Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Board with Character






I am one lucky taco. Even though the tooth in the back of my mouth is like the Grand Canyon I am blessed that there is no pain associated with whatever is going on with my mouth.I slept through the night very well. The answering machine at my dentist's office informed me that there would not even be anyone in the office until after 10 AM.

I checked in with my buddy at Assist, Inc. and informed them that I was having some tooth issues and by buddy Dave told me to stay home. The other person on the board with me also had some major dental issues going on and would not be at the meeting so Dave declared the morning wash out. I did not have a problem going in for the meeting in fact I would like to have done just that. However, I thought it would be most prudent to get the tooth taking care of or at least develop a plan for fixing the problem.

I spent the day cooking. I really enjoy cooking. The beans I made last week with my new crockpot I got bad over the weekend I sent them down the disposal yesterday or day before so I still needed a good source of fiber so I decided to make another of beans. I decided not to use the new slow cooker and use one of my saucepans for the job. I wasn't sure how this would work but really want to get a shot. I used the recipe for red beans and rice (I used to do this with Dianne. I was kind of the sous chef). I dialed up a recipe and sure enough I had everything I needed since I got the green pepper yesterday. I started out driving beans and only made one cup. This is kind of hard for me since my natural candidates is to make big batches but this is also a weakness on my behalf since everything seems to go bad after I make it after a couple weeks. I got the beans going, processed and onion, green pepper and garlic all and the celery. I really enjoyed myself chopping. I threw in the frying pan and sautéed them up. The aroma was already overwhelmed I was on a roll.

I was using my sons Christmas gift from last year. My son and daughter-in-law gave me a matching set of bamboo cutting boards which have been the best cutting boards of ever owned. I love using them. I'm glad I still have the big board of the two in tact. Yesterday when I was cooking some breakfast I was not paying attention to what I was doing. The other that I use as the controls on the front which is as it should be since I'm a person with disability with limited reach but I must admit I get myself into a lot of trouble with the controls on the front. Yesterday I did not realize when I leaned over that I turned on the front burners without realizing. My large cutting board was on the burner within a few minutes I saw smoke rising from the range reached over not the board out-of-the-way and can see that it was on a hot burner. Fortunately the board was not burned significantly but there is a definite coloration of the burns on. Actually, I will enjoy this mark my cutting board. The blemish or act as a reminder. Early in my second marriage Denise got me a great butcher knife. I left it on a burner and the knives wooden handle Actually did catch fire and badly hurt the handle but I was still able to use it. I had that knife from his 20 years I do not know what happened to that knife but I still miss it from time to time.

Three times for like cooked beans today I almost cooked out the water. I thought about going to the market and getting a sausage to slice up in my beans but then I remembered I have a whole honking Meatloaf ended up throwing up half of it into the beans. I also threw in chicken breast I cooked last week plus jalapeno peppers sliced. I used a lot of crushed red pepper and other spices and the whole thing turned out pretty damn good. I'm waiting for the pot to cool so I can put the beans into plastic containers one to freeze and one to eat the rest of the week. I had a cup of beans for dinner I thought they were great sprinkled Fritos on them and totally enjoyed myself.


It's been nice having a day to cook. Like I said one lucky taco.board of the two in tact. Yesterday when I was cooking some breakfast I was not paying attention to what I was doing. The other that I use as the controls on the front which is as it should be since I'm a person with disability with limited reach but I must admit I get myself into a lot of trouble with the controls on the front. Yesterday I did not realize when I leaned over that I turned on the front burners without realizing. My large cutting board was on the burner within a few minutes I saw smoke rising from the range reached over not the board out-of-the-way and can see that it was on a hot burner. Fortunately the board was not burned significantly but there is a definite coloration of the burns on. Actually, I will enjoy this mark my cutting board. The blemish or act as a reminder. Early in my second marriage Denise got me a great butcher knife. I left it on a burner and the knives wooden handle Actually did catch fire and badly hurt the handle but I was still able to use it. I had that knife from his 20 years I do not know what happened to that knife but I still miss it from time to time.

Three times for like cooked beans today I almost cooked out the water. I thought about going to the market and getting a sausage to slice up in my beans but then I remembered I have a whole honking Meatloaf ended up throwing up half of it into the beans. I also threw in chicken breast I cooked last week plus jalapeno peppers sliced. I used a lot of crushed red pepper and other spices and the whole thing turned out pretty damn good. I'm waiting for the pot to cool so I can put the beans into plastic containers one to freeze and one to eat the rest of the week. I had a cup of beans for dinner I thought they were great sprinkled Fritos on them and totally enjoyed myself.

It's been nice having a day to cook. Like I said one lucky taco.

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