The Great Divide......

I got lucky tonight, I asked the better half what she wanted for supper.

She said she didn't care.

You know what that means my friends.

Pizza.

Now, I like pizza plain, like dough, sauce, and cheese.

The better half likes all sorts of stuff.

Fortunately I have an 18" pan, which will make all the parties involved happy.
So I chopped and diced peppers, onions and tomatoes..
The dough, which I purchased at Shaheen's IGA, had a 2 hr. ferment while it thawed on the stovetop.
Not sure about hydration levels.
 

Let's call this pie, The Great Divide!

 Her side is the one with all the colorful stuff.

Mine is the Lily White side.

This is pre-bake.

475 for 15 minutes or so.

Then there's the post-bake.

 

 Used Shredded Mozz, grated sharp cheddar and grated pepperjack for the cheese.

It worked.
It was really good.

My Pie Friday?

It comes but once a year........

Happy Star Wars Day Kids!

Tupper Lake Tinman......

The Tupper Lake Tinman is half of an Ironman triathlon. 

That's a 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike and 13.1 mile run.

 It's celebrating it's 30th year this year.

My buddy Ted is the race director for the umpteenth time. 

It's a very successful and well run race and serves as a tune-up to the Lake Placid Ironman for many.

If you'd like to race or volunteer check out these sites!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tupper-Lake-Tinman/119160624806695

http://tupper-lake.com/5042/2012-tupper-lake-tinman-triathlon

She's Baaaaackkkk!

So my dear mother returned from her Winter trip to South Carolina yesterday.

I had to unpack her car and it took me a half hour and a dozen or more trips in and out of her house.

When she goes South, she loves to shop.

 AT 78, she's still like the Energizer Bunny when it comes to shopping, and I mean shopping for deals.

You'd think she'd have driven a U-Haul, but it's a Chevy Impala.

More stuff per square inch than you can imagine.

But there was a payoff.

As I was getting ready to leave, she handed me this cool little gift.

Gotta love Mom.

Close up. Gotta love Big Lots!

And then there was the candy.

She winters in Beaufort, SC, where there's a candy store called The Chocolate Tree.

It's been around for a long time and has quite a following.

She brought us two boxes.

One with peanut butter cups.

Seriously, to die for.

And one with chocolate covered Oreos. Uh, I hit them hard last night!

And of course the White Chocolate Covered Popcorn.

Good stuff.

And I'd be remiss if I didn't post these pics of Goo Goo Clusters.

They're a Southern thing and evidently when I was a kid I liked them, and you know what? I still do!

Sorta looks like a young Pav, doesn't it?

Well, more hair and no chipmunk cheeks!

And finally she bought this for the better half, not sure what it is, but I bet the female readership does.

So that's my story of Mom's return.

I'm a lucky dude, and I know it.

Peace out!