Last night was an egg in a hole with a green salad. It was good and I'll probably have the same tonight.

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We made grilled cheese with steak, tomato and caramelized onion.

The peas improved a lot overnight. Sometimes things are better the second day.

Tonight we had:
- pork chops
- green beans
- rice
- applesauce
- orange cookies

For Supper, I'll probably have some vitamin B12, some 81mg aspirin, some Alaskan fish oil capsules, some tabs of glucosamine, lotsa vit C, a shit load of anti-depressants and anti-anxiety pills ...and if all else fails, a very large cup of hemlock.

:superfunny:

Since that was pretty much what I had for brunch...

I will be having the salmon with oven roasted new potatoes and brussels sprouts. (I dare any virus to survive 400 degrees)

The :wine: course just began.

Are you kidding, 400 degrees is like a free sun tan bed for this virus, jack it to 500 degrees and rip its sunglasses off.

Nah, bacteria die and Viruses "deactivate' at 249F (121C) under pressure, if you want to preserve them, freeze 'em.

:sunglass:

Well as I live and learn. Pity that my freezer is so full of hoarded chicken legs and 4 bean salad.

My :wine: course began a little earlier in the day, with a nice Louis Jadot Beaujolais. I already drank all the really cheap stuff, except for a box of sangria that I've had for about a year and a half, and have my doubts about.

Tonight for dinner was a bowl of peas and cornbread, and some applesauce.

Pot roast
Potatoes
Carrots
Green beans

Tea to drink

Ice cream for dessert

Coronavirus eating
 

Am presently eating butter chicken with rice and some fried bread thingie which I got take-out from the Asian noodle shop around the corner, run by young yuppie hipsters (20th century hippie entrepreneurs). Absolutely delicious, a tad spicy, but I now have very cleared out sinus passages!! There goes my budget (lol). First time that I have tried out this place, but I was desperate for something resembling Chinese food. I also bought another meal, crispy pork and pineapple and other thingies which I will eat later. They are only doing take-out.

I did a walkabout in my neighbourhood to check out some of my favourite restos. My absolutely favourite West Coast taco place has closed down completely :bigcry:. So are the two wonderful bakeries, one of which had the best homemade shortbread cookies and vanilla slices (their version of the mille-feuille) :bigcry:. The Thai resto has also closed down completely :bigcry:. There is also a little sushi take-out place in a kind of mini-mall (like 15 stores, 3 food places: soup & sandwich, etc.) and the whole little mall has closed down :bigcry:. My 2nd favourite pizza place has closed down completely :bigcry:. Micky D's is closed completely, it has no drive-thru (I don't usually eat there). Timmy's is open :) but only for take-out (I wonder for how long...).

take-out
 

The reason I decided on this place is that, while it is closed inside so I didn't have to even go inside, it has a window that opens up to the outside (they also have a great rep), so I placed my order, paid, and he pulled down the window, and so I waited outside 10' while the guy prepared everything, and then he opened up the window and handed me a nice brown paper bag. Other people dropped by to pick up their orders (all of whom waited while one at a time they approached the window, social distancing 3 metres). I'm not afraid as yet, just my idea of 'abundance of caution'. I wouldn't enter any resto to get take-out.

My freezer is stocked but I know it will get much worse, and I'm saving what I do have.

My mind/heart said I wouldn't get covid-19. I used to have an "inner voice" (which I liked, but sometimes just told me wishful thinking :) ), and because of meditation, the mind combined with the heart (outside the brain), and it dissolved the inner voice. The mind/heart is totally neutral and objective, and, in general, I do exactly what it may say, even though I hardly ever hear it, maybe a few times a year. I did ask the mind/heart about the noodle shop prior to my walkabout, and it said it would be okay. I asked about another place, and it nixed that idea. I am protected by forces beyond the realm of thought, beyond my own self-protective actions.

- meatloaf (with ketchup caramelized on top)
- mashed potatoes
- green beans

You might of settled for meatloaf but you REALLY wanted pizza I bet..
:giggle:

Take-out ...



Shredded Beef and Cheese Quesadillas from Los Cabos Tequila in Poulsbo!

We took them out of the containers, placed them in a hot skillet to re-heat them so the cheese would melt, tossed the empty containers in the outside dumpster, then washed & sanitized our hands again just in case before removing them from the skillet and eating!

fruit & cheese

Homemade vegetable barley soup (my mothers recipe)

I’ve seen a couple of articles to the effect and believe it to be true, a lot of folks are seeking comfort food right now and I am no exception. I gather Oreos have become a pretty big obsession. :cheesy:

two small veggie patties, edamae, and tiny broccoli buds, simmered in evoo.
fav vegan Caesar dressing on top.

Vermont Maple Ginger herbal tea, for dessert.

Yes, the pizza cravings are starting to get to me . . .

Dinner
 

Strip loin steak and twice baked potato, broccoli. Ice tea with lemon to drink.

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Tex Mex stew. I got the recipe from the Southeastern Gay Rodeo Association's (SEGRA) cookbook. I made a few changes, based on what I had. Venison, onions, Ranch beans with jalapenos, corn and tomatoes, plus a few spices. And what is that very yellow spot on the right, you wonder? That is a piece of delicious Jiffy Mix cornbread, soaking up all the juices.

Apparently potatoes, lots of 'em.

About three weeks ago I bought what I could find in produce which included bagged potatoes, three kinds, three pounds each, on the premiss they would keep for a good long time.

Checked on them this morning to pull out a couple and found they had all started sprouting. I've been roasting potatoes all morning to cut, shred, mash and just have whole in the freezer all pre-done. This kind of works out since the frozen veggies in the store have been decimated for three weeks and I have room in the freezer.

Serendipity.

And salmon...

Grilled chicken, salad and veggies.

Tea to drink

Dessert is yellow cake with chocolate icing.

- fried chicken
- mashed potatoes
- English peas
- applesauce
- vanilla wafers

Dinner
 

Veal cutlet and long grain and wild rice. Ice tea.

Oh you rebel you! We were warned about take-out remember? :|

Perpetual Stew

"..medieval peasants would rarely empty out their cauldron “except in preparation for the meatless weeks of Lent.” The rest of the time, the cauldron sat above the fire for weeks on end; any available food was simply thrown in.
The medieval perpetual stew ... was “an ever-changing broth enriched daily with whatever was available… a hare, hen or pigeon would give it a fine, meaty flavor; the taste of salted pork or cabbage would linger for days, even weeks.”

Challenging times call for ingenuity and a strong stomach.

Dinner
 

Rainbow trout with steamed asparagus. Ice tea.

Last night was a homemade hamburger with a small green salad and tonight will probably be the same.

Not sure what I will have for supper. I'm just too tired to make anything, right now.

But my sister-in-law came by my place while I was at work and she left some beautiful Portabello mushrooms. I might slice some of them up and caramelize them in evoo, then add some broccoli buds and freshly grated cloves of garlic, sear them all together, then maybe get my wok out and the soba noodles and make a stir fry, type of supper.

Right now, I just want a cookie. *LOL*

<<<<<<<~~~ reaching for my secret stash of Coconut Macaroon cookies.

:blush:

- pork fried rice
- applesauce

One of the teenagers is cooking tonight. She says she is making ramen soup.... should I be scared

Does anyone mind if I interrupt the usual things we read here, just for a moment?

I came across the most unique videos of an elderly woman, Clara, who was at the time, in her mid-to-late 90s. She grew up in The Depression. In the video's I'm going to post, Clara talks about having Dandelions for supper, and she tells you little bits about her life back then, like she worked at the Hostess Twinkie factory. Clara is Italian and she's got tons of videos about all kinds of things people used to make to eat, back during the great Depression.

She's a beautiful soul. And her little stories about yesteryear are just precious.

Dinner
 

Spaghetti with homemade sauce and meatballs. Yum.

You should be afraid, very afraid. When mine were in their teens they claimed it was born of love but I just felt very punished. Maybe if I'd had daughters... Nope could have had them turn out like me, better to have mad scientists for sons. Good Luck