Sushi and Poetry

Our travels took us to Poor Billy's for five dollar sushi and miso soup.  This was Katherine's first encounter with the raw fish delicacy (in her case imitation crab).  The day was dreary.  Cold chills went through our jackets and rain consistently attempted to drench us.  Rain drops were rolling from the hood of my jacket as if I were a rain gutter.  But this did not put a damper on the highlight of our week.  

The soup was an interesting consistency.  Molly informed us that it had potatoes in it which made it creamy.  We loved it because it warmed us up instantly.  I particularly enjoyed the portabella mushrooms in it.   Molly pulled out the latest issue of Silhouette literary magazine and read us a poem.  Then we went around the table several times and read the poetry.  Some of it was weird, like the one about breaking fingers and wrists.  Some of it was sad, like the one about the aborted baby (really good poem though).  Some of it we just didn't understand.  But in between sips of soup and hot tea, the poetry was just what our hearts needed.  And don't worry we didn't forget to pray.

Our sushi came out and we showed Katherine how to properly eat it.  Unfortunately, she didn't really enjoy the california roll.  The imitation crab and bright orange crab eggs were a little interesting, I'm not going to lie.  She decided she would probably like a vegetable roll more.  As always, we moved to the next stage of our adventure and went to Bollo's (Molly decided she would try chai tea from Shesha instead of Bollo's).  Don't get excited... they still didn't have pumpkin chocolate chip muffins, but I think the disappointment has become part of the fun.  So we all tried something different.  Kat had a slice of apple coffee cake and I had a chocolate chip scone , while Molly had a lemon raspberry scone.  All three were hits.  Maybe our disappointment has dwindled some.

We didn't go to the farmer's market this week due to the awful weather but our day would only continue thanks to Molly's kind invitation to dinner at her house.  On the menu was squash with brown sugar, creamy tomato soup, green beans and wax beans, chilled white wine, and a great friend, Sarah Carlson.  A truly delicious fall meal!  

With each meal and each conversation, our appreciation for food grows deeper but even more enjoyable is that our appreciation for each other grows deeper and deeper. 

Stay tuned for the next delicious meal of Blacksburg Contessa...