April 1 we picked up groceries at Brookshire's. It's the first time we've been out; the first time we've ordered groceries online and today they announce that an employee of Brookshire's has tested positive and anyone in the store March 28, 29 or 30 is asked to self-quarantine. We weren't in the store, I'm not concerned but reading it did make me break out in a cold sweat before I came to terms ...
Thusday Evening – 4/2
We're old folk and some days we feel it more than others. Today seems to be a day we're feeling it. We have both been tired all day. I didn't fix breakfast - we had cereal. I never fix lunch. I had planned to make chicken piccata for dinner. We usually eat between 3 and 4. About 2:00. I told Vince . . I'm sleepy. I'm going to take a quick nap. He said he was going to take a nap in his chair. I ...
Celery and Asparagus in the Freeze Dryer
I've been saving the extra asparagus for the past week or so and had two gallon zipper bag stuffed full. I was so sure that would fill all four trays in the freeze dryer but it only filled two trays. The groceries we picked up yesterday . . I had six bunches of celery. Is that what you call celery? A pack, a bundle? Heck . . it escapes me now. I had bought six to freeze dry because when all ...
No Knead Harvest Bread
Yesterday I made King Arthur's No Knead Harvest Bread. I actually started it Tuesday evening, left the dough sitting all night, then baked it yesterday. The recipe calls for raisins but I don't like raisins at all so I substituted chopped prunes, which I do like. Otherwise, I didn't change anything. This is the very end that I cut off while the bread was still warm. I know that's a bad ...
Wheat and Grinders
This is a bit more than I had planned as far as prepping posts because I don't want anyone to think you need a wheat grinder and wheat if you want to be prepared. You do not . . but you can if you want to go that route. A reader had asked for info about this so I'm going to share what I know and trust me, I do not know everything about the various types of grains or mills/grinders. I could read ...
Hamburger Buns
A friend posted a recipe the other day for making homemade hamburger buns. I used to make them often. Somewhere, I even have a pan for making the buns but I didn't take the time to find it. I used about 1/3 whole wheat flour and 2/3 storebought all purpose flour. I almost always use instant yeast so I added the water I would have used to proof the yeast and added it to the amount of water ...