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I missed it, which shows just how often I've had a Caesar salad.
One of my sister-in-laws once ordered a Caesar salad without dressing. The waiter was thoroughly perplexed.
Some years back, I discovered that Walgreens and CVS have periodic good deals on toilet paper, so I stock up when there is a sale. The same goes for paper towels. My husband always rolled his eyes at me. He's not rolling his eyes now.
Len--Your sister should be careful about flushing paper towels. A lot of plumbing systems cannot handle them.
One of my friends went to our local CVS to try to get hand sanitizer. She was told to come back later that day, after their truck arrives. She did so, but it turns out that the truck had only two containers of wipes and no hand sanitizer. We may be looking at breakdowns in supply and delivery now.
I don't expect the emergency to end before May.
We had warm apple pie for dessert tonight, so of course, it was not the prettiest presentation on our plates, but oh, it tastes delicious.
As my homage to Pi Day, I'm baking an apple pie with streusel top--Bernard Clayton's recipe, but I use my oil crust and blind bake it, par-cook the filling on the stove top, then use half the streusel. I'm using one Jonathan and six York apples, which have been stored in a cool garage this winter.
I recommend this set for part of the order:
https://shop.kingarthurflour.com/items/mini-spatula-set-red
The "spoonula" is the best way I've found for dribbling glaze on sweet rolls or Bundt cakes. Of course, if you have a similar implement already, use it instead. 🙂
I also knew this one.
On Friday afternoon, I baked my Whole Wheat Sourdough Cheese Crackers from dough that I made last week.
Thanks for posting the link, Aaron. It's that kind of out of the box thinking that will get all of us through this pandemic, both in terms of health and economics.
We went to an environmental talk today, and so were in the town where we usually shop and took the opportunity to pick up more of our usual. It was very crowded, maybe because it is Friday, and a lot of people get paid on the second Friday, but there were a lot of people at 10:30. I noted that Aldi's was running low on canned goods--something I've not seen before. Produce was fine. Kroger was equally crowded when we got there. I needed a roll of wide parchment paper, so we went down the paper aisle, and yes, there were a lot of empty shelves in the toilet paper section, (It's a TP apocalypse.)
Walgreens is limiting how much people can buy of certain items: hand sanitizer, masks, etc.
My sister in California called last night, and she couldn't find hand sanitizer, so she asked a worker in CVS, who told her that they are keeping it behind the counter, and only selling one per customer.
I had to guess and missed it.
I am very glad that I'm retired. My former university has told the students not to return after spring break, which will be extended for a week, then classes go online. Changing teaching delivery method in the middle of a semester, especially for people who have not used that mode before is not simple.
I made another batch of yogurt on Thursday.
As I prepared to start Thursday dinner, I realized that the two packages of three chicken thighs each that I had left in the refrigerator to thaw were not thawed. I had put them separately, but someone (my husband denies it was he), stacked them on top of each other. I ended up putting them in a baggie and letting the baggie soak in water to get them thawed. I made Tarragon Chicken, Mushrooms, and Rice, which we had with microwaved frozen peas. Dinner was a bit late.
I've cooked corn beef brisket in the past, so I know this answer. My husband does not care for it, so I haven't cooked it for many years, and it's likely outside diet parameters now.
My breads that use honey tend to brown faster, and I often tent them with foil for the final ten minutes. Check that oven, Joan.
On Wednesday, I baked two loaves of the Wheat, Rye, and Seed Bread, which started out as a recipe adaptation last fall and has become my own recipe. I substituted about ¾ cups Kamut flour for that much whole wheat because I wanted to use up the Kamut flour taking up space in my refrigerator. The house was cool, with my husband only starting the fire as the bread started its first rise, so that took about 1 hour and 45 minutes. The second rise was an hour. The loaves baked nicely, and I look forward to cutting into one tomorrow.
Skeptic--You can soak the raisins in some hot water, or in some kind of liquor in order to rejuvenate them to use in baked goods.
For lunch on Wednesday, I wanted to use up some leftovers, so I made a grain bowl using leftover freekeh, which I combined with onion, celery, mushrooms, and garlic sautéed in oil from sun-dried tomatoes. I added some chopped sun-dried tomatoes and a small can of chicken. I added about ¾ cup chicken broth, rosemary, a bit of oregano, some dried chives, and freshly grated pepper. It made a good lunch, and I have enough left over for tomorrow.
I also answered correctly, so I'm learning as well.
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