Jaws, Hallowe'en

Saturday night they had Jaws on Turner Classic Movies. I turned it on for Matt to watch. He ended up going to play on the PC and I ended up glued to the TV. I had forgotten what a good film it was although having read the book I didn't think enough was made of the town wanting to preserve their holiday business. I am sure if Matt had watched it he would have assured me this was wrong or that was wrong, but I am not so critical and I really enjoyed it once again. Not sure when I last saw it, but it was quite a few years ago. The movie was made in 1975. The year we came to Canada. Amazing. What occurred to me later, people were all smoking in the movie. You rarely see anyone smoke in movies today. One thing I don't think I believed, shark cages are not that vulnerable. I have actually seen real film of Great Whites attacking shark cages and they did NOT break them. Mind you I guess this was the Moby Dick of Great Whites.

I pay for our bowling a couple of weeks or so in advance. That way I can use my Visa card and get

cash back on it. Anyway, when I paid last week, it included October 31. These days, we have the owner, his son who is also an owner and his son who is now called the manager. So the manager made some comment that I had to arrive in costume. I said how about I come as an old woman!! However, it would be fun to turn up in some costume or other but I don't want anything difficult or elaborate. So, anyone got any ideas? I did think I might see if I could buy a witches hat or something. Whatever I do it has to either be wearable when I bowl or easily removed.

I am not a Roman Catholic but recently I have adopted the idea of Fish on Friday. Last Friday we had smoked salmon open sandwiches, but I wanted something else with it and ended up doing a Crisp Snow Pea Salad. Luckily I have a Julienne gadget which made life simpler with the carrots. We both liked it very much although I think I might have added a touch more wasabi powder although Matt figured there was enough..

Crisp Snow Pea Salad

A simple Japanese dressing turns crunchy snow peas into a refreshing salad. Great with grilled

salmon or chicken.

1 lb snow peas
1/4 cup very thinly sliced carrot ( Matchstick size)
2 Tbs soy sauce
2 Tbs lemon juice
1 Tbs dark sesame oil
2 1/2 tsp granulated sugar
1/2 tsp wasabi powder
salt
2 tsp sesame seeds, preferably toasted

1. Snip ends and remove string from snow peas. Fill a large bowl full of ice water.

2. Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil, and add snow peas and carrots.

3. Cook just until snow peas turn bright green, about 15 seconds, drain and plunge into cold water. Drain well and pat dry.

4. Cut snow peas diagonally into ½-inch (1-cm) wide pieces. Place in a bowl along with carrots.

5. To prepare dressing, whisk soy with lemon juice, sesame oil, sugar and wasabi powder, making sure sugar and wasabi powder are dissolved.

6. Stir with snow peas and carrots. Taste and add salt if needed. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Servings: 4

Author: Heather Trim
Source: Food and Drink.

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