December 2017, What's for Dinner ?

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:I have pork medallions cooking in the electric skillet, with soy sauce, onions, peppers, and carrots.   It's 4:30 now. I figure another hour or so, it should be done.

bethk wrote:

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:I have pork medallions cooking in the electric skillet, with soy sauce, onions, peppers, and carrots.   It's 4:30 now. I figure another hour or so, it should be done.

Sounds tasty, Jimmy.  Are you going to have some rice with it?  I've had some of that 'ready-to-heat' individual rice packs and they're pretty good ~ especially if you just want enough for one meal.

bethk wrote:Tonight was a Glazed Meatloaf and roasted Carrots & Parsnips.  I had so many of the vegetables that I decided we really didn't need any potatoes or other starch.  HE didn't want any more carbs so it worked out for me.

I make the meatloafs in the little foil pans, lined with parchment so I can easily flip them out on a rack which sits on a foil covered quarter sheet pan for baking.  After it's baked for about 45 minutes I spoon on the ketchup/brown sugar/spicy glaze and let it cook in.  I love that cleanup is so easy.....just pick up the foil and carefully fold and toss.  OK, so I do have to soak the little rack it cooks on but that's not bad at all.




The slices are small and there's just enough leftovers for maybe one or two lunchtime sandwiches.  I love not having large amounts of leftovers.

bethk wrote:Yup.....a meatloaf sandwich in my future!

I like it on white bread, spread with Miracle Whip on both sides and the meat trimmed and shaped so I get meat in every bite.  I don't need lettuce but the Miracle Whip is my condiment of choice.

I know, I know......Ewwwwww! from some 'ONLY Mayo' users!

LOL

Bugster2 wrote:Been watching the fires all day on the TV. My nephew lives in one of the fire areas. More wind tonight which is not a good thing.
I am serving Joe's ribs from last night. They weren't done in time so we decided to eat them tonight. I forgot to monitor the smoker and the unit burnt the pellets and caused the heat to go out so I finished them today while it was fairly calm outside. The wind is picking up again so I am glad I did it early.

NormM wrote:I cut part of a loaf of french bread in half and made a sandwich with a bunch of cold cuts.  I was busy in the basement today.  We got a pottery kiln and I moved my two potters wheels down there. Charlie practically begged me to start doing ceramics again and to teach him. He has turned the basement into an art studio which he has been using for drawing and painting.  The neighbor across the street is a contractor and installed a 240 outlet for the kiln and I am doing a test fireing now.  The guy across the street said he wanted payment for the work he did to be me making him a coffee mug. Another electrician that was here for something minor a short time ago said it would cost almost $800 for him to do the same thing. I wonder if that means I can say I once made an $800 coffee mug?

NormM wrote:I cut part of a loaf of french bread in half and made a sandwich with a bunch of cold cuts.  I was busy in the basement today.  We got a pottery kiln and I moved my two potters wheels down there. Charlie practically begged me to start doing ceramics again and to teach him. He has turned the basement into an art studio which he has been using for drawing and painting.  The neighbor across the street is a contractor and installed a 240 outlet for the kiln and I am doing a test fireing now.  The guy across the street said he wanted payment for the work he did to be me making him a coffee mug. Another electrician that was here for something minor a short time ago said it would cost almost $800 for him to do the same thing. I wonder if that means I can say I once made an $800 coffee mug?

NormM wrote:He put in a 240 outlet right next to the breaker box.  That's where the kiln is located. He just put in another switch in the breaker box and wire was only a few feet long.  that's why I was amazed at how much the other guy wanted.  He used less that $100. in materials and it took about 20 minutes.

The kiln has a built in cost calculator. I have not used it but you put in the local cost of electricity and it will tell you how much the run cost.  I am surprised that it cost that much. It didn't used to be much more that about a tenth of that but a run is 8 to 9 hours at least.