"For those that complain the sauce was too thick - I usually use equal parts of flour/butter when I make a roux. Cut the flour to 2 TBS and you may find it's less thick. Be sure to cook it at least two minutes because otherwise it may taste floury. I just put it in the pan I sauteed the scallops in AFTER I sauteed the mushrooms/shallots. It will look pasty and weird, but keep stirring, it's no big deal. Then add your alcohol and cook 3-4 minutes. If you think the sherry is too strong, use a DRY sherry and cook for the full 4 minutes or more in order to make sure that most of the alcohol has evaporated. I used a dry marsala because I had no sherry. It came out great! Taste, taste, taste, and adjust as needed. I just added a bit of chicken stock to thin my sauce out to my family's personal preference. Never throw out scallops! :-D mostly everything is salvageable unless you burn it to a crisp : (I also used swiss - Gruyere is ridiculously expensive here too)

"For those that complain the sauce was too thick - I usually use equal parts of flour/butter when I make a roux. Cut the flour to 2 TBS and you may find it's less thick. Be sure to cook it at least two minutes because otherwise it may taste floury. If you think the sherry is too strong, use a DRY sherry and cook for the full 4 minutes or more in order to make sure most of the alcohol has evaporated. I used a dry marsala because I had no sherry. It came out great! Taste, taste, taste, and adjust as needed. I just added a bit of chicken stock to thin my sauce out a bit to my family's personal preference. Never throw out scallops! :-D mostly everything is salvageable unless you burn it to a crisp :) (I also used swiss - Gruyere is ridiculously expensive here too)

"English Peas? Are they from England? Do I need to go over there to buy them? Where IS England anyway? I always thought it was part of Canada - Canada is so big they could easily hide a country up there in Saskatchewan and I bet Europe would never miss it. Come to think of it, I think Ireland would be happy if England were in Canada...Oh...and can I substitute some other vegetable? My husband refuses to eat anything that sounds like a bodily function.

"5 stars ONLY for the comments - they are hilarious -

Rach, one question...when are you gonna post your "early morning pizza" recipe? It sorta goes with the late night bacon, which I am assuming you make after imbibing copious amounts of a high quality alcoholic beverage like MD 20/20.

Early Morning Pizza

1 piece of leftover pizza.

1. Remove pizza from fridge. Eat.

*NOTE* make sure you take the pizza OUT of the box before chowing down.

"5 stars ONLY for the comments - they are hilarious -

Rach, one question...when are you gonna post your "early morning pizza" recipe? It sorta goes with the late night bacon, which I am assuming you make after imbibing copious amounts of a high quality alcoholic beverage like MD 20/20.

Early Morning Pizza

1 piece of leftover pizza.

1. Remove pizza from fridge. Eat.

*NOTE* make sure you take the pizza OUT of the box before chowing down.