A rough plan.

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The roast has been seared.  The mirepoix has been fried and put in, along with beef broth.  Set to high.  A timer has been set for three and a half hours.  Most likely, it will take four to five hours, maybe six, for the meat?  Will find out.  Depends on who you listen to, who to believe, the size of the meat (really, the volume of ingredients), altitude, and... just random reasons for sometimes no reason?  I think so.

Still, in it went, thawed, seared, with broth, and aromatics.  With the edible vegetables ready to go in, in a bit.  And an onion to be halved and added.  I'll probably add the veggies at the first alarm.  After pulling the meat, to set aside, then straining the juices.  Then adding it all back into the pool, save of course the aromatics for broth flavor.  Might nibble some of that, if it isn't total mush?  Will see.  Chef's treats.  Oh, I'll add a pack of mushrooms, too.  Oh yes I will, though probably closer to when it seems near done.  Mushrooms don't take long.

If there is a lot of extra, and there most likely will be, I have rutabaga, cabbage, another onion, and another package of mushrooms.  So I can keep this going fairly well.  It looked smaller, in the store.  But here, at home, thawed, it... looks like a very big roast, say five to six pounds?  Wow!?!  No... seven and a half pounds!  Zounds.  So... that... will last a bit.  I must have been hungry, while shopping.  I looked at the price, went by that.  It was... less than $18, if just.  I thought chuck was going for about $6 to $7 a pound?  Hmm, odd.

Oh, gee.  I got it all messed up.  Only three and a half to four pounds?  The price was around $7.5?  Or closer.  Still, it looks so large!  Anyway, that will do.  Even that will last a bit.  I was looking at the wrapper, which was icky, so wasn't looking at the right numbers, the right way.  Now I have it.  Still, it will make a large meal, especially with potatoes, onions, turnips, carrots, celery, and gravy.

It'll be a while.  The only downside.  Would be good, though, if I were able to get out, to church or something, and have it ready when I got back.  Just... not able.  To go anywhere.  Not today.  Life is a bit rough.  Even a drive would be nice, just not able.

It's down to 54 out there.  So I closed up the house and turned on the furnace.  It was a good day, if a bit cool.  The warmest I saw it was 64.  So, not exactly a warmer one.  And, yet, that isn't terrible.  Sure beats 30, or 42 even.  And, in the house, even with a few windows open, if a bit chilly, it wasn't terrible.

I am looking forward to dinner though.  I even have some keto bread, so to have bread and butter on the side.  And for roast beef sandwich(s) for leftovers.

Not much work, today.  I'm sore, tired, aching, and rough.  Weak and sleepy.  But I will get a good meal, and be set up for food for a few days.  Good eats at that.  I hope.  Will be watching carefully, so that I don't end up with mush.  That's for hollo points, not dinner.  Later.