No Comfort Food Today!

Not Comfort Food

I had a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch today. And some soup. Someone I told thought that it was comfort food. Nope, not in this case. It was “getting rid of stuff” food. I saw that I still had a slice of monterey jack cheese left over from when I made patty melts all those weeks ago. I wanted to use it up – if it hadn’t become more moldy than cheesy. Turns out, it was more moldy than cheesy, so it got toassed. I also had some extra sharp cheddar, so that formed the basis of the cheese. I toyed with the idea of adding cream cheese to the sandwich, but found the container still sealed. So I left it that way. I did add some pickles to the sandwich – almost done with that jar. And I used two slices of white bread that has been around for a while. Only a few more pieces left. Yay freezers!

It has been a day filled with getting things done. Well, once I got out of bed that is. I had the above mentioned lunch, made my bed with fresh flannel space sheets, did two loads of laundry (one load of which was just a quilt), a shower, a call to my lovely sister (who I caught napping!) and sent off my tax documents to my brother since he has been silly enough to agree to do my taxes once again. And I bugged him about helping my fellow dasher with her taxes as he said he was willing to do them as well. And I have spent way too much time chatting with people online who probably aren’t really the people in their pictures. And some who might be, but are only interested in chatting with me if I send them money or things. Sigh. Someday I will be in a healthy relationship with a real person again. Anything is possible.

Well, that was anticlimactic. I was going to see if I could salvage anything from the avocado and the pomegranate from SM. And, the answers were: no and no. The avocado was mostly bad. I could have gotten maybe two spoonfuls (spoonsful) out of it. And the pomegranate might have been salvageable if I was up for a lot of work. Which I wasn’t. Maybe they will both sprout. Hahaha. So it is back to thinking deep thoughts until taco time. Yes, I am making tacos tonight. I am going to try deep frying a flour tortilla again. Last time I didn’t fry it nearly enough and it was still almost completely floppy.

I have decided that I am going to cook my own duck at some point soon. The duck I have been getting from the Asia Market up in Rochester just didn’t taste as good to me this last time. I don’t know why. Maybe they changed their recipe. Or maybe my taste buds changed. Or both? Or something else entirely. Who knows. All I know is that I am going to give that a break and just make one myself at home. Not sure if I am going to go for Chinese or French style…

Ok, taco time! I am aiming for two corn tortillas and one flour tortilla. Wish me luck!

Beer drop!

First set of beers

SM was kind enough to give me a subscription to a beer delivery company. It took me a while to figure out that I needed to actively do something to get it started. Silly me. So I went on the website and did what I needed to do. And here we are, a month later, with the first shipment. Overall looks like a good selection. Though I did see that there was a Gose in there – not my favorite – more bitter and sour than I like. But it is a fruit gose, so I might be able to drink it. We shall, of course, see.

I’ve also accomplished a few things today. Go me. The main one being cleaning the fridge a little bit. It needed it. There were somethings in there that I had to let go off. I was going to do it last week, but I had thrown away the garbage without thinking and there was a new bag in the trash can so I didn’t really want to dump crap in there and either leave it for a week or throw away an almost empty bag. I am not great at conserving, but I do try occasionally. This week, those problems were moot. It was mostly the bottom of the fridge that got schmutzy. But I managed to make it all a bit better. Star!

In order to clean the fridge, I needed to empty the sink of the crap that had accumulated. I even did a couple of my boarder’s things. Not that she ever cleans any of my stuff. Sigh. Then again, I am not paying her to live here, so I guess I understand her reluctance. Oh, speaking of which, when I washed my scarf the other day I used some laundry detergent that was in the basement. I thought it was mine. But it could have been my boarder’s. She asked me (by text – so odd since she lives in a room about 20 feet from mine) if we had any laundry detergent and of course we did. I had forgotten to put it back in the basement. Down there anyway were the washing machine laundry sheets that I prefer to use. I told her about it all.

My goal today is to read a good bit. And maybe play a little. Now that I have accomplished the cleaning of the fridge, I feel that my work for the day is done!

I finished the fairy court book. It was a short one. A pleasant respite from all of the violence and death in the other books. Still had a prolonged sex scene (four or five full pages) that I mostly skipped. Anyway, the next (and last?) one has been requested from the library. I will get it next week. And requested the last book of the Broken Earth series also. Yay reading!

Speaking of finishing things. I just finished watching all of the Gilmore Girls stuff. Still fun and entertaining. I will probably watch it again someday. But that leaves me without clear goals in streamed entertainment. Maybe I will watch a movie tonight. Anything is possible. I just don’t feel like going out. No one really to go out with. And it is so expensive out and about. And I have “free” beer tonight! Woo hoo!

Tomorrow will be another exciting day. I am going to try to be a teeny bit productive, above and beyond my normal Sunday practices. I have to figure out how to use the stuff that SM gifted me from her fridge. Including an avocado that might be way past its prime. So I am not holding out the possibility of guacamole being a thing. She also gave me some veggies – and a really old pomegranate. I think she just wanted to get rid of the pomegranate. I do too, honestly. And I have to get the taxes together, scan them and send them to by brother. I just know I am going to owe an insane amount. Such a great thing to look forward to. I still contend that people who have less than $50k income ought to be exempt from paying income tax.

Time for leftovers. And beer. One more Saturday night!