Kicking back in Manitoulin

[Porthos]

Growing up there was always a box of shredded wheat in the cupboard. Tiny little dry bales of hay not fit for human consumption in my opinioin.

[Kerry Beal]

My mother would pour boiling water over them - then drain - then milk and brown sugar. I recall enjoying them

[chromedome]

I remember liking them as a kid, either just plopped into the milk or soaked briefly in boiling water as Kerry describes. We usually had the bigger Nabisco variety, but I seem to recall both Weetabix and Muffets occasionally cropping up in the stores.

[Shelby]

So, Weetabix must keep you quite.....regular?

[KennethT]

@ShelbyI think that's the point!

[Anna N]

So today I spent most of my time on housekeeping. You know how it is. Whichever end of the spectrum from neatfreak to slob is your comfort zone, at some point the scale tips. That is when you need to give up all the fun things for a time to pay attention to those things that make the world go around. Things like clean clothes, clean dishes, clean counters and so on and so forth.  I am satisfied that I can live with what remains.

 

Damn I am plastic wrap challenged. No matter which plastic wrap we buy it seems useless. Won't even cling to itself. Just saying as I finished wrestling with a piece and losing.  I need an elastic band to keep the damn plastic wrap on the bowl.   What is the point? OK my rant is over.

 

Had a few ideas about dinner tonight.  Ultimately decided to use the cherry tomato sauce and some shrimp over pasta. So the shrimp are peeled and I massaged them, as one does, if one pays any attention whatever to Madhur Jaffrey. I looked at the tomato sauce and decided it was pretty skimpy for two people so I speed roasted some cocktail tomatoes with some garlic, olive oil, salt, sugar etc. and tried to get a bit of char on them for some additional flavour elements. I tasted them and found the skins to be quite tough so I sent them for a spin in the Thermomix.  I think they will be just fine.

 

Now I feel I have earned the right to do what I've been wanting to do all day long -- stick my head into The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Vegetable Cookbook. 

 

Edited to remove the underline  that made it look like a live link to the book. 

Edited July 28, 2017 by Anna N (log)

[Anna N]

 So it would appear from recent messages that Kerry could be quite late coming home this afternoon. I don't usually eat lunch these days if I've had a good breakfast but it seemed like a good idea to have a little something something to tide me over until dinner time. 

 

 So I fumbled through the cheese drawer and unearthed this:

 

 

 

 

 I opted to eat it "au naturel" since I did not want to fill up too much on crackers and fruit and all those other things (which I don't have anyway).  It's a very interesting cheese but be damned if I could detect either ginger or citrus. I admit to not having a particularly subtle pallet so perhaps Kerry will detect them when she tries it.   Still a perfectly good cheese.   Don't even ask for tasting notes.  

 

[lindag]

It must make up in taste for what it lacks in looks.

[Arey]

1 hour ago, Anna N said:

So today I spent most of my time on housekeeping. You know how it is. Whichever end of the spectrum from neatfreak to slob is your comfort zone, at some point the scale tips. That is when you need to give up all the fun things for a time to pay attention to those things that make the world go around. Things like clean clothes, clean dishes, clean counters and so on and so forth.  I am satisfied that I can live with what remains.

 

Damn I am plastic wrap challenged. No matter which plastic wrap we buy it seems useless. Won't even cling to itself. Just saying as I finished wrestling with a piece and losing.  I need an elastic band to keep the damn plastic wrap on the bowl.   What is the point? OK my rant is over.

 

 

 

when my internal voice says "I am tired of living in filth and squalor" I tend to clean whatever bit of filth and squalor is bothering me.

My brand of wrap plastic sticks to anything excerpt what I want it to.  It is especially good at sticking itself to itself between when I ripped it off the roll and put it down on the counter.

[Porthos]

2 hours ago, Anna N said:

Damn I am plastic wrap challenged. No matter which plastic wrap we buy it seems useless. Won't even cling to itself.

 

I am an adamant devotee of Glad Press-n-Seal. Everything else seems to be engineered to get me to use wrods that aren't in the bible.

[Smithy]

I used to reach the point, periodically, where I'd say to myself "either clean the place, or take a match to it".  These days I invite company over as a spur to preempt such a drastic choice.

 

I agree with lindag about the looks of that cheese.  The combination sounds intriguing, but the appearance might have put me off.  I'll be interested to see what Kerry has to say.

[ElsieD]

3 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

My mother would pour boiling water over them - then drain - then milk and brown sugar. I recall enjoying them

 

I used to buy this when I was on my own, that is, when I first left  home.  I too did the boiling water, but briefly as i wanted some crunch to remain.  Then, I added milk and brown sugar.  I thought it was wonderful but that may have been because all we ever had at home were corn flakes.  To this day i can't stand soggy food which includes such things as french toast, cookies dipped in anything, hot sandwiches with gravy on them, etc.

[Kerry Beal]

 

Rainbow Sour

 

 

 

Very delicious dinner

Edited July 28, 2017 by Kerry Beal (log)

[Smithy]

Shrimp, rice, and ...? That dark round stuff looked at first like oversized chicken hearts or livers, but they're a bit too round and a bit too large.  Fruit of some sort?

[Kerry Beal]

1 hour ago, Smithy said:

Shrimp, rice, and ...? That dark round stuff looked at first like oversized chicken hearts or livers, but they're a bit too round and a bit too large.  Fruit of some sort?

Some of those lovely roasted tomatoes

[Anna N]

 Morning. I deliberately dropped the "good".

Not all experiments lead to scientific breakthroughs. Sometimes they lead to a breakfast that belongs in the Gallery of Regrettable Foods.

 

Ever since @suzilightning mentioned rarebit up thread I have been anxious to have some.  It has been many years since I made it so I googled for a recipe. That was probably my very first mistake.   I then went with a bunch of different cheeses. Probably my second mistake. When I couldn't find the dry mustard I opted to use  curry powder... need I go on? 

 

 

 However, with blindfold securely in place, pride tucked away, and hunger pangs demanding attention, I dove in.

 

I have had worse.   Not a lot worse but worse.  I managed most of one slice.

 

 

[Okanagancook]

Looks like a 'one slicer'.  The intentions were good.

Nowhere but up today then!

[Anna N]

1 minute ago, Okanagancook said:

Looks like a 'one slicer'.  The intentions were good.

Nowhere but up today then!

 That is where I am questioning myself. Shall I pursue my plan to make a smoky corn soup or should I go back to bed and pull the covers over my head.  

[Shelby]

Get back in the saddle and do the soup  

[suzilightning]

Oh, No Anna!!! 

Fat, flour, dry mustard, beer, Worchestershire sauce, cheese........

 

I'm so sorry

[Anna N]

1 minute ago, suzilightning said:

Oh, No Anna!!! 

Fat, flour, dry mustard, beer, Worchestershire sauce, cheese........

 

I'm so sorry

 Absolutely no reason for you to be sorry. Yes I used everything in the formula you gave but I suspect not all the cheeses lend themselves to this preparation.  Another time I will try it with a cheddar.  Please please please don't be sorry. I love suggestions and I would hate to think you'd stop giving them.

[Anna N]

3 minutes ago, Shelby said:

Get back in the saddle and do the soup  

Bully

[Shelby]

2 minutes ago, Anna N said:

Bully

 

[Smithy]

Smoky corn soup, please! I'm still using up last year's corn, as this year's rolls in.  That soup sounds like a fine candidate, and I'd like to see how you do it.

 

(Shelby can pay me later.)

[ElsieD]

1 minute ago, Smithy said:

Smoky corn soup, please! I'm still using up last year's corn, as this year's rolls in.  That soup sounds like a fine candidate, and I'd like to see how you do it.

 

(Shelby can pay me later.)

 

Me too.