Chiller Still
Nov. 16th, 2013 07:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rejectomorphAnother chilly night has fallen. I still haven't finished raking the walnut leaves, and I ought to do it soon. The next chance of rain is Monday afternoon, and the chances increase Monday evening and Tuesday. I could end up with a load of soggy leaves and days to cold for them to dry out. The mulberry leaves in the front yard are now thickly strewn as well, but they'll just have to wait. I'm not up to raking two lawns. Mulberry leaves are pretty soggy to begin with, so getting wet won't make them that much worse.
Tonight I absolutely intend to make something in the oven, probably macaroni and cheese. My lack of energy recently has left me eating out of cans and the microwave, and that in turn is probably helping to keep my energy low. But the cold night is making me crave a properly cooked meal enough that I can probably get my act together long enough to make one.
Not long after sunset I heard coyotes yipping and howling in the orchard at the end of the block. The commotion lasted less than a minute. I hope none of my feral cats were down there.
Tonight I absolutely intend to make something in the oven, probably macaroni and cheese. My lack of energy recently has left me eating out of cans and the microwave, and that in turn is probably helping to keep my energy low. But the cold night is making me crave a properly cooked meal enough that I can probably get my act together long enough to make one.
Not long after sunset I heard coyotes yipping and howling in the orchard at the end of the block. The commotion lasted less than a minute. I hope none of my feral cats were down there.
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Date: 2013-11-17 06:36 pm (UTC)I need to start cooking, too, now that it's fall, and in fact bought some makings for potato soup at Safeway just now. We'll see if I can buckle down and make it. (Easiest thing in the world, so there's no excuse not to. Except that I forgot the onion, oh noes.)
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Date: 2013-11-18 03:04 am (UTC)I usually forget the onion after I've bought it. I can't remember how many times I've found rotted or sprouted onions in the bin.
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Date: 2013-11-18 03:14 am (UTC)The soup turned out pretty well, even minus the onion. Safeway's smart -- they had, I noticed only today, baskets of topped, rinsed carrots and separated, cleaned celery stalks, so I bought two of each, just right for two batches of soup. Half-and-half really helped as a finishing touch, too!
But yes, I've had all too many onions and other vegetables go bad in the bin. Never again.