I'm on break

[cjsmith]

Done so far:

0. Grocery run, prescription refill, laundry, scrub litterbox room floor.

1. Lamb/mint/onion/garlic "kebabs", which would be great if they were really formed onto sticks, but I'm lazy, so I have a dozen meatballs and four big hamburger patties. That's four, maybe five meals. I've decided that grinding everything very fine is indeed an improvement, but is in no way worth the effort expended, not even with the food processor. Next batch will be coarse again.

2. Two frittatas. Eight breakfasts. I couldn't cook last weekend, and man, have I ever missed those frittatas!

3. Bean soup is in its first boil. This time with a gen-u-wine ham hock! Those come four to a package, and before I had the new freezer there was no way I was buying something that big. Four meals.

What with the onion roast, some larb, and I forget what all else, I'm actually okay for food for the week. But I like variety and choices, and my feet are still below screaming levels of pain. To do after the dishwasher is finished: fondue (want food processor), sawdust bars (want mixing bowl), palak paneer (want skillet).

Comments

[allanh.livejournal.com]

General musings while waiting for Migration From Hell servers to reboot:

- How would you feel about being asked to share some favorite recipes with people that would like to invite you over for dinner?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

My immediate reaction is that no one would want to subject themselves to the awful things I eat! However, I'd be happy to pick and choose among things at a meal, or pick and choose from a restaurant menu.

Well, one exception. I'm totally happy to share the palak paneer recipe (not mine) and the fondue recipe (as "mine" as any recipe can be I suppose). Those are actually good. :) ambar's onion roast is also good enough to share. Palak paneer, onion roast (more detail in a comment), fondue. (Today, fondue is an experiment. It contains wheat flour AND somewhat-boiled-off white wine.)

[edit: durr, I can do html.]

[allanh.livejournal.com]

I *adore* larb and so does Randy.

Besides, you haven't seen some of the awful things *Randy* eats.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

What kind of larb? There are like eight million variations. Mine is one of the few without fish paste as a base. (Surprise!) :-)

The kind I make is like this: Take the cheapest lean ground meat you can find (this is usually turkey). Brown a pound of it with a couple fistfuls of diced onion and drain it. Add garlic, lemongrass paste, and chili paste. Stir until everything is warmed up and mixed well. It's probably nowhere near as good as most larb in restaurants, not least because it doesn't have fish in it, but it's crazy easy to make.

[abqdan.livejournal.com]

I love it - only a programmer would number a list from zero. After zero is a perfectly good number isn't it?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I wrote the list thinking of cooking, then figured I'd spend one line on what I did all morning. Using zero seemed to me to be a way of saying "all this crap had to get done before I could buckle down and get to the real work." :)