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We Interrupt this Christmas Celebration for a Blog Post

Posted on December 26, 2024 by mohawkvalleygirl

I have been off WordPress since, I believe, Christmas Eve Eve (of COURSE I am too lazy to go back and check). I just typed in some 600 words about my parents’ house, coffee, tea, and the 21st century. It needs editing. I must say it is rather a joy to be composing at the keyboard. I have not even had a pen and paper in front of me in a number of days. I do not recommend fasting from writing. It feels good to get back at it, but I believe it would have felt better never to have stopped.

Here’s a festive lady!

No, I have not been away from the blog due to excessive consumption of wine, although those who know me may be forgiven for thinking so. I merely wanted to put in a Christmasy picture, and this is one I have not yet used. It is Lisa from Adirondack Winery pouring for a tasting at Valley Wine and Liquor in Herkimer, NY recently. I walked down specifically to see her. She is there on a regular basis, and we have become friends. I told her all my Christmas-related drama, and she told me some fun stories of her day job (she works in the school system). I had to take a picture of her seasonal outfit.

Still jingling all the way!

These slippers, a gift from my late husband Steven, made another appearance, as did the fun socks. I am Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time, as the song goes (I love that song). This is, as you may have guessed, another placeholder post, to keep my hand (fingers, really) in as a blogger (keep my finger in the blogger pie? Mmmm…. pie!). I need to begin my celebration of Boxing Day, or the Feast of Stephen, or perhaps Second Christmas (you know, like Second Breakfast). More blog posts to follow! Eventually.

Wussed on Blog, But Cooked with Wine

Posted on January 12, 2023 by mohawkvalleygirl

Once again I entirely wussed out on Wednesday by not making a post at all (as opposed to making a foolish post and billing it as Wuss-out Wednesday. Why didn’t I do that? What the hell, me?) (And for future reference, autocorrect, I almost never mean “he’ll”).

Where was I? Ah yes, making a blog post. One thing I did not wuss out on last night was cooking. Lately I have been having restaurant leftovers, sometimes going so far as to heat them up, or frozen dinners, or not much at all for supper. Last night I actually cooked.

I had a green pepper I had picked up last Sunday when I grocery shopped. I had meant to do something with it then but was too lazy. It was looking a little peaky, and I am very Waste Not, Want Not, so I chopped it up while it was still edible. I put it in a frying pan with the last of a bottle of Baco Noir from Adirondack Winery (just to add a little regional flair). Yes, so etimes when I cook with wine, I put it in the food. Full disclosure: I also poured myself a glass from a box I just happened to have on hand.

I chopped up an onion to add and lamented that I had no fresh garlic. When the wine had entirely boiled away, I added some oil, making the joke of what if I had mistaken the bottle of Karo syrup for olive oil? When the pepper and onion were pretty well cooked, I added a can of diced tomatoes and some spices: granulated garlic, basil, oregano, and parsley.

I had the mixture over ziti with grated parmesan cheese. Yum! And I have plenty left over. Maybe I could use it as pizza sauce…

Is It Friday Already, Finally?

Posted on December 16, 2017 by mohawkvalleygirl

Yes, it is another Late, Lame post. I wonder if I should make a sub-category to reflect that? Nah, I’ll just post. I confess, I had my doubts this week as to whether I would make it to Friday, or indeed, if Friday would ever come. You’ll have that.

So with Friday came the deadline for Mohawk Valley Living magazine. If I was a really good writer, like I pretend I am, this would not matter, because I would have already written my article or articles and submitted them. And here we come to the ugly truth about me. However, I did what I could and submitted something that I feel is not completely contemptible.

Then I had to rush into some nice-looking clothes, because my friend, Kim, was picking me up to go to a wine tasting at Valley Wine and Liquor. It was Adirondack Winery of Lake George. I have tasted their stuff before but never been to the winery. I must get there one day, though, because they have some dry wines that are not carried by the liquor store so were not available for tasting.

From the wine tasting, Kim and I headed to the Herkimer Elks Lodge for Cucina Berto’s Tom & Jerry Night. Steven joined us already in progress. We had a couple Tom & Jerry’s, and Steven and I each had a cup of Italian Wedding Soup. Yummy!

And now we are home. I’m afraid this post will read like a Flustered Friday, and indeed, parts of it felt flustered to me. However, it was a fun Friday, and I am looking forward to an equally fun Saturday. I’ll write a blog post about it.

Mohawk Valley Girl

Tag Archives: Adirondack Winery

We Interrupt this Christmas Celebration for a Blog Post

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