no, this picture is not of tami's birthday dinner. this was cee's dinner for her birthday a few weeks back. sadly, i was not "feelin it" back then so tami's dinner was meant to make up for it.
the menu got tweaked all day long as i ran into and out of energy.
it all got off to a rough start when i awoke in the morning realizing i left my semi confited duck legs in the oven all night. (it was off) if only they had been completely submerged in duck fat i would not have sweated it. but they were not. so not wanting to kill my friend on her birthday took precedence and i tossed them. sustitute... duck breasts. here is the menu
minted shrimp salad
duck breast eggrolls with sweet hot chili sauce
miso glazed pork belly over radish salad
lump crabcakes over smoked cheddar stone ground grits with pickled chilis and cilanto oil.
frozen chocolate coconut rice pudding
we drank some fantastic sparklers starting with diebolt-valois fleur de passion champagne. it was a good night ending on the front porch.
ahhh summer
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