"Kate Connally" > wrote in message
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> Friday evening - BBQ - went to Smokey Bones with
> a friend. We had the spinach artichoke dip (Why do
> they also give you a small cup of salsa on the plate
> with the dip? Weird, but good!). I had a tiny pitcher
> of berry sangria (just enough for one person) - it was
> okay. I ordered a whole rack of baby backs with their
> brown sugar sauce (yum!), coleslaw and loaded mashed
> potatoes (cheddar and bacon) and sweet cornbread as sides.
>
> Saturday morning - pita and baba ganouj with iced tea.
>
> Saturday afternoon (lunch?) - "Tadpoles in a Hole" (Lil'
> Smokies in Jiffy brand corn bread mix with corn and
> cheddar cheese added) and tossed green salad with
> Hidden Valley spicy ranch dressing and mango peach juice
> of some sort.
>
> Satuday evening (late dinner) - Souvlakia sandwich from
> the Greek Food Festival in East Pittsburgh, PA. Iced
> tea. Loukoumadis for dessert. (Also bought some apricot
> baklava but am saving that for later.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loukoumas

http://www.eatgreektonight.com/recip...ukoumades.html

A favorite dessert/late snack from my Greek Grandma.

Yum!

Apricot baklava sounds wonderful.



>
> Sunday morning - Pita and baba ganouj again. Iced tea.
>
> Sunday afternoon (lunch) - Cheese (Vermont Cheddar from
> TJ's) and mustard (Miller's hot sweet mustard - a local
> gourmet mustard with hot chiles in it) with stond ground
> whole wheat crackers from Canada (don't remember brand
> name), plus some potato chips (Utz' Crab-boil seasoning-
> flavored chips) with some tomato salsa mixed with sour
> cream). (Yeah, I know weird but I just wanted to get
> rid of that stuff.) Cherry coke.
>
> Sunday evening (dinner) - leftovers from Friday
> night - about 2/3 rack of ribs and most of the loaded
> mashed potatoes. Iced tea.

Sunday evening we - foraged in the fridge - leftover teriyaki chicken,
Ginger pork shoulder ribs, leftover sirloin steak, added some fresh sticky
rice and some grilled red bell peppers and zucchini, along with some salt
and peppered beefsteak local tomatoes.


Dimitri