This is a funny story, but also a story of sheer will.
So my oldest turned 22 a couple days ago. Even at his tender age he is one of the managers at our local Wally World. He is doing well but I personally wish he would move on in his career. At any rate he requested a dinner from me on his day off which fortunately landed on his actual birth day. No problem I said, what would you like? Anything you want I will fix it.
Supper Menu:
Tri-Tip done SV at 131F (that’s what he likes)
sauteed shrimp in butter, garlic and white wine.
Pasta, fettuccine with a butter lemon sauce.
No veggies.
Easy enough, you got it buddy.
So at around 4:00, maybe a skosh earlier, the SV was pre-heated and the Tri-Tip prepped with Montreal seasoning went in the water bath. Supper is scheduled at 7:00 so this is easy, so I thought. At about 6:00 I’m prepping the other stuff when suddenly the power goes out! Carma scrambled onto the internet to find out why. Turns out it was a scheduled outage for maintenance, be a couple hours. Really?? At 6:00 in the evening?? Most people aren’t doing much around here at 6Pm I guess, anyway, the show must go on!!
Its coming dark outside, I’m not to worried about the SV since it’s set up in a cooler, so figured just let it set and temps won’t drop that fast. This is where it gets fun. My Mother is coming over and supper is set at 7:00 and the sun is setting. So I scramble down stairs in our storage room to retrieve my 2 burner Camp Chef propane camp stove. Set that up on the patio, hook it up but the gas regulator is stuck and cant get good flame. So out now in the gray of light looking to cannibalize another hose/regulator off another unit. Get that changed out and I have good fire.
Now it’s getting darker out so drag out the camp lanterns and Carma lights a few candles, I gather up flashlights and proceed with the cook. Sautéed the shrimp on the camp stove, started two pots of water for pasta (he is Celiac) cooked the pasta. While that’s going of course my Mom shows up to lanterns and candles and a frantic me. Carma says to me “I bet the lights come back on by the time you finish “ Ha! Maybe so and maybe not. I finish the pasta, start the pasta sauce, get every thing done on the camp stove, start plating and wouldn’t you know it? The lights came back on! By this time it was 8:00 but we were thankfully eating a wonderful meal.
I never did serve in our armed services, but I’m a big believer in “Improvise and Overcome “
In the end it was a bit of an adventure, but we pulled it off and the boy had a fantastic Birthday meal. Sorry no pics just the story, but always try to be prepared to finish the job, no batteries required! Lol
Thanks for stopping by.
So my oldest turned 22 a couple days ago. Even at his tender age he is one of the managers at our local Wally World. He is doing well but I personally wish he would move on in his career. At any rate he requested a dinner from me on his day off which fortunately landed on his actual birth day. No problem I said, what would you like? Anything you want I will fix it.
Supper Menu:
Tri-Tip done SV at 131F (that’s what he likes)
sauteed shrimp in butter, garlic and white wine.
Pasta, fettuccine with a butter lemon sauce.
No veggies.
Easy enough, you got it buddy.
So at around 4:00, maybe a skosh earlier, the SV was pre-heated and the Tri-Tip prepped with Montreal seasoning went in the water bath. Supper is scheduled at 7:00 so this is easy, so I thought. At about 6:00 I’m prepping the other stuff when suddenly the power goes out! Carma scrambled onto the internet to find out why. Turns out it was a scheduled outage for maintenance, be a couple hours. Really?? At 6:00 in the evening?? Most people aren’t doing much around here at 6Pm I guess, anyway, the show must go on!!
Its coming dark outside, I’m not to worried about the SV since it’s set up in a cooler, so figured just let it set and temps won’t drop that fast. This is where it gets fun. My Mother is coming over and supper is set at 7:00 and the sun is setting. So I scramble down stairs in our storage room to retrieve my 2 burner Camp Chef propane camp stove. Set that up on the patio, hook it up but the gas regulator is stuck and cant get good flame. So out now in the gray of light looking to cannibalize another hose/regulator off another unit. Get that changed out and I have good fire.
Now it’s getting darker out so drag out the camp lanterns and Carma lights a few candles, I gather up flashlights and proceed with the cook. Sautéed the shrimp on the camp stove, started two pots of water for pasta (he is Celiac) cooked the pasta. While that’s going of course my Mom shows up to lanterns and candles and a frantic me. Carma says to me “I bet the lights come back on by the time you finish “ Ha! Maybe so and maybe not. I finish the pasta, start the pasta sauce, get every thing done on the camp stove, start plating and wouldn’t you know it? The lights came back on! By this time it was 8:00 but we were thankfully eating a wonderful meal.
I never did serve in our armed services, but I’m a big believer in “Improvise and Overcome “
In the end it was a bit of an adventure, but we pulled it off and the boy had a fantastic Birthday meal. Sorry no pics just the story, but always try to be prepared to finish the job, no batteries required! Lol
Thanks for stopping by.
