Friday Cat Blogging II



Above: Nomad, aka Mr. Nomadsky

Below: Tom Thumb, in one of his favorite hiding places

Recipe, by request...

Spinning Salad Bowl Dressing
(from Don Roth's Blackhawk Restaurant, Chicago)

3 large egg yolks
Juice of one medium lemon
1 pint salad oil (not corn oil)
6 ounces red wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon English dry mustard (Colman's is good)
1/2 teaspoon each: paprika and salt
2 Tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
1/4 cup each: chopped chives and Durkee's Sauce
1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder (or 1 clove fresh garlic, finely minced)

Whip egg yolks in blender for two minutes at medium speed. Add lemon juice and continue blending for one minute. Slowly add salad oil and continue blending until mixture is consistency of mayonnaise. Add wine vinegar and, when thoroughly blended, reduce speed to low. Add remaining ingredients, blending until smooth.
Makes about one quart.

I have made this without the Durkee's Sauce, and it is just as good without.

This dressing will take you back to Wabash Avenue.

Now, if I could just get the recipe for cheese strudel from the Epicurean (another late, great restaurant from the heyday of South Wabash). Or the cream of mushroom soup from the (late, great) Bon Ton on Rush. Or the apple pancake from the (late, great) Red Star Inn when it was still on Clark...

Premiere Friday Cat Blogging

Tom Thumb is the tuxie; Nomad is the black kitty with the white belly.

The cute gray belly belongs to Mr. Soprano.

Note that Tom Thumb has 23 toes--five on each of his back paws, six on the right front, and seven on the left front. He is fully equipped in the toe department.

Hello. This is the first post on my page. Kitties to come.