Greg's General Store

I thought I would try something a little different to see if I could get to the 25 comments needed to achieve the "They like me" status. So without further ado, let me take you to my kitchen. Here is what I cooked up today. "Seafood marinara" You will need: 10 lbs of frozen tomatoes (don't freak on me, I will explain) 1 medium onion 4 cloves of garlic 2 tsp salt 2 tbs oregano 1 tsp pepper 1/4 cup sugar 1 cup chopped fresh parsley 1 cup white wine(more of you are like me and watched the galloping gormet on TV) 1 lb mussels in the shell 1 lb large scallops 1 lb fresh shrimp Ok about the tomatoes. We take fresh tomatoes every year and freeze them in 1 quart bags. All you have to do is wash them and them bag them. When you are ready to cook with them, simply put them under cool water and the skins will come right off and they you cut the top off and dice them up. It is really easy and much easier than canning. You can take out as many as you like when you want to us...

A few weeks ago I took my family out to dinner at one of my favorite restaurants. Applebees. I like eating there because the service is usually fast (not always but usually) and they have lots of different things on the menu. I like to get one of their sampler platters which give you a little bit of several different things. It makes overeating almost guilt free. You can just eat three ribs, three quesadillas, some chili cheese nachos and a big batch of fries by ordering only one thing. Sometimes I even stuff down a small desert if I am feeling particularly guilt free. But the thing that makes eating there so special is the way the present the check. It comes in one of those leather folders. The server will lay it on the edge of the table and politely tell you that they will take “that” whenever you are ready. One of these days I will immediately say “I’m ready” without putting anything in it to see what happens. Inside the leather folder, the bill is neatly tucked inside its designate...