I’m sitting here in the living room checking my email, Mumbai news and the blog. Twenty feet from me are five black bulls eagerly awaiting their breakfast. Zoe wouldn’t walk anywhere near them this morning! A few feet yards away are twelve Boer goats who aren’t getting their breakfast this morning because they’re recieving worming medication shortly.
All the kids are up so I awakened Jim. There’s a new addition this year, a five month-old Yorkie named Coco. She needs a bit of work in the training (potty and otherwise) departments but has a sweet personality. She and Zoe are playing a bit rough (five lbs. vs. 40 lbs.) but are enjoying each other and Zoe slept without moving, except rolling over, for eleven hours last night.
It rained all day yesterday and is cloudy today and we may have a few showers. Jim has to help with the goats, do some other farm work with his Dad, and we’ll make a visit to Nanny. I’m teaching a cooking class to two teenaged cousins and have packed the car toward that end.
I haven’t taken the camera out yet, hoping for a few rays of sunshine. It’s going to be a busy day, and we’re headed for home first thing tomorrow morning.
Oh, my cranberry-orange relish turned out ok, quite tart even when I heated it and added more sugar, orange juice and zest. We heated up a portion of the spinach balls I brought last night. Margie (Jim’s Mom) and I made three quiches yesterday, which we all ate for dinner. They were a hit. I thinly sliced potatoes, blanched them for two minutes and layered them in a circle on the bottom of all three blind-baked crusts. Placed crumbled bacon on two, diced ham on the third. I used a few sprigs of rosemary on the bacon quiches. Then we added shredded Fontina, poured in the custard and baked until done.
We sat them aside to cool, then lightly warmed them for supper with a salad of romaine, carrots, celery and scallions. It was a nice dinner.
As for Black Friday, I don’t know the numbers yet but it seems there was a shopping frenzy. Not here in the country, where Jim and I spent an entire hour yesterday afternoon at three chic shops: TSC (Tractor Supply); Wal-Mart; and the local grocery picking up milk and a few staples for my class.
Thanksgiving day I placed Zoe in the back of our car with the windows down and “doggie prison” in place. Five minutes later cousin Mary and I went out for ice and Zoe was sitting in the driver’s seat! Yes, she scratched the leather console for the second time. So we went to the horse section of TSC and found a tie-down that will give her full range of the back third of our SUV without jumping the barrier.
Off to make breakfast. Hope you’re having a wonderful weekend! Cheers, Dee
Cooking with Dee 