Grateful Dead

seems like its taking a while for everyone to get their 46, listened through just once, about to get down with round two this weekend. Now, for apps and horseradish, though I do not have them often, a little bit of horseradish in your bloody mary mix is a nice way to spike it. Raifort sauce is a classic for horseradish, whether the base be bechamel, mayo or just fold it into whipped cream as topping for roast beast. Simple apps like caprese, (fresh mozz with cherry tomatoes and basil leaf), smoked salmon with chive cream cheese, smoked trout or mussels, honeydew melon wrapped with prosciutto. Little pastries like samoosas, empanaditas, stuffed filo pillows, or fritters like pakora, why not mini crab cakes, tapenade, clams casino. Then stuff like oysters on the half shell, escargot in garlic butter, charcuterie, not for everybody.

Always the helpful fellow!

Pie, as in Octo pie yuck yuck.

Bacon: haven’t had red meat since 1984, but I do like me some Morningstar fake bacon!

APPS: always dug a good hearty healthy crusty Bread, or especially beer bread with spinach and artichoke dip.
The Oasis in Boulder had a fav BITD, great pale ale too, but that place is long gone.
Glenwood Brewpub used to have a delicious cheddar cheese beer soup that came in an artisan bread bowl that was a fav. ISTSHOW, ever been, 15-20 years ago used to be a decent restaurant with great beer, but like most, got worse with new ownership. Usual mo: portions get smaller, favorite recipes either go away, or get wrecked, prices go up…progress…whatever….nothing last as the pranksters say!

46: playing the hell outta it ala the bad old daze when we didn’t have so much to choose from so would play whatever was new to death lol. Still haven’t made it to bonus…all good things, in….
Did I mention…
Good Sheet Mon!

K men are starting to scare me.
Just a thought and certainly no offense to Vince or any other supporters of the following teams, but theoretically we’re looking at conference finals made up of not only no teams from Canadaland, but no teams from north of the mason dixion line? Florida, Carolina, Dallas, with Vegas being the northern most location….doesn’t seem right in some way???
Again, no offense ment, just seems weird having all teams from the more tropical regions lol.

Got my new Dave’s 46 and 2023 Bonus CD yesterday. Just finished color-corrected scans of John Vogl’s artwork that’s graces the CD packaging. I've squared the scans as is my obsession. Chromedomebodhi may have even higher res versions shortly, but these should hold you for now. Pass ‘em around, and let the music play!

All of the Dave’s series and annual Bonus CD cover art is at:
dropbox dot com/sh/qx5j9ydoc7bzm8z/AAD8yK_vCv_kQ-oLkLJQVCEla?dl=0

(they're in order, so scroll down for #46)

Onward

Just saw the one where he makes a "Galloping Goose" train track riding truck out of junk from the railroad bone yard. Lots of great fabricators out there but Ian has style and imagination. I like what he has done with concept cars too. Now he doesn't want to restore cars anymore, he wants to make art that rolls. Genius stuff.
Cheers

I like a nice shrimp cocktail. Traditional. The red sauce is the only thing I can stand horseradish in. My sister in NZ likes fried squid rings.

I always tell people that bacon is the cocaine of food.

EVERYBODY loves bacon! My sister-in-law non meat eater will eat bacon.

(I always tell people Motown is the cocaine of music!)

Sidebar - Of all shows mentioned and sports talked about, I'll throw this out.

Anyone else watch Full Custom Garage with Ian Roussel? This man is incredible to watch. Imagine watching Leonardo painting the Mono Lisa. Gets all done and decides the smile ain't right, so he just paints over it. Ian does this with metal. With almost no tools and not a lot of measuring, he'll just draw a line with a sharpie and start cutting.
An artist to his core. If you like car stuff, check him out.

Bacon Wrapped Mozzarella Sticks.
That is all for today.

Sixtus

....try being down by 4 after one. Yuck.
Edit. Avatar changed for the night.
Because calamari is my favorite appetizer. Seriously.
Every time the wife and I check out a new restaurant, if they have it on the menu, we order it. We judge them on it.
When we were dating back in 1997, she had never tried it. I convinced her to give them a shot.
"Eww. No". was her response. Then.
I remember her eyes lighting up after the first bite.
The breading is key my friends.
She enjoys the rings. I prefer the tentacles. So it's a win/win.
Later on, she tried to turn me onto liver and onions. "Eww, no".
It's still "Eww, no", but she loves it.
Eww.
Twice baked filled potato skins are high on the list as well.
Gimme your favorite appetizers. I'm hungry.
Soups and salads don't count, because that's a different course.
Edit. I see you five branch.

Aye, muh Krakenuh kray!

Wearing my shirt....home soon to watch...(I like to watch)

Uh...after checking Seattle Times.com, maybe not

....I picked the Canes to win in 6.
However, I also picked the Stars to win in 5.
What do I know.
Vegas/ Oilers will go 7.
Also picked Toronto in 7.
Cmon Leafs!

....I prefer the Calamari.