So...whats for dinner?
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Minus, I know they do and I've taken plenty of things back. I'm just reluctant to return food items that I've half eaten just because I didn't like them unless they're spoiled or something. I did return four bottles of wine once because the corks disintegrated in two of them while trying to open them.
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Auntienance, I mentioned returning the chops. I get it…I'd rather not return food items either, but they won't know quality issues if no one tells them. And sadly, no hulu. I've watched snippets on news throughout the day.
The peanut noodles turned out very well.
Had his onco appointment this afternoon (finally)…SO glad that this guy agrees with me; he'll be putting DH on anti-androgen therapy and hopeful it works. I have to say, he was quite direct, which I appreciate. Asked if anyone told us prognosis/life span with this disease (nope). 2-3 years. DH is on year 6, so I am eternally grateful.
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Growing up we had lamb for Easter but only occasionally during the rest of the year. Sheep are common in Ireland and Scotland. Our first three years in Scotland we lived in a farm cottage surrounded by 200 cattle and 4,000 sheep. I spent my school spring vacations bottle feeding the pet lambs (those without mothers because of lambing deaths or being a triplet.) DH’s first job there was sheep breeding research. He worked with the team that cloned Dolly.
Wally, I’m glad your DH is going on a treatment that you approve of. Hopefully he will continue to defy the odds.
Dinner tonight was lamb ragu on pappardalle.
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I buy New Zealand lamb at Sam's Club and it has been good. Not as good as American lamb, which is much more expensive and rarely available in our supermarkets. I used to find it at Fresh Market, but not in recent years. The farmers must sell to upscale restaurants.
Wally, glad you felt positive about the dr. appointment. Hope your dh continues to defy the odds.
We're meeting our farmers market friends, Judy and Ron, in town tonight to eat at the newly opened Pizza Ranch, a chain in this area. It serves buffet style. Pizza, fried chicken and sides. I'm expecting it to be very crowded and probably noisy. I was told that it has a children's arcade similar to Chuckie Cheese. I hate Chuckie Cheese.
Dinner last night was more pork. Baby back ribs cooked in the slow cooker and finished on the grill with barbecue sauce. For dh, warmed up mashed potatoes and country gravy. For me a very small portion of potatoes and a large chopped salad with tomato, lettuce, avocado, and Greek olives.
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Carole Pizza Ranch has zero ambiance but the chicken is pretty good. DH likes the pizza. I think it's just ok. The best part is that you can try different varieties. It's not as bad as Chuck E's but there does always seem to be a lot of kids in ours. I think it's kind of pricey for what it is but there's a senior discount.
Dinner is a complete unknown. Last nights meal tasted good but gave me a severe case of acid reflux.
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Wally, I hope great things come from DH's treatment.
The passport issuance office emailed me that I will have my new passport (in my hands) by 30 Sept. I will be astounded if that happens.
I just brought in a bit more than 15 pounds (almost 7kg) of Roma tomatoes from the garden. These were the ones that were the "fall off when jiggling the vine" ones and there is likely to be another similar harvest in a few days. For the past three weeks, we've been getting about half this amount each week. It's been getting into the 45F/7C range in the mornings, so I guess the tomatoes are trying to get done before the frost happens.
Both of us got "perfect scores" on our dental checkups today…so another 6 months.
We are in the middle of a severe thunderstorm warning.
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It seems like buffets with a variety of choices attract large family groups including kids. I can no longer eat at them per my pulmo's rules. The only one I miss is the Golden Corral in Niagara Falls where we traveled twice a month from Cambridge ON to collect our mail. It was decent and so much cheaper than anything in Canada back then.
Nance, It's such a letdown when a delicious meal causes a sleepless night.
Eric, Congrats to you and Sharon on your good dental checkups. It’s been a while since I’ve had one which didn’t lead to further treatment (and cost.) I hope the passport office is right. My last renewal didn’t take very long. It looks like you’ll be busy canning tomatoes.
Dinner tonight was chicken Alfredo on noodles.
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Maggie, I avoid buffets too. It is just not worth it. I have turned in to quite the germaphobe. I think it is the combination of Covid plus this disease. Dinner tonight for us was just cold cereal and fruit since I didn't have to cook for my DD and DGD. I made some banana bread earlier today so we had a piece of that too.
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Pizza Ranch was swamped with people. Parking lot full. A long line of people waiting to get in. The four of made a quick decision to go elsewhere. We went to West Forty, which wasn't crowded at all. I had the walleye basket, which came with cole slaw and french fries. DH and our friends had the chicken fried steak. We were all satisfied with our meals.
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My new passport arrived today. It was one week from application to arrival. I am impressed and astounded! :-) I also carry a passport card in my wallet. Oddly enough, my USDHHS ID is not "real ID" compliant.
There is one buffet we go to. They do a great job at keeping things clean and we go when it's not crowded. The other places…I think they are too noisy.
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Back from Houston for scans. All good except for a few pesky old spots in the brain that decided to grow a bit (watching them for now).
Dinner was crunchy onion chicken, au graten potatoes, steamed spinach and roasted squash and zucchini wedges.
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Mae - so basically good news. Wish we could have offered you some rain. Everything is close to dead here. Our 'horticulture' is based on frequent rain and not 'desert' conditions.
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minus, there’s plenty of rain here this summer. I was after warmth and I got it.
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Sockeye Salmon and spinach tonight.
Illimae, glad you are fairly stable.
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Intolight, Homemade banana bread makes any meal delicious.
Carole, I'm glad you ended out at a quieter good restaurant by default.
Eric, That's great turnaround time on your passport. I renewed mine last September and it arrived quickly. I think this time of year is quiet for passport applications since summer is finished and holiday travel is still a bit away.
Illimae, Good to hear things are stable enough. Those au gratin potatoes sound delicious.
Dinner tonight was salmon, sautéed summer squash and pan fried baby potatoes. This afternoon we drove out for ice cream: black bear for me and apple crisp for DH. The leaves are starting to change. In spite of the drought the sugar maples are brilliant red and pink.
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We enjoyed a fall in Vermont back in 1969, the year we got married. The color was gorgeous.
I had my leftover walleye chunks, battered and deep-fried, for lunch yesterday. It tasted delicious a second time with some homemade tartar sauce.
For dinner last night we had a bowl of corn chowder from the freezer and salsa chicken with black beans cooked in the grill/oven. I do enjoy that combination of chicken, salsa and black beans topped with sour cream. I didn't have any shredded cheddar.
In packing up grocery items yesterday, I discovered we've had a mouse visitor who got into a box of Spanish rice-a-roni and a package of two pizza crusts. I set a trap in the now-empty cabinet but no captured mouse this morning.
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Dinner tonight is fettuccine chicken florentine in Alfredo with a hunk of French bread and a glass of moscato.
Popcorn and a horror movie to complete my night.
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DH is an expert at setting mouse traps and deciding where to put them. I guess the five years he spent doing research with them gave him insight into how they behave. A cat is the best solution IMO but now we only have the neighbor’s cat who comes to visit.
Illimae, I haven’t been able to drink for a long time but I still really miss moscato. I hope you enjoyed your movie.
Dinner tonight was Austrian chicken in cranberry/apple sauce on German noodles.
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We harvested another 5 pounds of tomatoes today, so we went to work and "canned" 10 pints of stewed tomatoes. Blanching, peeling, coring and cutting up 20 pounds of tomatoes sure does make a mess.
Everything is cleaned up and the pressure canner is cooling down as I type this.
Sharon is getting used to both water bath and pressure canning, and is greatly enjoying it.
I married well. :-)
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Dinner last night was a repeat of the night before. Corn chowder and chicken salsa.
Tonight will be the last ribeye in the freezer.
Maggie, more description of your meal? I've never had Austrian chicken.
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Wanted to get take-out mexican from our fav food truck, but they were closed. I ended up making refried bean nachos.
Tonight will be meatloaf.
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Carole, It’s meant to be made with pork but that now gives DH migraines so I just substitute chicken. Either tastes good.
1 lb pork loin cut in pieces; 1 cup chopped onion; 2 apples peeled, cored, thinly sliced; 1 16 oz can berry cranberry sauce; 2 tsp oil or margarine; 1/2 tsp thyme; 1/4 tsp pepper; 1/4 tsp salt; 1 TBSP Worcestershire sauce; 1 TBSP apple cider vinegar; 1/2 -1 TBSP brown sugar
1. Sprinkle pork with salt, pepper and thyme. Sauté in oil until color change. Add onions and sauté a couple of minutes. 2. Add cranberry sauce, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, brown sugar and apples. Stir to mix well and bring to a boil. 3. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 40 min for pork or 20 min for chicken. 4. Serve over cooked noodles or mashed potatoes.
Eric, The mess will be worth it when you cook good meals with the tomatoes this winter.
Wally, I’m glad you had a Mexican meal even though the food truck was closed.
Dinner tonight was Tuscan Garlic Shrimp on casarecce.
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Maggie - interesting dish. I think I'll try it.
Today's meal was tuna salad on two Hawaiian Rolls. Dessert was 1/2 a white chocolate/raspberry bundlette from Nothing Bundt Cakes. Prepped coleslaw and some hard boiled eggs for tomorrow,
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Maggie, I agree with Minus. Very interesting dish. Thanks for the recipe.
DH cooked the ribeye perfectly on the grill. I made a Kraft's mac and cheese. The last home-cooked meal of summer, 2025, in the 5th wheel camper. We'll eat at Clancy's tonight.
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I will have try that recipe..probably with chicken….Sharon far prefers chicken over pork and I'm "whichever".
Later today I will get to test out the oven by baking sourdough bread.
I have my grandfather's old popcorn popping pan but couldn't use it on the glass top electric stove because the bottom of the pan wasn't flat. Gas stoves have no problems with the pan, so I can start using it again. For the cost of a box of microwave popcorn bags, I can get 2 pounds of popcorn kernels, which makes a lot of popcorn.
So far no "mouse in the house" problems. I don't know if it's the dogs or the house is new enough that it's still sealed tightly enough to prevent the mice from entering. The local electric company found out that a USA dime sized hole was too large to exclude mice entry.
It was "supposed" to rain yesterday and be clear to day, but it looks like the opposite is happening. clear yesterday and rain today. Hopefully no more rain falls on Globe, Miami or Claypool, AZ for awhile. Flash flooding there has killed three.
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Eric - you did indeed marry well 😊
Last night was ham and beans with cornbread, the leftovers of which we finished off for lunch. Always a favorite. Tonight is a taco casserole.
We too are very much in need of rain.
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Sounds like Eric and Sharon both married well :-)
Eric, I bought a silicone popcorn popper (microwave!!) because my induction wouldn't allow the aluminum base. I gave mine to someone who roasts their own coffee beans.
We are getting wind and rain…fall is here 😍
DH's dental (every other week) was not great. We need to see the oral surgeon in Seattle, again. Dreading the thought he may lose his whole lower jaw. SOB. No possibility of dentures because of the bone/jaw necrosis. Stupid Prolia…RANT.
The dentist is beyond kind; he offered to come and deal with our wasps because DH said he was climbing ladders.
Last of the meatloaf, tomorrow.
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Maggie - that recipe sounds fabulous. I’ll save it and try it with tofu… will let you know if it works.
Nance - what is a taco casserole ?
Eric - when my son was growing up we used to pop corn in an old saucepan, and he would complain bitterly that we didn’t use jiffy pop. Lol then the microwave pops came… I miss popping it on the stove !
Carole - safe travels back down home. Hope you enjoyed Clancy’s.Tonight we had curried potatoes , zucchini and chickpeas with hummos on toast. Comfort food for me !
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Carole, Enjoy your last meal of the year at Clancy's and have a safe trip back to LA.
Eric, I have an old wire basket popcorn popper meant to be used over a campfire which also works over a gas stove flame. The benefit is that popped corn can be removed so it doesn't burn waiting for the slow-poke kernels.
Wally, I’m sorry that your DH has to go back to the oral surgeon.
Dinner tonight was Angus strip steak (on sale!), cauliflower and scalloped potatoes.
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Taco casserole is a layer of taco chips followed by a mixture of ground beef, enchilada sauce, sautéed onions, green chilis and a small amount of cream cheese, topped by shredded cheese and baked for 25 minutes. After it's cooked it's topped with tomatoes , lettuce, salsa, sour cream and other toppings you might like. It's pretty easy and quick and tasty.
My love of popcorn was so great at one time that I received three corn poppers from three different friends for Christmas. Instead I persisted in using an old pan for years It made the best popcorn I still prefer stove popped. I would like to have a whirlypop but I don't have the real estate.OhWally , that's tough news about your DH. I wish it was better.
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