last night, we went over to our dear friends' home in Pomona and had a delectable meal. i must tell you that there was something about this meal that made it extra special, for it had been a year in the making.
a little more than one year ago, the above mentioned friends proposed an idea to brian and me. "do you want to go in on an investment together and buy a red angus bull? it will be organically fed with no hormones administered and then butchered and wrapped for us to enjoy?" almost immediately brian gave an emphatic "yes! let's do it" as we had been talking previously about how awful the concept of hormones in livestock is and the fact that we, as consumers, ingest that stuff in to our bodies. we had come to agree in the belief that it leads to the premature development of young girls. so, we invested, along with two other families, in 1644 [otherwise known as Dee-licious!], the red angus steer raised at Amy's Farm in chino, ca.
on october 3, the three families headed over to the Pomona Food Locker to pick up our butchered and packaged 1644. this cow was something that brian truly believed was the right thing in which to invest. the thought of being able to have wonderfully healthy organic beef to prepare for our family meals was exciting to him because he was passionate about cooking.
this experience was really difficult for me because this was his "dream" - so to speak - and he was unable to see it truly realized. i cried telling the butcher's wife about it. it's really hard to even put here into words how i felt at that moment. but really, i was proud -- proud of the fact that my husband wanted healthy food for his kids and because of his excitement and commitment to excellence in this area, he has been able to provide that for us, even after his death.
anyway, tonight was the first night i have tasted that yummy meat. truly, the best meat i have ever eaten. it was accompanied by mashed potatoes [with onions from brian's garden], green salad with beets, pomegranate seeds, and feta cheese, and wonderfully sauteed shiitake and oyster mushrooms. for dessert, danae's delectable homemade turnovers [apple, peach and butternut squash with raisins].
of this meal, brian would have been proud! a wonderful reminder of him in our Life After.
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