The Viking and his Queen

Hi all!  It's Sunday dinner on a summer night...so many things you can make. I personally love seafood.  So tonight I am making Lemon Lime shrimp on the grill and Lobster Rolls. Just add wine and your night will be complete.  First get live lobster they are not that hard to cook or break apart and are worth the extra work for all the flavor.  Second get a good shrimp these are 16-20 that mean you will get 16-20 shrimp in a pound.  Third you will need to cook and clean shrimp and lobster I will add a video later to help you get all the meat out. But below are pictures of the tools you will need.  For the lobster you will need crackers I have 2 types these little devices that help push and pick the meat out of sticky spots a roller if you will and I like to have kitchen shears they help cutting in to the tail   Cook the lobster in hot boiling salted water for 4-6 minutes they will turn red and start to float. You do not want to over cook them. Let them cool for a couple seconds but n

With everything that is going on I have had little time to devote to the blog. But as I settle in to the house and am enjoying all the summer fun here is some of the food I've been making at the Castle for the Viking and our friends.  First incase you didn't hear the news we are now married!  One of the first nights we had friends over for taco Tuesday to celebrate a birthday!  Salsa and Guacamole from scratch and all the fixings Chicken, beans and rice. We also had soft and hard shell tacos for guests to build their own.  Next when the weather started to get warmer I made Louisiana style BBQ shrimp on the grill for an appetizer. Some butter and rolls and it's a perfect snack.  Steak I love steak I almost love it as much as pork.  That same night we grilled a big piece of steak w some shrimp for dinner.  And a perfect tomatoe salad. I love all the colors of the salad.  More to come  Keep cooking! 

If you want to drink after work this is a good place...but that's about it! Over all it was not good the female at the bar ignored us and the man next to us to 4 mins. When she did great us and ask for drink order it took almost 5 mins to get us a bottle of wine she unscrewed it  and never came back to ask anything. I had to ask for menus she only gave us 1. She did not know any specials. And when she did tell us she only told us about drinks not food. The male bartender was pleasant and after we waited to be asked for order. He did take it for us. our food order apps...8-10 mins the muscles came out warm not hot.  Our dinner came out in under 20 about normal. Burger was good Mac n Cheese was bland my steak was overdone and the 'hash' was barley warm and stiff. 5 mins after food was dropped we where asked how things are I told him my steak was over done he offered to get a new one but at that point it was to late. After dinner we asked for our check and it was passed by and