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Canned was not only not back, with a hit of smoke from the grill it was downright delicious. I can only imagine what fresh would be like. Now, because of my limits, just when I go into town, and am hitting the store, when those things seem to line up with me getting to the grill within a day or two. Otherwise it's a waste of good money. Green beans, drained, with a pat of butter, and some real smoke on top of it. Then again, barring fresh, I might have to eat a bit more canned. Almost any canned veggie would work well with this. Hmm, good bakes beans, but without the fake smoke? Yeah, that might work too.
Steak, potatoes, and green beans, a quart of whole milk, and yeah... I think that was worth the very small effort. It's about all I had to offer, so there is that. How much I will get to, through the weekend, I don't know. I have some hopes that laundry and housecleaning will take place. If not, perhaps some rest. I do need it, and I know it. I just don't always like that, or care. Can't die hard enough, it seems, though. Certainly can't work hard enough. ~ Just let me at em'! Bleh.
Oh, something I really enjoyed at the steak house in Ogden the other night? They battered and fried their potatoes in a sweet tempura batter. I wasn't sure I would like it, on first bite. Something about the mix of sweet and savory, traditions, and the idea of potatoes... Confused, for moments, as my mind had a three-way fistfight to decide whether to like or not and which way to run with that. In the end, liking it won on up to actually loving it, and I can't count all of the ways. I love foods like that, even if I had ended up hating. It made my tastebuds think. Seriously, literally. I love that. Anyway, I will be doing research on tempura batter, how to make it sweet, savory, and plain. I can't do that often, but it would sure be a fun mix. And, if you can use it on a potato, in what I consider a revolution for that particular staple, I have to wonder what else you could use it on... Think of a glob of potato salad, or even fruit salad, hamburgers for sure, and it would make for a remarkable hot dog. Avocado? Pear? What spices or sauces could you add to which? Yeah, that's how my mind works.
Full. Mind whirling. I do love foods, simple or complex, traditional or revolutionary. I don't eat all that often, so I might as well enjoy it. Hmm... smoked, then battered in tempura? :)
Well... on to gaming a bit. I need to push my days and nights back around, and gaming can sometimes do that. It still hurts, but I'm in such a state that pain isn't so noticeable. Later.
"Well . . . on to gaming a bit."
ReplyDeleteHow's the gaming going, by the way?
Gaming? Oh, well, that almost can't go bad. On a new game, I can fumble for how, just not on getting it done once figured out. On old games it is more like putting on a comfortable old robe, finding a cool beer in the pocket, and just having a comfortable day. If my consideration of comfortable is stretching my nerves as far as they will go and expecting as close to perfection as humanly possible, and then some. Bleed for it! *whip-crash* :)
ReplyDeleteI found a harder game I can't seem to get through, on the hardest setting. What kills me is I get through the parts others, in forums and writing articles, consider the most difficult, then get stuck in a little "non-discussed" transition point? Stupid. I haven't even seen it discussed, so others must shoot on through. Of course, it may be that I leveled the wrong things. That IS possible. Or, at least, there might be a better way. (If I don't like the methods suggested, not my play-style.)
But I am not playing that game. Deux Ex, the last one they put out, is on the menu. Played on tourist level, since it has been... almost a year now (?really?) since I played anything, I think. (Don't quote me, but it's been quite a while).
For an early Father's Day gift my son gave me an old favorite which he found online: Sid Meier's COLONIZATION. A lot of fun to play, and much better than Electronic Arts' SEVEN CITIES OF GOLD in that your New World colonies could actually become self-supporting (rather than having to constantly run back to your home port for re-supply.
ReplyDeleteSome of the older games were better. Not all, but some. If they improved the graphics on some oldies, though, I don't think they couldn't be beat. They have turned many games into perpetual checking in, or group games, ruining everything about them. Doom III *cough* It looks like they are trying to make the kids comfortable with having nanny multi-culty and female handlers. Won't work. You can't change nature, just kill a franchise.
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy. I couldn't get into sims. Most make it pretty much impossible to "win" against the machine, and I don't play games with others. If it can't be soloed, I don't play. I only played WoW up to where I could solo. They kept trying to kill off soloing, so I just stopped playing. I'm not a bedwetting handholder... that's all.
They need to separate games, and either make them for males or females. I think they will find more women will play male games than anyone will play female type games. But foreigners and women are a bigger chunk of the market and the government has gotten involved. Quotas even in games? Which... is why I don't play much. No good newer games, mostly.