Amy & I spent the afternoon contemplating a rusty can of peas with no expiration date. If this is the first entry of this blog you are reading, that will seem like a very odd statement for me to make; if you are a constant reader you will understand that the weather has not improved and we are still on island.
Our only crack at getting off today occurred this afternoon around 1300 when the wind, still blowing around 20kts, backed W’ly, and did a fair job of knocking the seas flat (well, flatter than they were, down to 3’-5’ vice 4’-6’). Despite the fact this occurred around a slack tide, it was still a touch too gnarly to get us ashore, much to Amy’s disappointment. This was the best weather all day.
So, back to the rusty peas. Our food stocks were not low by any stretch. In fact we could live another month on what we brought out if we wanted to eat only various rice, bean, and grain dishes. However both of us like a little variety if possible and the only thing I could dream up with the available ingredients was a fried rice concoction, hence the peas. I did not buy a rusty can of peas, rather this was a can of Legacy Food (I promise to devote some more room to this concept on another day), which has been in residence on island for an unspecified amount of time.
The argument about whether or not to incorporate them into the meal mostly came down to semantics. I promised to give them the sniff test before putting them in the pan, Amy rebutting with something about botulism, and so on. Ultimately we were saved from making a decision, as in a final cast about the galley for ingredients I discovered Mother had snuck a batch of last summer’s blueberries into our freezer during her visit. The menu immediately was changed to fried eggs and blueberry pancakes, and there was much rejoicing. The rusty peas will rear their ugly head again though.
The weather is promising to moderate throughout the night, so with a bit of luck we will get to go ashore tomorrow.
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