Saturday was the 76th anniversary of D-Day – my father was there on ORP Dragon one of the Polish Navy ships that provided support for the landing of the British Army on Sword Beach and later for the Canadian Army on Juno Beach. On D-Day Dragon was hit by a shell that killed 4 sailors. A month later on July 7 the Dragon was torpedoed and sunk with a loss of 26 sailors. My dad was lucky that he was off watch in the engine room when the ship was hit. Did a fair share of cooking during the past week … last Sunday had homemade 3 cheese ravioli baked in a tomato meat sauce ; Monday, I can’t remember, Tuesday beef tenderloin steak and baked potato; Wednesday, Greek chicken with tomatoes, olives, and feta cheese; Thursday, steak salad with cheese and spinach; Friday, I did a Lamb Kheema with Peas and Potatoes; Saturday, Kelly made a veal stew with chunks of toast; and last night I made Paella with chicken, sausage, and shrimp. Stopped in at my favorite butcher last week – Laziz - and bought a 13-pound Angus brisket. I have had half of it dry brining over the last 6 days and will be smoking it later this week to make my version of Montreal Smoked Meat – I think I make mine better than Schwartz’s or Reubens 
The other half will be smoked at the same time but I will turn that into Texas Pulled Beef – that will go into tacos and chilis I’m still watching two Netflix Global series – Season 1 of ‘Unauthorized Living’ – drugs, drama, and family issues in Spain; finished Season 1 of ‘Rita’ – excellent comedy drama, everyone should watch it – 3 more seasons to go. Kelly and I watched all of Season 4 of ‘Animal Kingdom’ last week – it was pretty good – lots of action and surprises – production of Season 5 halted halfway due to COVID-19, it probably won’t be on until next year. Now we have to find something else to watch during the evening (besides America’s Got Talent – cheers for the girl from Toronto that got the golden buzzer last week ). We went on a long drive around southern Ontario on Saturday – down to Port Dover to see my sister – it was nice to get out and see the countryside. I might try golfing this week – interesting to see what new changes they have incorporated into the game for social distancing … Have a great and safe week … we will see you in a bit!!