I haven't spoken much about Bob lately so........today for dinner we had meatloaf, baked potatoes and fresh asparagus with cheese sauce. Now, we have blogged about the meatloaf so won't go into that again. I do hope you have tried my meatloaf..........does put all others to shame. I was making a cheese sauce for the asparagus and it "broke" which means it curdled. Not being real particular about how my food looks.........as long as it tastes good......I just served the curdled cheese sauce on top of the asparagus. The first thing Bob says is "What happened to the cheese sauce?" Immediately the hair on my back stands up and my teeth begin to grind. But, politely through my teeth, I explained that it had curdled but will taste delicious so just eat it and don't worry about how it looks. Later on in the meal he once again went just a little too far with "It seems to me that there isn't any reason to put milk in a cheese sauce........just shred some cheese and throw on top." Oh, dear, how I wish he hadn't said that.........NOW it becomes a full on lecture on how to make cheese sauce. I know him well enough to know that the whole thing fell of deaf ears..........he was still thinking to himself, "I don't know why she just didn't throw some shredded cheese on top." It is quite a challenge to be married to someone that is just as stubborn as you are! Does keep things interesting tho..............the cheese sauce was delicious.
My mind seems to be wandering back to my youth.........oh dear, I hope that's not a bad sign! When I was a very young girl in Wyoming my Mother made frequent trips to Billings Montana, our closest city, to shop. My Mother was a very sophisticated, proper lady and loved the best of everything. The best clothes, the best cars, the best music, the best books, the best movies, the best food............which meant the best restaurants. So, when in Billings we always had lunch at the Northern Hotel. At that time, the nicest place in Billings to stay and to eat. I can remember the beautiful red carpet and gold trim in the restaurant. The tables dressed in white linens, very exciting for a young girl. My very best proper manners were put into use in this atmosphere. We were allowed to order anything on the menu as long as we ate it. My favorite lunch was Shrimp Louie. To this day I can see the waitress serving this to me. A beautiful chilled white bowl filled with crispy cold lettuce, decorated with quartered hard boiled eggs and tomatoes with the shrimp sitting right on top. The dressing was on the side. So..........here is the recipe.
This is very simple, its the dressing that makes it and I guess...........the ice cold crispy lettuce.
In your big bowl filled with lettuce place your cooked, peeled, cleaned shrimp, tomato wedges, hard boiled eggs that you have quartered, black olives scattered throughout and lots of lemon wedges. This can be such a beautiful presentation.
Dressing: 1 cup mayo, 2 Tbslp chili sauce, 1 Tblsp catsup, 1 Tblsp Worcestershire sauce and 1 Tblsp A-1 sauce. This is enough dressing for 4 salads. Enjoy my memory.
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