Ok, I haven’t been getting much internet time during our tour in the Virgin Islands but I’m gonna try to make up for it. I want to tell you about our one day off. We started the day with a little fruit, some scrambled eggs w/ red peppers, and coffee. Then we bought a couple of cases of beer and a bag of ice and took it to a beach called Magen’s Bay, where we proceeded to lie in the sun under palm trees and float in the ocean. Our friend Todd impressed me by creating an anchor our of a grocery bag full of sand, to which he tied our floats, so we could relax in the water without getting pushed back in to the shore. After we’d had our fill of sun and sand we went to the local market and bought over $100 worth of seafood. We bought half a grouper, mahi mahi, swordfish, and 2 dozen clams. Taylor was the mastermind behind this meal, he battered and fried the grouper and made it into fish tacos w/ spicy cabbage slaw and avocados. The mahi mahi was pancooked in butter, dill, lemon, and salt & pepper. The swordfish was marinated in lemon, butter, garlic, and salt & pepper, and pan seared so it was still raw on the inside. All this goodness left a bunch of yummy browned seasonings in the bottom of the pan, to which we added about a cup of water and turned into a delicious broth in which we steamed the clams. It was like we’d died and gone to heaven.
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