domesticity ftw?
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mimeseregrown up stuff is hard. especially coupled as it is with laziness and being anti social. As for example!
1) Nerdtopia now has an extra freezer. Why? The primary reasons are twfold:
a) So we can buy a 1/4 of a cow and thus have various cuts of meat for aaaaaaages.
b) Fewer trips to costco.
The boything will say that the other reason we got it was so he could have giant tubs of ice cream, which barely fit in the freezer we had before.
I will say that the other reason we got it is so I can pre-make things like casseroles and cookie dough and biscuits and chicken broth and save things like vegetable ends for the making of the aforementioned chicken broth.
We are also trying exciting adventures in preparing ziplock bags of meat in combinations we use frequently. So about 1/2 lb of ground turkey, some strips of bacon, and half a kielbasa sausage thing for when we make chili. We are seeing if this helps with the prep time later on.
Um, on a similar note: seriously, what do I *do* with ground meat? Chili, meatloaf, salisbury steak, meatballs, spaghetti sauce, sloppy joes...we eat them all and they are all delicious, but my brain, it is running out of things to make.
2) We also have a new dishwasher. The dishwasher that came with the house worked, but kind of sucked. Then it started leaking, we think because it was improperly installed. So then we stopped using it and it turned out to be a decent drying rack for dishes. However it also turns out that while my mom and family never use dishwashers, I am just lazy enough to not want to wash the ninety BILLION dishes we somehow generate in a very small amount of time.
3) I also bought a bin for flour. And one for sugar /o\ Because apparently i cannot stop baking. And also 40 lbs of multigrain allpurpose flour and 25 lbs of sugar to fill them.
/o\ x100000000.
4) We went to the farmer's market for the first time, since we have mutually decided to incorporate more vegetables into our lives. Me for the iron and the general desire to be healthier and him 'cause uh, well. 'Cause he likes them, coupled with some form of meat and also salt. Things were so cheap! Also, I got apple butter! and some tasty rosemary sourdough. and some delicious delicious orange juice. Anyway. Lots of stuff, all of it looked good, and we're going to go back when we've run out of the stuff we already bought. But there were lots of people and I maybe got a little overstimulated.
5) I have bought many cookbooks! And by many, I mean 4. Two by Alton Brown (I'm Just Here for the Food and I'm Just Here for More Food, which are less cookbooks and more like a handy guide into HOW cooking and baking work, a Better Homes and Gardens one that was on sale in the bargain section of Borders, and also The Pioneer Woman Cooks. 'cause uh, she makes food that the boything likes and also that I like because there are pictures of what the stages should look like. I'm thinking I might try the America's Test Kitchen books next. Or that How to Cook Everything book. Or I shall just continue to use allrecipes.com.
Um. That is it, really. Hi guys, how are you?
also, video game rec, for the no one that is interested:
Borderlands is a FPS/RP hybrid in the style of Diablo II. Apparently what this means is that it is addictive like crack and has randomized loot.
1) Nerdtopia now has an extra freezer. Why? The primary reasons are twfold:
a) So we can buy a 1/4 of a cow and thus have various cuts of meat for aaaaaaages.
b) Fewer trips to costco.
The boything will say that the other reason we got it was so he could have giant tubs of ice cream, which barely fit in the freezer we had before.
I will say that the other reason we got it is so I can pre-make things like casseroles and cookie dough and biscuits and chicken broth and save things like vegetable ends for the making of the aforementioned chicken broth.
We are also trying exciting adventures in preparing ziplock bags of meat in combinations we use frequently. So about 1/2 lb of ground turkey, some strips of bacon, and half a kielbasa sausage thing for when we make chili. We are seeing if this helps with the prep time later on.
Um, on a similar note: seriously, what do I *do* with ground meat? Chili, meatloaf, salisbury steak, meatballs, spaghetti sauce, sloppy joes...we eat them all and they are all delicious, but my brain, it is running out of things to make.
2) We also have a new dishwasher. The dishwasher that came with the house worked, but kind of sucked. Then it started leaking, we think because it was improperly installed. So then we stopped using it and it turned out to be a decent drying rack for dishes. However it also turns out that while my mom and family never use dishwashers, I am just lazy enough to not want to wash the ninety BILLION dishes we somehow generate in a very small amount of time.
3) I also bought a bin for flour. And one for sugar /o\ Because apparently i cannot stop baking. And also 40 lbs of multigrain allpurpose flour and 25 lbs of sugar to fill them.
/o\ x100000000.
4) We went to the farmer's market for the first time, since we have mutually decided to incorporate more vegetables into our lives. Me for the iron and the general desire to be healthier and him 'cause uh, well. 'Cause he likes them, coupled with some form of meat and also salt. Things were so cheap! Also, I got apple butter! and some tasty rosemary sourdough. and some delicious delicious orange juice. Anyway. Lots of stuff, all of it looked good, and we're going to go back when we've run out of the stuff we already bought. But there were lots of people and I maybe got a little overstimulated.
5) I have bought many cookbooks! And by many, I mean 4. Two by Alton Brown (I'm Just Here for the Food and I'm Just Here for More Food, which are less cookbooks and more like a handy guide into HOW cooking and baking work, a Better Homes and Gardens one that was on sale in the bargain section of Borders, and also The Pioneer Woman Cooks. 'cause uh, she makes food that the boything likes and also that I like because there are pictures of what the stages should look like. I'm thinking I might try the America's Test Kitchen books next. Or that How to Cook Everything book. Or I shall just continue to use allrecipes.com.
Um. That is it, really. Hi guys, how are you?
also, video game rec, for the no one that is interested:
Borderlands is a FPS/RP hybrid in the style of Diablo II. Apparently what this means is that it is addictive like crack and has randomized loot.
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Date: 2009-11-02 03:20 am (UTC)Cottage pie! Which is shepherd's pie, but with beef instead of sheep product.
Also, you can use your basic sausage spices and have good breakfast patties that way.
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Date: 2009-11-07 11:26 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-11-02 03:26 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-11-02 03:29 am (UTC)2. I have a good meat pie recipe: 1/2 lb ground beef, one onion. sautee together in frying pan until cooked through. add frozen peas (corn, mushrooms, whatever you want). put into deep dish pie shell and cover with second pie shell from the package of two. bake. eat. delicious!
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Date: 2009-11-02 03:49 am (UTC)I have nothing useful to add, just random twirling=)
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Date: 2009-11-02 06:54 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-11-02 08:25 am (UTC)I know this pain well. :( Only we didn't have a dishwasher. :((( You know what I love? Garbage disposals. GOD, THEY MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER AND EASIER.
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Date: 2009-11-02 09:25 am (UTC)Did you ever make sarma? Basically ground meat with rice and the spices of your choice, wrapped in (for me) pickled cabbage leaves. Mmm. My family prefers those wrapped in grape vine leaves, and serves them with sour cream, but my tastes are more plebe-ish. ;)
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Date: 2009-11-02 09:54 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-11-02 10:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-11-03 10:54 pm (UTC)Are we a little round? Maybe. But we're happy.
My go-to cookbooks are old standards: The Joy of Cooking, How to Cook Everything, and The Vegetarian Epicure. Everything else, we start with an idea, do a web search for recipes, and then start mixing and matching. Family standards are written into the back pages of cookbooks. I recommend a plastic cookbook stand that holds the book open and protects it from splatter.
Our farmer's market is over for the year, and this year, everything was late because it was so cold. Lucky you, to be in California, where the delicious foods come from. But at least through my dad, we have a line on some deer sausage.
I wish we had a second freezer. We could put foods in it!
Hi hi hi hi hi hi! Isn't love awesome? There's computer stuff and food and people piles and I'm so happy for you!