to finish off the chicken soup with rice. There was also some leftover cous-cous to be polished off and slices of the loaf bread from the other night.

To drink, I had the light and aromatic lemon ginger tea.

Upstairs my father prepared a dish of oven baked Black Cod with potatoes and lightly fried garden vegetables.

For dessert we had a lovely chocolate tiramisu from the co-op paired with sliced pears from the orchard. I cut the pear into thirds and served them with the tiramisu.

The cake was utterly soft and creamy, like biting into a cloud.

I heard Eileen is touring Japan soon, so I put on an episode of Begin Japanology. It’s a great program from NHK.

Errant Literary, Travel

Chicken Soup, Oven Fresh bread, and Brownies (recipe included)

October 26, 2025 Kasanje Leave a comment

We went down to Eileen’s home for dinner. The roasted chicken from Wednesday, was turned into chicken soup.

Eileen baked a loaf of bread to accompany the meal. We spread butter across thick slabs of steaming bread. The crust was nice and crispy and the center soft and light.

I split a bottle of PT Stout with Eileen while papa drank pinot grigio.

Between the good soup and pleasant conversation the evening went by in good spirits. I cleaned my plate down to the last grain of rice.

I should mention, we first filled our bowls with as much cooked rice as we wanted and then ladled the piping hot soup on top.

After dinner we had brownies. I inquired about the preparation and Eileen graciously provided me with her mothers recipe and some of her own refinements she had made.

Eileen’s Brownie recipe:

5 Eggs
3 cups of Sugar
1 Cup of Butter
8 oz of Bakers Chocolate
1 1/2 Cups of Flour

1 Tbs Vanilla
2 cups of Walnuts (optional)
Beat the eggs and sugar throughly to fold in air. The more air the smoother the brownies will turn out. Add the vanilla during this step.
Melt the butter and chocolate together in a double boiler or a ceramic bowl suspended in a pot of hot water.
When your eggs are nice and fluffy, add the flour and the melted chocolate.
Bake at 350° for 1 hours

Errant Literary, Travel

Two Courses for Tuesday

October 24, 2025 Kasanje Leave a comment

As I mentioned in, Grilled Cheese and Pears, Tuesday’s at Rosewind are potluck dinner days. I didn’t join I the festivities being tired from the trip.

Dinner that evening was a two part repast of Potato leak soup followed with a cut of poached Black Cod with a side of fried potatoes. A garden salad rounded out the meal and added some needed fiber and vitamins.

To drink, my father provided a Guinness Extra Stout and a Lemon San Pellegrino. The Stout was nice and bitter and paired perfectly with the Black Cod.

The ingredients were all sourced, other than the fish, from the local community garden here at Rosewind.

During my walk on Thursday I came across and spoke with some community members. Cathy, Oma, and Dan.

Actually, when I was still a child, my mother rented a blue house from Oma on the corner of F & Fir. That was while I was still attending OPEPO at Mt View, before our brief relocation to Everett.

Chronologically the next post would be Out in the Bay