May, 2016 ~ Spring Dinners We Sprung!!!

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:Mommy Tina went to the grocery store.....I know not for what?
She picked up a new kitchen garbage can that previously we had one like it, but it has a swinging top that limits the can to only be filled 1/2 way before the swinging top scrapes onto the garbage. So that means   There will be fury from my end trying to educate the rest how to NOT pack the garbage higher than 1/2.
So now we go through twice as many trash bags, and they are not cheap.

Anyway.... I guess it's what I find to eat for supper, at this stage of the game!

Barbara101 wrote:

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:Mommy Tina went to the grocery store.....I know not for what?
She picked up a new kitchen garbage can that previously we had one like it, but it has a swinging top that limits the can to only be filled 1/2 way before the swinging top scrapes onto the garbage. So that means   There will be fury from my end trying to educate the rest how to NOT pack the garbage higher than 1/2.
So now we go through twice as many trash bags, and they are not cheap.

Anyway.... I guess it's what I find to eat for supper, at this stage of the game!

I took the top off of mine..hate that top..


I feel a bit better today,thank goodness.had to be sinus junk..Of course I have NO medicine for that and can not drive yet... Whatever I fix to eat is IDK..Maybe eggs ..
This house is a wreak and I don't care..

IF IF my neighbor knocks she can just keep knocking I am not in the mood for her..She was gone for over a month and I was thrilled..

NormM wrote:We had sesame chicken for dinner.

Barbara101 wrote:

bacon lettuce and tomato ...not up to cooking..

OOooooo!!!.... and Tina just bought a nice big tomato.
Hmmm! I sure do like a BLTCS for a midnight snack.

Bacon / lettuce / tomato / cheese / and a slice of Salami.

Niagara Visitor wrote:Why use paper plates? I hate eating off them, they waste materials, energy etc.  In our building here, when we have a get-together, everyone brings their own plate, cutlery and glass. And, we take it back home to wash.  Waste not, want not.

P.S.  I just finished cleaning up after making stuffed peppers (again) One for me is in the oven and there are some for my son and daughter-in-law will pick up tomorrow, and another batch for other DIL's parents.. I love both making and eating stuffed peppers!

Niagara Visitor wrote:Why use paper plates? I hate eating off them, they waste materials, energy etc.  In our building here, when we have a get-together, everyone brings their own plate, cutlery and glass. And, we take it back home to wash.  Waste not, want not.

P.S.  I just finished cleaning up after making stuffed peppers (again) One for me is in the oven and there are some for my son and daughter-in-law will pick up tomorrow, and another batch for other DIL's parents.. I love both making and eating stuffed peppers!

cookingirl wrote:I have paper plates in the house, I do use them, but not all that often. It depends on what I am having and how I am feeling.

I generally use them for sandwiches, or desserts.

I have plastic cutlery, but rarely use them.

I have them mostly for emergencies. We used to have a lot of power failures, so the paper products came in handy.

I am the rare one who washes the cat's dishes twice a day. I leave food out 24/7. My cat is a grazer. I have one dish for breakfasts and during the day. For supper I switch to a clean dish. I do not like to keep dried, rancid food out for him. He has too many issues to begin with; however, I always did that...

Jimmy, my dad used to keep the paper plates, to reuse.. I broke him of that habit!!! I used to just throw them away when he was not looking.

Barb, that BLT looks so good. I have to check the bacon I have in the freezer.

OMG.... that's not nice cgirl ... Throwing away a good paper plate! LOL  I have to laugh. Tina found a bargain a few years ago at the dollar store. She bought stacks of these gray paper plates that were papyrus like. Some of them, had pieces of wood pressed into them. I think they were made in Ethiopia.
Those plates absorbed liquids so fast, and then you had to throw them away.They were great for when cooking fried foods, and then putting the food on the plates to absorb the grease. Much cheaper than paper towels at that time.

One day, I got a brainstorm. I was frying loads of eggplant, and I was using so many paper towels.....I sat and said,"There has to be a better way...  

We had brand new Sham Wow ( those orange cloths that were advertised on TV that absorbed water like a sponge). Well.....I took one, and placed it in a sheet pan, then only one layer of paper towels on top. I fried 4 big eggplants, all sliced that were breaded, and let them drain on the sham Wow pad. That pad sucked up oil like a sponge. When done, I soaked the pad in hot water and dish soap, then rinsed it, and threw it in the clothes washer machine to clean it. Perfect!!
And I used that specific one over and over a few times. I just kept it in a plastic baggie in the towel drawer.