Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Cooking dinner tonight, and probably tomorrow, too
Now, how did I wrangle that?
You know, the kitchen is "Mom's Domain". Rarely do we girls ever intervene.
I'm on a mission. You see, we have 12 cockerels (young roosters) who really need to get from the chicken coop to our freezer. Only one small problem. All three of the freezer areas are chock full of stuff.
No offense to Mom, but she's just not real keen on getting things out of the freezers and on to our plates. That takes planning, and more effort than she's up to.
We always complicate the freezer issue when Bev does the shopping, bringing home multiples of things. After all, when you live in the "middle of nowhere" you don't just run to the corner grocery on a whim.
One more complicating thing is the monthly food drop. Both Mom and I qualify based on age and income, so we get double of everything. Sometimes we get whole cases of frozen stuff, like Simplot Fire-roasted Onions and Mushrooms. That's what we got last month... a case (8-3lb pkgs). Oh boy... and neither Cindy or Bev eat onions!
So, what's for dinner tonight?
Well, Bev is working late. She has a class of some kind in St. George so won't be home 'til after 8... way past dinner here. Cindy will come dragging in shortly after 5 so I'll have dinner ready within about 45 minutes after she gets home.
We're having breakfast for dinner tonight. I'll do a frittata with farm-fresh eggs, the onion/mushroom stuff, and top it with sour cream and salsa. Along with that, we're having shredded hashbrowns, and bacon... all from the freezer.
For dessert, we have some angelfood cake that is left over from our party. I'll slice that in half and make layers with vanilla pudding, topping it all with Cherry pie filling.
Later this afternoon, I'll make some marinade for tomorrow's steaks. This package came here with Bev and Cindy in 2005, but showed no signs of freezer burn or rancidity. Tomorrow night, we'll have steak. Not sure yet about the sides. These girls are just a wee bit picky!
This weekend is the Corn Fest and Dutch Oven Dinner, so we'll be eating out on Saturday. Hopefully Sunday, we'll have a dozen chickens (most skinned and boneless) in the freezer.
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Makes me hungry!! Can I come for dinner??
Hugs,
Kay
We've been having our own little corn fest for the past couple of weeks. I think the corn is almost done now. But, OMG, the tomatoes! The most beautiful red color.
Enjoy your writing!
Best regards.
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