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Another sourdough baking day….

Tonight was chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes with cream gravy and squash, it was really good. Tomorrow will be soft tacos, unless chemo taste buds say otherwise.

Our new dishwasher will be delivered on Friday. I have no idea what they will find although it looks like the flooring goes back at least a bit. Rice pudding is not a regular on our menu but you all have intrigued me to cook it. It will have to be a day I have energy. We're going out tonight to celebrate my DDs new job (ER Nurse) and her new certificate. Don't know where yet…

I'm glad we installed a new dishwasher before we moved in here. At least we know what's under it.

I love rice pudding. I never make it. I don't know why except that Dh doesn't share my love of rice. When I was a child my great grandmother would make me rice porridge for breakfast. It was sweet and comforting and I loved it. I haven't had that since.

Tonight is a roasted Cornish hen with boxed stuffing and sautéed spinach.

I remember eating rice pudding while on a Colorado River raft trip in the Grand Canyon. We had been married four years before we got around to our "honeymoon". :-)

Tonight's dinner will likely be the chicken-Jasmine rice dish (leftovers). It actually tastes better as leftovers than when first made.

Dishwasher inspired renovation…sigh….

I never had rice pudding till I met DH. Even then, it took me years to try it. I use a Bain-Marie method in the oven. Frankly, they can have the rice, I love the custard. Reminds me of Creme Brulee without the brulee, LOL.

I'm making nachos tonight and will include some ground beef this time. I'm thawing lamb chops for tomorrow.

It has been raining here for several days. The winds have finally quieted, for now.

I 'm not sure I have ever eaten rice pudding despite all the rice that was cooked in my mother's kitchen. It must not have been a favorite with my parents. Bread pudding was very common. The New Orleans version has whiskey sauce.

I used a Rouse's supermarket store brand alfredo sauce last night with the Costco ravioli. The sauce costs about half the price of Raos and it is quite good, more lemony. The jar is smaller, which is good, since I use only enough to sauce the ravioli.

Tonight will be chicken and sausage gumbo.

We got a real downpour early this morning along with lightning and thunder.

I was raised in Northern California. My Mother had two dishes that were often waiting for us when we walked home from school in the rainy winters (in our yellow rain slickers & rain boots). No one drove their kids to school in those days. And there was certainly not a bus for a destination under a couple of miles. One of the treats was rice pudding (with raisins of course) (and of course heavy cream). She made it in a double boiler and I'm guessing it simmered on the stove most of the afternoon. The other was ham-hock & beans - which I know she cooked over low heat for many hours. The third treat was popcorn in front of a roaring fireplace accompanied by quarter slices of cold apples.

As an aside - my Dad didn't care for either rice pudding or ham-hock & beans. Since he traveled frequently for work for several days to a week at a time, we were able to enjoy these things frequently.

When Dad was home - it was meat & potatoes - I expect like most men of his generation who could afford meat. Both of my parents were born before WWI.

I made rice pudding (heavy cream vs milk) for dessert with our leftovers. I ate more than I should have. DH needs to gain weight. I hope I'm not going to follow him.

Carole, we googled our problem and it is waaay more common than one would imagine. I'm dismayed, but not much to do about it.

Windy and raining here.

Wally, I don't think I've ever known of a problem similar to yours with the floor and the dishwasher. Meanwhile, I assume you're washing dishes in the sink. I'm still luxuriating in having a dishwasher. A main benefit is having a place to stow soiled dishes out of sight until the dishwasher is full. During the summer I seem to be constantly washing dishes from the recent meal because there's no extra countertop room. DH does share the task.

I made a loaf of whole grain bread with Einkorn flour this morning. The dough didn't seem to rise as much as I expected but the loaf turned out fairly normal size. Now I can start enjoying a slice for my breakfast toast with peanut butter and a choice of banana, honey, or jam topping.

Dinner tonight will be the Costco spinach and cheese ravioli in alfredo sauce and a salad. I bought a sack of avocados at Costco and they're all ready to eat.

I watched cooking shows on PBS today and wouldn't think of going to all the trouble of making moon pies and ice cream cake. Both looked delicious but what a lot of labor was involved. Multiple steps and multiple ingredients.