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Renton Nov 2008
Ah Seattle home of the overpriced cup of coffee, giant pacific octopi and yes a Pompeii oven or two.
I recently had the distinct pleasure of finagling a dinner fest with Maver from the forum. As some of you may remember he had to sell his home shortly after building his oven. The new owners did not feign interest in using the oven so "Have Crane, Will Travel". Armed with a handful of Basil from burning southern California I was greeted by the family and we quickly made our way to the a roaring fire before the last rays of lights faded from view.
I am sure to get the ingredients wrong but there were about 8 Tupperware containers of dough waiting to be spread. The first out of the oven was the bonafide triumvirate Marghita, a pepperoni, followed by a myriad of ingredients such as mushroom, rosemary. A highlight was a simple dish of thinly sliced potato with I believe we had goat cheese and some sparse basil. A true experiment was I think collard greens. The key to these simple pies was to limit the number of ingredients - similar to a Marghita and then not overdoing it with quantity of each item.
The killer to the evening - double fudge brownies slightly undercooked.
The next night was a double celebration - For a year and a half we have been filling out paperwork and getting scrutinized for an adoption of a girl from India. She was left at the door steps of the orphanage when she was about 5 months old. We saw and said yes to adopting her when she was 9 months old. She is now 2 It has been a long process and one of the last hurdles is getting through the courts in India. We were informed by phone that we passed the courts. Now to find out a way to fund the rest of this adoption. To celebrate I went scuba diving in the bay on the other side of the Seattle Needle. Well this dive was actually planned it was just serendipity that it occurred with my momentous news. After the dive we went to a restaurant that specializes in? yep you guessed it Pizza and beer. Well I don't drink beer and after what I had the night before I was not too impressed. The dough underside was, shall we say, slick, and the toppings were heavy handed. Not a gastronomical delight.
Stay tuned if I can get my hands of the Maver Pizzas I will post them
je
I recently had the distinct pleasure of finagling a dinner fest with Maver from the forum. As some of you may remember he had to sell his home shortly after building his oven. The new owners did not feign interest in using the oven so "Have Crane, Will Travel". Armed with a handful of Basil from burning southern California I was greeted by the family and we quickly made our way to the a roaring fire before the last rays of lights faded from view.
I am sure to get the ingredients wrong but there were about 8 Tupperware containers of dough waiting to be spread. The first out of the oven was the bonafide triumvirate Marghita, a pepperoni, followed by a myriad of ingredients such as mushroom, rosemary. A highlight was a simple dish of thinly sliced potato with I believe we had goat cheese and some sparse basil. A true experiment was I think collard greens. The key to these simple pies was to limit the number of ingredients - similar to a Marghita and then not overdoing it with quantity of each item.
The killer to the evening - double fudge brownies slightly undercooked.
The next night was a double celebration - For a year and a half we have been filling out paperwork and getting scrutinized for an adoption of a girl from India. She was left at the door steps of the orphanage when she was about 5 months old. We saw and said yes to adopting her when she was 9 months old. She is now 2 It has been a long process and one of the last hurdles is getting through the courts in India. We were informed by phone that we passed the courts. Now to find out a way to fund the rest of this adoption. To celebrate I went scuba diving in the bay on the other side of the Seattle Needle. Well this dive was actually planned it was just serendipity that it occurred with my momentous news. After the dive we went to a restaurant that specializes in? yep you guessed it Pizza and beer. Well I don't drink beer and after what I had the night before I was not too impressed. The dough underside was, shall we say, slick, and the toppings were heavy handed. Not a gastronomical delight.
Stay tuned if I can get my hands of the Maver Pizzas I will post them
je
I hope you get your girl soon! 
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