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Cooking in the autumn
Oct. 29th, 2006 05:08 pmI'm psyched: I have a nice autumnal meal planned for tonight! I have formed a habit when ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pierceheart has Army stuff on the weekends of going to McKinnon's, finding some cut of meat that looks particularly appealing, and then basing a meal around that. Today, it was a 1.5 lb pork tenderloin...which cost me FOUR DOLLARS. Seriously. I was ecstatic. I found a nice recipe for it that has me roasting it with apples and onions and a little cider. I'm going to make that with mashed parsnips and carrots and a spinach salad. Beer will be Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale (creamy, with a hazelnut undertone). Nummy. :)
I get a kick out of cooking for men. I really do. Partly because I just love to cook, partly because I love to eat, partly because it's a way I can show off my l33t sk1llz, and partly because I like taking care of men, too.
pierceheart just called. He's got a ways to go yet, but I imagine I can probably start getting stuff prepped. I'm already hungry.
When I woke up this morning I saw that my clock said 11:15. I almost had a heart attack, realizing I'd slept so late. But then I remembered that today is the start of Standard Time! Ah, an hour saved. But now it's dark already, and I'm feeling kinda cozy and homebody-ish. Time to start cooking and filling the house with yummy autumn smells.
pierceheart has Army stuff on the weekends of going to McKinnon's, finding some cut of meat that looks particularly appealing, and then basing a meal around that. Today, it was a 1.5 lb pork tenderloin...which cost me FOUR DOLLARS. Seriously. I was ecstatic. I found a nice recipe for it that has me roasting it with apples and onions and a little cider. I'm going to make that with mashed parsnips and carrots and a spinach salad. Beer will be Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale (creamy, with a hazelnut undertone). Nummy. :)I get a kick out of cooking for men. I really do. Partly because I just love to cook, partly because I love to eat, partly because it's a way I can show off my l33t sk1llz, and partly because I like taking care of men, too.
pierceheart just called. He's got a ways to go yet, but I imagine I can probably start getting stuff prepped. I'm already hungry.When I woke up this morning I saw that my clock said 11:15. I almost had a heart attack, realizing I'd slept so late. But then I remembered that today is the start of Standard Time! Ah, an hour saved. But now it's dark already, and I'm feeling kinda cozy and homebody-ish. Time to start cooking and filling the house with yummy autumn smells.
