Easter is upon us. What's for dinner?

My family and I have a tradition of eating rabbit for Easter.
I have been making "Coniglio Cacciatore" every Easter for 18 years, ever since my eldest son's first Easter.

This was last year's table:

This years Setting:

The usual staple is lamb, but I  prefer our "coney" tradition. Yes, Coney Island means Rabbit Island.

What do you make?

My Easter story:
I was very young and we were going to my grandmother's, dad's mom, house. Before we went into the dining room; he warned me about the capozelle (dad pronounced it capo zeal) . Lambs head . so there it was proudly displayed on teh table no big deal right?
Until I watched my grandmother and other relatives fought over who got the eyes. :-)


Do you have a favorite Easter story? Share it, please.

Buona Pasqua e Buon Appetito
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Fill the Pit Friday: Golden Krust

Just about every ethnicity has a fast food chain. Jamaican is no different :-)
Golden Krust bakery will do in a pinch when you are looking  for a quick bite.

Golden Krust Bakeries - click here

I LOVE West Indian/Jamaican Food, so I am very particular where I go and what I get and it depends on the atmosphere and a quick gage of the place.
When at a Golden Krust, I usually always only get one of the patties (beef/chicken) patties with coco bread.

Remember fast food and I need to fill the pit :-)

What will you get at a Golden Krust bakery?

Buon Appetito!

Portuguese BBQ in Spring Valley NY

The day before my son was headed back up to Oswego, for college, we set out to do some shopping and eating. We found ourselves finding, tucked away in a small strip mall just off route 45:

Portuguese Churrasqueira - click here

The portions are great and they also have a take out menu and deliver!

The eat-in experience is very nice and you are given bread/salad and a bowl of olives, in a spicy oil dressing. The salad is a simple dressing of oil and vinegar, which being part Italian, I miss at times. So many places now get so FANCY with their choices.. one forgets the simpler things in life. 

  

We started out with a small tasting of the codfish pastries .. it was so soft and moist you would have thought it a potato croquette.






Then we ordered out main dishes, Rooster stew and rice and 2 mixed BBQ plates.

 The rooster stew can feed 2 people that is for sure!

The mixed grill comes with fries, rice, chicken, steak and pork medalions
and ribs.
The steak was perfectly cooked at medium, nice red center and tender.





 Many of their dishes are sized 1 person or 2 person dishes. This was indeed a great find and it is very tucked away. Be careful pulling into the plaza. It's worth the trip or ordering out.

Buon Appetito!

Yama Ya in New City NY.

The town I live in doesn't have many places i like to frequent and blog about.

is one of the exceptions.
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Last Friday, Sir Terry Pratchett, took a walk with Mort and we decided to honor him by having a non traditional meal.

I was remiss in taking photos of the special appetizer given to us. My dinner guests were my wife and our very dear friend. they both gave me hell for forgetting.

But here is what we did have to eat :

This is Kaki Fried :  fried oyster appetizer .. it was very tasty.
Just enough for us to have 2 each. Otherwise it may have been a battle royale to see who got seconds :-)

 This was the live clam. The presentation was nice and all edible including the thinly sliced lemon wedges. I have to admit it added thats certain texture and zing.
Very reminiscent of a ceviche.

Our entrees were just as delicious:

from the Sushi platters.

To the cooked maki rolls, there's something for everyone.

If you are so inclined they are right next to the BowTie cinema.

So you could have a dinner and a movie. We just had Dinner...

Buon Appetito.

Fill the Pit Friday: Five Guys

When on the road and you come across a five guys. What do you get?


Five Guys menu - click here


The fact is you get 2 burgers with your fries and drinks. the peanuts lying around etc.
The burgers are good , I get the cheeseburgers and sometimes the bacon cheeseburgers.- lettuce pickles onions ketchup.

Feel free to add your comments as you see fit..

Buon Appetito !!!