Sorry to say, but this site has been so depressing for a few days. I thought I'd ask an average, everyday question....to make us all feel a little more normal today.
I made Eggplant Lasagna, and my BIL and SIL are coming for dinner. They leave for Cali tomorrow to see their beautiful grand daughter.
Sorry, sometimes we just need some REGULAR conversation.......or at least THIS caregiver does.
I think it’s insane how many people are influenced by TikTok.
It’s predominantly younger people who view TikTok. They seem to live their lives by things that go viral on social media.
I saw a clip of it on a show that I was watching. It’s absolutely crazy!
Parents are cracking eggs on their kids heads, instead of breaking them on a mixing bowl! Of course, the kids are shocked when their parents do this.
Less is more! I find that the older I get, the less I want of unnecessary things.
I like provolone so much better than mozzarella. Not sure why, but I do! I don’t even buy mozzarella cheese anymore.
I am currently removing my regular sized dishwasher. Since Mom died, I
find that it takes a few days to get it full enough to wash up.
I have a small countertop dishwasher that works great for me. And can be tucked out of the way. So no need for the other one. I will donate it to habitat.
However, it is hard wired in. Which turns out great! I will have the electrician
disconnect it and run the wires to a new outlet under the countertop that
will allow me to plug in my induction cooktop that I am placing into the countertop.
And in the place that housed my dishwasher, I am placing a new cabinet painted to match the others.
Good fun.
Yes, I'm still working on my kitchen. Finding what works best for me.
Which turns out is smaller things and oddities. lol
Sounds delicious!
Okay, so now I am totally convinced that you are an egg ‘over easy’ aficionado!
Big spatula! 2 or 3 eggs at one time? Wow! I’m impressed. I am telling you that I have broken many yolks just flipping one egg.
Now, I want to try cooking an egg 🥚 on a griddle to test it out! 😁
Just finished my runny yolks cooked on the induction top, low at #2 for
5 minutes. It did work to turn them off after 4 min. and let them sit, covered.
Dh was exercising. His bear claw from breakfast is uneaten. His eggs are still in the pan, waiting for hard cooked.
May never happen.
Going in to serve his eggs now. 🆗
Feeling put out to cook, eat, and then go back in the kitchen, do it again for a finicky eater. The ALL Day breakfast/lunch.
Do you think it is easier on a griddle? I bet that I would have been fired at the restaurant that you worked in! LOL 😆
I still think that I would have broken lots of yolks. You probably did dream about eggs! I like eggs for breakfast, lunch or dinner!
My dad liked runny eggs. My mom liked well cooked eggs. Daddy was right when it came to eggs! 😊
When I waitressed as a young girl, the worst thing that I did was drop an entire plate of pasta in a man’s lap!
The worst thing that happened to me was, a waitress accidentally spilled an entire hot cup of hot coffee down my back as she was rushing to get to another table!
By the way, the first fight that I had with my husband as a newlywed was over french toast! We still laugh about it.
That’s not a stupid question. I heat my pan on medium, just until it’s hot. I put one pat of butter in the pan and drop in my egg! I let the egg cook just until the white cooks through.
I put the cover on it and cook it just until the white of the egg covers the yolk. Somehow this works! I am like Cashew. I like my eggs runny!
I watched Sara Moulton cook an egg this way on tv. She’s a culinary trained chef in NY!
In the little diner I worked at we used to serve around 200 breakfasts on Saturdays and Sundays (my shift) - sunny, over easy, over hard, scrambled, poached, and I cracked dozens of eggs for buckets of french toast - I'm sure I dreamed about cracking eggs. On thing is certain, it's definitely easier to flip your eggs on a big griddle than in a pan.
Instructed to cook over-easy eggs.
Group did not read instructions, wanted sunny side up. Lol.
Only one egg was perfect. When serving it, the egg turned over on the plate, yolk facing down.
What we thought was a mistake, was a perfect over-easy egg, because it finished cooking while waiting for the teacher to come by and grade it: An "A".
Lol.
That’s funny 😆!
I do over easy eggs the lazy way! I place the heat in a skillet. Cook the bottom and then put a cover on the skillet and then turn the heat from medium to low.
You don’t have to flip it! It comes out just like an over easy egg.
I cannot tell you how many yolks I have broken when I attempted to flip it! LOL 😆 Then it is no longer ‘over easy’ because it is just a messy over cooked egg!
Years ago, I went to a diner and sat at the counter. It was slow and I was chatting with the cook. I ordered over-easy eggs and he wanted to make sure that is what I wanted?! he told me that they are runny yolks. of course I knew that and it's how I like it.
Apparently, he's had people who had heard them being ordered over-easy in movies, ordered them over easy, and then freak out over the runny yolks. lol
I had veggies for my lunch today. Then for some reason, I was craving popcorn! So I am munching on popcorn 🍿. I haven’t thought about dinner yet. I may just scramble up some eggs with toast.
I love going to the farmers market. I enjoy buying fresh vegetables and a few treats that I love, pepper jelly and spicy pickles!
I glaze meats with the pepper jelly or I serve it on a cracker with cream cheese for a snack.
So, I just looked up uses for pepper jelly. Some were surprising to me.
1. Glaze on vegetables.
2. Glaze on ham or pork.
3. Glaze on chicken wings.
4. Glaze on shrimp or salmon.
5. Top a cracker or bagel with cream cheese and pepper jelly.
6. Mix with cream cheese or sour cream for a dip.
7. Use as a dipping sauce.
8. Topping on ice cream.
9. Use as a condiment on a sandwich.
10. Brush on phyllo pastry dough appetizers.
11. Use in pinwheel appetizers.
12. Use instead of tartar sauce on fried fish, oysters and shrimp.
11. Top cornbread.
12. Eat on popsicles.
13. Top a cheesecake or pound cake.
14. Top a cracker or toast with peanut butter and pepper jelly.
15. Top waffles or pancakes with pepper jelly.
16. Melt pepper jelly and
mi with Italian salad dressing.
17. Brush pepper jelly on fruits and vegetables to grill.
18. Use in thumbprint cookies.
19. Use in margaritas.
20. Use in a sauce when cooking clams or mussels.
21. Use in coleslaw.
22. Mix with plain yogurt.
23. Serve with a bread basket.
Why is life so cruel?
My daughter says that she will never reheat pizza in her microwave again after having her air fryer.
She cooks all kinds of food in it too. She lives alone. I wonder if her size air fryer will feed two people. I cook for my husband and myself.
I roast veggies in my oven all the time. I will do an entire sheet pan and eat them throughout the week.
What’s your opinion on food cooked at a high temperature being carcinogenic? I guess that I am at risk then, because I am like you. I don’t like soggy food!
My grandmother and mom made fantastic meals in cast iron pots and pans!