What’s on the menu? [NOT 16/11/23]

Image via The Kitchen Whisperer, who I think used cheddar cheese, because your cavatappi will not be this dark and orange-y. Note the corkscrew shapes, especially lower right.

Hi, friends!

I got a pack of the chicken andouille sausage at Costco the other day, and not gonna lie, not buying that again. I guess they’re fine but they’re just close enough in appearance and texture to hot dogs that I’m over it.

So yes I made some with roasted veggies and it’s palateable, but also I feel like a small child that had their parents add chopped up hot dogs to their veggies.

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  1. I made a lot of Korean dishes the past two weeks because my mom can’t make them anymore. Mostly veggie dishes but also made Korean style chicken wings using a ganjang marinate (soy paste similar to miso). Also bought stuff that I can’t make like Kimchee.

    I discovered I need my Korean food fix.

    But today I am hungry for fried chicken

    • There’s a couple of fried chicken joints near my house and sometimes the struggle is real. Leftovers. Healthy leftovers. Or delicious fried chicken.

      • I had chicken katsu last night but I love Korean fried chicken even more.  We have a few good ones around but seems like the best ones near by you have to buy a shit ton not just individual plates.

      • I know… today I chose poorly for my health and deliciously.

    • Seriously, you need to share some of that with us on FYCE.  Especially considering just how near the edge of having nothing left Ellie and I are.

        • I’d say do whatever you like. The only real formatting is in the title but you can just look at previous FYCE’s to see what it looks like.
          Reach out to Ellie for a copy of the schedule of open dates so you know when to schedule your posts to publish. Grazie.

  2. Grouted the kitchen today so need to stay off it for a day or so.  That means I get to go get some Mexican food at a place everyone keeps recommending.  We have way too many Mexican restaurants near by to try them all so need to ask around, or go to Reddit.  Plus, I have been ignoring the new EV & she needs to get out and run.

    • Nice! My favorite local Mexican place serves their chips and salsa with a really runny salsa ranch dipping sauce which sounds horrible/the most Midwestern thing ever but I have to say it’s fucking amazing.

    • I’d love more Mex options than burrito places. We have a decent authentic restaurant here but I should order more often from.

      BTW how is the Fisker?

      • Most fun car I have ever had by a huge margin.  Has a few software issues being a start up company but figured most of them out.  I had some bad communication during the delivery process but they have stepped it up with everything.  I love driving it but the wife is still a little afraid of it though she loves the attention she gets, a Tesla driver pulled up next to her and was giving her major thumbs up.

        • I have a Tesla story I heard secondhand which I think I will share tomorrow. Good thing you didn’t buy one, I’ll just say.

    • Congrats on receiving your new EV! Stop neglecting her 😉

  3. Pita bread pizza with onions and banana peppers.

  4. I wanted comfort food so I made for dinner eggs and chorizo with a side of tater tots.

  5. So…when I got my cold last week (which I still have now), I completely lost my appetite.  I never felt sick to my stomach like I couldn’t eat.  I just…didn’t feel hungry.  At all.  Ever.  It’s a little over a week now and I’ve been basically forcing crackers and PB down my throat along with chicken broth from the soup Mrs. Butcher made.  Guess what that means?  I haven’t been cooking, which also means I’m not building up the FYCE catalog.  I don’t know when I’ll get my appetite back (honestly, I’m in no hurry because I’m still a good 40 pounds overweight), but until then there’s no reason for me to cook when Mrs. Butcher won’t eat 90% of what I make.

    All that’s to say that I’m breaking the glass and ringing the alarm.  Ellie and I need help.

    • I can write up a couple of them. What dates/times need filling?

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