December, 2022 ~ Yikes! the year is almost over!!!

From Lore:


"Dinner Tonight. I found a bbq sauce that I love, so did some ribs in the oven, and made a lentil salad as a side."

I saw a chili recipe in the newspaper to try. I made some small changes while I was cooking it and after it was done, I added a few other things.

I made Bahn Mi sandwiches for dinner tonigh

i baked Cornish Hens with an orange teriyaki sauce and broiled tomatoes topped with salt, pepper, Romano cheese, bread crumbs and butter.

From Lore:

"Dinner Ready for me to take to 90 year old uncle today. One of his (and my late hubby’s) favourites potato salad and headcheese. I have made a lot of headcheese in my life, but don’t seem to get it solid enough to slice thinly. Any thought about help? I add unflavored gelatin, but just how much do I have to add? 
BTW, both uncle and I have just recovered from a bout of COVID!"

I made breakfast today.... grated onions and potatoes fried. Scrambled eggs and cheese, toast and coffee. Supper will be fried zucchini cubes with medium shells pasta. Cookies or ice cream for dessert.
We had a dusting of snow last night. Yay! We just are snow / winter people.

bethk wrote:Personally, Lore, I don't think it's supposed to be sliced thin.  (or try cutting with an old electric knife......just a thought.....)

It looks perfect to me!  I'm sure your uncle loved it!!!

Thanks, yes, I'm not concerned about him loving the headcheese.  I was wondering about slicing it because in the grocery stores, they slice it as thin as ham.    Actually what I did was double up on the amount of gelatin (according to directions of one pack per 16 oz. of liquid) and it worked out perfectly, was easy to cut with my great serrated steal knives.  

I have not checked in here lately.  Got over the dreaded covid with few lasting effects.  Bad coughing for about 48 hours, no fev er, but was fatiqued for a few days.  I'm back to my volunteering and the store has been very busy, Busy is always good.

A few days ago I made some German styled beef rouladen, froze them without finishing the gravy those, will be on the Christmas Eve table along with the requisite crispy chicken wings, roasted potatoes as well as mashed.

Also, a couple of days ago I made some stuffed squid.  Had some in the freezer, and found a really nice recipe in a Jamie Oliver cookbook.  Stuffing was very simple, breadcrumbs, a bit of oil, a lot of parsley, Parmesan, and an egg.  I didn't pay attention to the directions which said not to stuff more than half, so as the filling expanded, part of it came up as they simmered in a basic marinara sauce,  They were delicious, sooooo tender and I will make them again.  Will send a couple of pictures, they don't show up well when in the sauce, but you all have a good imagination, right????

It has been impossible for me to figure out what to give my children for Christmas, they have everything, don't need anything, so I came up with an idea.  I "bought" some gifts for the charity where I volunteer.  I chose to "buy" two broods of chickens, and some investment into clean water in various parts of drought stricken Africa.  I hope my children appreciate it.