Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Rub a dub dub, thanks for the grub!

 The dinner went well.  Vanished in short order.




Waiting in the fridge, farm peach, whole milk yogurt, sprinkle of baharat.


Lemonade, suntea, September flowers, individual posh sauce dishes.



The dipping sauce, a kind of Thousand Island -- ketchup, mayo and Worcestershire, was a good combo with the cauliflower.

Just enough leftovers for a dinner or two for me. 

Handsome Son, the deli worker, reports that never in his life has he handled so much lox, chicken liver and herring in cream sauce at work as on this year's High Holidays. Last year pales in comparison. 

Maybe more entertaining happening. Which reminded me to check if the herring might be available in November for Thanksgiving, and will he bring some. I'm hoping it's not seasonal.

Meanwhile back at the Met gala, amid all the arguing about dresses and who's rich, here's a dress that didn't get half enough attention.


Worn by spouse of Met chair

Spun at a small mill, yarn from every breed of  currently endangered sheep in the US, machine knitted and hand crocheted, they haven't invented a machine that can crochet yet, by the designer, just a virtuoso display of what really matters around here. Note the escort's matching boutonniere.

Speaking of things getting under the radar, here's a hitchhiker suddenly appeared in the newly potted philodendron. 


This is what happens when your pots come indoors, and you reuse potting mix. Does any knowledgeable spotter know what we've got here?

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  1. Interesting that no machine can duplicate the skill of crocheting!

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    1. I wrote a response which never appeared! My own blog did it, what a nerve.
      Anyway the gist: the stitches and yarn path of crocheting is much more complex than weaving or knitting or sewing. I think that's what, last I heard, was still beyond the scope of machine application.

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  2. hand crocheted by the designer? must have cost a small fortune. it is gorgeous though. although i don't suppose these women actually buy these dresses they wear at events like this, only display them for the designers. sort of a real life runway. it is a wonderful respite from the other women's dresses plunging to the navel or slit to the hip.

    and as always your pasties look wionderful.

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    1. I'm very much hoping that the GWU Textile Museum will buy it for its collection, since they're into conservation as well as history. I agree its respectful of the human body, not just using it as a design surface for shock value.

      Thank you for the nice words on the pasties, now mostly devoured!

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  3. That dress truly is a work of art in all regards. However, at this moment, having just come in from the garden, I am so hot that the idea of wearing a dress, albeit a sleeveless dress, made of wool is unbearable. I'm sure they had adequate AC there though.
    As always, your food looks divine.
    And...could that be the rootling of a tree?

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    1. Yes, form fitting, too! But it's a high end fundraiser so I expect they kept it cool. Marble floors help.

      I am now wondering if it's a tree, from some squirrel-buried nut.

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  4. Fall is said to be in the air. Here, up to 90°f today, humidity down from 98 earlier to 68 now. Not yet wool weather.

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  5. Wow, that dress is gorgeous! It will be interesting to see what happens with that plant.

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  6. That dress is spectacular and fits her like a glove. I can't imagine the sheer number of hours that went into creating it. And is that a matching mask I see?

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    1. Yes, the mask is shown on the dress form. I imagine it's lined.

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  7. That dress is a work of art. I totally missed the matching bouttinier. I can tolerate knitted popcorn stitches but not crocheted ones.

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    1. The boutonniere was a nice touch. He's the director of the Met, good natured to join in the scene.

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  8. You prepared a wonderful meal for Handsome Son! I'm sure he enjoyed it all and especially your company. That dress is gorgeous!

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    1. We did enjoy it. I even got him to show up on time so that was easier for me. I've started insisting, instead of hovering over the stove adjusting endlessly till he arrived. He hadn't really grasped the complication of a guest whose eta is undefinite.

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  9. I look at some of the other gala dresses. All I can say is there was only one dress that was unique AND attractive AND actually covered the woman wearing it! That dress is lovely.

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    1. And politically very much on point. Ecology, endangered species, endangered craftsmanship, women's work, hand labor.

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