My Dinner Tonight 9/17/22

@DaddyEvil No. I feel they are heavy and my stomach doesn't allow it. My wife cooks what we don't like but we have to eat as she doesn't allow us to cook separately.

@sjvg1976 Oh, I see... When I was married, I did the cooking. If one of my wives didn't like it, she could cook whatever else she wanted.

Pretty has been asking me to cook supper lately when she could offer to cook for me part of the time. When she cooks she makes things that I won't eat. We eat at different times the rest of the day. Do you eat cheese?

Yes, it does. And this was simple to do for the two of us.

@DaddyEvil In Italy you have a pure pork salame, or a mix or pork and beef. The salame does not need to be refrigerated. I remember those hanging in the granary of my grandparents. When I was a kid I was trying to find a way to reach them and have some slices while they were sleeping.

@LadyDuck Summer sausage doesn't need to be refrigerated. I usually do keep it in the fridge but that just because that's where I keep the cheese to go with it.

I've never heard of pork and beef mixed in a summer sausage. It is one or the other that I can get here.

Don't mention rice here. DE doesn't like them

I promise not to make you eat my dinner.

@sjvg1976 She knows that.

Why feel sorry for Pretty? If she's hungry, she knows how to cook, too. You told me you love food but I don't like all foods, so don't know what foods other people will eat. Thank you. I've finished eating now. I hope your family enjoys lunch.

@MrDenata I like most of those, too. Pretty and I make most of those at home. (I don't know that I've made Indonesian foods before but I may have and just don't remember it.)

@DaddyEvil i eat almost everything (chinese, indonesian, thai, italian, american fast food etc)

@DevMrSamEleazar It's more than you think.

Yes, that's all my dinner. Because that's a lot!

@DaddyEvil no it isn't a lot.

@DaddyEvil At least once a week...

Do you do that very often? I haven't had a meal replacement drink is years.

@BarBaraPrz I hope you enjoy them, then.

Thank you! It's nice to see you! How have you been doing?

@DaddyEvil doing good but striving to be better.

@allen0187 Aren't we all?

@DaddyEvil I will for sure. I have tried checking it in the store. Nada

@jobelbojel I told Sam to start a list of things he wants to try when he gets here. You should make a list, too.

I don't think it is. But, you can try it when you come visit.

Yes, that was my suggestion. I've never cooked it, though.

@1creekgirl I normally use pork sausage when I make something like that.

@DaddyEvil Most of the time I use country pork sausage that has to be cooked first, but sometimes I use summer sausage with the potatoes, carrots, and onions. I just brown the summer or Italian sausage first.

Thank you. I can't go all day on that but it does make a good meal.

Walmart here has summer sausage all year round. Except for the shrimp, your dinner sounds really good to me, too! I love bamboo shoots! (I like them raw, though.)

@DaddyEvil Ok.

I was pretty sure you would. Normally I wouldn't have it for dinner, either.

@porwest I don't consider this a "light" dinner.

@DaddyEvil There have been times I had a weird, light dinner. But usually it is when I had a late, heavy lunch. lol

We're still scared of Covid so don't get takeout. We cook everything we eat at home. (And Pretty will eat ramen but I won't. Yucky!) If you can find summer sausage in a store near you, you should try it. It's really good.

@sica98 When I was a young adult, I ate ramen a lot and burned out on it. Pretty eats and likes a lot of foods that I don't want. The government and big businesses here pretend Covid is gone but it's not. There are still people catching it and having to self-isolate because of it. If it was gone, people wouldn't need to do that. There are still a lot of hospitalizations because of Covid here, too.

@DaddyEvil You are very selective when it comes to food.What's wrong with ramen now..You and Pretty have opposite taste in food. During covid there was no take out here in my home at all but now things are supposedly getting better so we are buying take out again.I'll try to find them if I can here.

@DaddyEvil Glad to hear all is going well . True - any bit of relief is a good thing . . . hopefully they figure out the swelling part soon too. Best of luck with your appointments this week! "We" are ok. Having to deal with teen daughter and college stuff next month. Son doing well in middle school. Hubby just put in his notice at his "new" job from May to go back to his old place that got bought out by a bigger company . . . better pay and not having to go to 2nd shift - this will be a good thing. The not ok part is my dad is going through some health issues - he had to go to ER on Friday and I'm going to dr appointments tomorrow and throughout the week with my parents . . . affects of long term smoking even though he quit 5 years ago.

Thanks. Everything is still going well for us... More doctor visits this coming week. The new eye drops help with the aching eyes but not with the swelling. (Any help is better than none at all, though.) How are you and your family doing? Anything new?

@much2say Thank you. Oh, wow! So much is happening with your family! I had no idea your daughter was old enough to enter college! (I guess you adopted her... Everyone knows you're only 21. ) Good luck with that. It was fun when Pretty entered college. Is your daughter going to a local college or is she moving out to attend? Congrats to your hubby! I'm sure you're both happy with the move back to the old company with the better pay and move to 1st shift! I'm sorry to hear about your dad and hope things aren't as bad as your description makes them sound.

@DaddyEvil That is true. It's a recipe for heart problems if consumed regularly. Good that you have self control.

It's not something I eat very often. Summer sausage has too much fat for me to be willing to eat it very often.

@flapiz It will also cause stomach and intestinal problems if consumed too often.

No, it's available year round. It's called that because it's a dry-ish sausage that doesn't have to be refrigerated during the summer.

@DaddyEvil I’m thinking if we have that kind of sausage here but seems like all our sausages have to be refrigerated or they go bad

@DaddyEvil it’s still meat right? Why doesn’t it get spoiled?

I called it dinner because it's way more calories than I needed to eat. I don't eat it very often because summer sausage is so fatty.

@just4him Oh, I'm sure! But they were delicious!

@DaddyEvil You probably had a week's worth of calories on that plate.

It really was delicious. Thank you. How have you been lately? I hope you can stick around for a while.

@mildredtabitha You're welcome. I'm always happy to see you. Oh, I thought you'd gotten a new phone.

@DaddyEvil I am okay thank you. I missed you. I wish I could stick around but I need to get a smartphone or laptop first to be able to visit the internet frequently

Your meal looks delicious! I would love to try that!

@aureategloom Thank you for the recipe... I don't air fry anything. I prefer to bake stuff. But I can use the spices/seasonings to get roughly the same thing done. (We had an air fryer but it was too difficult to clean so I gave it away and went back to baking everything.)

@DaddyEvil these potatoes are reaaally good. i'll share the recipe with you: (i hope it takes you to the right place ) i just prefer to cut them in cubes