Sunday

[fbhjr]

At the party Saturday night, brickhousewench gave us some tickets to the Connecticut Renaissance Festival.
She knows that I hate, hate, hate the guys who run it. So, she said it was OK to go and spit on the faire.

OK, that was worth the drive.

So, Sunday we drove off there.


The grounds are not the nicest for a faire. It’s on a hill and covered in stones.


We visited with brickhousewench, or her historical persona.


We envied their cookware.


Then, before I could spit, the Landsknechte showed up.

And, you just don’t spit with them around.

So, with a tear in our eye, not spit, we headed back home.

We stopped at a restaurant that was half a block from where we lived before we got married. I hadn’t been there since we moved in 1993, and was very surprised at the change.
Back then it was a pizza place with a small restaurant attached. Now it is an upscale restaurant and sports bar.


The food was good. But, had so much butter in it, my gums broke out. (Allergic to milk you know. Not just intolerant.)
But, the food was VERY good.

Then, over to Lois Lane to visit out comic book store and get our comics.


Not a bad day. Low key. But, given how tired I was from the day before, not a bad thing.

Comments

[ravena-kade.livejournal.com]

Wow...I think heading to CT was ambitious for the day.

Comic book shopping was a perfect thing to do for a gray sleepy day.

[palusbuteo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, going to a faire you don't like with comp / free tickets isn't a bad way to go :D

I've gotten comp tix for King Dick's a few times, as one of the Romans is also a 17th century "King's Guard"
I would not go otherwise....But you can guess why.

Although I'm sort of impartial to CT, as I haven't "worked" it ( I don't think so with PS Maybe I'm thinking SCRF) but that was the
last weekend last year (and I believe closed early due to a impending hurricane?) and hadn't been to it before that since what, 2005? When it was still in Woodstock.

*shrug*

BUT, I understand and empathize with the way you feel towards the organizers and such, so, yeah.

As for Boynton, Yeah last time I was there was probably 2003(?) just after they renovated the restaurant part when it was the old
pizza-sub shop. The bar was still the same ol bar and I even painted a depiction of that on the back exterior wall in the parking lot
when I was with the art gallery next door around 2000. I think probably just before I met you guys.

As for the buttery food - Good to know for future reference.

Hooray for comics!

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

Phoenix Swords has never worked that fair...

[endlessblush.livejournal.com]

Your gums broke out? That sounds painful.

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was. Lots of mouthwash helped a lot.

[brickhousewench.livejournal.com]

You still could have spit after the Fahnlein showed up. Nobody would have noticed. ;-)

[cissa.livejournal.com]

I ask because I cook and like to make Frank-friendly stuff when I can: Would it help if i used clarified butter or ghee, which has the milk solids removed?

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

I'm not totally sure. As I'm sure you understand, I have been reluctant to experiment.
That Sunday it was a lemon butter that I think did it.
It tasted great.
But, hurt a lot later.

[cissa.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Please do let me know if you figure it out!

Like, for Game Night I made 2 kinds of garlic bread, one with and one without cheese... but i didn't realize the butter was a problem, too. Sorry!

I bet a garlic bread with garlic-infused olive oil would be lovely....

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

As with so many things, it is a question of degree and how much it is cooked.
The more cooked the better.

So, butter in things isn't so bad unless I eat a whole lot of it.

[cissa.livejournal.com]

Next time I make garlic bread for someplace you'll be, I'll use a mix of olive oil and clarified butter- so no milk solids- in at least half. :)