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Coffee is Life!

A single servnig coffee pot!

Every couple has a battle ground… and we are not an exception. The coffee pot isn’t big enough for the two of us! I keep asking Laura to do a ‘Coffee fast’… but she just gives me ‘the look.’

Confidentially, we do have a 100 cup percolator coffee maker … but we keep it in the garage as it is slightly more than the needs of the two of us… only slightly. When our daughters come home… the coffee pot is going continuously… I guess it could be worse.

My girls love the quantity of coffee… but they are very particular about the quality… they enjoy their coffee mild ( which I suspect the reason is because of the higher caffeine content… or did you already know that?)

Ahhhh… I think I want another cup of coffee!

FUN coffee links:

Kona Coffee Council

Coffee of Tonga!

Roger Freberg

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Perfecting the Chocolate Eclair!

perfecting the Chocolate Eclair
My eldest daughter Kristin wanted to perfect the Chocolate Eclair… and I have to admit, although  I love the recipe from “the Epicurean”,  I wanted an Eclair larger than the size of two Lady fingers.

My ‘larger’ Eclairs — although delicious — became a bit unwieldy, so it made sense to find ‘molds for them! I found some  great ones on Amazon.Com.

So… now you know what we do when we are not on Jenny Craig!

Roger Freberg

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Seafood Lasagna

the further cooking adventures of Capt Kristin
The further cooking adventures of Capt’n Kristin include a wonderful Seafood Lasagna!

This is a wonderful fusion dish, something Italian, something French and All American! Although you won’t find any tomato is this, there is a Mirepoix with a definite PLUS ( call it garlic, bell peppers and more!).

The lasagna is assembled in four layers: noodles, sauce, meat and cheese! The Cheese layer is indeed special with 6 eggs, 2 pounds of Ricotta, Parmesan and Romano! Oh yes, we cook with white wine and Armagnac!
And did we say “seafood?” From the clams in the white sauce to the shrimp, crab and scallops added into the layers… it is destined to satisfy!

Here’s the recipe!

I love when my daughters come home… we cook!

Roger Freberg