Since returning home we've kept busy with a variety of activities- some more exciting than others. We made a quick trip to Vermilion to visit the family as well as share stories and pictures. The weekend also marked my parents' anniversary so we decided something special was in order. There is nowhere really nice to eat out in Vermilion, and definitely no place which offers fare better than my mother's house (probably a factor regarding the number of people who drop in for meals). My siblings and I finally settled on cooking a unique meal featuring seafood, not something easy to come by on the prairies. We had no idea what we were doing, but our guiding principle was that "anything worth doing is worth overdoing" so Kellen and I made a field trip to Lloydminster.
We did find the live lobsters and crabs easily enough, though we debated how many to get since we had also purchased shrimp and bacon wrapped scallops. Needless to say, the cart was full as we headed out in search of an implement to crack open shells once they were cooked. With the price of lobster, I really feel the crackers should be thrown in for free, but alas they were not. They did not even have any in the store so we went on a bit of a scavenger hunt until Canadian Tire finally came through for us.
Returning home, Melissa, Kellen & I now had to figure out how we were going to cook everything. Have I mentioned that we had no idea whatsoever what we were doing? Thank goodness for the internet and the fact that Keith had taken my parents golfing for the afternoon. In the end, we used both parts of the double oven, all four range burners & the "warming center" and the very large barbecue on the deck. The entire feast consisted of all the seafood mentioned so far as well as fresh buns, rice, Caesar salad, asparagus, large quantities of melted butter and a couple bottles of wine. It was a bit messy with only Dad really knowing how to extract the meat without squirting his neighbour, but a good time was had by all.
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