james_kieliszek (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} james_kieliszek) wrote,@ 2005-08-19 15:14:00 |
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Super Shotglass Brothers - Adventures in Food Kingdom
Prologue: I had Thali for lunch on Wednesday; I was only able to eat half of my chicken vindaloo, and kept the rest for lunch the next day.
So, I'm working late on Wednesday, when Pat calls me saying I need to let him into the apartment so the crabs he purchased don't die in the outdoor heat. I drove home and set about putting the crabs into cool, dry (if you give them water to sit in, they'll exhaust the oxygen from the water and drown themselves) storage. They had made the trip inland in doubled-up paper bags held in a trash bag, and only 8 of the 36 kicked it in transit (and therefore had to be thrown away uncooked). I had a previous engagement of drinking at Quimby's at 7pm, so I showed up on time and invited the CSHers gathered there to join me for a blue crab dinner instead of the planned pub food. We had some appetizers and beer, and then drove over to my place for the feast. Joe has also spent time growing up in Maryland, and he provided some invaluable help in preparing the crabs. The crabs were delicious, and I was able to introduce two novices to the wonder that is Maryland blue crab, so I'm really happy with how the impromptu dinner went. Next time, I'll slightly alter the ratio of Old Bay to salt I use to spice the crabs, and I'll consider steaming them with beer rather than with apple cider vinegar.
Yesterday, we had a big development meeting at work, and the CEO says we need to have another in a week. He further states that we should make it a lunch meeting (this usually means getting a platter of subs, 'meh'). The meeting then adjourns to my office, so I can demonstrate the application I've been working on. The CEO enters and notices my lunch (which I hadn't finished eating when the meeting started) sitting on my desk and asks, "Indian food?" I replied that it was from Thali, and he says that he's been meaning to go there for a while. Knowing how to seize an opportunity, I offered, "How about for lunch on the 25th?" Score. Who's got two thumbs and just earned themselves a business lunch at Thali? This guy. *points to self with thumbs*
Later that day, Shane invited Pat and me to Ryan, Adam, and Cheston's place for a cookout. Shane was a charming host, considering that he basically showed up that night and announced to the people living there that he was using their house for a dinner party.
Today, I took a late lunch to grab Mark's plates with Pat. I drive back to work and nearly everyone is gone. I asked our Senior SE where they were, and it turns out the AC in the building was down for maintenance, and we were being given the rest of the day off. I sat down and polished off some quick tests of my most recent changes to the app I'm working on, and started my weekend early. Tonight we'll see if team Shotglass will have any challengers at Drinking Trivial Pursuit.
Prologue: I had Thali for lunch on Wednesday; I was only able to eat half of my chicken vindaloo, and kept the rest for lunch the next day.
So, I'm working late on Wednesday, when Pat calls me saying I need to let him into the apartment so the crabs he purchased don't die in the outdoor heat. I drove home and set about putting the crabs into cool, dry (if you give them water to sit in, they'll exhaust the oxygen from the water and drown themselves) storage. They had made the trip inland in doubled-up paper bags held in a trash bag, and only 8 of the 36 kicked it in transit (and therefore had to be thrown away uncooked). I had a previous engagement of drinking at Quimby's at 7pm, so I showed up on time and invited the CSHers gathered there to join me for a blue crab dinner instead of the planned pub food. We had some appetizers and beer, and then drove over to my place for the feast. Joe has also spent time growing up in Maryland, and he provided some invaluable help in preparing the crabs. The crabs were delicious, and I was able to introduce two novices to the wonder that is Maryland blue crab, so I'm really happy with how the impromptu dinner went. Next time, I'll slightly alter the ratio of Old Bay to salt I use to spice the crabs, and I'll consider steaming them with beer rather than with apple cider vinegar.
Yesterday, we had a big development meeting at work, and the CEO says we need to have another in a week. He further states that we should make it a lunch meeting (this usually means getting a platter of subs, 'meh'). The meeting then adjourns to my office, so I can demonstrate the application I've been working on. The CEO enters and notices my lunch (which I hadn't finished eating when the meeting started) sitting on my desk and asks, "Indian food?" I replied that it was from Thali, and he says that he's been meaning to go there for a while. Knowing how to seize an opportunity, I offered, "How about for lunch on the 25th?" Score. Who's got two thumbs and just earned themselves a business lunch at Thali? This guy. *points to self with thumbs*
Later that day, Shane invited Pat and me to Ryan, Adam, and Cheston's place for a cookout. Shane was a charming host, considering that he basically showed up that night and announced to the people living there that he was using their house for a dinner party.
Today, I took a late lunch to grab Mark's plates with Pat. I drive back to work and nearly everyone is gone. I asked our Senior SE where they were, and it turns out the AC in the building was down for maintenance, and we were being given the rest of the day off. I sat down and polished off some quick tests of my most recent changes to the app I'm working on, and started my weekend early. Tonight we'll see if team Shotglass will have any challengers at Drinking Trivial Pursuit.
