I am inexplicably cheerful and energetic today ( Read more... )

...and now it's your turn ( Read more... )

I have one very meaty hambone, a lot of ham, and a bag of split peas. Between that and the bread dough I have rising, I sense soup and bread for dinner.

Hooray!

Wow. I was trying to figure out why I'm so drowsy, but I guess I did quite a bit today! I got up, made breakfast, cleaned the kitchen, made bread (which was kind of terrible, but tasted okay with Nutella on it), cleaned the kitchen again, cleaned house (which took almost no time at all--yay small house), took the dogs for a longish walk, did some ( Read more... )

roane: bangping made me make shit for dinner.
custardfairy: Wait. Let me read that again.
custardfairy: Ok. So bangping didn't make you shit for dinner.
custardfairy: That's good.
roane: *LAUGH*
custardfairy: And I'm guessing you're not being literal here.
roane: I am! It's called shit on a shingle!
custardfairy: Look. You guys have a lot of dogs, so let's just call it chipped beef, mkay?

The DVR receiver croaked last night, leaving us with no TV on the big screen. Just in time for inauguration! Fortunately, I stole the upstairs receiver (sans DVR) so we can watch today's coverage. We just can't record it.

It seems we will have money in 2009, but no luck. While shopping for dinner tomorrow, I couldn't find a single damn black-eyed pea anywhere in Jackson. So we'll just have ham and greens (turnip and mustard) and cornbread--maybe something else, I haven't decided yet. Maybe rice? What am I missing, other than the obvious legumes? I'm wondering if I ( Read more... )

The weather is cold and frightful and snowy, therefore I think it is a wonderful day to stay indoors, under blankets, emerging only to bake (and later eat) chocolate brownie pie. So far I've managed the first two, complete with aquarium watching and wandering conversation. About to embark on the third, including homemade pie crust. There was to be ( Read more... )

There's a turkey breast in the oven and pumpkin cooking on the stove. Later there will be dressing and veggies and (at bangping's request) Yorkshire pudding. There might be pumpkin bread, I don't know yet. I am STARVING.

Also, the downstairs is considerably cleaner than it was this morning. Now I just need to do some laundry...

I have learned to fry chicken. Tonight I brined some boneless skinless chicken breasts in buttermilk, salt, pepper, and garlic (I know that's not the ideal cut of chicken to fry, but it's what I had) for about an hour and half, then tossed in a paper bag with flour, fresh rosemary, and salt and pepper. I fried in a mixture of shortening and ( Read more... )