i did something tonight that i haven't done in a long time. it's actually something that i make some noise here & there about not doing. i used to do it all the time, back in the days i was trying to fit in a certain lifestyle, because it was something that was expected of me, & i did enjoy it, after a fashion. but times changed, i changed, & i began to identify myself along different lines, seeing myself as a busy wannabe geek that just didn't have time for this sort of thing in my life.
but tonight, well, i... i cooked dinner. i did. i cooked. as in, no microwaves, drive-thrus, or delivery services were involved. i acutally put raw foodstuffs together in palatable combinations & made a balanced, wholesome, suburban mom-type meal (chicken, fried rice, green beans).
i'm just full of surprises, aren't i? 'tis true, i'm just a wild & crazy girl.
i love fried rice. i made some for us the other night. with the changes in our budget, i'll be cooking more (so will my wife, i hope :). i used to do it all the time; my specialty was baking bread. i had a sourdough starter i managed to keep alive for about three years. friday nights i would extract the starter and start up two big batches for saturday morning. saturday morning would be sourdough pancakes and bread baking. my kids loved those pancakes. (so did i --- i'd eat them straight off the griddle with no syrup or anything else ... yummy! :)
ooh! sourdough pancakes sound sooooo good. actually, the whole "real dinner" thing went over quite well, & we are going to be doing it more often.
there was one "shortcut" type thing involved, & i've gotta say, that george foreman grill thingy is way cool. makes cooking meat just about foolproof, & quick too.
That's our little kd... always livin' on the edge! :0)
I do a mean fried rice; it's the prep time that hurts. Step one: cook two more center cut pork chops than needed for a meal, then wonder what to do with them.
Baking breads...never really tried that. The pancakes sound delicious.
kd...you are a domestic goddess. Or just a goddess who is occasionally domestic? Either way, it works. ;)
We got a bread baking machine so you just have to put in the dough and wait for two hours. Ready! Good uh? I�m gonna be the perfect housewife! lol
george foreman came to my house this year too...thank god for george! i have gone for entire years thinking that popcorn is a fitting meal...georgie boy was a welcome addition to the household.
Whoa! Cooks *and* plays with php/mysql. Now it's my turn to be weak in the knees.
problem is, i'm not that good at either one. yet.
Hey, "SNAP OUTOFIT" (Cher slaps Nicholas Cage in "Moonstruck")
You are very, very, good kd..
At least you are to me..