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Old Father Time

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  Ten-thirty church and now back home digging into my snack, a jar of Vita brand herring in sour cream, with a sip per bite of martini on the rocks: splash of dry vermouth, splash of olive juice from the olive jar to make it dirty, two giant green olives, an unmeasured and generous pour of Boodles gin. Stir stir stir because it's in a drinking glass, not a martini shaker. Herring and gin martini go well. I also enjoy Vita's pickled herring in wine & vinegar. It's all a treat that should be enjoyed with ice cold vodka, which I've done, but poured and stirred a haphazard martini this Time, usually I'm more measured and precise, but to hell with that, nomesane?  For upcoming Fathers' Day I've ordered enough frozen lobster meat to make us a couple of lobster rolls, Linda prefers the tail meat, I prefer the knuckle and claw, so some of each. Also for Fathers' Day I'm considering ordering from NYC Russ & Daughters' Deli, a couple of their herri...