Miss Tickle

we now have jars of food for Skaterina

in the ice box

like little jars of baby food

the ones for Skaterina are widemouth pint jars

if she is feeling casual she can eat right out of the jar !

today there is the tasty Golden Drink

Wheaties with peaches and coconut cream

Skaterina is ecstatic

it has been suggested that

Caterina puree whatever Skaterina

fancies and let it go at that

you mean puree a lobster roll ?

let's talk steak tartare

too spicey

Cannibal Sandwiches !

she grew up on those

great aunt Maudie had an in with the butcher

who chopped extra lean sirloin

to be spread on toasted buttered bread

topped with chopped onion

so we chop a lot of sweet onion finely

fino fino fino

make a pile on the cutting board

spread raw meat on lightly buttered toast

(we are thinking extra thin Pepperidge farm white bread

toasted, crusts cut off, rolled thinner with great aunt Maudie's

rolling pin or even / hang on / raisin bread !)

turn that baby upside down

press the meat side into the finely chopped onions

sprinkle with good salt

great aunt Maudie said the salt is needed for digestion

huh !

now Caterina recalls making vegetable pate when she was making all

their own juices

this wd be carrot, celery, fennel, apple, beet

take the vegetable debris left over from the juice extraction

combine with ground up nuts of your choice like cashews

there you have it

bon apetito

or as we say around la casa nostra

mangia bene e tutta la famiglia