Silversea Water Cooler: Part 3, Welcome!

[Camillus112]

Lois, please do as Jeff says...for instance, start planning your next cruise.

[mysty]

Penny....I confess I had never heard of the bug-eyed sprite. I did a "look-up" and found the cutest little car ever! Another fitting choice I think! :)

 

J...best wishes for the "chestnuts"! I tried roasted chestnuts from a street vendor on the river cruise we did (I forget which port it was) and I was not amused! I'm sure second son will savour your roast meal. Lucky lad!

 

Monday is Thanksgiving Day here in Canada. Instead of a turkey Myster will be cooking a prime rib roast. He uses an interesting technique - roasting it at 500 for 5 minutes per pound and then turning the oven off and letting it sit in the oven for 2 hours. No opening of the oven door though until the 2 hours is up. Medium rare deliciousness!

[UKCruiseJeff]

Lois, please do as Jeff says...for instance, start planning your next cruise.

 

........ and immerse yourself with research and reading up about every port. :)

[UKCruiseJeff]

M,

 

Sorry you didn't enjoy your chestnuts ..... can be hit and miss when out. Our Christmas market safari in December involves lots of chestnuts. At home I slit them and then boil them for a while then finish them off in the airfryer. I hope they arrive!

[Solo mi!]

I tried roasting conkers the first time I saw them on a tree. Little did I know being from So. Cal. OMG!!!!!

[Solo mi!]

Penny....I confess I had never heard of the bug-eyed sprite. I did a "look-up" and found the cutest little car ever! Another fitting choice I think! :)

 

J...best wishes for the "chestnuts"! I tried roasted chestnuts from a street vendor on the river cruise we did (I forget which port it was) and I was not amused! I'm sure second son will savour your roast meal. Lucky lad!

 

Monday is Thanksgiving Day here in Canada. Instead of a turkey Myster will be cooking a prime rib roast. He uses an interesting technique - roasting it at 500 for 5 minutes per pound and then turning the oven off and letting it sit in the oven for 2 hours. No opening of the oven door though until the 2 hours is up. Medium rare deliciousness!

 

Mysty, you are too young to be familiar with a bug-eyed Sprite!!

[Zombatar]

sorry tried to attach image....didnt work!!!!

[mysty]

Penny...you dear, sweet woman! :) It's been a very long time since I was considered too young for anything! Red letter day!

[Randyk47]

Silver box has arrived.

Tangible proof we are going.

Athens to Rome embarkation in 43 days.

 

Got our Silver Box today. That’s 40 days before embarkation but it came from our TA so it had to be reshipped.

[Camillus112]

I just posted on the Seabourn Board as we are interested in a summer 2018 cruise. We've not been on Seabourn since 2012...can Coolers comment on the state of the Odyssey ship if they've traveled on it? I know, I know, I'm sort of double crossing SS and I feel bad... but Roberto really wants the itinerary.

[UKCruiseJeff]

[mysty]

Ha Ha Ha! Well now, that will empty out the Cooler Bar won't it? :)

[UKCruiseJeff]

I got NO chestnuts M! Terrible. I can barely cope with the dissapointment. :(

 

Still. We have some Welsh lamb chops to grill today with some charlottes. :)

[mysty]

Oh J...I'm so sorry you did not get your chestnuts! What a let down when you were so looking forward to getting some.

 

I thought your NO NUTS meant that the Cooler Bar was restricting entry. I was about to hand in my membership card.

 

Enjoy your Welsh lamb chops and charlottes. Hopefully the chestnuts will be in your near future. :)

[UKCruiseJeff]

Your version is better than mine, but then I wouldn't be allowed in either! :D

[mysty]

I guess that means some of us are safe for the time being! :)

[UKCruiseJeff]

 

 

 

 

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[Camillus112]

Jeff, especially love your vegetable plate. Enjoy!

[UKCruiseJeff]

Thanks C! :)

[jpalbny]

Yummy food Jeff! I'm feeling lazy tonight and don't want to cook.

 

We have been eating a little too well this past week or so. But the forums app has been misbehaving so it's more of a pain to upload pictures than I like. Had to break down and upload to SmugMug.

 

Only two and a half weeks until our cruise! So excited to go. We haven't had a vacation since May and it's been a little painful. Work is busy and I'm doing extra on-call time in ICU to make up for my impending time away.

 

A few nights ago I made sheet-pan roasted chicken. Boneless chicken thighs, simply brushed with olive oil then salt and pepper, and roasted on a hot baking sheet with mushrooms and lemon slices. Served over quinoa, with a parsley sauce (not pictured, but minced parsley, extra-virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, and grated garlic, mixed together coarser than a pesto - more like a chimmichurri sauce).

 

 

Last weekend I made a simple shrimp pasta, with crushed tomatoes, hot pepper, and chopped garlic. Then a few fancier heirloom tomatoes were added to the sauce at the end for color and texture.

 

 

Tonight we might make pizza but as mentioned above, we do feel somewhat lazy. So we may order something to pick up... Working all weekend including the Monday holiday. Ugh.

 

PS Lois, I love your attitude! I wish some of my patients had so much determination. Wishing you the best.

[UKCruiseJeff]

Lovely plates JP!

 

For what it's worth JP, Forums was playing up for me. but I thought others appeared to be using it, so I deleted the app and reinstalled it and it worked.

 

Tonight is a ham bagel. I guess that isn't kosher on two counts. :)

 

Good luck.

[mysty]

JP....those meals look awesome! Hope the time flies by to your upcoming cruise! What do you think of SmugMug? I have been considering that to replace PhotoBucket. Thoughts would be appreciated!

[UKCruiseJeff]

JP....those meals look awesome! Hope the time flies by to your upcoming cruise! What do you think of SmugMug? I have been considering that to replace PhotoBucket. Thoughts would be appreciated!

 

Another two options for you M are:

 

1) Install the wifi app on Francis and download your piccies by wifi to an ipad or pc and then use Forums or normal browser ... or simply use the cable or

 

2) Buy a card reader for the ipad or pc if it doesn't have ancard reader and then use forums or browser.

[Solo mi!]

The pics that J & JP have posted look delicious! You boys can cook!

[mysty]

J....I thought the photos had to be resident on the net somewhere in order to post them. I don't have an ipad or iphone. Did I misunderstand? The little picture icon when clicked seems to be looking for an http.