Friday, December 26, 2008

December 26



Well! What a difference a day makes. Al is not coming back to the boat in January. Something has come up that will prevent him from returning until February. Lee,his friend and ours, a sailing buddy, is coming in his stead to help out. We are to get the boat to Rodney Bay, St Lucia. We will either leave the boat there or stay with it until Al comes back to the boat.

At any rate, we ate lunch today at "Les 3 Boats." We had a tartare de poisson. It was delicious. This was the second time we ate there. The first time was equally good. We had an interesting conversation with owner about American politics and the fact that Americans and French alike do not bother to learn other languages. I'm including a couple of pix of the meals we had at les 3 boats--owned and operated by "Chicken Georges" (brush up on Roots).

The second dish pictured is a raw fish dish with a garnish of endive leaves. It is served on a plate with "sauce chien" (dog sauce). The story goes that runaway slaves would cover their trail with a concoction consisting of onion, garlic, parsley, vinaigre and oil. This was to confuse the dogs used to track them down. The sauce for the "tarare de poisson" is "sauce chien."

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