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Friday, May 29, 2015

The Pork Boys Do My Birthday 2015

My best friend M.P. outdid himself this week with not one but two superb dinners in celebration of my birthday.

First, a totally scrumptious meal of fish and chips, Southern style:  fried tilapia breaded with corn meal, homemade french fries, hushpuppies made from scratch, and a can of Bush's best homestyle baked beans (that was my humble contribution).


For the second night's dinner, the entree was a sort of "pork wellington" - i.e., a succulent pork loin tenderly baked in homemade puff pastry, accompanied by some sultry Cajun gravy:



For a side dish, M.P. dreamed up a festive casserole of potatoes, rutabagas, carrots, sauteed onions, and Ro-Tel tomatoes in a pink bechamel sauce - yummm is the only word to describe it:


Our other vegetable was a homely dish of fried green beans with black pepper mayonnaise on the side - if you haven't tried it, you don't know what you're missing:


The combination of all the above made a very pretty, very delicious plate:


The piece de resistance was M.P.'s own invention, which he calls a Tiger Butter cake - the inside contains stripes of buttery, spicy, sweet and moist cake, topped with a luscious buttercream icing made from scratch; words fail me in attempting to describe how damn good it is. Simply the *best*cake*EVER*** - take my word for it, boys.



And so a good time was had by both, and how sweet it was!


6 comments:

Tim said...

Makes me wish I was 60 . . . again!

Happy Birthday Russ and well done M.P.

Russ Manley said...

Thanks so much.

Unknown said...

That second meal looks absolutely unbelievable!

Speedorex

Frank said...

Congrats Birthday Guy, your post made sooo hungry.

Russ Manley said...

Rex - It was beyond scrumptious, believe me.

Frank - Thanks amico, wish I could hand you a plate.

Davis said...

You're still just a kid in my book!

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