I'm doing okay for
February and snow and ice so think that I don't dare leave the
apartment complex just yet. This last week that made one trip away
from the complex and that was for my Thursday book club. Actually, if
you count going out Tuesday morning to the bus stop in getting stuck
I guess that would be a trip out but I hardly count that. I'm not yet
buggy, stir crazy or whatever. Luckily I'm out of apartment complex
large enough about I have enough stimulation to ward off the insanity
that comes with being locked in. Got food and resources, an Internet
connection and people to visit with should I feel the need. Granted,
many of these folks are folks that I would not typically visit with
but they are good people and provide adequate social interaction.
I've got projects. This
weekend's project has been making refried beans from real dried
beans. Couple weeks ago I made refried beans from a can of beans
which was okay. I wasn't totally pleased with the refried beans but
they worked for what I needed. The trouble is you can only make as
many frijoles as you have cans of appropriate means. Now if you have
bags of dried beans that's a whole different ballgame but takes a lot
more work. Actually I started my project on Thursday I don't have a
bag of beans into some water to soak overnight. At the end of this
time the beans were getting a little soft but they were a long ways
from being what I would use for refried beans. So I dug out my
crockpot but the beans in and cook them all day. Last night when I
tested them they were still slightly crunchy so I put them away and
put them on again this morning. Finally, midday the beans were socks
I think they're going to get so I got my mixer out and beat the beans
into a quasi-mash. I really need to get a potato masher that's what
everyone uses but I still think might beans were totally ready but I
was totally ready to get the project underway. I took the beans with
garlic and onions, green peppers and that could in jalapenos and
about half a cup of juice from the can of jalapenos. I used about 3
cups of chicken broth to cook the beans in. Now I have to admit along
the way I may have removed 2 cups of beans while they were cooking
towards the end just to eat. They were darn good, I think I would be
just as happy to have eaten these beings as beans and not necessarily
mashing them up but I was focused on refried beans and that's what I
ended up with. Trouble is, I was kind of tired of the beans by the
time I finished mixing them up with the beater to put everything in a
plastic box and shoved it in the refrigerator. I tend to use the
beans with my Mexican dinner plates.
This project, left my
kitchen in a shambles. I am going to clean a little bit tonight and
maybe tomorrow.I can't remember if more snow is forecast for tomorrow
or Monday but more snow is coming. I need broccoli, bananas, grapes
and. I'd like to cook a roast. I may try to make a run for it in the
morning if the looks at all doable if not maybe I'll just make
garbroc and call it good.
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