Woke up early, made a good breakfast,
enjoyed reading more Soviet food/history...
and tea. It took me a long while but I LOVE black teas...
Today I was very much in my happy space: planning a real Sunday dinner...
Above from the letters of JRR Tolkien... the first part, when I read it to
Mr. Husband recently, was so "spot on" as they say...
(Esp the first part...if only people knew that today!
Just because one can does not mean one should!)...
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Just love Tolkien's wisdom...
His and her ice cream :)
Mine is the ice cream cone...
The dusting on Mr Husband's is cocoa, a trick I learned
from the Crepe place in Quebec City, on our honeymoon...
Vespers tonight!
Was really good to be in church...
Mr Husband took me out to eat...
I went and bought a few groceries first...
Afterwards, I made this pie:
Sour Cream Cherry Pie to be exact!
I already know it's going to taste SO GOOD.
You should have smelt it baking :)
Then I made Marion Cunningham's Rescue Biscuits from her book,
Lost Recipes.
I know from baking her cream biscuits recipe that I did not need to
knead it separately (did it right in the bowl) and I made them
more "free style" so they have wonderful shape with lots of crevices...
Here's basically what the table will be tomorrow...
the biscuits, of course, are put away for now
(otherwise, as Mr Husband pointed out,
I may have ruined biscuits and a broken tray ala
Cleo the Cantankerous Cat... :)
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Menu for tomorrow:
Chicken Paprika (from the Joy of Cooking)
Boiled potatoes (the way my Mom taught me)
Green Salad (spinach with small cucumbers, croutons, tomato)
Fruit Salad with Sour Cream Dressing (strawberries, orange, bananas) (my Mom's recipe)
Rescue Biscuits (from Lost Recipes by Marion Cunningham)
Sour Cream Cherry Pie (from the Joy of Cooking)
French Vanilla Ice Cream (Trader Joe's, by Mr Husband's request to go with the pie)
Tea, Coffee, Lemon Water...
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We have a good friend coming over for dinner...
and then we will have leftovers for Monday-Tuesday before the fast
starts on Wednesday...
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I still remember when a longtime blog friend pointed out to me
that I really love to cook and bake...
and that some don't really... and it really hit me...
I guess I was living under the false assumption that everyone gets
joy, satisfaction and happiness from baking or cooking...
or at least those who do bake or cook...
but of course not... we are all different...
I sure love it thought... it feels like everything is going right when I am
planning and preparing a meal for others...
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Of course I love a meal out as well...
I guess I love food :)
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Well, tomorrow is a busy day, God willing...
liturgy, meal with friend who is having her birthday,
hopefully visiting the candle desk man,
then home and I need to make the chicken, potatoes, and salads...
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I am so grateful for all of this...
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May God have mercy on us!
Good to see you enjoying your cooking! I used to love baking bread and pies, but now with my family downsized I don't really do it. Maybe I'll make something to share with my daughter's family. I just don't think to do it. Maybe I need to figure out what "my thing" is instead of trying to do "your thing"? Ha ha. I think I have that Tolkien book on my Amazon wish list. I should get it! God bless and enjoy dinner with your friend!
ReplyDeleteCocoa on ice cream! I will have to try that.
ReplyDeleteBy now Sunday is over. I hope your meal with company went well. Your menu sounds delicious. Your Cherry pie sounds a wee bit like Cherry Clafouti that I've made in the past.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy baking ( cooking...not so much). I made cinnamon buns for the weekend and my family was very happy about that!
Reading this on Tuesday I hope your dinner was wonderful on Sunday! And that you're enjoying the leftovers (possibly still today?) Sometimes I enjoy cooking and baking, but the older i get the more tiring it is. So if I have to choose between cooking or having energy for visiting with guests, I'll go very simple with a meal (or even order out - or would it be order in?). It is so good to enjoy hospitality. You are making wonderful memories and nourishing hearts.
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