Sunday, January 25, 2015

Okay, we took a weekend off

It was cold and we thought we'd be more productive if we didn't do anything on the boat and instead, stayed home and enjoyed ourselves. And that's what we did.

First, of course, we had a little shopping to do, but once home, we dived into making a good dinner or two. Frances makes great eggplant and while it's time consuming to cook, it's also really good. Bill was there to help, although how useful he was is up for debate.

Then we were going to fire up our old bread machine and create a nice loaf. This machine was given to us perhaps 20 years ago by someone who had received it as a wedding gift and never used it, so God knows how old it is. It has worked for us many times in the past, creating cheese bread that will melt in your mouth and appear within days on your waistline. Our kind of bread!

Our selection for today was some kind of nut-fruit-chocolate bread, the recipe for which we found in a newspaper. Sounded great. We poured in the ingredients and pushed the "on" button. The machine turned on and began kneading the dough, so we left it and moved on. How bad can it be, we thought?

After preparing the stuff for the bread machine, our plan was to cook one of our favorite meatloafs. (That must be meatloaves, although that sounds strange.) This recipe is also one we must have clipped from a newspaper, given its title: "Suzy's Sweet and Sour Meatloaf."

Actually, it was pretty good. Very tasty with mashed potatoes.

We've attached a pretty silly video. Probably time to hit the delete when you see it.

The output of the bread machine was not so good. It yielded a loaf that was tough and almost tasteless, although the squirrels in our backyard enjoyed it.

The video is silly but, it's the middle of the winter so that happens.




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