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| grilled ham & cheese |
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| roast beast (pretend those are homemade egg noodles) |
I'm cold. REALLY cold. It's freakin' ridiculous outside (4°F, Clear, feels like -17°F) and not all that warm inside, frankly. In an effort to stop thinking about how cold I am, and am likely to be when I take a shower (in water that is, with any luck, actually heating - because last night my water heater went out and though it's since been reignited, I've got my worries about its efficacy) and then later when I go to bed, I'm instead thinking about food. Or photography. Or something. Anyway, I'm posting pictures of food, which we all know is usually pretentious, but I hope it's not when I'm mostly poking fun at myself. The grilled ham & cheese was picture-worthy because I'd so over-filled it with cheese that it melted all over the pan and burned. (Though it was indeed quite delicious.) The roast beef was served with leftover rotini because I wasn't able to use the potatoes that I'd wanted (they turned unexpectedly fast). And though it tasted phenomenally good, it was tough as a shoe. The gravy was also delicious, but quite thin. I'm still learning. One of these years, I'll put together a roast like Mom makes. I probably won't tell her when I've managed it, though. I still want her to make them for me when I'm home.
[the title quotation is by George Bernard Shaw, from Man and Superman]
Sandwich looks GREAT. Trying to stay warm is tiring
ReplyDeleteThanks! Every time I see that picture I think I should pick up more ham at the store. It was 60+ here today, which is super creepy in January. Luckily (?!) we'll be back to a more normal 15-ish tomorrow. Weird winter.
Deleteif you cut your roast against the grain of the meat it will not be so tough ;)
ReplyDeleteThat's one of those food things that I can never remember - though I'm pretty certain that nothing could've saved this particular roast. It was...hard.
Deletesome cuts are / can be like that, the only thing for it is slow cooking from the outset, and then to slice it thin against the grain when done... and of course, never, ever use a microwave on any whole meats (even reheating) ;)
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