Not Cheap but Quick

I love sea scallops, but I hate how much they cost at restaurants. That's why I learned to make them how I like. They are not cheap, but every couple of months they go on sale at our market, and that's when I treat myself to half a pound.

To cook them I started with a frying pan and a very thin drizzle of olive oil on medium high heat; when the pan is good and hot I add the rinsed scallops, two chopped scallions, a tiny sprinkle of creole seasoning and a few drops of lemon juice. With scallops less is always better.

Once I sear the scallops on both sides (this takes about a minute to a minute and a half) I deglaze the pan with a splash of water. You can also use some wine to do the deglazing if you want to go fancy; just stay away from sweet wines -- a flinty Chardonnay is better.

Serve immediately with whatever side dish you like. Pasta works, but rice is my favorite.

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Stuff

After finding this Caron one pound skein of lovely peach yarn in my thrifted lot I raided my stash for two cakes of Mandala in Pegasus, which matches it perfectly. For practice and hand therapy I'm going to make another Worth Street Afghan with this free pattern , but this time I'll use the yarn that was recommended for it plus the one pound skein. I'm not quite ready to do the vintage/recycled linen quilt I had planned (still a bit too nervous about the idea), so I'm going to use some color therapy and make a quilt from these thrifted green fat quarters. I considered doing another Yellow Brick road patchwork pattern, but I might go with a split rail fence like this one.

Better than Fried

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The Mercantile

If you don't mind walking 33K square feet in retail space, The Mercantile may be the vintage/arts store you'd enjoy visiting if you're ever in Orlando. I certainly did. Because it was busy I didn't take any photos in the store, but it's absolutely amazing and chock full of antiques and artisan creations, most of which were pretty reasonably priced. For $21.00 I invested in a picture of sailboats for the guest bathroom I'm redoing, and a fairy mystery jar of cool stuff. The jaw was hand-painted and decorated, and utterly charming. I think I wanted the jar more than the contents. As you can see the contents were both generous and pretty cool, too. I finally have some vintage gloves to use for my art quilter bingo challenge!

Rayen

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