Sorry to say, but this site has been so depressing for a few days. I thought I'd ask an average, everyday question....to make us all feel a little more normal today.
I made Eggplant Lasagna, and my BIL and SIL are coming for dinner. They leave for Cali tomorrow to see their beautiful grand daughter.
Sorry, sometimes we just need some REGULAR conversation.......or at least THIS caregiver does.
id jump on ike and go back to see the grandkids again at the drop of a hat . it just doesnt cost that much on the bike . ive offered to take the ex with me . we hate each other from a distance but she still needs to see the grandkids and her husband dont understand anything but fried food . lol i think she got the husband she deserves but its still painful to watch ..
i think ill actually go buy a few groceries today . probably chicken livers , beaks and claws but groceries nonetheless ..
been burning my canned cherries up making single serving pastries . bummer . hope the peaches and apples come on pretty soon .
gotta do my laundry todat too . the idiot upstairs just cant seem to comprehend washing them , drying them , and cramming them in the basket . i dont have any more patience where shes concerned ..
blew my fantasy all to hell . guess ill go read aljazeera and see how texan truckers are going to start popping caps at illegal immigrants if they dont head back south ..
boo hoo , the kids are escaping violent gangs -- by bringing them here ..
tomorrow night its tapas and sangria cant wait!!
kaz , if you have seafood on holiday make sure it isnt from the inchon bay in korea . its a polluted bay full of the runoff of human excrement ..
america gets guff for having a lot of chemicals in our food but the river cleanup efforts in this country in the last 40 years are highly commendable . we build the worlds cleanest burning cars by far too . were not slouchers in clean energy . west central indiana has miles of wind turbines as far as one can see . i think theyre a beautiful sight , others ' may have different opinions ..
we just fired up the worlds largest solar farm on the mojave desert . europe makes a lot of noise about renewable energy but its BS . theyre burning wood pellets from louisiana and calling it biomass . how freaking ecologically responsible is it to haul wood pellets across the pond ? it isnt , its a farce ..
ive just put in a hard day and being difficult , lol .. have a blast on your holiday . dont put too much effort into suntanning , its the white spots that guys are interested in..
im going back to my wood cutting today . really just killing time till the customer starts building his stone house this fall and winter .
Sis cooked the pork chops for lunch. It was typical style - salt/pepper - only... and a bit hard. But I loved the taste. She got it just right.
So, I made dinner - again with the left over chops. I over-compensated from the last time. I put too much salt. This time, I threw in the onions halfway through - just so that the meat gets flavored with it. I don't care to eat soft onions. It needs to be crunchy. Then, I fried the rice. It was a struggle. FYI, there IS a difference in making fried rice straight from the fridge (cold) vs. a hot rice. The longer I fried it, the more clumpy it got. My poor arms were hurting. Sis got her rice before I threw in the onions. I love onions in my fried rice, in my meat, in my hot sauce.... By the way, my chops came out sooooo tender. Now that's how I like it. Next goal with chops: go back to a pinch of salt, lots of black pepper, and try oregano and thyme.
I immediately decided to make it, and that is what we had for dinner last night. It brought back fond memories for both Pat and Barb. Barb couldn't remember having it since she was a teenager. Nostalgia is a good seasoning! This is a Betty Crocker recipe from 1965, which is about when I started making it. Betty has updated the recipe several times and lots of versions are on the web. The version I make is at website Food, and you can see it by searching for Tuna On A Shoestring Salad, if you are interested.
I served Caprese Salad with it, having just read the recipe in a murder mystery.
Tonight I served fish (hake) with mango sauce, fresh mange chunks, dried cherries, and slivered sweet pepper. I microwaved acorn squash, and roasted asparagus. It was a nicely color-coordinated plate, with good flavors.
I've been drinking a lot of pomegranate juice lately. It is very high-card so I mix it 1 part pom to 2 parts diet tonic water or soda. Very refreshing.
my youngest son just stopped by . its interesting -- the older those boys get the more they seem to understand why dads sometimes snarl .. its because we wont accept less than their best .. im going to get old and die eventually . they have an obligation to pass on the mechanical , electrical , masonry , etc that ive shared with them .. theyre both pretty smart . one builds engines professionally , the other just passed his federal advanced emt exam -- not a simple feat ..
the americans and allies invaded closer to 1944 . the soviet union occuppied the east of germany , west germany was divided between the american , british , and french sectors . supposedly we were there to contain russia but russia didnt start two global wars , its the germans we were babysitting . i was there from 1976 - 1979 .
uncle ivan was too drunk to storm the border and we were trippin balls . nobody in their right mind would start crap with soldiers wound up on lsd ..
the ice cream made me feel immensly better . i cant speak for everyone but i only eat in order to live . i operate by cravings . i could eat everything in the house and still not feel nourished if im not following those cravings ..
hope you do come stateside someday kaz . i dont have much to offer a guest except some country trike riding . its the most relaxing thing you could imagine .
im 55 yrs old kaz ..
Almost 6 p.m., marrow bones roasting for the dogs and I'm pooped. Time to do playtime and clean up my little rescue kitten, Lucy, who's in quarantine right now, feed everyone and flop in front of tv with my supper. {yaaawn}
the fresh fish sounds great pam .
im just feeling weak and sickly today . no one here to baby me so ill get some good ice cream and baby myself .
my type of work is a strange animal . after a couple days of this strenuous crap you have to take a day to rest or you would probably die young ..
We're doing steaks on the grill tonight. Last night ended up being a "clean out the fridge" night and we had leftovers. Tonight is grilled steak, salad and baked potato.
Might steam some broccoli for myself, Mom won't eat green veggies unless they're green beans.
I have a *huge* Lake Superior Whitefish in the freezer - my sister brought it back from her last trip for Mom. So I have to dig my cast iron skillet out of storage (that should be interesting) and cook it on the grill outside. Mom wants it breaded and fried, and I refuse to cook it in the freshly-painted kitchen and make it smell like fish.