What's for dinner?

[Sassy]

 

[Homegrown Tomatoes]

Tonight is leftovers night... I think we have two grilled chops, about a cup of rice, some artichokes, some raw veggies for dipping, and a few bites of watermelon.  That oughtta be enough, right? 

[Redoverfarm]

What is the rest of the family going to have since you and sylvia have your menu already.

[glenn kangiser]

That was my thought.

[Homegrown Tomatoes]

My aunt and grandma came to see Sylvia (she is named after my Grandma, which tickled Grandma pink) and brought us pizza and bread sticks.  So, we ended up with leftover pizza to boot.   It tasted so good after two ir three months with no carbs!

[glenn kangiser]

Ohhh nooooo.   Banned word, Homegrown.  Catch word ---carbs ---- can't say it - it drives me crazy --- I'm against yuppie advertising targeted catch phrases.

[Sassy]

Yeah, all I have to do to get Glenn's blood pressure up is to read a label saying "zero carbs" - it's like the videos that tell you at the beginning - "this has been formatted to fit your screen" or calling somewhere & they ask you in Spanish 1st & then English...  really bugs me 

[Homegrown Tomatoes]

Shall we talk about transfats, chipotle, lattes, etc. then?     Mom and I were just talking the other day about how until the past five years or so, most of those words were not even a part of our vocabulary.  But, if it makes Glenn happy, I'll sub

[Homegrown Tomatoes]

oops! I hit the post button accidentally... there is a wiggly baby in my lap!

I meant to say substitute the words "starchy foods" for carbs.

[glenn kangiser]

[Homegrown Tomatoes]

OK, Glenn, it's starchy food from now on. 

I figure it will be about a year and a half before I have a hot meal again anyway.

[glenn kangiser]

There ya go.

Sassy gets to cook tonight - no more cookies and Ice Cream for my dinner.

[Homegrown Tomatoes]

We're having bulgogi (korean bbq beef) for dinner tonight. 

Anyone hear about the salmonella outbreak caused by eating tomatoes?  UGH!  So, all the more reason to grow your own food!!! 

[glenn kangiser]

Didn't hear about it but it doesn't surprise me.  The corporate farms probably get a bonus from the government population control program.

[Homegrown Tomatoes]

   Probably...DH asked me what salmonella was, and I told him that basically it means there's crap in the food.  He gave me a blank stare for a few seconds until it sunk in that I meant that literally.  He told the girls at dinner that by next year we need to be raising most of our own food again.

[glenn kangiser]

Good.

[Homegrown Tomatoes]

Thought I'd revive this post seeing as since we're having company for an extended period of time, supper has become more interestng again.  Last night we had fried green tomatoes with homemade/grown tomato basil pesto, and leftover curried chicken and fruit salad from lunch.  In addition, there were several kimchees and fried dried anchovies and rice... pretty much just a free-for-all.

[glenn kangiser]

Sounds good, Homey.  We had last years tomatoes out of the freezer last night -stewed tomatoes - and barbecued steak.  We needed room for more Ice cream in the freezer as we have a new Rite Aid store in town and it had Ice Cream on sale - so we bought 9 of the 1.75 quart size but at least the price was fair for the size. 

You know my pet peeve-

[Homegrown Tomatoes]

   9???  Do you think it'll be enough?

Tonight will be shrimp  cocktail, rice for MIL, and salad.  I'm makig wheat berry/garbanzo bean salad t

[Homegrown Tomatoes]

Dang it...having trouble getting stuff to post today!

[glenn kangiser]

I have one of those touch pads on my computer that likes to do mysterious things when I get close to it sometimes.

Probably not enough, Homey, but Sassy is taking up a lot of freezer space with bread and stuff, so I made her take a cake out so we could get it in.

[Homegrown Tomatoes]

Yeah, that thing drives me nuts, too...I have big clumsy hands and when typing one-handed and holding the baby, inevitably I accidentally hit it and delete the whole thing or accidentally post something when I'm not done with it.  And the "n" key on the keyboard is starting to act funny... you have to mash it really hard to get it to work.

[Homegrown Tomatoes]

Last night we had a Korean food feast.  Bulgogi, rice, several kinds of kimchee, etc.  And wouldn't you know it, just after I'd taken one bite, the phone rang and it was some guy doing an AP survey... boy did I give him an earful of my political views.  Not sure how much he understood because he barely spoke English.

[glenn kangiser]

Yeah - surveyors many times go away from here with an earful.

[Homegrown Tomatoes]

DH was about to blow rice out his nose listening to my rant about how the USDA could never insure food safety becase they're in bed with the big commercial producers and packers and how all the salmonella and E. coli breakouts were from USDA approved food, etc.  The surveyor, confused, said cautiously, "So... you would say that there aren't enough inspectors?"  I busted up laughing at him and told him I wasn't in favor of there being ANY.