(((HUGS))) How did everything turn out? The weather can affect the dough, if it wasn't measuring, and your fingers should know better than anything if it's right. Even if it didn't turn out the way you expected, it's bread, and bread is good. Were the potatoes on time? Was the chicken cooked through? On a day like that, if you have a cooked meal, any flaws can be forgiven! So...can you get one repair tech to fix both the broiler and the grill?

So...about the spice rub... If you're marvelously organized, you can keep a cloud based spice list in Google sheets or a pantry app, and note when you're low or out, so you can check on your phone while you're at the store. I make the lists, but forget to update them, but I have Alexa in my kitchen and should grocery list items at her while elbow deep. Sometimes she writes something indecipherable, but still, if I have my phone, I can check the list in the app. But if all that fails, you can change the rub! Think about the kind of flavor the recipe has, and choose something that does a similar thing. Or just wing it. The aroma or the rub is most importantant. Any spices that smell good together should taste good together.

And if it all goes too wrong, you can make sandwiches or pancakes or eggs or order pizza-—or put it all away and just go out. I hope in the end, however, it turned into dinner. :)

It actually ended up not half-bad. The chicken turned out pretty good -- would have been better grilled but it was flavorful, if a bit overcooked in the pan. I decided to try to make mashed potatoes instead of roasting them, they were just such a weepy mess I figured well have to boil them for a mash anyway, but they didn't cook evenly and my mash had undercooked chunks. The dog got a good portion of that - she loved it LOL! The bread actually came out really good, even DH commented on it -- that ended up being the starch, and I managed not to destroy the pan-roasted brussels sprouts. :0p

DH is in charge of the grill, he'll figure out if he needs any parts. The broiler isn't worth repairing -- it's an LG stove that came with the house, it already needed a repair to the heating element a couple years ago, decided not going to pour any more money into it. Already picked out the Bluestar we want, it's just a matter of waiting until the whole kit-n-caboodle cr*ps out on me.

I'm usually very good about putting things on the shopping list, I think it was just one of those things where I wasn't paying attention to the recipe I wanted to make ahead of time and the ingredients didn't make it to the shopping list. Oh well. I know they're in the spice drawer now...

Good point about the weather -- it was raining most of the day, maybe the high humidity affected the dough.

Oh, yes. That could have brought on the sticky. :) So glad the bread came out so well!

Also glad that the rest of the meal more or less came together. I think the mash was a great idea! But maybe the potatoes were uneven temperatures going in. And if the dog gets a treat, at least someone loved it! Good for you for sticking with it and making the best of a bad day!

So one question...Is it really worth getting every last bit of life out of a half dead stove? If you're still squirreling away stove money, I get it, but if you can afford the Blue Star, why suffer?

"So one question...Is it really worth getting every last bit of life out of a half dead stove? If you're still squirreling away stove money, I get it, but if you can afford the Blue Star, why suffer?"

It is. We have a long list of things we need done around the house that take priority over replacing a still-working stove.

pan frying would be fine with a dry rubbed chicken! frozen potatoes - hmm, maybe boil them to thaw then proceed to roast. Hey, you’ll really appreciate the Bluestar when it arrives!