Locked and Loaded

It was time to chip some ice off the ol' holding plates in the bottom of the fridge. He he he. Guess who got a face full of snow 6 times?? Unfortnatley there is no picture of Sasha's reaction to being hit with a snow ball while he was going about his usual routine of generator maintinance. It was priceless. Hope the ice builds up again soon!!

Closing Down Another Season of Happy ARRRR!

We are very proud of all our King and Queen Conchs from Soterion this year!! I think all the practice leading up to the show night really paid off :)

My Mom and I both knew enough pirate trivia to make it up for a dance!

This is what my Dad thing of conch blowing... or in his case "conch farting"!!

Spring Rolls Step By Step

Step 1: Chop & bag. Chop & bag. Chop & bag.

In this photo you can see my usual ingredients which are (left to right) chopped peanuts, mixed herbs & garlic, purple cabbage, pineapple, carrots marinated in lemon juice, mango, and spicy bean threads/ rice noodles. I top everything with peanut sauce and sesame seeds before rolling. If you are cooking for a crowd it's fun to put all the ingredients on the table and let everyone roll their own!

Step 2: Soak your rice paper until it's soft, then spread it on your work surface.

Step 3: Begin to pile the ingredients. I like to layer the meat (jerk shrimp, seared tuna, hoisin chicken) in the middle of the veggies.

Step 4: Top with a shake of sesame seeds, peanuts, or peanut sauce.

Roll!

Goat Eyeballs??

Found an interesting recipe for cold brine red grapes. Humm... was more of the sentiment instead of yummm... Great in a salad, overpoweringly weird for any other application. I liked them, but then again I also liked Mom's crab casserole :)

Hike on Great Camanoe

After dropping our last charter in the Trelllis Bay area, Sasha and I decided to go for a hike on Great Camanoe. The island was settled by a couple plantation owners, and today there is still very little in the way of "development". We tied the dingy on a small dock on the south east side of the island and hiked up to the top. Sasha made friends with a local woman whose father was an astronomer in the area and she invited us to hike up to their houses/rental properties for great look out points.

Tara with Marina Cay in the background.

Sasha, also with Marina Cay in the background. We took some video footage while we hiked and we hope to have it up on YouTube soon!

Delicious Caribbean Cobb Salad

Chef Tara's latest creation: Featuring grilled jerk shrimp, local organic tomato, avocado, pineapple, shaved carrot, bell pepper, over a bed of mixed greens, with a mild balsamic vinaigrette.

Ceviche

I love Tara's presentation of her local red snapper ceviche in a cabbage leaf topped with lime wedges and a sprinkle of Chardonnay-smoked sea-salt.

Beans is Back!

We have always throughly enjoyed taking guests to the Michael Beans Happy Arrr Show and this season is no exception! Beans has begun playing in a new location up in the North Sound at Leverick Bay and he has recieved a very warm welcome.

The Sea Angels were guests of honor a few weeks ago, helping to raise funds for Beans's mission over in Haiti.

The star of the show teaching everyone how to blow the conch!

Further Proof

Further proof that Anegada really IS the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow...

Steadwin

Back at the Soggy Dollar today, where Steadwin, a local gentleman, assists some tourists in beaching their dinghy.