Anna N

No. No. No.. Don’t send it back. It is the best thing ever made for reheating almost all leftovers.

I know. It gets so boring. But a sprig of tarragon just didn’t seem to fit the bill.

Eat that stuff by the truckload when Kerry brings it back from Buffalo.

All is good. Kerry had to return to the hospital and she has all the photos. I had two cocktails — that is all ye know on earth of that and all ye need to know (with apologies to Keats).

Nice. Adam seems to get it!

Must put it on my next Trader Joe’s shopping list. My daughter-in-law brought me some after a trip to Texas but it’s pretty old now.

That is the downside of using the dictation function. Of course a little serious copy editing might have caught that.

Kerry is on her way back now at a somewhat slower pace. So the Tex-Mex plan gave way to the sort of Irish plan. Potato chips instead of corn chips. Undressed. Dressed to my fashion standards.

Kerry is currently living a 10-year-old’s dream. She is going hellbent for leather, lights flashing and sirens screaming to Sudbury. Lord knows when she’ll get home.

The second of the apples whose labels fell off! Almost certain this is the Envy. I loved the texture. It was crisp and juicy. I don’t think it was as tasty as the Jazz which I had the other day. This, regrettably, is the last of the Unexpected Cheddar from Trader Joe’s. I am hooked on this cheese and we are a long, long way from any Trader Joe’s. Since Kerry is doing a 24 hour shift in emergency we don’t plan any formal or even informal meals. We just feed ourselves as best we can. There is something to be said for both ways of feeding one’s face! We can each have things the other doesn’t like. Right now I am plotting a melange of Cuban Picadillo and Mexican? Texan? nachos with a nice Wisconsin cheddar.

And I got the one with the most crispy bits:

Good morning. Forgot to post photographs of Kira’s dinner last night. Tacos filled with peccadillo and cheddar cheese. They seemed to go down rather well.

Point Reyes blue melted on toasted ciabatta and topped with some Campari tomatoes. Leftover Israeli salad on the side.

It is still not local corn if that is what you are asking. But it was quite decent. Also on the plate was a strip loin steak and a bowl of Israeli salad.

I mentioned before that I picked up two apples that I had never tried previously. One was an Envy and the other was a Jazz. But the labels have fallen off so now I no longer know which one I’m trying! Images on Google didn’t help. Oh well at least I know the cheddar is from Trader Joe’s and it’s called the Unexpected Cheddar. And it’s good!

Back to food .... This is the first thing that Kerry made with the red currants. I had hoped she had posted the finished product before I started snacking on it. Maybe later she will do so and tell you the name of it. It’s very good. I know it has a short-bread-type base and a meringue-type topping but that’s as far as my knowledge goes. I have been snacking on it while making dinner preparations.

Don’t think so. The ship was apparently named after Edmund Fitzgerald (1895-1986) chairman of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (owner of the ship).

I think Jo is having us on a bit. But I could be wrong and your theory was my theory if the story had some credibility. Jo always comes through so I’ll just stay patiently by my iPad, iPhone, and iWatch, watching.

You are right and I am wrong. Thank you.

I liked scrambled eggs simmered in salsa so much that I did it again. This time I added a smidge of sour cream and corn tortillas replaced the toasted rye bread of my first iteration of this dish. Sort of like breakfast crashed into snack food.

Uh? I’m confused but willing to be put straight. The Edmund Fitzgerald went down in Lake Superior in 1958.

Long pig.

Not many of us would take on such a challenge especially for our own wedding. Good that you were pleased with the result.

On the way to Kira’s dinner. A grilled cheese sandwich made on the Control Freak. Both sides perfectly browned and the cheese melty inside (130°C). If we were better scientists we might even be able to tell you how long it took.

One of the first thoughts that came to my mind but it’s not very practical to take into the emergency department or the clinics.