Stuology

Food, Glorious Food!

Jul 30th, 2010By: Mellystu Comments 1

I complained about my dwelling vegetables. And it was true. One of my produce storage bins held only a partially used head of garlic and the other had a small piece of ginger root. They are usually full, with spill over on the shelf above. But I had food. I mean, I recently bought a hunk of a cow. We, at the least, had meat. I was just out of fruit and veges. There was one time in my life I would not have been panicked about that at all.

Ada and I made a late night grocery trip^*. My fridge is now full of yellow onions, shallots, scallions, spinach, kale, carrots, celery, corn, brussels sprouts, mushrooms, broccoli, lemons, limes, cherries, mango and strawberries. And there are avocados and bananas on the counter. And I refilled my missing yogurt, block of Parmesan cheese, eggs and the two empty bottles of Iwig milk^**. And popcorn for our movie night treat. I’ve always been a fan of pretty plain popcorn–not too much salt and never soaked in butter. I hate movie popcorn. However, I discovered putting one of these Penzey’s seasoning on my popcorn: Brady Cheese Street Sprinkle, Mural of Flavor, or Florida Seasoned Pepper. It’s really yummy, and now I want popcorn more often than I used to.

Ada and I got home after 10:00. I washed dried and cut veges and placed them in their green bags, unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher, and then I mixed together this egg casserole for breakfast this morning. My differences, I cut up a few scallions–including the green part–and a clove of garlic. I left out the bread and bulked it up a bit with more squash. I cooked the onions in about a teaspoon of butter until they were soft, then I added the garlic and cooked until I could smell it. Then I threw the shredded squash into the pan and tossed it around until it was all coated and mixed. Then I turned off the heat and let it cool a little while I mixed the eggs and cheese. Then I mixed it all together.

I also used canned tomatoes because I don’t do grocery store tomatoes if I don’t have to. They are flavorless. I’ll be full of farmer’s market tomatoes soon enough. I wish I had canning equipment. And skills. Because I’d get a bunch of glass and can my farmer’s market tomatoes for later use.

The casserole was good. I’d make it again, but she isn’t kidding when she says squeeze all the water you can out of the tomatoes. I think it is what contributed to the slightly watery texture, even though I did squeeze them.

Not food related, I mowed the yard today. It took me about four hours. Why? Because it is 105 outside, and my fever came back and is over 100, and I took a lot of breaks because I’d get overly hot and dizzy. I came inside a lot to sit in front of a fan and cool off. Ada even filled a washcloth with ice and gave it to me to help keep me cool. I did not need to add heat exhaustion to my list of ills, but the yard needed mowed, so I did it. Now it is done with.

The viral infection, and fever to go along with it, can last 3 – 7 days, so I’m told. It first struck around 3:00am last Saturday. That means it had better be gone tomorrow. I’m the type where if you took my temperature during random parts of the day, it is rarely even 98.6. I usually hover around 98. These last almost 7 days of having my temperature constantly be 99.5 – 101.9 has been strange. It is strange to be so hot inside my own house all the time.

*Ada is out of school this week on break. She can sleep in, and thus, stay up late. I was thinking out plans for things for us to do the week before. I was even contemplating taking the kids on the road trip to Colorado so they can see mountains. Mountains! Guess what they did. Entertain themselves in the house why I tried to not die. Suckiest vacation ever for not being a member of the Griswold family.

**The Iwig farm got enough investors to keep doing business. Thank goodness! Now I don’t have to go to KC for Shatto.