Tuples and Attributes

Here in the Las Vegas area, our first day of summer is supposed to be 105°F or around 40°C. That’s a few degrees above the average. Still nice walking weather at 6 a.m., thankfully.

I just started the dishwasher and saw that I did not have a single dinner plate to wash: all bowls and small plates. Not sure what this says about what I am fixing mom and I to eat. Of course, she never eats enough to fill a dinner plate anyway!

As this “shelter at home” situation goes on, I find myself less and less inclined to cook. I made Country Captain last week. Seven chicken thighs, tomatoes, currants, seasonings, broth, etc., over rice. I had at least three meals from that; mom had five; and there was still a little left over that I threw out yesterday.

I could have frozen some, but that would have meant refreezing the chicken thighs and that doesn’t always turn out well. Besides, I still have stuff in my freezer from other dishes I’ve made that we couldn’t begin to finish up.

I really, really miss having people over to dinner: I have so many recipes to try. Cooking for two just isn’t exciting me any more.

I don’t often do trial runs of recipes: I just warn my guests that we may be sending out for pizza if things don’t turn out. I had seen a recipe for a leek terrine that I did want to try before setting it in front of company. I had never made any kind of terrine before and did not want to commit to buying four to five pounds of leeks without knowing how it would turn out.

So I made a small terrine with the three leeks I happened to have on hand. It turned out fairly well, although a bit bland. My terrine was only an inch or so high; I can see the layers would look impressive in a five-inch high serving.

Meantime, the flowers here around our complex our looking very fine.

Hope you all are well.