Saturday, January 27, 2018

Dull days and the value of cooking


Woke up to a grey, wet world today, and after letting Sophie out promptly went back to bed and dozed to what for me is a sinfully late hour—almost eight-thirty. It just wasn’t a day I wanted to get out of bed. Finally did though, only to find that the grocery crisis continues. The sun did come out though, and that makes anything better.

We didn’t get groceries this week because Jordan’s car was out of commission. Today it was back, but somehow a trip to the grocery never came together. Jordan finally suggested four-thirty, but I reminded her that Sue, my Canadian daughter, was coming for a visit and a glass of wine at five-thirty. So that didn’t work.

We discussed dinner at length and finally decided I should make tomorrow night’s dinner tonight, because I had all the ingredients. So I cooked German potato salad and kielbasa—chunked up the kielbasa and sautéed it, but I got too much oil in the pan, and it was greasy. The potato salad was sooooo good if I do say so myself. It’s one of Christian’s favorite dishes.

Jacob did not join us for dinner. He’s not been feeling well and is running a low temp. Christian had taken him to a mall this afternoon, and when I asked if he felt well enough for such an outing, Jordan said he had to get out, couldn’t just stay cooped up in the house all day. I thought it prudent not to mention how many days I am cooped up in the cottage all day—like today.

A friend posted on Facebook tonight that she’d been sick all day but rallied enough to fix salmon croquettes (a favorite of mine) and green beans for supper. Cooking, she said, made her feel better. And that’s sort of how it made me feel tonight. Still, it wasn’t a great day.

Now, back to that Dick Francis novel I’m loving. Maybe we’ll go to the grocery tomorrow.

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