Plans for today (2025)

Nothing planned particularly today. I'm still recovering from yesterday's "party", where everything started off fine, but then one one the guests started lecturing us on how we should only eat meat, avoid bread, pasta, sugars, etc. and thus make the world a better place.
On the other table, the discussion was into whether the 5 prayers of the Virgin of Fatima should be incorporated into the Catholic mass...
I just disappeared up to my summerhouse and smoked a cigar.
I bought all the ingredients for my lasagna on Tuesday so I'll probably make the meat sauce this afternoon. I'll also need to check I've got enough "snacks" for my SIL's little party on Tuesday, and write down detailed instructions on how to warm up, serve, plate and accompany them all, because she has absolutely no idea at all. :hyper:
As much as I whine on here to you folks about my food dislikes, I would never tell people how/what they should or shouldn't eat, and then give a know-it-all disclaimer that it would "make the world a better place". And as much as I enjoy meat as a protein, it's a terribly flawed concept. Well maybe cutting back on the sugars is a sound idea, but really. Just wow. About the religion thing, well it makes me a bit uncomfortable since though I do believe in a higher power, I am pretty much agnostic.
 
You know that Barriehie's ears perked up at the word "hooves" :laugh:
What, ready to go in the freezer??? Woohoo I found a neck too!
1000034735.jpg
 
What, ready to go in the freezer??? Woohoo I found a neck too!View attachment 132170
I would eat meat from the neck on a larger animal. I don't much like chicken or turkey necks just because they are a PITA to get the meat off with all those tiny bones. But no issues with them going into stock. I will eat beans and greens made with hamhocks but I just have this thing about feet from any animal. :eek:
 
As much as I whine on here to you folks about my food dislikes, I would never tell people how/what they should or shouldn't eat, and then give a know-it-all disclaimer that it would "make the world a better place". And as much as I enjoy meat as a protein, it's a terribly flawed concept. Well maybe cutting back on the sugars is a sound idea, but really. Just wow. About the religion thing, well it makes me a bit uncomfortable since though I do believe in a higher power, I am pretty much agnostic.
I think "a bit uncomfortable" more or less sums up how I felt. Being preached at by someone who , I happen to know, only cooks BBQ, and then getting sermons on the bible (and I know the bible - until I was 22, I was in church 3 times every Sunday and every single day for a whole year at uni) was over the top.
The stogie eased things up , though! :D :D
 
Plans for Monday:
At the butt crack of dawn, we have a home inspector coming to look at our roof and tell us if we really need to replace it YET AGAIN... hail damage again a coupla weeks ago as well as today 🙄
Pack up all of our clothes (I have everything else ready to go into the back of the SUV)
Go to Trader Joe's to pick up more of that lovely frozen Lasagna for the deep freeze
and that's it!
We're off for The Big City and DH's procedure at a hospital we're not familiar with, but we can do this.
The majority of the specialty practices have left Cowboyville Arizona and you now have to drive 1+ hours away on the 4th most dangerous highway in the US. I hate it, but DH can't drive any longer, so, I gotta put on my big girl panties and just jump in with both feet.
 
1) Buy some trays to put lasagna in, plus those little plastic pots for chutney samples, etc.
2) Make the meat sauce for the lasagna
3) Make croutons for a Caesar salad
4) Order spices, dal and besan flour from Miami
5) Send message to my buddy to tell him to get a move on with the menu for 29th - only 19 days to go!
6) Remind myself to buy more tamarind, because I ain't got no chutney left.
 
I slept til 8.. late for me.
E mails etc. Visit web sites.cars food and horses 🐎
Washing first lot of towels on. Drying in lounge under heat pump.
Couplands bakery for biscuits and a few 🥧 pies.

Then another load of towels.
Make shepherds pie..pics to follow.
This is our third meal after family dinner Sunday. Leg of lamb that keeps giving.

Russ
 
Back
Top Bottom