May, 2022 ~ ~ Spring has Sprung! What's cooking?

Chicken definitely on skewers, not sewers! Lol

bethk wrote:Today was Ladies' Lunch day ~ our numbers are dwindling due to 'season' being over and many active residents returning to their Northern homes.  But three of us had a lovely lunch and enjoyed each other's company.

Normally I don't want to cook because if I have a lunch I'm usually not hungry.  But today I had a very light lunch (as long as you don't count the Bloody Mary as an appetizer.......) and I knew I'd want something to eat.

Dane is usually happy with whatever he can find in the refrigerator or freezer.  I think he was planning on broiling a hot dog until I offered to go pick up some chicken wings ~ his eyes lit up!  I recently discovered the local Publix grocery sells 'plain' wings (no breading) and those would be just fine heated in the oven and then rolled around in our own sauce of choice.  We both wanted the Frank's Original Wing Sauce so that was easy.

While I was gone to pick up the wings Dane decided to cook up a vegetable ~ you know what he chose!

Beth..... above the plate on the table ? What is that wooden thing above the plate; directly above. It was posted by you on another
post somewhere ??. Looks like a grater of som sort....

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:

Beth..... above the plate on the table ? What is that wooden thing above the plate; directly above. It was posted by you on another
post somewhere ??.  Looks like a grater of som sort....

Jimmy ~ that's the bamboo lazy susan that always sits on the middle of my table. It has a couple hot pads and s&p sitting on it all the time......  

That wooden turntable looks great!

On a different, non cooking note........................ I have bought a season's pass to The Shaw Festival, local annual and well established theatre. This afternoon is my first visit to see Dammn Yankees! I decided that what's the point of having world class theater basically in my backyard and not take advantage of it. I have gone there maybe a dozen times in the past, this is my first time alone.

That looks sooooo good! I am just back from seeing the first of the plays that I plan to see this summer. It's called Damn Yankees, great show, music is great. I am always amazed at how they make the scene changes with areas of the stage that move the scenery around. I only saw a few empty spaces, I think people are just soooo happy to be able to go out again.

On the way back home I stopped at a local Greek restaurant and had an octopus dinner. It comes with salad, rice, roasted potatoes. Generally there is only one tentacle, I ordered two, so there's enough leftover for tomorrow also. Yumm! Didn't take a picture.

We had Ziti with Meatballs. Tina cooked a big pot of tomato sauce, an then fried some meatballs.
She cooked 1/2 of them in the sauce. The other 1/2, we picked on them whilst waiting for the sauce to thicken.
I'm only allowed a cup of pasta, but I pushed for that second cup. The Ziti were the Cut Ziti. Not with ridges, but smooth.
I don't like a lot of sauce on my pasta, plus I think they all have a different taste; the way they are shaped....

bethk wrote:Poor Tina.

Better watch yourself, Jimmy.  You're likely to get a bowl of grits for your breakfast.....

Naw!!!.....everything was cool, and she made me whole wheat pancakes.
She is in a bad mood though. I stayed clear today.

Pork schnitzel with oven roasted fingerling potatoes and carrots, simple tomato and cucumber slices today. I sent a picture to Beth. very simple, but yummy!

(and here's the picture:)

From Lore:


"8 years ago, this is the backyard of the farm I shared with my husband and children for almost 40 years. This is pictures of the “send off” or celebration of life we had. It was a great, sad day with  family and friends. Dieter would have loved it."

Sorry, I sent two copies of the fire pit with all the sausages




No ~ wasn't YOU, Lore.......I inserted two of the same ~ ~ ~ but I've fixed it!
beth

Beef veggie soup; garden salad, and a salami sandwich.....finished off with a cookie. I had to push the salad away; it was too salty.