So...whats for dinner?

MinusTwo

Eric - Happy Birthday wishes from me too. Maybe I'm a little cynical, but look at it this way - you got a free meal!!! We'll discuss brothers if I make it out there in April as planned. I told my brother (who I see every 15 years whether I need to or not) that I had to either borrow one of his cars or rent a car so I could go meet you.

Dinner was leftovers. Salad, 1/2 a baked potato, some green peas, two pieces of Potato/Rosemary bread.

Lacey12

Happy Birthday, Eric.


Enjoyed the wise words from Susan re: siblings/family. And happy for you Susan that you accomplished the kitchen purchases without any meltdowns! Sounds lovely.


We spent the afternoon at a mall (neither of us are born mall shoppers, and I have to hand it to DH for being a willing and patient companion) where we just about completed our gift purchasing. Glad it is over...all the high end stores make me nauseated. The fact that a few people we are buying for required entering a couple of those stores made me almost feel ill. But I guess our gift to those people is that we put our own values aside to do this for them. Weird perspective?

I had nothing at home that would make for a quick dinner so we ended up at a sports bar that was on the way home that I know has good sandwiches. So we watched the first half of the Celtics game there while I enjoyed a california grilled chicken club sandwich on multi grain bread, and DH had a cod ruben which he loved. Happy choices!

Tomorrow I will check to see if the marinating turkey legs that have been in the fridge for two days (!) are okay, and if so it will be dinner.

carolehalston

SpecialK, I'm glad your surgery went well, but the 5-hour wait is inexcusable. What if you showed up 5 hours late?

Sad news about Debbie. We haven't heard from her or from Deb in a long time.

ChiSandy, hope you have a delightful trip.

Nance, I was about to advise you to bring shorts and sleeveless blouses for your trip to NOLA at Christmas. I turned on the a/c yesterday, not so much because of the temperature, 75 degrees, but the humidity. I hear a lot about the Reveillon (sp?) dinners which are being served the entire month of December.

Susan, I'm enjoying hearing about the renovation project . How exciting for "the kid" to move into a wonderful new home.

Lacey, those children grow so fast, don't they? Will the birthday treats at the party be vegan?

Nothing exciting going on in the kitchen here. I cooked more greens yesterday, an enormous bundle I bought at the supermarket. I thought they were mustard greens but the little card said turnip greens. I cooked them with diced pickled pork and they were delicious eaten with cornbread cooked in an iron skillet.

This afternoon we're attending my favorite event of the Christmas season, the concert at St. Timothy's Methodist Church. The choir is wonderful and there are always symphony musicians as well.

susan_02143

Since my kitchen table group at least pretends to be enjoying the renovation saga, I thought you might like to see the color samples we chose for the cabinets and countertops. Our slab of marble is a bit different than this one, but the colors are the same. The distant grey will be the two rows of cabinets on the walls, while the windham grey will be the island cabinets. Our compromise, if I can call it that, is I would have selected a whiter stone, but I really think that this will be beautiful.

*susan*

SpecialK

carole - the wait was tough, especially not being able to drink anything. I believe the issue had to do with equipment that was necessary for the surgery and my poor PS looked tired. After she marked me she grabbed some coffee before the surgery.

susan - the assorted grays look beautiful and classic - that will provide a lot of longevity for the design

eric95us

I like the light colors.

Special, while you were waiting, hopefully everyone around was nice and not "chowing down" on coffee, doughnuts, etc., etc.

Off to do the Christmas lights.....

bedo

Debbie my hugs and love to you. I am so glad that we met on line and got to know you. I don't think that people realize how much laughter and joy they bring into the lives of people they haven't officially met. I hope that whoever is in contact with Debbie gives my love to her and her family. I am still with you and always will be. I wish I were closer. Sally

ChiSandy

Taking advantage of free time (and free hotel internet) before turing in for the night. Waiting for our flight at O'Hare, we got into the Air France lounge: free Mumm's Cordon Rouge champagne. Changing planes in Amsterdam, we had oysters, gravlax, baby shrimp and smoked trout at Bubbles in Schipol Airport. DH had Sancerre; I had Taittinger Brut. Staying at Rome Airport Hilton (no taxi necessary!) and the put us in the Exec. Lounge--shrimp & baby greens salad, espresso, and Pinot Grigio. Free shuttle to downtown Rome--dropped us off at the edge of Campo Dei Fiore (old Jewish quarter). Went out to La Taverna del Ghetto for famous "Carciofi all Giudica" (whole, deep-fried but not battered or breaded artichokes). They even threw in a free glass of kosher Valpolicella!

And it was the last night of Hanukkah (hence the deep-fried stuff), but all the oil lamps (not candles) had burnt out. Took the following pic from our table looking out across the street. If this doesn't say "Coexist," nothing does!

susan_02143

Last week's grilled chicken turned into stock today. The results were 2 cups of stock, to which I milled 2 cups of tomatoes and 2 cups of water. I let this simmer with some thyme for half an hour to really cook the tomatoes. I sautéed some onion, carrots and garlic and threw this into the stock mixture and let that simmer for another half hour. Since I wanted a smooth soup tonight, I put all of this through the food mill. I then added some egg noodles to the stock to cook. I put the remaining chicken into each bowl in bite-sized pieces. For me, the soup was a tad too acidic given the mouth issues I am still having, but Mr. 02143 was thrilled.

The menorah vignette is lovely.

*susan*

queenmomcat

ChiSandy: (still drooling)

Redheaded1

Chi Sandy---you know how to go someplace!!!! And I love the menorah pic.

Still in angst about not putting up my tree yet and still haven't figured out what to give my besty for Christmas.....I am not a good gift giver...I am quite generous, but not inspired.....They always know what to give me, and I never know what to give them-----

I just don't know what drug to ask for to blow these cobwebs away and get pastnot having any energy or motivation y........I've tried all the mind games suggested and they just distract, but don't correct.......AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

auntienance

Love, love, love the stone and color choices Susan.

Kentucky hot browns tonight with a small simple salad. DH tells me he's making root beer floats tonight (sugar free root beer and frozen yogurt.) I'm game!

eric95us

I will be stopping by to check out an old Hobart K5 mixer from the early 1960s. The person selling it wants $125 for it, including four attachments and two bowls. If it's in good shape I'll be the owner of the granddaddy of the KitchenAid mixers. My retired neighbors (the ones that answered my cooking questions) had one and they showed me how to take care of the only two things likely to need attention--motor brushes and replacing the grease in the "power head"

Dinner tonight was a sort of breakfast at night....home made chorizo with a thinly sliced potato and an egg.

Red, our tree was put up today, but it's not yet decorated and I finally got the outside lights up today. I never worry about it..and you shouldn't either. As for gift giving...I'm that way too....if Sharon would let me get away with it, I'd just do the prepaid credit cards. :-)

Chi...that IS a neat picture and sounds like quite a meal.

Susan, my mom loves tomatoes but can eat only the little yellow pear ones. All the others make her mouth break out with what look like hives. I have read that the yellow tomatoes are lower acid than the red ones..perhaps they would work for you too?

Lacey12

Damn...my submit is not submissive one out of five times! So....lost another post....


What are KY hot browns??


Pedestrian dinner of turkey legs, squash and salad compared to Chi's culinary delights!


Red, yes, some people can be more of a challenge to buy for. And cut yourself slack about getting things done. I was a walking executive function disorder while on Tamoxifen....got nothing that required thinking and planning accomplished. Maybe you need to just do gift cards this year.....:)

Moonflwr912

Hi all. I am sorry about Debbie. People feel like Hospice should be the last option but it helps much earlier.

Red I'm not exactly ahead of the game this year either. Still working on my gifts. Sigh.

Susan the Greys look dreamy. Literally. They have a vibe of mistiness.

Lacy, my regular computer is back in for repairs again. My phone is acting up too. Oh well.

Eric, i hope you get your Hobart!

Nance KY Hot browns? Sausage? Or potatoes?

Chisandy, have a great trip. Sounds like fun already.

Can't believe my first DGD is 1.

To all, much love

auntienance

Oh Monica, so cute and so big!

A Kentucky hot brown is a layer of toasted bread (I used pieces of baguette), followed by a layer of roasted turkey, topped with sliced tomato then covered with a mornay sauce, and browned under the broiler. Lastly, two pieces of crisp bacon go on top. It's a nice and tasty way to use up leftover turkey.

http://www.brownhotel.com/m/dining-hot-brown

Another Costco run today for holiday supplies. Hope it's not too crazy. At least it stopped raining. Two and a half inches yesterday.

eric95us

We, too, had "water falling from the sky". No one around here knew what it was and panicked. :-)

Lacey12

okay....just submitted a four line post.....G.O.N.E.!!!

So frustrating!

Thanks Nance!

Adorable DGD, Moon!

Last try......

susan_02143

Lacey, This is just not acceptable! Have you posted on the Tech Glitches thread?

I pulled out an old staple for dinner. Ground lamb made into samosa meat, red lentils with garlic, basmati rice, and naan bread. The kid is enjoying some of the leftovers. I do try to feed her on Monday when she doesn't get home until around 8pm.

*susan*

carolehalston

We had pig chops for dinner, cooked in the oven with barbecue sauce on dh's chop. Yum, good pork. Sides were warmed up turnip greens and butternut mash.

Nance, that Kentucky hot brown would be good without the leftover turkey!

Moon, your DGD is adorable.

eric95us

I lost a post too.. I had made the post over about 45 minutes--working on and off (mostly off)--and after clicking on 'submit', I got the log in screen again.

Fortunately the post was pretty short.

The mixer is sitting on the kitchen table. Sharon is excited about it..."I can make cookies for school." Note she said 'school' and not 'us'. :-) This is fine..I think one cookie equals 1 pound of weight gain.

auntienance

Eric -- give us a picture!

eric95us

It says KitchenAid on the front and Hobart on the side.

eric95us

Moon, that's quite the happy look of surprise she has on her face.

I ended up feeding DD here as well. Sharon was working late at school and on my way home, DD called me and asked if I'd feed her at a restaurant she wanted to try out....a takeout Chinese food place with a few tables. I've had better, but it wasn't bad...especially for $8 for both of us.

Auntie, how was Costco's crowding? There's one I drive by on the way home from work...the parking lot was full and there was more than a 1/4 mile line of cars waiting to get into the parking lot...I will stay far away from that place. :-)

Moonflwr912

My DMIL has one like that Eric..it's up at the family farm still. Enjoy. Maybe Sharon will keep a cookie or two home if you ask nice? LOL

Susan lamb sounded good to me.

Hi Specialk. Hope you're feeling great.

I pulled out soup from my freezer. When it thawed I thought it looked weird so of course I tasted it. Duh. It was NOT butternut squash soup. It was mango smoothies LOL. I know it's warm here got up to 60 even with the rain, but a half gallon of smoothie mix is a lot for me alone.... LOL and I probably Froze it because it was starting to age. LOL. I had a bowl of chili I made on Saturday instead.

Did ever tell you age ll about my trip to Colorado and the story of the shrine. If not let me know. I'll fill you in.

Much love to all.

Redheaded1

Mammo and bone density test day.........fingers crossed.....remember how I used o just bop in there like it was a necessary inconvenience to my day.......

MinusTwo

And CT with contrast day for me. Redhead, good luck to both of us. I won't get results until I see the MO on Thursday afternoon. I'm never as hungry & thirsty as when I'm not allowed anything by mouth, and the test isn't until 11am. Eek.

auntienance

Red, hope you and Minus both ace your tests.

Eric, nice! You will love it.

Costco wasn't too bad. The biggest annoyance was the people parking their carts in the middle of the already crowded aisles while trying to snarf up all the food samples. (TAKE YOUR TIDBIT AND WALK AWAY PEOPLE.) The good thing was all the checkout lanes were open so no waiting there. I won't be going back either until after the holidays.

Lots to do today. I need to make ricotta and grind some chuck for the lasagna and numerous other odds and ends before my guests arrive tomorrow. Off to salt the beef roast that will be tomorrow night's dinner. No clue about tonight's.

SpecialK

Hello all - doing well, had post-op yesterday but left with my two drains intact.  The new kitten activity caused a spike in drain output, so I have them still.  After the appt. we went to a new-ish place for BBQ.  Very yum, but I could only eat half of it, so the rest was dinner too.  Tonight is Napa cabbage/romaine, with scallions, chicken, slivered almonds and black sesame seeds, and an Asian dressing.

moon - I am hanging in, everything looks good!  Your DGD is a doll!  The smoothie/soup story made me laugh!

eric - my mixer looks similar but doesn't have the lever, it has the slide lock.  Mine is 1990.

red and minus - as auntie said - hope you ace your tests!

auntie - your comment on folks getting their sample and getting out of the way cracked me up! I am one of those weirdos who samples nothing - I always feel like I am hurting the feelings of the person passing them out - and I am usually in the store when it is quiet so it ends up being a one on one conversation!

My friend kayb has a post with this survey - she is encouraging BCO members to take it - here is the link.

https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/73/topics/838506?page=1#post_4581053

auntienance

SK, I usually go before they start "feeding" so as to avoid the traffic jams but yesterday they started early! Glad you are on the mend. Hope you lose the drains soon.