Simmer Till Done » florida http://simmertilldone.com Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:18:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Ten-Word Thursday: Lobster Bisque http://simmertilldone.com/2009/12/03/ten-word-thursday-lobster-bisque/ http://simmertilldone.com/2009/12/03/ten-word-thursday-lobster-bisque/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:01:38 +0000 Marilyn http://simmertilldone.com/?p=4306 lobster bisqueReady for a quick, pink Ten-Word Thursday? Down in Florida we indulged in that vintage beauty queen of creamy soups, Lobster Bisque, and on that night, balancing heaps of seafood, good wine and a camera, I thought the pictures sure to be boffo. But then I saw them, and thought: I once wore a bridesmaid dress that shade. With puffy lace sleeves and a big bow in back, and got grabbed by two wasted groomsmen.

How could this velvet bowl hate the camera? And what’s with those bits? Like lucky ocean gems at the table, up close they just look squidly, or naughty, or like a cook’s lost thumb. That’s already more words than I wanted on this soup, which seems destined to stay vivid in memory but die on film. What does this color suggest to you? Tell me all about it – in ten words.

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Lobster Bismol
Oh, bisque.
lobster bisque
In person, so lovely
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On film, Lobster-Bismol.

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Uncle Walt must think I’m not getting enough magic, because my laptop refuses to connect to their Interwebs. Thus the first-ever Simmer report from my iPhone, short, sweet and hoping this thing works.

Wherever you are, I hope you enjoyed a marvelous holiday with people you love and food you adore. And since I missed a proper stuffed, basted and cranberried feast, feel free to recap yours! From sunny, surreal, frizzy-haired Florida, wishing you and yours the best.


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