Tuesday is sandwich night. I made gluten-free dill/onion sandwich rounds this morning and sloppy joes (with ground turkey) for dinner. We'll have open-faced sloppy joes (toasting 1/2 a bun each) and will top the sloppy joe with shredded cheese. Carrot, celery sticks, and bread and butter pickles (we ate our greens for lunch) and a baked apple for dessert. I also made some sweet potato chips in the microwave.

Really hit the spot. I've been thinking about those salmon cakes for a week.To make a basic Hawaiian macaroni salad, you don’t need a recipe; just follow these guidelines: The pasta: Cook 1 pound elbow macaroni (for really local style, cook until soft and fat, but you can go al dente if you prefer). The flavoring: Stir in ¼ cup very finely grated onion. Not minced, chopped or sliced—grated. It should be liquidy (this is how they do it at Diner’s, a local eatery in Kalihi). The mayo: At least 2½ cups for real local style. But there are no rules, so use less if you like. Or more. The add-ins: Carrots, watercress, celery, hard-boiled eggs, pickle relish (try some frozen, thawed peas) whatever suits you. The finale: Salt and pepper, to taste. Stir well; refrigerate. * I don't use pickle relish. I add some grated carrots, dill pickle (diced fine) some grated cheddar cheese and sliced black olives.

My husband came home this afternoon to move a big winch that he had sold. He borrowed a trailer to haul it on, and it was a wreck....most of the bed rotted out or missing. Had four tires....but one of those was missing. The winch weighed about 1000 lb....big like for a Gulf shrimp boat. He managed to get it loaded and then bottomed out trying to drive out. I pulled him out with my truck and then when he went over the wooden culvert at the front gate, pulled some of that up too and it got stuck under the trailer. I say all this to say that it makes me a nervous wreck to help him because he doesn't know the word "stop" and he takes too many chances. Then I had to follow him with my flashers on because the trailer had no tail lights. Once he got it unloaded, had to follow him back to where he had picked up the trailer. It was well past dark by then. He went back to his boat to go shrimping in the morning and I came on home. I stopped at Sonic and got a double meat hamburger for me and one with just meat and bread, for Gertie, my dog, that rode along with me.

My husband didn't come home, so I didn't cook. I had a ham sandwich on white bread. Jody doesn't like white bread, so I always buy wheat bread. But, I bought two cheap loaves for my pet pig, so I kept a couple of slices and made a ham sandwich. I made tartar sauce a couple of days ago...mayo, stuffed olives and Claussen dills...and it is really a good sandwich spread, so had that on my sandwich. I found a recipe I wanted to try. I bought a little cook book put out by the extension service in Galveston Co. They have a pecan show and a contest for the best pecan recipes. I found a recipe for jalapeno cornbread with toasted pecans and bacon. (Also has sour cream and cheese in it). I was going to make it tonight and make shrimp gumbo, since I fry bacon and use bacon grease for the roux....so I will do that tomorrow. I was late getting in the house tonight, by the time I finished feeding all the animals. It takes at least an hour and a half to feed...so by the time I got in....I was glad I didn't have to cook.