Ach! My pride!
Wednesday night Kate and I had Girls' Night while Pramas went off for Wargame Wednesday, now that he's mostly recovered from the plague. Outside of wedding festivities and one ill-advised jaunt to the post office, he'd been house-bound for over two weeks. We ordered pizza and watched Big.
When I called the pizza order in, the clerk said happily, "Oh, you're a very good customer for us!" Eesh, I don't order pizza that often. Really!
Still, it's no lie that between being alone with Kate for a week while Chris was at GTS, then being a house of plague, then jetting about to various wedding-related get togethers, I haven't done much cooking. I did throw together some Black and White Bean Soup with Ham on Monday, but still my pride was wounded. My self-image is at stake! I'm not the person the pizza delivery guy comes to feel all friendly and familiar with. I'm the one doing the cooking!
To rectify this imbalance, I have ordered up a batch of groceries with the intention of making, in some order:
Beef Daube Provencal
Bierocks (which I know as Runzas from time spent in Nebraska, kind of a bready version of the Cornish pasty)
Black Bean Quesadillas with Goat Cheese (a favorite!)
Fennel-crusted Port Tenderloin
Ham and Swiss Bread Pudding
Corn and Scallop Chowder
and a Strawberry-Rhubarb Tart
I'll be updating my recipe pages with recipes as I try them, as long as they're worth recommending.
When I called the pizza order in, the clerk said happily, "Oh, you're a very good customer for us!" Eesh, I don't order pizza that often. Really!
Still, it's no lie that between being alone with Kate for a week while Chris was at GTS, then being a house of plague, then jetting about to various wedding-related get togethers, I haven't done much cooking. I did throw together some Black and White Bean Soup with Ham on Monday, but still my pride was wounded. My self-image is at stake! I'm not the person the pizza delivery guy comes to feel all friendly and familiar with. I'm the one doing the cooking!
To rectify this imbalance, I have ordered up a batch of groceries with the intention of making, in some order:
Beef Daube Provencal
Bierocks (which I know as Runzas from time spent in Nebraska, kind of a bready version of the Cornish pasty)
Black Bean Quesadillas with Goat Cheese (a favorite!)
Fennel-crusted Port Tenderloin
Ham and Swiss Bread Pudding
Corn and Scallop Chowder
and a Strawberry-Rhubarb Tart
I'll be updating my recipe pages with recipes as I try them, as long as they're worth recommending.
About 5 years ago, we ordered so much pizza in one year from Dominos that they sent us a Christmas card. I'm not joking.
Still waiting for a bunny guide.
(Don't disappoint me...)