1. Boy oh boy. We’ve had a lot of snow here over the past 6 weeks. I think my town could have hosted the Winter Olympics. On second thought, I think we are hosting the Winter Olympics – snow-clothes drying, drive way shoveling, slush wiping, and dog-paw cleaning. Can someone play My Old Kentucky Home while I gather my gold medals.
2. The average age in my home today is 18.75. That’s barely legal adult age. Is it old enough to have a glass of red wine while I cook dinner?
3. Speaking of Winter Olympics – on snow days it’s nice for the LittleAprons to have something to watch other than Silly Life of Whoever and Wizards of Something or Nothing. I tried to talk my 8-year-old into reading Johnny Tremain a little while ago, but he wouldn’t hear of it. At least we have the Olympics. I did talk him into doing some homework which was good for about 30 minutes. Now he’s knee-deep in men’s snowboard cross and ski cross. He was excited to hear that Canada won their first medal. Me too.
4. So how’s the cookbook working out? Well thanks for asking. I’m digging into the writing and research. Sorghum, strategies for eating more locally in Kentucky, and some thoughtful words on goetta come to mind. The recipes are in pretty good shape. I hope my editor can help me make sense of it all. I’m 4000 words from my contracted word count. Yippee.
5. I’m off to make some bison (buffalo) chili. Thought I might try the recipe for Smoky Chili Non Carne and substitute ground bison and red beans for the three varieties of beans. I love the smoked paprika flavor and the depth of the spices in my vegetarian chili. We’ll see how this works out. Cooking is about experimentation and not being afraid to venture off the page, out of the recipe, and try something different. Be safe everyone and until next time I bid you farewell.
