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Oh yeah!!! That's exactly what I'm going to have for breakfast this morning!

I missed my black eyed peas for the first of the year so tonight I 'll be having Hoppin' Jon in the Instant Pot. looking for ward to that and to the fresh French Herb bread I made this afternoon. I didn't have enough dried blackeyed peas for the recipe but fortunately I had a can in the pantry...saved a last minute trip to the store.

One of these days I'll get my sh*t together and go to work on my two upright freezers that are bulging. One of these days...

I like to keep some smoked salmon on hand for a quick occasional lunch; Ritz crackers, cheese-horseradish spread and the salmon...so good and no effort.

Here in my regular grocery stores I can get 'Tony's' brand which I like quite a lot . I tried Costco's once and it was awful; slimy and off-tasting.

An onion bagel for me; toasted and lightly buttered. The aroma is intoxicating.

That's what it was here as well. I don't believe I've ever seen crab that cheap here. The stores rarely offer it, maybe up to three times a season, if that. it wasn't the freshest either; when I lived in Portland the crab in the store was really fresh, straight from the coast. Just wonderful. I had to chuckle at the grocery clerk who checked out my order; I mentioned how nice it was to finally see some fresh crab and she replied, "Oh god, I can hardly stand to look at it!".

I picked up a small boneless pork loin the other day which I'll rub with grainy mustard , bourbon, brown sugar, etc. Recipe callsfor roasting in a Dutch oven over onion and apples. Don't have the apples but I'll make do with just onion. Have some leftover green beans and a ciabatta roll to go with.

My cancer treatment demands a good diet so I’m going to try to improve some. Today I made steel cut oatmeal (porridge) in my Zo rice maker. Now I don’t like oatmeal but I will force myself to eat it and try to make it less distateful. I added the oats, salt and water and went through the cycle; when done I added brown sugar, Craisins, cinnamon, almonds and dark raisins and milk. I concentrated on the taste of the added ingredients and tried to ignore the texture which is what I like the least. All in all, it was okay and it will be something I'll have again.

My local grocer featured fresh Oregon Dungeness crab today. i just finished cleaning and picking the claws and am looking forward to a wonderful Crab Louie for dinner. This doesn't happen often here so it's a real treat.

One thing I’ve learned is that I tend to overthink it...it does so much automatically.

I need to make some homemade bread...Sometime I just need that aroma to make me feel good.

I think there's a market for it. Costco cakes are just so freakin' big for many people.

And here.

I remember as kids when, in the Midwest, there was little fresh veg available, my brother loved canned spinach...probably the Popeye effect. I couldn't, and still can’t, abide it. Fresh is different.

Off the top of my head I came up with Reuben sandwiches... lots of corned beef and the rest would be easy.

Nothing quite so good a fresh raisin bread toasted and buttered.

Where will you be headed? Do you know yet?

I love soup too. The only thing I don’t like is any that has barley in it, although it's not necessarily a deal breaker; I just don’t like the texture of it.

Much I LOVE potatoes I always replace them with a home-made pie crust on shepherd's pie. I just think it's very much better.

I love soup! I'm craving the Italian Sausage, Potato and Kale soup that is just about my all-time favorite. Recipe here.

I cleaned out my freezer in the side by side a couple of months ago. I filled a bag that was so heavy I could barely lift it and yet it is still full. I still have two upright freezers that are also over-filled. That's a much bigger job that's long overdue. One day I hope to be inspired to tackle that job.

I really like Ina Garten's recipe for Roasted Tomato Basil Soup

Actually, when we moved here our new house had no deadbolts. My husband insisted that we have them installed. I asked the locksmith why no-one had deadbolts. He said it was because everyone owns guns!

I do not. I am opposed to guns even though everyone else here seems to own several.