I took Jocelyn's suggestion and piled all those roasted veggies (tomatoes, squash, carrots, onions, garlic) into the blender and ended up with three quart bags of veggie sauce to freeze. It'll be like bringing out summer when it's dreary. But this baby - an Old German tomato - was too beautiful not to be used fresh. It went into a salad of chopped tomatoes, cucumber, avocado, basil and cubes of mozzarella, tossed with a little olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Try it, you won't be disappointed.
As I drove to the grocery store after work to get some ingredients I lacked for dinner, I was lost in thoughts of planning the menu. Some guy pulled up alongside me and leaned
out his window to leer at me. I was so startled when I noticed and turned to look at him that I burst out laughing. From his expression, I'd say it wasn't quite the response he was hoping for. I was still laughing about it when I got home. I wonder in what universe this tactic might work for a man?
leer is an interesting word :^)
ReplyDeleteare you sure he wasn't looked for a recipe?
i'm leaving you an opening to answer creatively
:^)
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kj
I don't understand the question enough to answer it creatively or otherwise!
Deletesee what happens when i try to be witty(ier)! i meant 'are you sure he wasn't looking for a a recipe?' but even that is pretty lame.
Deletemaybe i'm too old to be leered at so i forget how you knew he was leering :^)
It was pretty unmistakable - he was leaning out the window, nodding in that Joey-from-Friends way, with a dopey smile on his face. Smile isn't quite the word - I can't quite describe the facial expression. Sort of smirking. The dictionary says, "A desirous, sly, or knowing look."
DeleteI'm going to figure out a way to use 'leer' in a conversation today.....thanks for the mission to liven up my day.
ReplyDeleteYou're so welcome. It's a useful word. :-)
DeleteHe was probably left puzzling for the rest of the day over what in the world made you start laughing!
ReplyDeleteHe certainly looked taken aback!
Deletethe ingredients of this salad cause that I want to try it now!
ReplyDeleteBlog about life and travelling
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I feel sure you'll like it.
Deletewow... the tomato is really cool and fresh and should have been eaten fresh as you did :) yummy dishes :)
ReplyDeleteThanks. I do love summer food.
DeleteI love a good salad. You laughing at that guy was probably an insult to his masculinity, he probably thought he was HOT! LOL
ReplyDeleteI'm sure he did. Which is bizarre.
DeleteThat salad sounds wonderful, esp. With the addition of an avocado. I quit trying to figure out the actions of odd men.
ReplyDeleteI know it's a waste of time to even wonder about it, but it was one of those real WTF moments.
DeleteI'll throw my crazy idea into the comment pool. "leering man" may have smelled all that great cooking you have been doing lately.
ReplyDeleteHow could leering man do that when I was in my car, windows shut, pre-cooking?
DeleteYour dinners are always the best!
ReplyDeleteI do like cooking for a man with an appetite. :-)
Deletehaha! You do have to wonder if that technique has ever worked for Leering Guy :)
ReplyDeleteAnd that salad sounds delicious.
It couldn't possibly, could it? Please tell me it couldn't.
DeleteLeering is SO Crass...
ReplyDeleteOgling is MUCH better!!!
Bleh. He needs to keep his eyes on the road.
Deleteoh my that med dish looks great...i love summer tomatoes and def be nice to pull some of that out on a dreary day...
ReplyDeleteI like cooking year round, but there is something special about summer foods.
DeleteWhat do you do with the vegetable sauce later on?
ReplyDeleteSpaghetti or lasagna sauce, marinade for seafood.
DeleteMen have the most peculiar idea about what makes them hot. Mostly the very things that make women run a mile. Like uncalled-for leering and fondling and patronising drivel.
ReplyDeleteIt's bizarre. I'm never sure if it is purely delusional or if there is an element of hostility/control in it.
DeletePlanning, cooking, hungry man, it all sounds heavenly!
ReplyDeleteYeah, it wasn't too bad an evening. :-)
DeleteI would have laughed too, it's just so ridiculous when they do that. Veggies look delish.
ReplyDeleteIt really is - I wish I'd had a camera.
DeleteYou deserve credit for knowing he was leering. I'm so dense I pobably would have called 911 to report he was having a seizure. Love summer non-cooking.
ReplyDeleteIt was pretty hard to miss, trust me.
DeleteReading about you laughing at the leering man made me start laughing here as I was reading it.
ReplyDeleteOh, that's funny - that means he also got vicariously laughed at!
DeleteThe salad sounds wonderful! I may make that tomorrow with the peppers I'm stuffing. Yum!
ReplyDeleteWeird men like that are just disturbing. No way around it. Doesn't it make you wonder if he got lucky just one time and eternally hangs on to the hope that it will happen again?
That would be the perfect accompanying salad for that.
DeleteAnd yes - I wonder what sort of woman would encouarge that in a man?
I am delighted to think of you being "saucy" all winter long!
ReplyDeleteYour food posts always warm me through and through. Such great food, so well appreciated.