ARCTIC DINNER PARTY
Before dinner drink? Something light, even a white wine instead of a cocktail.
For a cocktail try a Dry Martini - straight up and with a twist (lemon). If you are not a Dry Martini fan then try another Martini recipe, and there are great websites (some are advertised on my site...Ads by Google) with many choices, e.g. Blue Moon Martini using Bombay Sapphire Gin and Blue Curacao.
Before dinner course: Gazpacho soup. Hot or cold weather this is a fabulous beginning to a seafood dinner. On a later blog I will give you my favorite Gazpacho recipe.
Dinner menu: Fresh seafood if possible! For example, Alaska King Crab Legs or Alaskan Salmon or Alaskan Halibut. No farm-raised please! My favorite is grilled Salmon done on the charcoal barbeque...not a gas grill fan.
Cooking Light and Bon Appetit have superb sites and recipes. I just found a tasty-sounding recipe for "Peppered Halibut Steaks!"
I prefer fish served only with a side salad (use wild greens) to truly emphasize the delicacy of the fish texture and taste and to not distract with potatoes, couscous, and other side dishes.
Dessert: I always love a variety of cheeses and crackers and with some fresh fruit.
The featured drink, after dinner... Arctic Bomba, see the drink recipe listed below. Serve with a strong blend of coffee.
**Starbuck's makes a Yukon Blend...but a cup of espresso of any kind would be lovely.
About Me
- bartend-her
- Missouri, United States
- Certified Bartender. Masters in Education-Counseling and a degree in law. Mixed my first cocktail for my father at age ten. I have rafted through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and walked the Loch Ness Marathon. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will always be with me, I can still hear the river and the wind and the uninterrupted song of the Common Redpoll. Silence except for nature's songs. Memories of a lifetime. I shall see the landscape for the rest of my life. Everyone should be so very fortunate as I to fulfill a passionate dream as was this adventure. It embraced all that I am and ever will be. I shall always be grateful to Dr. Albert Schweitzer whose biography as a child forced me to struggle with his philosophy of "reverence for life," and thus taught me to embrace and honor all living beings no matter how small or seemingly insignificant. And, to my Mother whose love of "The Songs of Hiawatha" introduced me to native Americans' land ethic. Both of these lessons are now my heart and soul. Life's blessings shall always be the song of a bird, the wing of a butterfly, the rustling of leaves, the whisper of a gentle wind, and the dampness of a light rain.
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