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Popeye's....Louisiana fine...... we ate at Popeye's while John was TDY back in 1985.....supposedly one of the first ones in Slidell

I have had a beef bottom round marinating in red wine, vinegar, carrots, onions, mixed picking spices, juniper berries and bay leafs since Tuesday. Just searing the dried roast off. Deglazing the pan with the remainder of the red wine, adding back the meat , fresh veg and the marinating liquid. About 3 hours from now I will add in some crushed gingersnaps after taking the bay leaves out in order to thicken the gravy. Sauerbraten with red cabbage, potato pancakes(not spaetzle ( like John's grandmother taught me ... this time) and applesauce for dinner.

got a jump on shoveling the 2" plus we got here overnight. not going out for my morning meeting as I have to uncover my car yet. starving so just got the coffee going, the leftover potato wedges are cut up and ready to go into a pan but more importantly diced onion and some Mary Kitchen corned beef hash is slowly working a crust and eggs are ready to hard scramble.

Last year I asked our local Shoprite if they could get some other kinds of fish.....like Arctic char which is one of my favorites. Lo and behold this week they have it. I grabbed a filet yesterday and sautéed it then served with roasted potato wedges and steamed broccoli hollandaise. Leftovers for lunch later.

@patris....went to school at SUC Fredonia. Loved both the Fredonia style and the Buffalo style beef on weck......especially the weck!!!!!! I learned to make it myself since you can't get it east of Syracuse. we used to go to Schwable's in Buffalo but a college friend lived near Swiston's and we would stop there after we went up to the falls on the way back home. I still make Italian beef for sammies but it is more Chicago style.

OK.....so make a roasted vegetable sandwich on a weck roll. Or slater the pimento cheese on one.

WHAT????? No beef on weck from Swiston's????

on this snowy Saturday(sorry dear Shelby) turkey vegetable chili for me and a chicken stew for John. It is one I am testing for someone and the only comment I got was that it didn't have enough potatoes to protein. He did say the spices/veg were good. I explained...yet again...when testing I have to make the recipe to specs so I can identify any problems. Now, for him, I can make extra potatoes and some carrots to add to the stew . Also making some green beans to add as asked. OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!! He is asking for some veg it IS a Christmas miracle. (sorry for being so snarky).

poached eggs on gluten free bread with thinly sliced smoked ham and Hollandaise sauce for John - at 130 pm. black coffee for me

@MetsFan5 ohhhhh how I can relate. I had MAJOR dental surgery done 7 years ago. I used balanced supplements and greek yoghurt with fruit purees, soups like split pea and butternut. Applesauce, mashed sweet or white potatoes, well cooked green beans, miso soup all worked well. My favorite though brought me back to my childhood Beech - nut used to make this fruit thing with tapioca. When Johnnybird had a major infection and came close his Thanksgiving dinner went into the blender. Hang in there

Flying trip to up the Hudson Valley for my FIL's 85 birthday dinner. Great family time ... OK restaurant food. Back to reality today. John is off to climb rock today. He will have had a lot of protein for breakfast and lunch and I had nothing thawed out. OK time to run some ideas by HIMSELF......... He agreed to something vegetarian (just not too much fiber .....hey, baby steps). Roasted butternut squash, shallots and carrots, capers, olives, artichoke hearts with some homemade unconventional pesto I liberated from the freezer - walnuts, avocado oil, home grown basil and flat-leaf pasta) and his gluten free penne.

oh...... you missed Food for Fines month?

A bowl of all the vegetables from the beef stew....

YEAH!!!! Bear season begins again on Monday for a week around here... First they have to bring the pheasant home..... interested in what you are going to do with the tinned bun bo Hue

This is going to be John's dinner tonight....I'll have another sloppy joe and salad.

We had sloppy joes made with bison on whole wheat buns and a green salad last night....

better have some cheddar cheese with that apple pie!!!!!

WHERE is the thumbs up for this!!!!

Uh....was that a Wednesday? If so it was time for church El Paso... San Antonio.....same view different place..... ever see how you know a native Texan driver as he gets into the left lane with his truck and kinda herds the slower "cattle"(car) on?

There are only SO many clothes you CAN take off.......but you can always put more on.

forget the later stuff..... give me more potatoes, dressing, peas and gravy! and cranberry sauce......

Thank you so much, Nancy. Sorry I missed you a few years ago ...... Have you checked out Stillwater, OK; Ft. Huachuca, AZ; Texarkana, TX/AK; Corpus Christi, TX; Lake Havasu, AZ; Pawhuska, OK................ Next year HMANA opens our headquarters in Detroit ...... anyone in MI send me ideas ....... can't wait to get back to the Midwest area.

I identify totally but unfortunately Johnnybird isn't happy unless it is 80F + and humid. I hide in the basement with both dehumidifiers on.

Crazy? Masochistic?

YEAH!!!!! Hope you have a wonderful season of travel with the animals and each other. Can't wait ot her what you are doing. Course MY idea is heading to Duluth for the hawk migration in September then down to Corpus Christi. Unfortunately Veracruz has kinda been taken off our tour. Any new places? Anything you are going to look for?