Tropicalsenior

Just got back from doing my regular grocery shopping and had this thought. Years ago in their futuristic prognostications they said that in the future things would be more streamlined and easy to do. Today was the perfect example. When I first got married in the sixties it would have taken me all day to put away $100 worth of groceries. Today it only took me 10 minutes.

@Norm Matthews I don't know what most people are using to access the forum but I'm sure there are quite a few like me that are using just their telephone. I have never seen a link at the bottom of any of the posts. Maybe it would be a good idea to put a link within the text once in awhile for those like me that do not get that notice. Fortunately, I bookmarked the link to your site a long time ago. With all that good food that you make, I'm not going to miss out on an opportunity to check out your recipes.

I've been avidly following your situation and your meals. For things that you are just throwing together they look very appetizing and nutritious. I was eating alone for 6 months after my husband passed away and it was sandwiches and whatever I could put on a plate. I lost 30 lb. Then I was fortunate enough to rent a room to a young Nicaraguan man and I had someone to cook for and someone to eat with. I think we need to start a new topic called Dining Alone. I think it would help to share ideas and the tricks we have found for making small portions and feeding ourselves when we really don't feel like doing anything. I know that there are quite a few other singles out there. So @Maison Rustique please keep on posting. Yours is one of the first that I click on when I see that you have posted something new.

This is what I have bookmarked.

Thank you Ann. For those of you that have never visited her site, I highly recommend it. It is one of the most beautiful, informative sites on the web. I was one of her biggest fans long before I ever joined eGullet. I've spent many happy hours there.

Found this on Google. At most, you can marinate this for 48 hours. After 48 hours, the chicken will become mushy.

These look so good. I did look for the recipe on your website and can't find it. Is this a recipe that you have posted? I did find a picture of Sticky Toffee Muffins but no recipe. They also look wonderful.

Something to perch on the edge of a pot to keep a pot from boiling over?

Decided to do something a little different today. I'm a little bit tired of my Sunday buns. So today I made individual pizzas. They are a great thing to send in Carlos's lunch and anything left over I put in Ziploc bags and store in the freezer. When I want pizza for lunch all I have to do is pop one in the microwave for 30 seconds and into the air fryer for 3 minutes and I have fresh hot pizza. The topping is salami, and pepperoni, with parmesan, gorgonzola, and mozzarella cheese. They look kind of messy but I guarantee you they are a tasty mess.

I should add that at the Country Club where I worked, this was served as a canapé on tiny toast rounds. I've never done that myself, too much work.

Good Lord! I take it that this is a festival dish not a typical weeknight dinner.

@Maison Rustique the butter cracker recipe really sounds good but I agree with @blue_dolphin that it might not be the best thing for transporting. My choice was always a high-end neutral flavored cracker. Much easier to carry and a lot less work. Another thing that would keep your work to a minimum would be to use anchovy paste instead of anchovy fillets. Just add the paste until the flavor tastes right to you. One time I was invited to an impromptu birthday party and I stopped at the store on the way there and bought a tub of cream cheese, anchovy paste, and crackers. I just mixed it up when I got there. It was the hit of the party.

Imagine getting on an elevator with somebody dosed in that. Although I think a few of the bums in our area are already using it.

Somehow I don't think it will be a best seller.

That's good to know. I do know that some years ago when I was in New York I checked every spice Outlet and every Chinese and Japanese Market I could find looking for wasabi and this is the closest that I could come. It's green but it's not really wasabi.

That's the problem. If you bought it outside of Japan it's not dubious or questionable you just automatically know it's not the real thing. But now we are all accustomed to using the phony stuff. About 98% of us wouldn't know real wasabi if it walked up and kicked us in the face.

I used to buy the Hawaiian bread in the big loaves in Seattle. I loved it and since I've been here I've tried several recipes. I can get the taste but I just can't get that fluff. Maybe it's the flour that I'm using but unfortunately I haven't much choice. I've never seen it with the salt on top but I will give this recipe a try. Thank you.

Perfect! Except now I'll have to change my perfume. Maybe I'll just dab on some anchovy paste.

Oh well. You and I have about the same amount of hair so we really don't need headbands anyway.

People do eat cobras, don't they?

Is your birthday May 20th? Mine is May 21st. I guess you'll have to go for February 30th. My preferred style of headgear would be something in feathery flamboyance like the victorians wore. Either that or something quietly understated like a nice coiled cobra. I just can't imagine wearing food on my head.

As to birthdays, I finally found the solution. I found out that giving them up entirely doesn't work because the family insists on recognizing them, but. If someone can change their gender at will why can't you change your birthday. I did just that. My birthday is now February 31st. Love the headbands but the croissant could get mistaken for dandruff with all its flakiness and I'm flaky enough. And I'm allergic to bananas. As to the necklace, the only way I like pretzels is dipped in chocolate and that could get kind of messy.

When's your birthday? I would dearly love to find some of these and send you some. You would be the roast of the town, I mean the toast of the town. You would have every donkey in China following you.

Looks kind of corny to me.

Here is the inside of the large avocado. Probably could have used it yesterday but it didn't go with our meal.