so fine in '09

greetings!

so far '09 has been a joy! this is a photo from our very successful dinner sat. night, these are the salads, and brian (a surprise appearance- stuck here on his way to set camp for some scientists), cargo patty and me.  the meal was a blast to create and the chefs enjoyed it!  IT'S SNOWING!!! this is a very rare occurrence here at the pole, and i'm driving the shuttle van today! anyway, we served scallops wrapped in non-rancid bacon and tapenade and chevre spread with crustini as the apps.  the salad consisted of black beans, edemame, roasted red peppers, mandarin oranges, candied walnuts and a lively citrus vin. the main course had a twice baked potato, marinated and grilled asparagus, and for the meat eaters we served chicken oscar with a bearnaise sauce and for the vegetarians we served sundried tomato and spinach polenta that we grilled and served atop a cauliflower and carrot puree.  desert was verinakes, which are dumplings made with perogie dough and stuffed with apricots, walnuts and gran marinier, then sauteed in butter and spices and served over ice cream with shaved dark chocolate and crystallized ginger.  this whole meal was created with frozen foods, we still have no freshies, although the word on the street is that we may be getting some today!!!  everyone is starting to make their plans for what to do after the ice, counting the days... i hope this entry finds you all enjoying your day- i'm going to enjoy the snow storm!! take care! karen grace