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This weekend’s Secret Pickle Supper Club was our most intimate ever and was held at Steeped and Infused. The theme was Tea and we enjoyed a fantastic meal, interesting guests, and a wonderful venue. We couldn’t ask for better.
Jennifer Best, the founder of Steeped and Infused, who educated us about each tea as the course it was used in was presented. Matt did an amazing job incorporating such a complex yet delicate ingredient into each course.
Tea Pickle Menu
Tea Sangria, Jennifer’s special recipe incorporating her Green & White Grapefruit Supreme blend,
Bronzion ceviche made with kumquats, ginger ale and hibiscus.
Asparagus raw & cooked, mushroom raw and cooked, potato confit, manchego, ramps, gunpowder custard
Lapson Souchong-Copper River Salmon, spruce tips, grapefruit, and watercress soup
Milk-poached scallop, with yogurt, peanuts, raisins and Monk’s Blend “fried sauce”
Veal Osso Buso with mustard spaetzle, fava beans, ricotta, dill and Canadian Spring Maple Tea Blend.
Sous-vide pork loin with capres, fennel, sun-dried tomato and Rooibos Lemon Chiffon pudding
Spring Iced Ice Tea
“Tea Service”: chocolate and jasmine ganache served with tea cookies, spearmint, and rhubarb.
Big thanks to Jennifer Best for use of Steeped and Infused, and to the hard working and fantastic Secret Pickle Crew: Matt, Marichka, Wade and Gerry.
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A Santa ornament and small evergreen tree flanked by gold grapes and Christmas ornaments creates a special centerpiece for the table.
We had day-after-Thanksgiving dinner for my side of the family at my folks' place, while watching the annual Nebraska vs. Colorado football game. There were 11 of us around the table this year.
Delight yourself and your guests with this fun placemat. I painted it on vinyl sheeting. It's very sturdy and easily cleaned. Alternatively, hang it on your wall.
This weekend’s Secret Pickle Supper Club was our most intimate ever and was held at Steeped and Infused. The theme was Tea and we enjoyed a fantastic meal, interesting guests, and a wonderful venue. We couldn’t ask for better.
Jennifer Best, the founder of Steeped and Infused, who educated us about each tea as the course it was used in was presented. Matt did an amazing job incorporating such a complex yet delicate ingredient into each course.
Tea Pickle Menu
Tea Sangria, Jennifer’s special recipe incorporating her Green & White Grapefruit Supreme blend,
Bronzion ceviche made with kumquats, ginger ale and hibiscus.
Asparagus raw & cooked, mushroom raw and cooked, potato confit, manchego, ramps, gunpowder custard
Lapson Souchong-Copper River Salmon, spruce tips, grapefruit, and watercress soup
Milk-poached scallop, with yogurt, peanuts, raisins and Monk’s Blend “fried sauce”
Veal Osso Buso with mustard spaetzle, fava beans, ricotta, dill and Canadian Spring Maple Tea Blend.
Sous-vide pork loin with capres, fennel, sun-dried tomato and Rooibos Lemon Chiffon pudding
Spring Iced Ice Tea
“Tea Service”: chocolate and jasmine ganache served with tea cookies, spearmint, and rhubarb.
Big thanks to Jennifer Best for use of Steeped and Infused, and to the hard working and fantastic Secret Pickle Crew: Matt, Marichka, Wade and Gerry.
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We had a few friends over for "dinner" served at noon. Around here, some people would call it dinner and others call it a luncheon. We used our 1847 Rogers "Remembrance" silverplate with International "Wild Rose" butter spreaders, Belgian lace placemats, and Aynsley "Dorchester" dishes.
A Nutcracker themed Christmas table setting. Clear vases were filled with water, fresh greens & cranberries and topped with floating candles.
El Alfolí de la Sal Restaurant
In the historic town of Torrelaguna, in the vicinity of the Sierra de la Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María Magdalena, a new restaurant is located in an old rehabilitated building that was the old Alfolí de la Sal (Salt Storage) in Torrelaguna, built during the 14th century. The Alfolí de la Sal offers menus from Monday to Friday and a wide range of gastronomic possibilities, among which we highlight the roasts. They offer menus for groups, special seasonal menus. Some days, especially on weekends, they offer live musical performances (show performances two Saturdays a month) and they will soon be inaugurating a new space, the Alfoli caves from the 14th century.
Torrelaguna (Spanish pronunciation: [torelaˈɣuna]) is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. It covers an area of 43.40 km2.[2] As of 2018, it has a population of 4,724.
Wikipedia
Situated in the heart of Jarama valley, in the Northeast of the Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid, Torrelaguna is famous for its historical figures - it is the birthplace of Cardinal Cisneros and of Santa María de la Cabeza and it was the home to San Isidro Labrador - and for its architecture that is the reason it was declared National Historic and Artistic Heritage Site in 1974.
The most iconic place of the town is the beautiful Plaza Mayor, where we can see the Town Hall (founded by Cardinal Cisneros in 1514 as a granary) and the Church of Santa María Magdalena (one of the best examples of Madrid’s Gothic architecture holding remains of the poet Juan de Mena and the tombstone of Alfonso Jiménez, Cardinal Cisneros’s father). We can also see the Hermanas Franciscanas Convent and the Cisneros Cross that was erected in 1802 in a place that used to be Cardinal’s birth house. Cardinal is known to have been very generous with donations to make his home town a better place.
Walking around town you will also come across the remains of the old town wall from the 15th century, other religious monuments like Madre de Dios Franciscan Monastery, civil constructions like the recently renovated Alhóndiga, the Centro Montalbán or the Casa de la Cultura. Houses and mansions also deserve our attention, especially the Palacio Arteaga, the Palacio Salinas or the Casa Vargas.
As a fun fact, Torrelaguna was one of the filming locations for the film The Pride and the Passion starring Cary Grant and Sophia Loren.
Official Tourist Website