Well... something.

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Beside breakfast, feeding Sassy and clearing her litter, lunch... dinner... supper... is on.  Corned beef.  I browned it, then added water after it had some really nice color.  Took a while, but it is a very wet meat.

Water added, a gallon.  It's a... bigger piece.  I decided to do a rough cut mirepoix, adding it in straightaway.  Plus, yes, the packet of spices that came with the meat.  Sometimes I add that, sometimes not.  It doesn't make a huge difference, to my mind.  In about an hour to hour and a half... a temp check will say, if I will check that every half hour.  I will add potatoes at the point where cooking looks halfway done?  Give or take.  Fifteen minutes after that, in goes the cabbage.  An half hour later, it should be ready.

Not a rolling boil, mind you, just a rolling simmer... plus a bit.  Otherwise it comes out with the texture of rubberized beef.  Slower and lower, but enough to get it done.  The odor while it cook, is truly a pleasure.  Actually?  The scent of it has already permeated the house.  Vera noice.

Oh, below freezing this morning, just.  Say 27~29... between memory and a short shrift of a look, that's close enough.  And dark and foggy.  The type of weather that make even brave men, who realize there are monsters out there, shiver.  Even if out one must go.  Bravery may be a virtue, but it is a cost, too.

Well... on to... gaming.  I'll... shower when I can.  Can barely stand.  A shower would be difficult, until I simply catch my wind.  There is no second wind, I simply am not breathing well as is.  A first wind would be nice.  Later.