March 2008 – Page 2 – no counterspace

Fondue for you?

So yesterday, someone mentioned that the Melting Pot, a chain restaurant specializing in fondue, was having a spring special and that there would be a $20 prixe fixe on March 20th.

I can neither confirm nor deny this special on the internet.

But – I did end up with a coupon for a free chocolate fondue should I purchase dinner for two or any four course feature… and I think I’ll need some help for that.

Where: 13th & Filbert

Of course both discounts wouldn’t apply, but either way I think it has been too long since I’ve had fondue.

Anyone interested in trying to schedule this?

ETA: I called the Philadelphia location, and they do not have a special for March 20th. They do have a Girls Night Out special on March 26th – $30 per person: cheese course, salad course, entree course (with tenderloin, chicken breast, something seafood, and ravioli), and a $5 wine and martini special. But that was it.

ETAA: The King of Prussia location also denies all knowledge of a spring special.

Scotchy Scotch

So I am trying to encourage a friend to host a scotch tasting party, so I have put together a list of scotch I (well, my mother) could contribute:

Shareable?	Name	Variety	Age	Region	How much left
Y	Balvenie	Doublewood	12	speyside	3/4
Y	Bruichladdich		10	northern islay	almost full
Y	Bunnahabhain		12	northern islay	3/4
IFF	Caol Ila		12	islay	1
IFF	Dalmore		21	northern highland	1
N	Dalwhinnie		15	Speyside/Highland	1/2
Y	Glen Keith		10	speyside	1
IFF	Glendronach		15	eastern highlands	1
Y	Glenmorangie	mediera wood	12	northern highlands	1 + 2/3
IFF	Glenfarclas		17	speyside	1
IFF	Glenfarclas	cask strength 105	?	speyside	1
just opened 1	Highland Park		18	northern highlands	1/2 (+ 1)
Y	Laphroaig		10	southern islay	1
Y	Laphroaig		15	southern islay	1/2
Y	Lismore	BLEND!	n/a	highland	almost full
N	Longmorn		15	Speyside	2 + 7/8
N	Macallan		18	Speyside	1
N	Macallan		25	Speyside	almost empty
just opened 1	Macallan	Cask Strength	10?	Speyside	1/2 (+ 3)
N	Macallan	Elegancia 1990	12	Speyside	>3/4
Y	Strathisla		12	speyside	almost empty
Y	Talisker		10	Skye – western highlands	1

IFF = iff and only if my mother ends up willing to go to the tasting, which I think is totally fair of her
Most of the regional info from here

3.14…

Feeling a strange urge for pi today.

Cream cheese and Coconut. Though not together. But that’s an idea

But where has all the cream cheese gone?
I am out of cream cheese. And almost out of cheddar cheese. But I refuse to pay more than $1 for 8oz of cream cheese or $2 for 8oz of cheddar cheese, and they haven’t been on sale lately.

I might go into withdrawal soon.

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my tale of woe with the time change
So there I was Sunday morning, having a leisurely breakfast of bacon, mexican hot chocolate, and amazing fresh coconut (I’ll tell you about that soon), with a charming person who had spent the night, with plenty of time until my 11:20 massage appointment… when I remembered the time change.

We packed up quickly (with him leaving behind his grocery sack with fun ethnic yummies from my grocery store across the street) and barely made it across Broad Street and the surprise marching band parade (for St. Patrick’s Day, apparently) to get there 20 minutes late. Woecakes!

So they only docked my half the price of the session for not showing without notice (and the session was only $35, so not bad. That’ll just make the fee for the next one about on par for professional prices) and I rescheduled for the same time this next Sunday.

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White Coconut
So a couple weeks ago, my grocery store started carrying white coconuts. I more or less ignored them because I figured they’d be just like the brown ones, which I tried doing once from scratch and it just wasn’t worth the trouble. Luckily, I was convinced to experiment this weekend. WOW!

So white coconut – apparently it’s softer and tastier and has more water inside. Once you pull out the meat with a fork, instead of having to gnaw on it for a bit, it was completely chewable and tasty without any processing. I’m going to get another one to take to my mother this coming weekend because it’ll be a dream to shred over cake.