A Weekend Note or Two

I am in the final round of the fantasy playoff. I won over the man who knocked me out last year so there was a tasty victory in itself.


While at Wal-Mart this past weekend, I was on the way to the restroom by the back stock room when I heard an employee tell a customer, “Let me check the electronic computer for that.” I was first in awe that they had an electronic computer but more so that they were using a NON-electronic computer. I immediately got my mind moving in all directions thinking, “Does she have an abacus near by? Is there really a computer that is not electronic? Why on earth do you describe one computer over another in that manner?” With this comment, you can see it was a busy afternoon for my brain.

Off I go back to my wife and daughter to convey the message and still thinking heavily on it, the only thing I can assume is the person meant mainframe. Maybe she was looking for an item that was in stock but not on the shelves and she wanted to check against the main frame and not just the little handheld she was using. Either way, this conversation kept me busy for ten minutes or so while I performed the functions in the rest room.

I had a horrible day for cooking until dinner came. My lunch I had prepared partially the night before by making my beans with salt pork. Then Sunday when we came home, I made some jalapeño cornbread as I always do when I have beans. I used my iron skillet as I always do. I followed the directions for regular cornbread as I always do and I chopped up my jalapeno and put it in the mixture, heated my oil and coated the pan and poured it all in to bake. When it emerged from the oven, it was stuck to the pan, it wasn’t cooked right and was so soft and fluffy it tore apart. TIRADE, RANTING, RAVING, THROWING OF THINGS, BENDING OF A SPOON, SURSING, SWEARING, MAKING UP OF CURSE WORDS AND VULGARITIES. Luke, our oldest dog scurries off to hide, the cat runs under the Christmas tree to maximize his evilness while he can under the guise of my event, yet Penny sits by the pony wall with her head turned to the side wondering when I’m going to drop something. Funny, but at the time I have no patience for this: MOVE ALONG LITTLE RAT!

So I sit and sulk and rapture myself from the throes of anger until I settle that I will eat my beans and I shall have do it with NO CORNBREAD, but I will include my onion and a pickle in homage to the great Huck Finn’s restaurant in Pigeon Forge of which I love the vittles and catfish dearly. The beans were good but not as tasty as normal as I ran out of chicken broth when making them but they’ll do! The onion was sharp and the pickle delicious. The cornbread missing was a definite absence that can not occur again when I make this dish.

The dinner was awesome for me. I am told and I believe her that my wife’s chicken was edible, but my steak was awesome! I had marinated the steak in soy sauce, garlic, Worcestershire, pepper and salt. I seared them, I had two by the way, in my iron skillet first and then laid them on a baking sheet. Normally I would use the pan but baking two I didn’t have enough room in the skillet. My wife made me a baked potato as well. For some reason I don’t get them in the oven in time or leave them in too long. I can eat them in any shape they are in but I don’t like to force my palate on others when its an obscure taste like a baked potato over done.

The only thing missing from this meal was sautéed mushrooms with red wine or burgundy. That would have been nice.

I have the steak for lunch today and haven’t had breakfast yet, and am already hungry. I forgot my steak sauce but the steak will actually hold up without it so I have great lunch plans!

I have a plan for my Senior Director’s Christmas gift. He’ll be getting it after the holidays but I think he’ll appreciate it. Bacon Cupcakes. Sounds horrible but the recipe I have will be awesome I am sure. I will be testing it out this week at home to see what comes of it. I’ll post if it turns out okay. If not, I guess I’ll get him a snuggee.

ILY XO YM