I've been learning some good things and wishing there were a few more things I knew as I've been cooking. For as much time as I spend in the kitchen, you'd think I'd be an expert chef and baker by now!
* My father-in-law makes the best beef stew ever. That is not superfluous. I've tried a few times, and even the best of my soups don't have the richness of gravy that his does. It's a pretty simple beef chunk/ground hamburger/tomato/potato/zucchini/carrot stew, but I could eat it all day and forever. I'll have to go over and watch him make it someday.
*Sourdough bread is really, really good for you. I've done a lot of research on why I can eat homemade sourdough bread just fine while anything with white flour or years gives me a decent stomachache. It looks like I'm not unique there - sourdough is just a very nourishing food. So I keep making sourdough... but I still don't like the tang. It's a bummer to have food I can tolerate but I don't like the taste of. And lately, my sourdough breads have been getting more and more sour. I think I need to start over and read the directions again.
*Applesauce is sweeter when we make it together. I watched Women's Conference (which was wonderfully encouraging here, here, here, and here) with a friend and cut up nearly 20 quarts of apples. After they were cooked the lazy way in crockpots, these two minions spent the better part of an afternoon helping me to grind it into applesauce. The bags of Golden Delicious apples my neighbor gave me, seasoned with a bit of cinnamon, didn't even need sugar.
* My father-in-law makes the best beef stew ever. That is not superfluous. I've tried a few times, and even the best of my soups don't have the richness of gravy that his does. It's a pretty simple beef chunk/ground hamburger/tomato/potato/zucchini/carrot stew, but I could eat it all day and forever. I'll have to go over and watch him make it someday.
*Sourdough bread is really, really good for you. I've done a lot of research on why I can eat homemade sourdough bread just fine while anything with white flour or years gives me a decent stomachache. It looks like I'm not unique there - sourdough is just a very nourishing food. So I keep making sourdough... but I still don't like the tang. It's a bummer to have food I can tolerate but I don't like the taste of. And lately, my sourdough breads have been getting more and more sour. I think I need to start over and read the directions again.
*Applesauce is sweeter when we make it together. I watched Women's Conference (which was wonderfully encouraging here, here, here, and here) with a friend and cut up nearly 20 quarts of apples. After they were cooked the lazy way in crockpots, these two minions spent the better part of an afternoon helping me to grind it into applesauce. The bags of Golden Delicious apples my neighbor gave me, seasoned with a bit of cinnamon, didn't even need sugar.
*I am more grateful for delicious food. For some reason, my digestive system has gone on a rebellion lately. My doctor put me on a very restrictive diet in order to find out what the problem is. For now, I can't eat white flour, yeast, sugar, dairy, or fat. It seems like that wouldn't leave very much that I can eat, and that is true at a fast food joint. But I have learned to appreciate the wholesomeness of natural foods. And they taste better now. I don't know what I am going to do over the upcoming feasting season (pecan pie and eggnog, I'm looking at you while trying not to.), but for now, I'm happy to be feeling better.
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