Sorry to say, but this site has been so depressing for a few days. I thought I'd ask an average, everyday question....to make us all feel a little more normal today.
I made Eggplant Lasagna, and my BIL and SIL are coming for dinner. They leave for Cali tomorrow to see their beautiful grand daughter.
Sorry, sometimes we just need some REGULAR conversation.......or at least THIS caregiver does.
Yeah, but they don't have it here in my area.
Leftovers tonight for us too. We came home with way more than we brought! Tomorrow is our quasi-Thanksgiving so I did as much prep for that as I could - splitting butternut squash, trimming sprouts, cooking up onions, celery and herbs and browning ground turkey and sausage for the stuffing. Smells good in here!
Golden, I don’t think I could handle that cold for very long - I know DH couldn’t. He’s standing in front of the gas fire with his coat on right now while I can feel my cheeks burning.
Psue - thank you but they really weren't inspired. I remember cooking things in a made-for-the-oven "plastic" bag, Wasn't worth it! Sorry to hear your dh had a heart attack one year.
Rotisserie chicken for supper tonight. The groceries just came. I love not having to go out in the snowy cold and ice.
R is getting his permanent crowns at the dentist today. Good thing too as one came out last night. He did have one replacement prepped last time and 4 were preps for new crowns. He handles this stuff very well.
I wonder the percentage of people who have NOT had some kind of holiday disaster - clogged drain, dead fridge, power outage, frozen pipes…..DH had a heart attack one year!
I’m thankful we made it through Thanksgiving with nothing bad (and very much good) happening.
Way, BIL said turkeys over 16 lbs are all Toms so more likely to be tough. Could be true or could be man-talk! All I know is the one he smoked was tender, juicy and delicious so he’s allowed to man-talk all he wants when he can cook like that!
I don’t do 20 lb turkeys anymore , not since my parents passed away . Older sibs moved , are spread out too since retiring .
Much smaller holidays now , just my kids and sig others , one nephew , one sister ( except now she was just placed ) , and sometimes the elderly couple next door come .
We have lots of snow too.
I had an oven issue with a turkey too at our Thanksgiving one year. Our guest was very forgiving, We ate vegetables.🥕🍅🥒🥔🥦
Way - 20 lb is a lot of turkey!!!
Nacy, so your late Thanksgiving tomorrow is going to be Christmas themed? And you have SNOW! Yay! (I mean boo.)
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
I'm not cooking. I'm not cleaning. My sister has everyone over and does the whole thing. I have the whole day off and life is good.
We do have to bring my mother so we'll see how that goes.
Except not for DH , he’s allergic , so he eats chicken thighs .
Made a chicken salad sandwich with specialty cranberry sauce from Trader Joes.
That was yesterday.
You're a good sport!
Golden, I used to love watching Julia Child cook with wine! And then there was The Galloping Gourmet - remember him? What a goof! I’m not a fan of cooking shows anymore though.
Tonight: leftover Cabbage rolls for DH (not enough left for two) and I’ll have whatever I can find in the fridge.
Sounds like a great idea for your dh, psue. Tv and snacks!
Made another soup yesterday - sort of a curried chicken and veg. I used some pureed roasted eggplant I had in the freezer as a thickener and will do that again. It worked well. Since I am more limited in the veggies I can eat I am having to be creative.Threw in some chopped baby bok choy as well. Must get my green leafy veggies.
My father used to make what he call "Zoop". He made it from whatever leftovers were in the fridge, often a beef base, and finished it off by adding a glass of sherry. It was always good. Hmmm! A glass of good red wine added to a beef stew definitely brings it up a level.
Hoyas were my favorite house plant in our high desert house. I had two that were many yards long, trailing across whole rooms. One, I had inherited from a GF - it was at least 70 years old.
Both of them promptly died when we moved into this house in the woods. I think it was a combination of low light and too much moisture in the air. GFs hoya lives on though, because 20 years ago, I rooted a dozen starts off the original plant and gifted them to relatives at a family reunion. My Mini Hoya survived relocation and remodel and is doing well in the new east windows. It’s a much better size for this small house.
I did not know you could grow hellebores indoors! I have a few in the garden but they die back to the ground every year. I wonder if yours is a different variety. Wonderful plants - toxic to deer too, which is why they’ve been left alone!
Your dinner sounds absolutely wonderful! You put together such lovely flavor combinations! I took stuffed cabbage out of the freezer yesterday for dinner tonight - hot and satisfying but definitely not exciting.
We got so excited about a variegated hoya, a red Thanksgiving cactus and a full in flower hellebore, I forgot to buy the rotisserie chicken. I'll pan fry the salmon we did remember to buy, make some carrot/cabbage fritters, and a strawberry spinach salad.
Don't think I ever had a sour cherry.
Found out the hellebore is very toxic to us and to cats. Rocky got up on the coffee table and started to lick the petals. I said "No" and she stopped, but I will have to move it out of reach at night. I don't want a trip to the vet b/c of that plant. Normally she is very good about avoiding the plants that are toxic but not this time.
Nacy, this was my second shot at THE BEAR. I barely made it through the pilot the first time. Then my sister told me to give it another chance and after about the 4th or 5th episode I started to fall in love with the people.
cwillie, I’m glad you got the cherry thing sorted. Are they sweet cherries like Bing or the old fashioned, sour, pie cherries? It’s hard to find those anymore but that tang is hard to beat. Cherries of all kinds are my second favorite fruit next to Italian prune plums eaten right off the tree. They are both a feast for the eyes as well as the tastebuds.
Golden again, are you able to get The Bear on tv? (Hulu) If you can get past the utter chaos and constant F-bombs it’s a really good drama series for foodies, and ‘peoplies’.