April 2020 Is the world playing an April Fools' Joke on us all?

The mushrooms Ill eat. Anyway, raw, fried; boiled, you name it.
Beans roasted? Uh Uh! .... too raw for me.

Oh, well, if that's the problem, you'd like mine. I either blanch or, like tonight, use leftover beans that have been cooked & seasoned. I just spread them out on a sheet pan and then drizzle the sliced mushrooms with oil and then put them on top, because they're raw. Into a 500° oven, especially nice with a convection oven, and let them get browned.

So you see, my beans are double-cooked and really tender.

You'd like 'em!

bethk wrote:Oh, well, if that's the problem, you'd like mine.  I either blanch or, like tonight, use leftover beans that have been cooked & seasoned.  I just spread them out on a sheet pan and then drizzle the sliced mushrooms with oil and then put them on top, because they're raw.  Into a 500° oven, especially nice with a convection oven, and let them get browned.

So you see, my beans are double-cooked and really tender.

You'd like 'em!

Yep!....I'd eat them like that.

I tried those potatoes about a month ago. They were OK, not great.

An awful thing happened yesterday when I was eating my soup. It leads me to not do this again. I was eating these hard thin crackers with my soup, and I took a bite of one really hard, and it was sharp......I stabbed under my tongue and cut the web on the muscle.
It was so painful, and it didn't just go away. It feels a little better today, but I cannot believe the intense pain.

Oh Jimmy! Be careful. Eating may be painful for a while.

I ran across a recipe called Cinnamon Roll Bundt cake. It is a vanilla cake mix, cinnamon, cinnamon sugar and a can of cream cheese frosting, heated 30 seconds. Joe and Katie thought they had died and gone to heaven. I have to admit that for a mix it is pretty darn good, and easy.

bethk wrote:I've added big potato chunks to stock that I inadvertently over salted (salted too much too early ~ HUGE mistake) and, yes the potato chunks did help absorb some of that salty taste.

That's pretty much what I read, Beth, that the potatoes would absorb some of the salt but never enough to make the over-salted dish palatable.

I really like salty stuff, too. I'm supposed to watch my salt intake since I was diagnosed with PH, which I have been able to do successfully without very much effort.

NormM wrote:I made a sandwich with a Georgia biscuit, Hillbelly sausage and an egg.  Yesterday when I had the sausage by itself, I thought the cinnamon was a little too much but when it is mixed with other food like I did today, it is perfect.

Laughed, Norm, as lately I've been thinking about a biscuit with sausage, egg and cheese too!

Good to hear about the Hillbelly sausage, too, as I haven't opened ours yet.

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:???? No clue what to eat today...

Tina is at her uncles. Took him to the bank so he could deposit his SS check.
He refuses to have it direct deposited in his account. He even refuses to mail his letters by giving it to the mail carrier. He has to drive it to the post office to mail it.
There is no changing him from the old school.

Man, are ALL of Tina's uncles alike?! I'd bet he'd change if those Social Security checks kept accumulating. He's SO LUCKY to have Tina. I sure don't have that kind of patience, especially when someone is just being a lughead!!!

Even though it's been drizzling all day, I was still able to go out and cut Swiss chard from the patio pot ~ ~ my 'Cabana Boy' stood beside me with a huge golf umbrella and a tray to hold the chard I was cutting. I realize we didn't maintain a 6' distance, but since he's usually sleeping in the middle of my bed I figured it was ok to share an umbrella!

To go with the chard I made chicken cutlets, buttered noodles & lima beans:

that looks fabulous, Jimmy!

Tina out did herself.....guess this 'lock-down' is working in YOUR favor..........

LOL

We had BLT's with avocado for dinner. It is raining and is supposed to rain all week.

I made a no-knead bread yesterday. I am not sure what I think.

The county I live in has now made it a rule that all residents wear face masks when out of the home.

I don't have a problem with the social distancing & even wearing a mask to keep my cough or sneeze from causing fear in others near me when I'm out for food. I use to go to the grocery stores every day or every other day (mainly as my entertainment). Now I go, with my list so I don't forget anything, and get in and out as speedy as possible.

I waited for most who felt they needed a mask to pick one up from our neighbor who is making them. I texted her this morning and asked if she still had some available and she said there were some on the tray outside her door and to help myself. So I picked up one for me and one for Dane, should he be out somewhere and need to put it on. I threw them in the washer with a small load and went to the store when they were dry.

Last night I told Dane it would be his job to come up with a menu suggestion for today. I can cook just about anything but I'm running out of ideas. He decided on chili dogs & tater tots (or, in our case because of what I had in the freezer, Crispy Crowns). I sliced up some cabbage to make some slaw to finish off the meal. And even though I just broiled the hot dogs in the toaster oven instead of lighting charcoal, they were pretty tasty. Must have been the little container of Jimmy's Greek Style Chili Sauce I had in the freezer. Those little KFC side dish containers are just the right size for four chili dogs!

Gotta do some portion control there, Jimmy.

Looks more like ONE portion to me! LOL

Here are somee creative ways to mask up. I am partial to the water bottle.

https://www.facebook.com/1017541899/posts/10219518815093823/

I have some black cloth napkins (For Thanksgiving on a red tablecloth) that can be folded like a bandana and tied in back that I was planning to use but when I went to the Surgery institute today, they gave me a proper mask to wear while I was there and to keep to use elsewhere.

The procedure went much more smoothly this time. There were more people involved to keep me comfortable during and afterward. I feel good and I hope this time they broke every stone into dust.

I am so glad things went well for you Norm.

Glad things went well, Norm, as well as getting a 'door prize' for showing up.

Great news, Norm. I had a stone (gallstone) in my bile duct last year which did not go well. But, it's done and I'm fine. Good that you could get it done in these scary times.

Lore, how are you feeling? Has your sister been able to continue with her treatments?