Guest blog.
My granddaughter Anna was invited to a Tinned Fish Tasting.
Do you have a favorite tinned fish?
“We had tuna, sardines and smoked salmon”
And earlier on Sunday my friend Jen brought me a tin of fish by the same brand
Here’s a tin of anchovies I found on my pantry shelf
AVVA in Aspinwall modern Mediterranean Restaurant
My neighbor Kelly picked me up and we drove across the Allegheny River to meet our former neighbor Nancy who was waiting for us on the front patio of a restaurant I’d never been to before. We had a good visit catching up and enjoyed a delicious meal together. The Katmer dessert was new to us and we shared the lightly fried triangles of phyllo dough with a pistachio filling.
Katmer
Thin layer of phyllo dough filled with a mixture of pistachios and mascarpone
My friend and gardener extraordinaire Erin brought us some lettuce and snap peas from her garden. She was worried her lettuce would bolt due to the extreme high temps we’re having.
I washed, drained and wrapped them in towels and put in the fridge.
Remember the post of the tuna balsamic simple sandwich with chopped sweet onion, tomatoes and Parmesan cheese?
No bread this time
Thank you Erin. It was delicious
You may have read the Simple Sandwich post on April 6th with the Tuna balsamic sweet onion, Parmesan, tomato sandwich and “recipe” photos featured.
Several readers were motivated to try the combination and I received good comments. Not everyone a fan of tuna, of course. But-
dc, friend and blog follower, wrote the funniest comment on the day of the post.
It was so satisfying to know the Simple Sandwich post inspired readers to create their own simple sandwich at home
So from Pittsburgh to Spain to Massachusetts and Maine and Florida. Those are few of the locations I know the simple sandwich was created and eaten. Thank you blog followers for such a satisfying result
Thank you for all the response to a Simple Sandwich .
“Hi, Dziekuje (pronounced jen-koo-yeh) is thank you in Polish. What an amazing lunch for us…”
There are several versions of this saying “one bad apple can spoil the barrel”.
The remaining apples were fine in this case
Last week Steve brought home a quart of Potato Leek soup. Oh was it so good on a seriously cold winter night! He bought it at Brothmonger– Pittsburgh Based Soup Cafe
It’s almost right across the street diagonally (in the next block) from West Penn Hospital in the Bloomfield Neighborhood.
Ingredients are listed for all the soups as well as symbols if the soups are Vegetarian, Gluten Free, or Vegan options. In the Grab n Go Fridge there was a White Chicken Chili available, a Curry, Clam Chowder, Stuffed Pepper and the Broccoli Cheddar.
There’s a video below so you can meet the Brothmonger who started her soup business on social media.
You can read a review here
I dropped off a quart of Broccoli Cheddar Soup with potatoes, along with a loaf of crusty Mancini bread to my friends’ home. This morning I received this wonderful photo
P.S. your hand embroidered napkin is so pretty
Hours
Thursday10 AM–4 PM
Friday10 AM–4 PM
Saturday10 AM–4 PM
SundayClosed
MondayClosed
Tuesday10 AM–4 PM
Wednesday10 AM–4 PM
Here’s a YouTube video so you can meet the Brothmonger Sarah McAleer
