What's for Dinner #427 2026
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12 days agolast modified: 12 days agoI don't think I have the patience to make such fancy meals as you sleevendog.
Sunday: found some oxtail in the freezer. Basic stew
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Comments (100)Chelone, you can slam things around. That is what I do when I am having a crabby day. It must be something going around. I got up this morning just plain angry! And I don't recall having a bad dream that brought on the anger either. Saucy, I sure know what you mean about "getting the furniture presentable" before taking pics of anything. I have an additional problem....most of it is so surrounded by other items that I cannot get a clear view to take pics. I have several pices of furnishing I would like to add to that thread, if it were not for the above drawbacks. It will be fun hearing the name of the new member of Marie's family. One of the couples in our congregation have a very large family, and new great grandbabys arriving frequently. The latest is a boy, and I cannot remember the unusual name that the poor child will be living with. I am seeing a nickname in his future. Oh my! Mary, what a bummer. My sister is prone to having Strep throat almost with every cold. I do not recall ever being diagnosed with it, although it used to be thought a forerunner of Rheumatic Fever, and I 'was' diagnosed with that. Sister was not, so who knows? Thank goodness there are great antibiotics now that nip it in the bud. I hope you are already feeling better. I hope Scarlet Fever is not going around. Our Tim was telling me about a bout that he had with a "blazing red face", etc., just a week or so ago. LOL, V ! An Agave preparing to devour you! It does look rather menacing. :-) Ah, taxes...that is one perk of being in the financial condition that we are in. Filing a tax report has been a thing of the past for many years now. I certainly do not miss attempting to make out Nolon's self employment taxes. I would literally get sick every year that I did it. He was very bad at not keeping good records of any of his work and income. I always feared we would be audited and I would be hard put to come up with proof. I was very careful to err on underestimating our deductions and depreciations. After putting out extra bucks (only once) to pay for the filing, a good friend (my former employer) taught me how to do it myself. Julie, my mom was the neatness freak. If she saw us so much as to pick a piece of link off our clothing and drop it on the floor she would admonish us to " Pick that up and put it in the coal bucket"! Her house was never dust and debris covered like mine has become. :-( Part of mine is the hair clusters (like Chelone frequently speaks about). :-) And then there is all the residue from the wood stove, not to mention plant debris, and tracked in stuff from both of our shoes. I must sign off and tote in the firewood for the day, before getting ready for my Tuesday's trip to town. Marian...See MoreWhat's for Dinner #419 Spring 2025
Comments (105)Congratulations, annie! Yes Neely, now that you can post again, please show us more! On Sleeve’s dream - I was a rather casual student, and actually did that. Three times. In high school, I told my dad I was bored by some of my classes, he said I didn’t have to go, so I didn’t, and finally the school ordered me “suspended until he returns to class”. This was in my junior year. I dropped out of high school and started college. In my last quarter in college, I signed up for some class, got bored, stopped attending, missed the midterm, missed the final, got an F. Didn’t care, had been accepted to grad school already. Much later, in B school, I absolutely hated the “Organizational Behavior” class, and stopped attending after the midterm. I showed up for the final to see if I could pass by just making stuff up. I got a ”C” so at least I didn’t have to repeat the class. Ah for the days when you could just piss off and there were no consequences!...See MoreWhat’s for Dinner #425 2026
Comments (110)Big cabbage salad and chicken, but while the dressing was really tasty, it didn't pull the salad together well.. I ended up using up the soupy chili from the bbq cold on the salad. (It was great on the bbq salad, hot, as reported in the dinner alad thread.) The end was more kidney beans and tomato chunks, and cold it wasn't so soupy, but it's really good salad dressing, much moreso than it is chili. ;)...See MoreWhat to Wear: January 2026
Comments (255)If you are looking for t-necks for warmth, I can highly recomment Heat-Tech by Uniqlo. I’m wearing a Heat-Tech t-neck and a fleece right now. My feet and hands are cold, but my torso is toasty! Uniqlo has a new Heat-Tech with cashmere. I know nothing about that. But the Ultra Warm Heat-Tech is great. Machine wash, line dry. Size UP. They are base layer pieces so they fit rather close....See More
10 days agoDD’s experiment. Braised Napa cabbage with ham in an Asian style, served over an Asian style risotto.
The cabbage was tasty although the sauce had too much cornstarch, v2 will thicken the sauce via cooking down. The ham was too lean and bland, we decided v2 will use a fattier cut of pork and I think it should be slow cooked then seared and crystallized with sugar.Or just make a pork belly. I have not made a pork belly for many years, since that dish usually triggered a gallbladder attack. Now that I have no such organ, I’m gingerly stepping back into fatty dishes.
My pork belly is very simple. Cut off the skin, score the fat in squares, coat thickly with half salt half sugar, place fat side up in a close fitting deep pan and cover with foil, roast at 450F so the fat renders and the belly cooks submerged in its own fat, then uncover and roast until the fat is crisped up.
The “Asian risotto” was weird, it was some internet recipe with rice vinegar instead of white wine, the author must have no taste buds. We decided v2 will use sake and mirin, and white miso.
- 10 days ago
Fish heads and frames make an excellent chowder stock. My market fillets fresh fish 24/7. Every shopping order, every 5-6 weeks, i add a 2# packet and make stock. 2$ a pound. I secured a Sat morning delivery window for 8-10am. A house guest for the weekend, we will have a chowder Sat night...and 5 including us for Easter Sunday...maybe 7 max.
Easter is pretty much planned. All necessary ingredients ordered.
- 8 days ago
Yoyo weather. 75ºF yesterday, 45ºF today...damp and rainy.
Daffodils are happy.
Easy, healthy, meatless, weeknight meal. Checks all the boxes....
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