How Sweet The Sound

Delicious and Warming

 

 

 

BLT Soup

 

Can you hear me sighing?

Oh my goodness.  So, so good.

 

About a month ago, my husband and I went to Merritt's Store & Grill in Chapel Hill, North Carolina to get some lunch.  Merritt's is one of our favorite places to eat, and it is always busy.  They have minimal inside seating plus a few tables for eating outside.  That day the inside seating was taken, and it was way too chilly for dining outside.  We ate in my husband's Explorer.  This included lip and finger licking.  We each had a cup of soup and we shared a burger.  The soup was BLT, and it was so...good.

 

Monday three of my cousins came over to visit, and I offered to fix lunch.  With my mother, there were five of us.  I thought of BLT soup, and even though I didn't have a recipe, I made up my own.  Of course, I had to accompany the soup with grilled cheese sandwiches.  Everyone loved it, so I am going to share what I did with you.  Unfortunately, I forgot to take a photo.  The photo I am sharing is from Merritt's Facebook page.  My cousin, Teresa, brought dessert from Cheesecake Factory.  Totally worthy of another sigh.

 

• Two 28 ounce cans crushed tomatoes with basil
• One quart box chicken stock
• 2/3 cup Hormel real crumbled bacon
• Season to taste - I used kosher salt, ground white pepper, garlic powder, Hungarian paprika, onion powder, cayenne pepper and sugar.
• One pint heavy cream

 

I heated it in my crock pot on low for two hours.

 Garmish with shredded iceberg lettuce. 

 

A Pink Saturday New Year - January 4, 2014

 

  

 

I just had to share one last holiday photo.

 

We saw this barn dressed for the holiday

 

while driving through the countryside

 

in Epsom, North Carolina.

 

 

Happy

 

 

 

Pink Saturday !

 

♥♥♥

 This is our last weekend for Celebrating The Season.

Next weekend Pink Saturday will be for sharing pinks.

 

I love theme weeks, don't you?

Please let me know any ideas you have for future themes.

I am always open to fun.

         

Welcome to Pink Saturday.  

  Please join us in the fun by:

 

• Linking your Pink Saturday post with the linking tool provided.
• The post you are linking needs to include something pink.

• Please include a back link to my blog within your post so that your visitors can find their way back to our pink fun.

 

 

It's time for each and every one of you to

share your pink. 

 

Linking begins at 3 p.m. EST every Friday and continues through midnight Sunday night.

 

Please take the time to visit other participants.

Leave a comment so they will know you stopped by to visit.

Pink Saturday is about having fun!

It gives us a chance to meet others in the blogging community.

 

I want to thank each of you that link,

and a very special thank you to those

that take the time to leave me a comment.

It is you that make Pink Saturday special.

 

 

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Most Clicks on Pink Saturday, December 28. 

 

  
Connie at Living Beautifully

 

  

 

 

 

Connie shared her favorite rooms, and I agree they are beauties!

 

 

You can visit her post here.

Congratulations, Connie!

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Which one caught my eye?

 

Every week after the close of Pink Saturday,

 

I scan all the thumbnails to see

 

which is the first one to catch my eye.

 

 

 

 

You got me with this one, Jeanne!

 

Jeanne at Backyard Neighbor

 

  

 

Follow the above link in case

 

you missed this post.

 

 

 

Making Lists

 

 

 

My question for today is

 

 

is it really almost November,

 

and are you gearing up for the holidays

 

 

 

I am trying to prepare.

 

Halloween treats ready.

 

Checklists for Thanksgiving made.

 

Christmas card design request submitted.

 

Inside and outside "to do" list ongoing.

 

 

 

The above photo was taken in

 

Jefferson, North Carolina.

 

I love the quilt designs painted on barns

 

throughout the county.

 

 

 

 

Another Broken Egg

 

 

 

Lobster and Brie Omelet

 

ordered by my son.

 

 

 

Supreme Omelette

 

ordered by my grandson.

 

 

 

Smoked Salmon Benny

 

ordered by me.

 

 

They look delicious, don't they?

 

And, they were.

 

 

I recently treated my son and grandson

 

to breakfast at Another Broken Egg.

 

 

Read the Another Broken Egg story here.

 

(These photos were made with my phone.)

 

 

A Yen For Oysters

 

Yesterday afternoon my husband phoned me at work

to tell me he wanted some oysters on the half-shell.

  Squid's in Chapel Hill is the place around here

to go for delicious oysters.

So, Squid's it was for dinner last night.

  And, the oysters were fabulous.

 

 

 Oysters!

 

You either love them or hate them.

 

And, we love them.

 

 

 

Gregoria's

 

A new restaurant opened here about two months ago.

 

It is

 

GREGORIA'S kitchen.

 

 

They specialize in Cuban cuisine - which is my favorite.

 

This was my second visit,

 

and last night I ordered

 

Pollo a la Parilla.

 

It was delicious.

 

Brunch At Guglhupf

Recently my husband and I had brunch at Guglhupf.  We had a free weekend morning, and we knew just where we wanted to dine.

Guglhupf Bakery & Patisserie opened here in November 1998 to enthusiastic customers standing in a line snaking out to the parking lot, and we were in that line.  And, in September 2004 doors opened to the long anticipated Guglhupf Café in its architecturally unique building adjacent to the bakery.

Order at the counter, and they bring your meal to your table.

 

 

I ordered a frittata with caramelized onions, green tomatoes and gruyere cheese.

It came with a fruit cup and roll.

 

 

My husband ordered a French dip that came with a mixed greens salad.

 

 

We always enjoy being together,

and

Guglhupf offers great ambience.

 

 

And, they exhibit wonderful artwork.

 

 

We visited the bakery on our way out,

and purchased croissants and danish for breakfast the next morning.

The Blue Note Grill For Blue Monday

Thank you to Sally at Smiling Sally for hosting Blue Monday.

 

 

Loving thoughts and prayers for you, dear Sally.

♥♥♥

 

This past Saturday we ate an early dinner at the Blue Note Grill.

As you can see they specialize in ribs and barbecue.

 

 

We went early, about five in the afternoon,

so we were too early for the live music.

They feature a live band just about every night of the week.

This is where the band plays.

 

 

I had the dry-rub ribs with cole slaw and fries.

The ribs were very meaty and tender.

 

 

My husband immediately started to eat.

What was he thinking?  Didn't he know I needed a photo?

He ordered schnitzel with rice.

That seems like a strange combination to me,

but he said he like it enough to order it again.

 

Time Out In Chapel Hill

My husband and I are taking a "staycation" this week, and Monday morning we decided to drive over to Time Out in Chapel Hill to try one of the famous and certainly cholesteral boosting breakfasts.

We had read about Time Out and seen reviews on television.  It is in the heart of downtown Chapel Hill on Franklin Street.  Please note that being Duke fans we made the decision to visit in the summer while so many of "those Tarheels" are on summer break.  Time Out is open 24/7 365 days a year.  It is a well-loved Chapel Hill tradition.

 

 

I opted for the famous chicken, cheese and egg biscuit, and I admit it was delicious.  But, it was enough to split three ways, and I finished about one-third of mine.  I felt stuffed, and the only other thing I ate that day was some toast for dinner.

 

 

My sweet husband had the country fried steak, grits, scrambled eggs and a biscuit.  He polished off most of his, and he said it was delicious.

This was a fun experience, and we had it on our list of places to try.  I do believe it was a one time experience though.  We spoke with the owner, and he informed us they had recently opened another Time Out on Hillsborough Street across from NC State University in Raleigh, and they are looking for a location near Duke University in Durham.

Only Burger

Our community post office is in a small shopping complex.  We noticed a sign in a vacant store front that it would soon be an Only Burger.  This shopping complex is also the location where we take my mother to the beauty shop each Saturday.  We first noticed the sign months ago.  The sign said "Coming Soon", but as the months have passed we wondered how they defined soon.

I've heard people at work mention that they got a burger from the Only Burger truck, but we had never seen it.  Yesterday morning we were reading the local newspaper, and came upon an article about Only Burger.

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I found there site, and it has a feature to show you where you can currently locate the truck. We headed over, and we tried one of their Breakfast Burgers. It is a grilled bun spread with pimiento cheese and topped with a juicy burger, fried egg and fried green tomato. What can I say other than Yum, Yum, Major Yum. We will definitely be following Only Burger.

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