Coventry House: still life

For breakfast, I had two fried eggs on top of a split english muffin with lump crab meat and two sides:  (i) white peaches and (ii) fried tomatoes.  Next time I'll leave the crab meat out -- it gave the entire dish an odd taste.

Later in the day I made a basil and tomato salad.  The basil is fresh from a pot on my back deck.

The dressing is fresh lime juice, dijon mustard and canola oil.  Very light.

I then tried out a new coffee maker, the Bialetti Mukka Express.  I've used the "regular" Bialetti for years and swear by it, so I thought this might be a good buy.  It wasn't.  It's too much work and the frothed milk doesn't work for me (too cold).  Too many moving parts as well.  It was challenging to clean.

I finished the day on the back deck with a Mexican beer.