Wow.
As if we haven't already eaten quite well, thank you very much, this whole weekend, we spent the late afternoon with a small group of friends over at Dave's place, demolishing a generous amount of seafood. An almost incomprehensibly generous amount. Scroll through the photos and be blown away.
We got there a little later than intended - the vagaries of laundry. We weren't the last to arrive, but Dave already had the table laid with paper and a platter of freshly cooked crabs awaiting.
Dave, our very generous host, does a superb job with parties like this - we've enjoyed a couple before, and we were glad he could make it to the Drink Pink party last night.
Also there were Brad (a teammate and someone not eating ANY seafood at all - Dave grilled a pork tenderloin for him),
Tina (a teammate, Brad's girlfriend as well),
Dan (see, it's all Smelts, almost!),
Daniel (lane 2, to be exact),
Becky (nope, not a Smelt, but a good friend of Dave's we've met a few times before),
Christopher (not eating the seafood boil, but he did love the marinated mushrooms, and he was thrilled with the grilled portabello and the grilled fish Dave made him),
me, and the handsome Conrad (who made a joyous mess, right along with the rest of us).
A boil then. Or three of them. Dave cooked two big batches of blue crabs, both very flavourful, a bit spicy and zippy, messy as all get out, and a lot of fun.
We dug in enthusiastically.
Brad declined but did shuck corn for the Low Country boil still to come out.
He also (awwwwwwww, what a good boyfriend he is) helped keep Tina's hair out of the way of the mess of crabs, shells, and juices on the table.
The crabs were wonderful. The boil blew us away. We rolled up the mess from the two batches of crabs, laid out more paper, and Dave dumped out a steaming hot pot of more crab, clams, shrimp, onions, potatoes, garlic, and corn (plus bunch of seasonings).
It steamed enticingly, and then we got down to it again.
Nothing pretty about it once we got into it, believe me, but did we relish it! We did a good job, too, as can be seen by the remnants.
First the macaroons came out for dessert.
Though Tina and Christopher were the only two to really ham it up with them,
we all enjoyed them immensely. Not pictured are the mixed berries Becky had brought to be eaten with the sweetened ricotta and cream she had made. Oooooh, now that was nice.
A busy weekend of eating, then. I don't feel overfull, but I've certainly had a lot. The cold is still coming on, though while we were out in the sun and fresh air, having a good time with friends, it bothered me only slightly. The evening is starting to fade, though, and I'll be glad of a nice rest to cap my birthday weekend.
The veggies then became the sauce when I dished it on to the plates. Wow, check out the biceps on that guy!
We didn't devour them all, mind you. Fun as that may be....
Dave, our very generous host, does a superb job with parties like this - we've enjoyed a couple before, and we were glad he could make it to the Drink Pink party last night.
Tina (a teammate, Brad's girlfriend as well),
Dan (see, it's all Smelts, almost!),
Daniel (lane 2, to be exact),
Becky (nope, not a Smelt, but a good friend of Dave's we've met a few times before),
Christopher (not eating the seafood boil, but he did love the marinated mushrooms, and he was thrilled with the grilled portabello and the grilled fish Dave made him),
me, and the handsome Conrad (who made a joyous mess, right along with the rest of us).
We dug in enthusiastically.
Brad declined but did shuck corn for the Low Country boil still to come out.
He also (awwwwwwww, what a good boyfriend he is) helped keep Tina's hair out of the way of the mess of crabs, shells, and juices on the table.
It steamed enticingly, and then we got down to it again.
Nothing pretty about it once we got into it, believe me, but did we relish it! We did a good job, too, as can be seen by the remnants.
Though Tina and Christopher were the only two to really ham it up with them,
we all enjoyed them immensely. Not pictured are the mixed berries Becky had brought to be eaten with the sweetened ricotta and cream she had made. Oooooh, now that was nice.
Of course at Yoshi's. Where else would we have fine food in such comfortable, friendly surroundings.
It was a lovely evening, and I'm very pleased we went there.
All of it blended marvellously with each forkful. I enjoyed a glass of a Sauvignon Blanc (yes, again), and ate up every bit. Gil was taking photos throughout the evening, as were we, so the dinner is well documented!
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