Sweet Day

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Nice day today.  Finally had good weather.

Breakfast:  Oat cakes with a pat of butter, 3 slices CF pepper garlic bacon, coffee

I almost titled today's post 'extreme shrinkage'.  I cut the slices in half to fit in a small frying pan (I was using the big pan for the oatcakes) and they ended up being bite sized...  As was the case last time I did not add any maple syrup - I had the bottle out in case it was needed.  The little drizzle in the batter was enough.  I also meant to try adding blueberries and I just plain forgot.

EXTREME BACON SHRINKAGE

Lunch:  Bowl of stew, coffee

I spent a bunch of time making the stew - it's not hard, just time consuming.  Most of that time it requires little or no attention, but it's not something you can make when you have to be somewhere in an hour.  I finished it, took it off the heat but left the lid on (I did it in an enameled cast iron pot that holds heat well), and jarred it when I got home an hour later.  That's all well and good ... but I forgot to put the jars in the fridge.  Crap.  I checked the net and the FDA says no more than 4 hours ... I think I'm OK since they were out no more than 3 before being fridged.  Needless to say I will be reheating these leftovers extremely well and I will dump them if they look or smell bad at all.  Dumbass.

Stew, this time with rump roast.  So good.

Dinner:  A couple slices homemade pizza, crescent rolls with ham and cheddar, crackers and bar cheez, celery with ranch/dill dip.  Obviously I was a guest at an afternoon party.

Late snack:  Italian sub

Exercise:  Nothing formal.  I did chase around the house and mowed the front yard this evening but I can't really point to anything and say 'look! exercise!'.