The Jameson Experiment

BREAKFAST:
Bacon
A few leftover potatoes from California Chicken Cafe. I hate this place although the potatoes are acceptable.
Orange juice
Tumbler of Jameson on ice. I accepted Jack's scientific challenge (see Comment, "Saturday Fun"). Today, the result seemed to be I was slightly testier than usual, and my melancholy, brought on by lousy weather, work boredom, and some private frustrations was heightened. All of these issues were more or less resolved by a nap I took following:

LUNCH
Potato vegetable soup from Cynthia's. This was good going for about two-thirds, when it suddenly started tasting like snots.
Angel hair with tomato and basil.
3 Milano cookies.

DINNER was a meeting of the 6th Street Dining Club, with special guests Junior and Torry filling in for the ailing V. Danger. The theme: "West African Feast." I used recipes found here: http://www.congocookbook.com/

1 Congo Bilgewater cocktail (Whaler's dark rum, club soda, mango passionfruit juice. Rave reviews all around for this muddy-colored fruit sensation.)
3 glasses, Serengeti chardonnay. Presumably the proprietors at this vineyard passed on "Jungle," "Elephant," and "Dark Continent" in the three minutes they spent on coming up with an appropriate name for their African wine.

1 black-eyed pea fritter. These were a hit, although skinning the black-eyed peas was incredibly work-intensive. Tip for fritter-makers: make your fritters smaller than I made mine (mine were biscuit-sized, and ended up soft in the middle).

Dahoumey fish stew served over Kraft minute rice. I found the stew a little lifeless. The tilapia, rolled in dough and fried, was more delicious on its own.

1 slice, baguette
Collard greens in peanut sauce.
1 slice coconut pie. Delicious. The highlight was the crust - store-bought Keebler shortbread crust, that is.
1 scoop Dreyer's vanilla bean ice cream.
1 shot Rum Fizz (Sprite, Bacardi, Bacardi Island Breeze key lime).
1 glass, same.
1 glass Rosemount chardonnay.