Cooking up a storm!

After unpacking, we sized up the food situation. Down the road was a large supermarket, aptly named Maxima. The largest in the area, it had a full fish department, along with some kosher dry goods imported from Israel and Italy. The game plan was to cut up fish, make a pasta dish as well, and cook some of the local mushrooms - chaterells - that we've been buying from vendors alongside the forest/highway. My father and Gail made the first run to Maxima and came back with quite a number of bags of food. Gail took upon herself (bless her soul) the responsibility to cook every night, and none of us went hungry.

Everyone had a favorite dish. My father found some kosher vinegar and make a tasty salad dressing to go along with the local tomatoes and cucumbers. Daniel liked munching on the 'cukes, but his favorite, and mine as well, were the delicious chanterells. Sauteed with onions, they had a taste that couldn't readily compare to other mushrooms. Needless to say, I can't think of any night here in Druskininkai when we didn't cook up a pot of them.