So...whats for dinner?
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Last night's home-made burgers and sweet potato oven fries were a big success. But now I have four leftover buns.
Tonight will be leftover linguine with Rao's and Italian sausage.
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DH cooked a rib roast in the rotisserie and it’s wonderful but huge, I took the thinnest slice and will definitely have leftovers. My contribution was sautéed cabbage/onions and boiled yellow squash. Everything is great!
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Eric - hugs for Sharon. Did the tooth extraction go OK? Hope the pain won't be incessant
Oh Mae - that looks so good I almost want to cry. For no great reason I'm eating mostly vegetarian, but prime rib would be my choice if I were choosing beef.
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She is now on just ibuprofen....the Endocet stuff nauseates her after about a day or 1-1/2 days. I convinced her to not go walking tonight and I think that might have helped.
I was reading about the popcorn ceiling. Rough finishes, like popcorn ceilings, are much easier to do than a nice looking smooth finish. My guess is that the popcorn ceilings were so common because the builders found that less skilled (and less expensive) workers could get a decent result "with popcorn".
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Hi Eric,
Actually, in the 1960's, popcorn ceilings were desired by homeowners. Previously, walls & ceilings were finished with lathe & plaster and gave a very solid bland finish to the surface. When I was a teenager and my parents remodeled our home, drywall and textured ceilings became the desired look. They could have put back the smooth plaster finish but they wanted what was current and that was popcorn texture. In some areas, this was done with asbestos fibers which became a problems when they were removed. Ours were not made of that and were only removed 45 years later.
Glad your wife is better,
Jane
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Eric, glad Sharon's on the mend. My endodontist told me, after a root canal, that if I really wanted Norco she'd write me a 'script; but that 1000mg. Tylenol+600-800mg. ibuprofen q. 6h. gives comparable-to-superior pain relief without the constipation. She was right. That was in 2018--and I haven't gone near an opioid since. (Even ditched the Rx cough syrup for Wal-Tussin gels).
Illimae, you've got me drooling over the keyboard again! Prime rib, medium-rare--yummmm...
Last night we went to Cellars, and they had a special appetizer they'd experimented with while tasting some wines for the next Italian wine dinner later this month: chilled sauteed octopus over garbanzos with champagne vinaigrette (we shared it). Entree was grilled chicken breast piccata in lemon-caper sauce with baby artichokes, over green beans. Came with mashed potatoes, but I subbed out broccoli. Bob had salmon rigatoni. Took home leftovers (and we still have his leftover beef tenderloin from Tues. night).
Tonight we went to Tapas Barcelona in Evanston with Gordy & Leslie. Now, it was in the low 40s out, but was still surprised to see some folks braving the wind & chill to dine al fresco. Walked in, and the place was full...like nearly 100% (albeit distanced). Only then did I realize that "Toto, we weren't in Chicago any more:" suburban Cook County follows the much laxer state rules. I Googled, and was amazed to learn that the IDPH says that even in localities with indoor capacity limits, the fully-vaccinated don't count. So theoretically, a 100-seat restaurant that would be subject to the lesser of 50% or 50 people under pandemic mitigation rules could lawfully seat 100 people--so long as half of them were fully-vaccinated. (Nobody asked us for proof). It was a tad unnerving to see two tables containing 10 millennial people each celebrating two birthdays--complete with singing and blowing out the candles on a cake. (I don't think I'll ever again observe the latter custom: the thought of eating a slice of something that someone just breathed hard all over just lost whatever appeal it used to have). We gave Gordy (who gets his second Pfizer on Wed.) the option of going somewhere less crowded, even back south across the city line into Chicago. (The rest of us were all >2wks fully-vaxxed). He said he felt secure keeping his mask on so long as he could sit facing us, back to the birthday tables.
We shared: marinated olives; jamon serrano with tomato crudo crostadas & manchego; wood-roasted mussels with saffron butter & lemon; patatas alioli (garlic potato salad); grilled calamari; baked goat cheese in tomato sauce with garlic bread; and a paella Catalana (shrimp, bay scallops, mussels, seared cod). Tasted good, but they used long-grain instead of short-grain arborio-type rice, and it didn't form that crunchy "soccarat" on the bottom. (Probably did it only in the oven, with no range-top time before or after). We brought home leftovers.
Dinner tomorrow? Leftover "all-of-the-above" plus a Caprese (& if necessary, a couple wings) to round it all out. Sunday brunch at Cellars; and prime rib (assuming they don't run out of it) Easter dinner at L. Woods Tap in Lincolnwood (also bordering Chicago), our local version of a northern WI "supper club." Come to think of it, we'll probably call ahead earlier on Sunday to reserve a couple of portions.
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Tonight's dinner will be catfish fillets if I make a trip to the supermarket to buy them. Sides probably broccoli and salad.
The pictured prime rib looks good to me.
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Ugh, popcorn ceilings! We’ve been fortunate not to have to deal with that. Our previous house had a swirl textured ceiling which made (homeowner) repairs difficult after a leak damaged a small part of the upstairs ceiling.
Even fully vaccinated, if I walked into a restaurant and saw that many people I think I would run the other way. I don’t know when I’ll feel comfortable going anywhere indoors with lots of people. I’m afraid I’m forever changed. Hope not. But I cringe every time I see pictures of spring breakers and people in bars all up in each other’s faces. And my feeling about birthday candles have definitely changed!
Tonight is sloppy Joe’s made from a modified Ree Drummond recipe. Sides will be a salad and frozen Alexia potato puffs cooked with the air fryer function on my oven. I’m not a tot fan but I read a good review of these and thought it might be a nice change from the ubiquitous French fries that usually go with this meal.
Big afternoon dinner tomorrow with kids and the grand dog. Ham, deviled eggs, green beans, scalloped potatoes, roasted carrots, applesauce, dinner rolls and carrot cake are on the menu. Should provide lots of leftovers. I need to get busy.
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I also am horrified at the image of indoor crowds in small spaces, and particle sprayed birthday cakes! Admittedly, I was always a bit “yukked” at the candle blowing ritual. Perhaps a tradition can be started for the birthday honoree to have a one person separate birthday cake with some candles. Or will we ever exhale vigorously in a group again?!
All that said, (get ready for hypocrisy) this crazed Celtics’ fan attended the first “fans back” game this week at TD Garden. It was weirdly (and fortunately) low populated, really clean, really welcoming by staff, totally void of any decent food, and the fans (who had to sign a “behavioral” safety pledge for entry
were spaced apart well with a mandate for masks. HOWEVER! Try getting a bunch of sports fans to honor their mask wearing pledges!
I was so distracted by the millennial guy who was closest to us (abt 20 feet) who just could NOT wear his mask over nose and mouth....AND at times adjusted it to be covering only his bearded chin! I was relieved to be vaccinated and double -masked, especially after noticing how many people (mostly men) insist on wearing masks below their noses.
Non-compliance with proper mask wearing is supposed to earn removal from the arena. I saw no removals by any ushers, and plenty of exposed noses. it was like being in a middle school library with anti-social 12 year olds. The usher would remind a fan of the mask mandate, and as soon as they walked away, off the mask would go. And cases in MA are rising! Obviously people don’t care, or don’t believe in science, or are just selfish! The next day, I received a questionnaire from the NBA tracking our “fan return” experience and I shared it! Also registered my disdain with the Celtics’ staff. I totally understand that from a business standpoint they do not want to irritate fans by ejecting them, but as I suggested, deceased fans are not paying fans either! We have tickets to two more games under this “fans back safely” plan. Yikes!
Tomorrow local son will bring toddler terrorette here for an egg hunt and early dinner. DH plans to grill marinated turkey tips (Dom’s, a local brand that has become popular) and veggies, and I’ll make a salad. DH picked up a some bunny themed cookies and cupcakes for dessert. I recall that my boys didn’t know about sugary treats before age two, but this little girl sure does!Tonight I’m making “crabcake” stuffed artichokes for dinner. My new fave store (which is hard to avoid on my way home from laser treatments, which end this week) had the most beautiful big artichokes for cheap, which inspired me. I might also make some eggplant pizzas, which is a recent discovery we like.
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Don't get me wrong--the restaurant wasn't crowded like that dive bar where my friend's memorial jam was held two weeks ago, but just had almost all its tables occupied. We kept our masks on until after the food & drinks arrived, and put them back on whenever a waiter or busser approached. Didn't take them fully off till we got back into our car. All staff were fully-masked, too. But I was still surprised because restaurants within the far north lakefront portions of the Chicago city limits are so conscientious--and Evanston is ultra-progressive. (I suspect that most of those millennials were from outside Evanston).
Turns out, though, that more than just the one waiter at the Fulton Market district restaurant Carnivale (where we'd originally planned to go) tested positive--because its site now doesn't list a reopening date. (It's very popular with the Lincoln Park & River North foodie millennials among whose ranks most of Chicago's--and for that matter, IL's--new cases are occurring). And speaking of which restaurants don't seem to have reopened, Next of Kin (next door to the garage where we parked on Davis St.) has a lone igloo on its plaza and signs proclaiming "We're open and glad to see you again," but is dark, empty & locked. And on-street parking spaces were readily available--in the heart of Evanston's dining district (had I known, I'd never have booked a SpotHero garage space). I did see rideshares pulling up in front of the tapas bar, though.
We'll be a bit more discerning at L. Woods tomorrow night, though--if it looks too full inside and it's not warm enough to dine outside, we may just order our meal to go.
Needless to say, we're not hopping on a plane--CDC's nod to the vaccinated notwithstanding--until there are vacation destinations that are safely-open. Not gonna use our prepaid HGV promo trip to the property on W. 57 & 6th if all we can do outside our little hotel room is window-shop & go to Central Park. No slam against the city where I grew up, but without B'way, museums & indoor dining, NYC just isn't itself and is not worth visiting. Same with Vegas--my friend & his wife I saw at the memorial jam had just returned from there, and said the only things open were Air BnBs and the cheaper (tacky) off-Strip casinos & restaurants. They went mostly for the desert & mountain hiking in temperatures warmer than Chicago. One of Bob's patients is a salesman, who used to go to Vegas nearly every other month--and he says "don't go."
We have loads of timeshare points to use--but IMHO, flying to a condo with nothing to do but enjoy the scenery, watch TV & read all day, and then have to cook all our meals (in a small barebones kitchen), is NOT a "vacation." Maybe it is for hard-working Bob, but we can do all that more cheaply & safely here.
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I agree with Nance & Lacey - it will be a LONG time before I'm comfortable eating ANY meal inside ANY restaurant. For now, that includes most outside dining too. I just don't understand how you've been doing it night after night ChiSandy. Many people in Texas are like the fans at Lacey's Cetic's game - no masks or sloppy masks and no one correcting them.
The popcorn ceiling was courtesy of sheet rock that had already been damaged when we moved into the house in 1974. At the time - easy & cheap to dump the "rock" into a gallon of paint & roll it on. Ergo - the entire ceiling has to come down. Going crazy trying to match paint w/cabinets & floors & tile & trim & .... Tomorrow I'll paint sample colors on the walls & pack 4 more bookcases. I'm already close to the point where I'd like to light a match and walk away, and the worst hasn't started yet. Probably the biggest dread for me will be having to get up & dressed at the crack of dawn every day and having a crew of 3-5 descending and working in the house every day - for all day - for weeks. I'm much more privately inclined. But I'm not comfortable leaving them alone in the house - so not even any grocery store trips.
Dinner was Rana brand Maine Lobster Ravioli from Costco. Edible but I won't buy again. To be fair, I followed the package directions & just "dressed" with butter. Probably would have been better with a cream sauce.
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Minus....All the things you mentioned are why I try to do all my own home repair-upgrade-update work. :-)
Sharon and I are going to a friend's house for the weekly banjo-guitar jam. I just made 3 loaves of sourdough bread yesterday and put 2 of them in the freezer for later. The bread freezes quite well. Since warm bread is so much more wonderful, I'm making a single loaf sourdough loaf today and will be taking it with us. We wrap it in paper towels and then wrap all of that in a clean towel and it is still warm when we get there.
The hermit lifestyle suits me just fine. Even as a little kid, I did not like crowds.
The bread is ready...timer is beeping and the dogs are hoping I might drop the loaf. :-)
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Minus, that’s the one I tried that I thought was so underwhelming. I made a garlic butter sauce. It definitely needs something. Lobster perhaps? It was particularly disappointing because the other varieties are usually pretty good.
I had an experience I’ve never had before today. Out of 12 eggs I cooked for deviled eggs, only two were useable because the shells wouldn’t come off the others. I sometimes have one or two that won’t cooperate but never that many. They weren’t new eggs either. Fortunately I had another dozen to use. I used some of the bad egg yolks for the stuffing. The rest will be egg salad. Weird.
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Nance - did you do Specials "shake" trick? Ever since I learned that my egg shells 'glide' off.
Eric - I agree and me too when I was younger. I have even shingled the roof, installed sheet rock on ceilings and laid both tile & vinyl. Unfortunately not any more.
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Minus, I did. It was a debacle. I wish I had take a picture of the pitiful things.
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What’s the shake trick? I made a couple deviled eggs this morning for snacking. I’m an ok peeler but definitely interested in a better way.
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Special's magic hard boiled eggs:
Put the eggs in a cold water & bring to a boil. Turn down to simmer for 15 minutes (I do 12 minutes,someone else said their Mother did 11)
Pour off the hot water. Run cold water over the eggs for a couple of minutes
Then fill the pan w/cold water. (I add ice cubes) Let sit around 10 minutes before pouring water off.
Put the lid on the pan and shake vigorously. Shells slide off.BTW Special, my niece who raises chickens has occasion to bless you regularly since I showed her this trick.
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We don't dine indoors at restaurants "night after night:" in fact, we did almost entirely patio or takeout/delivery until we got vaccinated. When we do dine at restaurants (indoors or out) we wear our masks except when actively eating & drinking. Before we got fully-vaccinated, we very rarely dined indoors--in fact, not until this past Feb., and only in nearly-empty restaurants. We've walked out of suburban restaurants when we felt they were too crowded or lax in their standards. We chose ONLY restaurants (indoors & outdoors) that practiced social distancing and limited capacity. It's only recently--and only in the suburbs--that we've been noticing both restaurants & diners being increasingly lax. Cook County's health commissioner is threatening to crack down and limit capacity as strictly as the city does--and she may advise shutting down indoor dining. In the meantime, we are doing what the city of Chicago (which is one of the COVID-strictest jurisdictions in America) says is safe, especially for the fully-vaccinated, fully-compliant. The moment the Mayor or city Health Commissioner says "stay home," we'll stay home.
Chicago is NOT like FL or TX--we are NOT "wide-open," we have a mask mandate (not just advisory), and most people over 40 are being compliant. (I call out the ones I see who aren't, unafraid to incur the wrath of selfish libertarians). For the record, we're not yet ready to attend a sporting event or concert, indoor movie or worship service, or travel (though the CDC said as of yesterday we can freely do the latter so long as we mask & distance). Until I got fully-vaccinated and the weather got better, I had all my groceries delivered. And I didn't use public restrooms either (not even at restaurants).
We do go to Cellars once a week--to keep it in business, at limited capacity with strict mitigations. It "hibernated" from Thanksgiving through early March (and for much of Nov., it operated only for takeout or delivery). Its owners have been pillars & charitable benefactors of the community ever since they opened 15 years ago--and they've become friends over the years. There are very few other places we trust.
I'm not being profligate or suicidal, regardless of whatever anyone here thinks. (Bear in mind that unless I cooked something really good for the two of us, I generally stopped posting on this thread except to mention exceptional meals we had away from our house--or ordered out, so it appears I'm much more of a social butterfly than I really am). You have to understand that Bob has been working--and seeing patients--day after day throughout all this. He has had to take risks in his profession every day, while for most of this I stayed home. I'm not about to get sanctimonious and refuse to carefully go out with him when he wants to. If a place is safe enough for him (and he's far more careful than his suburban medical colleagues), it's safe enough for me...until the city says it's not.
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Wearing the mask below the nose is very popular here, especially with younger people.
I don't have a problem with eating in restaurants now that we are vaccinated but we seem to prefer eating at home. We have restaurant options but nothing compared to what Sandy enjoys in her Chicago area. Sandy, after reading today's posts, I can understand why you are feeling somewhat under attack for eating out often, as you said on the Oldies thread this morning.
Last night's dinner was baby back ribs, finished on the grill with dh's kind of barbecue sauce, thick and sweet. Sides were Bush's baked beans with the addition of bacon and a small amount of brown sugar (again to dh's taste) and some home-made coleslaw.
DH chose the ribs when given three options that included the catfish fillets that I did buy on my supermarket shopping trip.
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Please don’t stop posting here Sandy. Not only do I enjoy hearing about your culinary adventures but I’m so impressed with your ability to remember all the details to post them lol. Our meals seem to get more and more boring as does my motivation to prepare them. No wonder it’s so easy to forget what I had for dinner.
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Tonight is a classic cheeseburger but one side is grilled and the other pan fried since the grill flamed up too much and I noticed a couple rusted out holes in the bottom. Now, it’s done for but it has served me well.
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Chisandy- I certainly wasn't intending to attack you. I agree - Chicago isn't Texas or Florida. As Nance said, your adventures are fun to follow.
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I hope everyone cekebratingvEaster is having a good one. And if you're celebrating or getting ready for Passover, the same.
I thought I'd just posted on here, and its almost 6 weeks ago! Sorry everyone. Things are going well, here but busy. Had only the daughter's family we sit for here for dinner. Until my DH s brother called, they weren't thinking, and wanted to go out for lunch. Of course anything open is full. So they called to see if we knew anywhere. Well, of course we said join us! Whats 2 more people, LOL! Luckily my DD2 was, of course, running late so I hadn't even put the rolls in to bake. We sat down at 2. (Was supposed to be 1, but littles dont cooperate well. ) LOL. And, if course, first we had to hunt fir the eggs. Our local GS troop, offered 35 filled eggs for $25.00 as a fundraiser.They would even hide them outside for you if you wanted. We hid our own, because we only put half of them out. The other grand will come next week, we'll hide them then. I thought it was a great idea, there were many different things in the eggs, if you fill them yourself, you dont get as much variety. Ill do it again if they do it next year.
Ham, mashed potato, yams, fresh green beans, and corn, with the obligatory cresent rolls. Dessert was turtle chocolate pie, and strawberry and cream over angelfood cake. I had to look the other way as everyone at the table took both and mixed them together. Saying "Hey, chocolate covered strawberries! LOL. Not me. LOL
Much love to all.
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Today was more "homework". DD came home today to sign some tax paperwork so the tax accountant could submit the tax stuff. She's getting a refund. She went back soon after to have Easter lunch with her boyfriend.
Sharon and I went to a pizza place and we were "it" for customers. I think they make it comfortable for the folks in front of the pizza oven and the rest of the place is like the South Pole. It was 97F degrees outside...we ate outside where it was more comfortable.
Chi, she started 750mg Acetaminophen-600mg Ibuprofen q6h (what we had in the house) and it is doing a good job for her. She can take the "oxy" for 1-1/2, maybe 2, days before she starts getting nauseated. Then it becomes a situation where she can't sleep because of nausea or can't sleep because of the ache. So, this alternative is very welcome. :-)
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I pulled the air fryer out of its cabinet home last night and air fried chicken drumsticks for dinner. I marinated them in buttermilk made with vinegar and milk. The flour seasoning had corn starch recommended for crunchiness. I will have to work on the coating. The final result was ok but definitely not Popeye's and not the wonderful broasted chicken in MN.
Side was mashed potato salad like my mother made and not chilled.
Moon, good to have you check in. Gone are those days when your dh worked and was away from home and you spent a lot of time with yourself for company.
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Monica, thanks for the Passover good wishes. It was over at sundown last night--but somehow, I can't seem to stop eating "the bread of affliction" (matzo), now that I've found 100% whole wheat (even round "shmura") and bran versions. Post-Passover sale prices are nice & low. (Dunno if the same will hold true for post-Easter-candy prices: Bob seems obsessed with finding dark-chocolate eggs, especially cream-filled).
Here's an ecumenical holiday "Smore:" take leftover scraps of Easter & Passover chocolates (especially bunnies), stale (gotta be stale) Peeps, put them between slices of matzo, and nuke till it melts. (No, I haven't tried it--no Peeps in the house. But I do have keto "marshmallows" and sugar-free chocolate).
Glad the IB/APAP combo is working for Sharon, Eric. I hate taking opioids--not only the constipation (and with Tylenol #3--which has codeine & not a synthetic opioid--nausea) but the "dopey" feeling. I am a control freak--even though I love good wine with food, I stop before I get tipsy because I can't stand feeling the slightest bit loopy. (At a multi-wine tasting dinner, as a guide for the waiter, I place a finger horizontally along the outside bottom of the glass' "bowl" and stop the pour before the wine goes up past my finger--if you can visualize that. Drives dining companions crazy--they can't understand why I wouldn't want to get my money's worth of wine). I first learned about a variation of that OTC pain med combo over on the Bonesmart.org boards ("brithael" here on BCO was an online "knee sister" whom I met in R/L when she came to see one of my dulcimer sets at the 2014 Fox Valley Folk Festival. The site admin--a highly-opinionated British ortho surgical RN--calls it the "Bonesmart Cocktail," to help wean off opioids (she's skeptical about a need to even wean off them, but I told you she's opinionated) and replace them entirely for maintenance outpatient pain control. (She is even dismissive about PT--which she calls "physio"--insisting that she did fine with time, rest, ice, elevation, & Norco).
Carole, I'm not a fan of the standalone air-fryer I used to have (now on permanent loan to my Basement Museum of Obsolete Small Appliances & Coffee Devices)--but I love the airfry setting on my Breville Smart Oven. Used it Sat. night on some cacio e pepe arancini I picked up at Whole Foods. WF's arancini were delicious, until they began to cool off--at which time they left behind that disgusting "waxy" mouthfeel (like chewing generic Crayolas) characteristic of White Castle's fries & onion rings. Bleccchh. Dinner Sat. was--besides those arancini--aggregate leftovers, supplemented with a salad, plus wings Bob picked up en route home from work. (The latter--with more salad--will be my dinner tonight).
Easter dinner was at L.Woods Lodge & Tap, a reasonable facsimile of a Northwoods (WI/U.P. of MI) "supper club." As part of the Lettuce Entertain You chain, even though it was in Lincolnwood, outside Chi. city limits it strictly followed Chicago mitigation rules. It even removed the tent from its patio, and because it was warm-ish that far inland from the lake, didn't even turn on its gas heaters. But there was no outdoor table available (it blocked off every other table, even outside). They removed half the freestanding tables from their indoor rooms, and placed tall plexiglass barriers between the booths. The customers were very good about re-masking whenever interacting with staffers, and I felt very safe. Started with a shrimp cocktail & kale salad (with puffed wild rice, which I'd guess was made in a hot-air popper). We each had the huge "king cut" of prime rib (only a couple bucks more than the "queen cut," and providing more leftovers), with sides of creamed spinach and for Bob, au gratin potatoes. I brought home half my prime rib (about 10 oz. remaining, which we'll share tomorrow night), but Bob practically inhaled his entire slab of beef. We still brought home half the sides. No dessert. (When I got home, I had a square of a Vosges "Mo's Dark Bacon Bar:" 72% cocoa, very little sugar).
I'm not going to apologize for occasionally dining out, indoors, because a) we're fully vaccinated; b) the city & county say it's safe if mitigations are followed; and b) we can afford it. It's not our demographic that's driving the current IL & Chi. case increase--it's the millennials and especially Gen-Z. The county released test positivity figures this week, by age group: Gen-Z, 6%; millennials, 5.4%; 40s, 4.8%; 50s, 4%; 60s, 3%; 70s. 2.9%; and 80+s, 2%. They did not differentiate by vaccination status, but considering that 57% of IL seniors (>65) are fully-vaccinated and 70% have had at least one shot, the 60-through 80+, the positivity rate among all IL seniors is likely far, far lower. And as to the 5% statistical chance of still contracting it, masking & distancing makes me feel much more secure. Of course, if stricter mitigations go into effect, we'll follow those. (The city has somewhat relaxed outdoor limits in order to reduce the likelihood of indoor crowding). And my harrowing experience at a friend's memorial jam last week has me going nowhere near taverns & standalone bars, which are causing the spike among the young'uns. (Drunk people generally don't wear masks or distance).
By the time our 50th anniv. rolls around in late June, if mitigations are still in effect and the weather isn't conducive to an outdoor celebration, we'll hold it indoors at our place: by then, every one of our guests will be fully-vaccinated.
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Sandy, I know you’re staying low carb, so if you’re interested, my husband found Carbquick at Walmart. It’s like bisquick and almost zero carbs. So far it turns out a bit like a dry biscuit but will a little experimenting we may get it just right for pizza dough and bread.
Dinner tonight was random. I had some late afternoon manchego and triskets, do I just snacked on the available pork ribs, no sides were made. Sugar free pistachio pudding later.
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I found a keto brownie mix as well as a "biscuit/pizza crust" mix, both at Whole Foods. Now that Passover has "passed over," I might bake up a batch.
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I used to make sourdough bread to take to the Saturday music jam and I'd time it so it would come out of the oven a few minutes before we left for their house (or they would arrive at our house). The other couple is trying the keto diet and warm bread smell would be "cruel", so I'm not baking it for them.
I'm still making it for ourselves.
We ate "fish" tacos at 1:30pm and neither of us are hungry for dinner. So, it'll be a "dinnerless" evening.
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I cooked the catfish fillets last night in a hot oven, first wetting them with Egg Beater and coating them with fish fry breading. Then spaying with oil. The last stage of making them really crispy before pulling them out of the oven was turning on the broiler. My best effort at oven fried fish. The side was steamed broccoli with a bit of butter and squeezed lemon. DH made his tartar sauce.
Tonight we're going to a nearby restaurant called Orlando's for boiled crawfish. Crawfish are in season. The lucky families had crawfish boils on Easter Sunday.
Sandy, the stand alone air fryer works well when I use it. My preference for cooking is the stovetop and the oven. In MN during the summers, the outdoor grill comes in for a lot of use, keeping the heat outside. I have never developed a liking for the slow cooker and seldom use the multi-cooker even though it works very well. I made the mistake of buying the 8 qt. cooker instead of the 6 qt.
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