Surprising Stuff
On Saturday, February 11, between 10 and 2 at the local library in Lake Geneva: Love your library, and come share your love. A month long celebration, and one-day open house on Saturday, February 11, 2017 form ten a.m. to two p.m. Carnac the Magnificent (Emily Kornak), the new director, is going to be featured, along with the entire library staff. Refreshments will be served, and a scavenger hunt is planned. This really special new director is going to spend a few minutes telling everyone who shows up (and everyone in the world is welcome) her vision for an exciting future.
Bathrooms weren’t ready at the Riviera for Winterfest. All the visitors who went to the Rivera to go to the bathroom couldn’t do that. Wisconsin people, by and large, have some weight problems simply because they eat a lot, but don’t go to the bathroom much (we can hold it better than other people)…and the City of Lake Geneva is capitalizing on that strange dichotomy. Not to mention behavior. The bathrooms upstairs at the Riviera were, however, sorely used. The bathrooms over at the visitor center, not so much. People are funny about bathroom habits in Southern Wisconsin.
Taste of home. The GSR, upon occasion, likes to share recipes from staff and friends. Recently Alice, a staff member, was attempting to try a Honey Mustard Pork Tenderloin recipe. Having made a special trip to her local butcher, she returned with an expertly trimmed and cut tenderloin. Once home she marinated the tenderloin in the concoction, and set it in the fridge for several hours. As Alice started preparing the rest of the meal, she explained to her husband that the butcher suggested that grilling would be the best way to cook the meat. Her husband said that if the butcher wanted to come over and grill the thing outside while it was snowing and blowing, he had no problem with that. He then suggested that Alice find another way to cook the dish. So Alice set off preparing it for the oven.
In her trusty 15-year-old Pyrex dish, she placed the well-marinated tenderloin with a small amount of broth, and then covered it with foil. Alice placed it in the oven at 350, and left it for 45 minutes. Re-thinking how she’d placed the foil, she went back to ‘tent’ it. As she opened the oven door, the dinner exploded in her face. Her husband, hearing the explosion, ran to the kitchen. Alice knelt in shock. The casserole dish had exploded in her face. Glass shards and broken glass pieces were stuck in her hair and all over her clothing. Her husband wondered if the meat could be salvaged. Alice indicated that she wasn’t going to eat any of it, as she finished picking tiny pieces of glass out of her hair, face and clothing, but he was welcome to it. Alice thought it best to leave this mess alone to cool down, but she paused to look at her husband, to see if he wanted to retrieve the roast and eat it. He stared back at her for a moment. “How about I order a pizza?” he said. A photo of the mess is in this issue of the GSR. Be careful when you put Pyrex in the oven. It does not always work the way it’s advertised.
Food Fight with Pyrex
Is it a food fight? I think the food lost. Here lies the remains of the Honey Mustard Pork Tenderloin. May it forever rest in peace. Should the Pyrex be replaced is the next question.
