Noon, and just 50 F.

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Outside.  I turned the furnace, to at least keep it 70.  Which... means I didn't sleep last night.  Well, that was part of it.  Was playing my new game, comfortably.  Warm, that is.  For the first time in a while, I hadn't shut off the furnace by night.  Which means I didn't notice how late it had gotten.  So I just stayed up all night.  And, will stay up into the early afternoon.

I had a kidney out, thawed.  Time isn't gentle to those cuts of meat, so I had to cook it.  It turned out well, and I enjoyed it.  I would never have believed I would like kidney.  It's quite a treat, these days.  Seriously.  Better even than liver.  But you can't tell people that.

Initially, there is a bit of an odor, and taste, that is... suspicious?  But, once you try it a few times, it doesn't kill you, and else?  It... just becomes another cut of meat.  Not even exotic, to me, at this point.  As with liver.  Actually, liver... beef liver... is much stronger, stouter, than kidneys.  I'd say kidneys taste like the mildest liver you have tasted.  Maybe even lamb or chicken liver?  Maybe.

Hmm, I think I failed to pull meat out for the week.  I'll have to do that before going to bed.  A couple pounds of burger, maybe two packs?  A pork roast and chicken liver, while I am thinking about it.  With organ meats, save kidneys as I don't think they'd work well this way?  I simply bake them in the over for... twenty to thirty minutes, then grill them.  I'll do that with the liver, too.  Onion will go down first, in butter.  Then when those are nearly done, to my liking, I'll add the liver.  And more butter.  I won't be trying to sear the liver, just give it a gentle finish... in butter.

I called my mother this morning.  She is visiting my brother, and his family.  One of his girls is graduating with her master?  Or ph. d.?  Something.  His other daughter is graduating from high school.  She did answer, but is preparing a meal... or planning that.  She'll call back later.  Maybe.  If she does, maybe I'll be awake, maybe not.  No worries, mind you.  They have a busy thing there.  If you aren't in their face, they could easily be forgiven forgetting about everyone else.

Just to hear her voice, know she is okay, and sounding pretty good, was enough.  I'm not... all that fussy.  We will talk... when... we talk.  I'll hear things.  What happened, good and bad, and such.  As I said, now that I know she got there, is healthy and doing things, and sounded good other than all the barking?  All good.

Fifty?  I can't believe it.  And so much rain.  I do believe they are adding snow to the higher elevations.  How much?  Hard to tell.  But it is... a goodly lot by the look of things.  Some peaks had nearly lost their white crowns.  Now they are back.  That's... a lot of snow.  I may go up and read a bit, as I get in and get comfortably.

Oh!  But after pulling meat for the week.  Yes indeed.