I had intended to burn some vacation on Friday and make some Pate de Campagne as an bring along for Easter at the Boelmans'. As the timing didn't work out, I instead bought a selection of cheese and crackers from the fine people at the Cheese Shop.
The week was going well, was starting to concentrate on good eating behaviors again, then it took a sharp turn as work related crisis happened. Things worked out as best as they probably could've considering all aspects.
So per a lunch conversation with some friends, I suddenly had a desire to find and make this. Now I think I didn't realize it would be as carb heavy a meal. I think my conclusion was that I didn't add enough spice (a number of Cook's Country / Illustrated recipes are a bit light on the spice for me), however, combined with some toasted flatbread, it was quite good.
Skipped
I was talking about this at the cheese shop with another customer and it reminded me that I haven't had it in a while. I took the extra effort to toast the cocktail buns. This was as good as I remember. However, I did use the last of my Lucky George White Park (I think) beef.
Skipped
This kind of turned into somewhere between mash and rice. Maybe I made the pieces to small or cooked it a bit long. Even so, it tasted pretty good.
Vaguely followed, Pretty Good.
I made one minor change here. The cheese didn't exactly match, as there wasn't quite the match at the cheese shop, but I also changed this vegetarian dish to not, and added the leftover Garlic Sausage (red table), cutting it into rounds and then mixing it in. That being said, this came out pretty well, porky, fatty garlicy and earthy (cauliflower). More experiments to come I suppose.
Halved the garlic sausage, seared, and then added to a sandwich. Good things.
So I think I've about had it with my food processor. The pieces of it are getting harder and harder to find as Cuisinart has replaced it with a model that is slightly different. That being said, this came together OK (minor leak splattered my shirt for the chicken marinade). I used chicken thighs instead of breasts and the oven instead of a grill. Good things. I do like the Green sauce.
This turned into ham steak and eggs on bagels. Good things.
So after a few weeks of "I actually enjoy cooking and eating", it's time to start to buckle back down and get the food back into a more healthy area and pathway. That being said, yesterday we went to the Cheese Shop for lunch and the Cheese Bar for dinner. Quite an enjoyable day.
With the loss of Moonshadow, it has been challenging. I try to take a perspective that I need to analyze all the responses that come up, as my brain doesn't work quite right in its responses. Admittedly with the increased dosage, this has become quite a bit easier. So with normal days, the things that come up are relatively easy to judge. But with this loss, I'm sitting here wondering if this is the appropriate amount of response (to much or to little being the option). So I'm still thinking about her and thinking in general. Luckily I have a monthly therapy appointment in a couple of days and I can work out my thought process a bit more.
It was a bit weird to be both sad and try to celebrate the anniversary of my wife's birth. As I didn't have enough lobster for the both of us, I gave her the option of what she wanted (lobster). She also got chicken for the next day for lunch. We also had little cakes from Let Them Eat Cake in Valley Junction.
Simple and came together pretty quick. Seared the pork chops, took them out, sliced them, added them back, with a can of diced tomatoes and finished them the tomato liquid.
Simple, good stuff.
I added some Ras El Hanout (instead of garlic) and a kiss (maybe two) of Irish Whiskey (lil for me, lil for the Pie). Happy to have mutton to use (Lucky George).
Always good with grass fed beef.
As I didn't have fresh pumpkin, I used some puree, and it turned out pretty well. Notes from this, I made this the day before., which I think allowed everything to kind of settle into the pan pretty well. I also added a bit of whole milk before putting it in the oven. Good Stuffs. I made this for a few friends coming over to play D&D in person. It was fun, though much like the predictions, I starting to zonk out shortly after midnight.
Relatively simple, pretty good.
I used mortadella, and fried it up in the pan. Good things.
So I made this similarly to the baked rice from a previous week. Good stuff. I think it turned out more like it was supposed to. I used the 12" skillet, which allowed for more crispy edges.
I used some ras el hanout in it. Worked out pretty good.
We went through a number of hoops to initially get Moonshadow, Initially for a short period of time, but as she settled into the house, the situation changed and she became our cat. She has bounced through several members of the Kurth family over the course of her life due to situational changes.
She was definitely set in her ways, which created a bit of a rough edge between her and our other cats. But she was generally polite and understanding for people. She would sit on my lap in the morning which actually changed my morning routine. At night, she liked to sleep between my legs, and as I am getting older, she politely would move to the other side of the bed as I got up to relieve myself. Then settle back in shortly after I did (unlike our other cats who are more like, screw you I'm comfortable). Eventually she allowed Loki to sleep near her, Freyja and her just kept their distance. And well, Mani...he was being Mani and being a bit dickish as he is (trying to become dominant kitty in the house) so they didn't get along at all (Probably a similar relationship that she had to Tor). We'll miss her a lot.
