I only remember seeing Nate twice when I was growing up. He was older and his parents were divorced. He lived with his mom most of the time so even when my sister and I spent the summers in NY, he wasn't usually around.
It wasn't until I attended his father's funeral (my mom's brother) that we reconnected. At the time I lived in Raleigh so it wasn't a bad drive at all.. and we got up to see him a couple of times. He and Doris have two beautiful girls and a very handsome son and I'm looking forward to getting to know them better.
Okay.. so back to the shrimp... Doris had set out a wonderful spread of foods for us to dine on but my favorite was the shrimp. This is actually quite funny since up until a couple of years ago I wouldn't have touched shrimp with a ten foot pole. Now, I really enjoy it. It was a cold shrimp salad with tons of shrimp, cut up tomatoes and onion with lemon on it. Simple yet delicious!I made my own version of it this week. It looked pretty and Richard enjoyed it but silly me threw in a few changes and it wasn't nearly as tasty as Doris's.
I used red onion (which Richard prefers) for the color but I think it was a bit too strong for this dish AND I used lime juice which I usually prefer over lemon. It should have been lemon. I did use both red and yellow tomatoes which were fine but I think once we move to VA I will try making this again, maybe under Doris' directions! I'll let you know how it goes!
3 comments:
sounds like a great salad...I like cold shrimp in salads
The salad does look pretty. My food tastes have changed now that I'm an adult but I still don't like shrimp or seafood. My husband would love it.
From the picture, it looks quite delicious! :)
If you want a really good (hot) shrimp dish, check out this one from--of course--my friend Jonathan *smiles*:
http://channelingjulia.blogspot.com/2010/11/scampi-fra-diavolo.html
It is sooo yummy! :)
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