Yes, husband Jim and his brother John were all outfitted for fly fishing, hiked five miles, never caught a fish. Eschewed half of my gorgeous ham sandwiches to take off their waders and drive down the mountain for a drugstore burger. Now, they did say it was an excellent burger with terrific service.
A week ago I bought an applewood smoked ham, glazed it with orange juice, dijon mustard and brown sugar and baked it. I took off a few slices for dinner that night after baking, cooled it completely and froze it for a week. Yesterday morning I sliced it, placed it on organic wheat bread with more dijon, romaine lettuce and a couple slices of provolone. They brought two back because Jim had to have burgers.
They went back to fish. This was going to be a 13-hour deal. I ended up giving up on them (Jim drowned his i-Phone) and hanging out with neighbors. They came home, we invited the neighbors, cooked the steaks I hunted and killed at Whole Foods Market plus some fish and skewers they brought along and everyone was happy and tired.
Today we drove through downtown Salt Lake City, but construction is making car travel impossible. I finally sneaked my way around to get to the State Capitol building and we went in and it is a magnificent building! The old brick building that preceded it is just down the hill.
It’s not as impressive as other state houses, especial NY in which I worked for years, but it is light and bright and now nearly earthquake-proof. From there we traveled to Ogden where we ate lunch on 25th Street amid an arts fair, then went to the train depot for the train museum, John Browning (weapons) museum and car museum. Then we headed home, probably an hour’s trip on the “country roads.”
We had baked chicken breasts, corn on the cob, potato salad and cole slaw. Then we walked down the path and somehow found our way to gelato. John had apricot, Jim had a mixture of chocolate and highland berries and I had plain limone. Delicious end to an interesting tourist day.
Tomorrow is an open book. I think we’ll tour Park City and environs and perhaps remember to bring the camera this time. ‘Night now. Dee
Cooking with Dee 