Food with Attitude!

I will make it if hunger gets he better of me. I'm out of beer and half and half so no beer or coffee today. I want some but want to dress and go to the store even less.

oooo, fair and festival season is almost here as well!!!


mmmmm

I take weeks off to recover from a night of that wondrous food!

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Kind of like learning/knowing how to cook from scratch! I recall an entire decade of having only bber in the fridge and vodka in the freezer. Thinking back on how much money I spent eating out and on expensive wines that were (for me a tax write off but I didn't do taxes for a decade so who cares) very nice boggles my mind. Even with the pretty much industry (at a certain level) stardard for 50% of meals (specials not main menu) across Vancouver it was still huge. I actually used to eat 3 meals a day.

I forgot how to cook seemingly. But then my sons mother and I got together, the first long 'date' we went on was a job of hers. I was there to look after her daughter and help, at zero pay but free food and drink, it was a month in the bush lafway up the Alaska Highway making food for tree planters. Cooking came back to me. I also learned to chuck rocks and yell loudly (in a basso it echoed in the valley) at grizzlies and shoo them off.

Then upon the birth of my son, we opted to eat out locally once a month and it felt good to do so. Then I bought the farm with my friend (almost typed fiend same-same) we did a communal eating thing. With on average 17-20 people eating a ho-cooked meal every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and SUnday, most veg/greens from the garden, everyone only had to cook for everyone else about once every 6-8 weeks.
The best thing we came up with was 'those who cook, do the dishes'. SO again, the one person was only responsible (4 days a week anyhow) for cooking and clean up once every 6-8 weeks. Worked a charm.

The very best salad ever (we had number of ingredient challenges) was mine. 27 items, all minced so it was a weighty thing in and of itself. Even the kids liked it pulling little borage flowers and mustard flowers, and bits of rose petals out like treasures. No 'bunch of leaves' with thick dressing. Ho-made dressing made out of greens, ho-grown garlic, shallots and olive and sesame seed oils.

Anyhow...Sunday thoughts. But it did 'learn me to cook'. The best was seasonal guests who didn't appear often enough who would call out of the blue 'can I cook next FRiday?'. Those were the people who did unique things. The ling cod fisherman, who collected ling cod cheeks (normally tossed with the head) and non-license fish and flash frozen them at sea and he would do a big fry up of cheeks and make dozens of types of sushi along with oyesters, clams, perriwinkles, and crab he caught just for this particular dinner. To see a big burly, ex-Newfe Fishing boat Captain smoking, cooking, whistling, drinking white wine making this dinner that would cost $900-$1200.00 out having fun with children scampering at foot and the proud look on his face is a memory never to be forgotten.

Only stopped cooking after my last divorce, and ate out of cans...as you all well know! Now that I have moved...time to get the kitchen into ergonomic fluidity to start creating odd things again. Or should I say now that i HAVE a kitchen...lol...the bunky one was like being on a cheap sailboat.

Lance I'm glad you have a kitchen and are sharing it and a home with another GLP'er.

May you be strong and live well there.

It was supposed to be my night to cook, but my son's friend decided to make a prime rib roast. It was very good!

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Since it was last minute, I grabbed 2 boxes of Betty Crocker potatoes to make with it. The friend really doesn't do sides.

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I also made a Reese cookies dessert. It's peanut butter cookies with fudge filling. It wasn't bad for a box mix.

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Your meal looks like it was wonderful.

'Too late for dinner here now.

I'll try to think of something for breakfast.

That looks great Para! I had my son here and made ham and cheesy potatoes and salad. There was supposed to be carrots but I charred them.

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At least, we each know that the other is a wee bit 'touched' and it doesn't matter. We toyed with the idea of taking the plastic X-mas tree out of the window (it's a prominent buiding) but both find comfort in the LED lights so screw that...year round X-mas tree! Now, to get the kitchen in order. It is rather odd to figure out a half grill, half burner stovetop. The oven is at waist height which is a bonus really. Only now am I regretting donating my deepfryer to the Legion...the last reaming gadget to get really. Not that I used it much. But I have been toying with chicken Kiev's as of late. The store bought ones just aren't as good and don't seemingly use real butter.

Thank you for sharing so much of 'you'! :)

Para and db, your dinners look delicious!

Some of my favorite reads as well. A true gift imo.

mmmmm, Lance, chicken kiev is a favorite. If you find a good recipe, please share! I might just have to make it for a Sunday dinner. We should have fresh chives in a few more weeks now that spring is almost here. It's snowing again today but supposed to be 65f by Wednesday.

I think I would try it in the air fryer..and maybe think about investing in that instead of a deep fryer? I have a lid that just fits on the Instant Pot (my favorite kitchen tool). The only thing is you can't do 'batter' items that well..drop donuts or even homemade onion rings with batter probably wouldn't work in an air fryer.

Thank you for sharing that history. It's awesome to learn where people are coming from.

Ah...this is on my screen and it's 6am or something! Can't sleep, taking shifts with my buddy High_Strangeness er whatever she calls herself! Neither could sleep but this is it, it seems.


I think the air fryer idea is a much better bet...way less messy...MY history was spelled out over years on the OG thread since I use here to practice writing things and everyone here is an appreciative audience. Wharf Rat has been encouraging. But since they made all my writing go 'poof' with HLF's thread I have been adverse into writing long things out on threads i don't mod. Next up....aside from this

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Trying to learn to cook in the 70's with the first microwave ever in SOuthern Ontario...I have to call my mother for the name of the recipe first though...lol...hopefully at 702 she recalls.

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I had to take this at dawn because of the wyrd lights from the Christmas tree reflection in the image. Learning to live by the river instead of the ocean is a bit boggling really. I'm used to waves, not flow. I dunno...I guess as I tried all the Orthodox Churches to noavail because of ever watching Karens, the river is my Curch. It's Lent until May 2nd for me...and I cheat so I think...today will be wine and chicken and gravy and maybe a lol...caprese salad.

Yes, reducing wheat intake and/or shucking out $7/lb is worth saving your long-term health.

Lots of alternatives to wheat.

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40+ WILD PLANTS YOU CAN MAKE INTO FLOUR

Mr kept his tree up until a few weeks ago. He loves the lights! He finally put it away because he felt it wouldn't be special if he kept it up all year.

Now he keeps a rock salt lamp and diffusers with lights going every night.

Tonight, our daughter is taking us out to dinner since they weren't able to go to Longhorn. Besides she can't let her brother's girlfriend show them up by paying for our dinner.

Speaking of charred, Mr tried to fry up cabbage the other morning. Since he had 2 heads, he used my soup pan instead of the the usual skillet. He didn't realize that he needed to watch it closer in that pan. He burnt & had to dump it all. He was pissed!

I'm used to waves as well, but that is very pretty and peaceful. :)

Beautiful view!

Awe, I love your family. <3

It all just goes around. After dinner, we gassed up & bought sandwich stuff for tomorrow. We're taking Baby & our daughter to Talbot Island in FL for the afternoon after my dr appt.

One time we went, they were so many people, they closed the parks. So on the way home, we pulled over in a parking lot to eat in the back of the truck. There were a bunch of little shops so we walked around.

It was connected to the resort & we discovered a lovely path and a pond full of turtles. Baby named it Turtle Island. So now, we always stop there, too.

I got fried scallops for dinner.

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Mr got a platter that had fish, scallops, oysters, & clams.

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Nef made some ham & cheese filled naan bread. It was really good! :)

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That looks delicious!

We just got home from our trip to Boneyard Beach in FL. We had lemon pepper chicken sandwiches & chips for lunch in the park.

We even saw a bald eagle! I took a pic, but he was so high up came out blurry.

If we're hungry later, we've got leftover calzones in the fridge.

Sounds like a lovely day, Para. So cool that you saw a bald eagle!

That sounds like the perfect picnic Para! oof, that's a lot of alliteration.

and Simple, that looks so yummy..isn't it funny how different places have similar things? so many stuffed breads

I just finished veggie fried rice..we had leftover rice in the fridge and tons of eggs from the chickens so I chopped up a bunch of veggies from the 'rotter' (nickname for the crisper drawer), scrambled a few eggs, then fried it all together and drizzled with sesame oil and soy sauce.

and of course sriracha

It's been a very long week already.

But I saw my chives are up!

Right?? I didn't even know we had them here. I always pictured them being in Montana.

After looking it up, I saw there are some that nest in Jacksonville. Very cool!

That was a mouthful!

Get some rest!

Your menu always sounds so good and healthy! Can I move in for a few months? I'd be in my best shape lol. :)

Hope you're able to relax a little before the morning comes.

We have them here too! But I had to warn my friend because he was sitting in a tree in her yard watching her little dog

idk, it hasn't worked for me..unless 'best shape' means potato shape?

My daughter walked around to get a better look & he was really eyeing her. She was like, Um don't attack me, ok??