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OftenBen  ·  3577 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How did you spend your Valentine's day?

I spent 2.5 hours driving to Detroit through white-out conditions and poor drivers. About 30 minutes of that was spent in a deli trying different kinds of gourmet hams/various other smoked meats, so the drive wasn't all bad.

Then I hung out with my girlfriend, cooked a crazy good meal (Which I'll discuss in detail only if prompted, don't want to sound too much like I'm bragging) drank a bunch of crazy good wine, and basically had the best Valentine's Day of my life.

Disclaimer, this is the first V-Day in my 22 years that I've actually had someone special to celebrate it with.





ButterflyEffect  ·  3577 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Consider this a prompt.

OftenBen  ·  3577 days ago  ·  link  ·  

(You asked for it :D )

First course: Arugula salad with shaved Parmesan and balsamic vinaigrette. Paired with a really good white wine that I forget the name of. Excellent mix of sweet/dry

Second course: Bay scallops cooked in butter with Benton's Country Ham ala this recipe deglazed with brandy, served on garlic cauliflower puree. Paired with Gewurztraminer.

Third course: Round steaks, cooked to a very happy medium served with a poached egg. Paired with Three Daughters Red.

Dessert: Chocolate mousse layered on top of some kind of dark chocolate cake. This is the only bit that I didn't make, I was going to do a salt caramel cheesecake but had a bit of an... explosion in the oven while I was making it. Not quite sure how that happened.

user-inactivated  ·  3576 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Gewurztraminer. Favorite. All varieties.