Anna N

Don’t beat yourself up. I knew exactly what she had to eat and what she had taken a photograph of and I still couldn’t recognize it. And that was after only one cocktail.

Well it’s really quite boring. Kerry worked emerg yesterday until 6 PM. We had visitors who made a flying trip up from Toronto and returned within a couple of hours. Since Kira would not be coming home until after 6 PM we were a little unsure as to whether she would need to be fed or whether that had been taken care of (we should have known better! of course she had been fed). We asked Kira‘s caregiver if she would care to join us for a cocktail once we knew she was bringing Kira back. By the time that was all done and we had a wonderful visit, it was a bit late to think seriously about anything that needed to be cooked. I noticed that Kerry had bought a loaf of Texas toast. I decided I would love a sandwich made on Texas toast. But when I got to the counter to pull the slices from the package I was horrified. Can you believe she bought whole-grain Texas toast? Whoever heard of healthy Texas toast? What is this world coming to? Defeated and downtrodden by my discovery, I decided to fall back on emergency R.C.A.F. rations. This is what we girls made in barracks when we got up too late for breakfast in the mess hall. A forbidden toaster, somebody who had at least got their clothes on dispatched to the mess hall to swipe some bread and some ketchup packages and we all had something to eat before hitting the parade ground. I have told the story many times so I know most of you are bored with it. Although I barely eat ketchup on anything else, I still eat it on toast with lots of pepper. Kerry finished off the last of the (sour cream and onion) potato chips.

You would win the prize if only there was one!

Kerry made me post my dinner too!

All things in moderation even moderation per Saint Julia. No moderation here. If I am going for spam then it’s spam all the way!

Can one access this without being a Facebook member?

Damn Shelby you’ve made time stands still!

The devil made me do it! Instant noodles with spam and sugar snap peas. Do I at least get the points for the peas?

From Nigel Slater’s Real Fast Food: The Club Sandwich A true feast that the late American writer James Beard described as one of the ‘great sandwiches of all time’. Surprisingly, this Gargantua among snacks was not of the monstrous proportions we are now led to believe, as it was traditionally made with only two rather than the assumed three layers. Here is a reasonably authentic version, saved from being definitive only by my suggestion of wholemeal toast, which will no doubt ruffle a few feathers. Butter a crisp piece of toast cut from a white or light brown loaf. While this is still warm layer crisp lettuce, long oval-leaved Cos for preference, with slices of tomato, cooked sliced chicken and rashers of bacon with mayonnaise. Finish with a second piece of toast. A few rules that one is wise, but not obliged, to bow to: the toast and bacon rashers should be crisp, the chicken moist from a freshly-roasted bird, and the mayonnaise home-made or Hellman’s at the very least.” ”

You are so right. I want it in smoky green but it’s only available in white for 110V service. 😂

It’s a kitchen toy. What part of that don’t you get? What’s not to love?

It is quite beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

Power is back. Transporter still not working. No sign of Scotty.

Can’t.Transporter not working. All power is out.

Sudden storm just blew in. Hoping all the sailors made it to safety.

Lunch was just a piece of toasted rye bread with some sliced leftover steak and lots of horseradish. I’m just being prepared in the event that I am DCD tonight. Designated Cocktail Drinker if Kery doesn’t like her cocktail. Two cocktails on an empty stomach and I am a danger to humankind.

I’m hoping for the same result. I have my fingers crossed. Thanks for sharing I don’t think I saw your treatment of it before. Too bad I might’ve done a better job!

Well I just had a peek after one and a half hours and I think it needs more so I plunked it back in the oven for a bit. Perhaps there was a reason for suggesting that the watermelon be cut into 1 1/2 inch cubes.

Too good! Very sweet. I rationalize by saying that I am merely attempting to stay (very well) hydrated.

Well of course we will hold you completely responsible if we don’t! I was awful glad that I found the YouTube video suggesting how to tackle the watermelon. Mind you Howard’s idea of a one and a half inch cube and my idea seem to be off by a few orders of magnitude. Forgot to take photographs of the pork being browned. But here is the dish with the pork and sauce ready to be covered by foil and plunked into the oven. I am hoping it will work if I do the two hours of cooking now with the lid on and the half hour of cooking at dinner time with the lid off (probably a bit longer given that it will have cooled down). Timing is an issue around here.

Poached eggs in the last of the fiery salsa tamed with a little cream and the dregs of the mild salsa. Still carried enough of a kick to make sure I am finally awake.

So at the moment the sandwich of my dreams is a rapini and mozzarella panini. I saw it mentioned or perhaps photographed somewhere in my surfing. This almost measured up: Leftover cooked forever broccoli, leftover strip loin and shredded mozzarella on rye bread. I spread Hellmann’s on the outside and then grilled it. (Currently Kerry is trying to tempt me with links to a rapini panini. She wonders if I ever find her annoying.)

Want some parsley?

And unbelievably infectious. She can have me in stitches in no time.

Never fell for the social media thing. But I did hear this from others.