Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Worlds best potato soup

I got up this morning and said to myself "today I shall make the worlds best potato soup. Wich is slightly odd as I really don't like potato soup. But I figured if I make the worlds best potato soup I may in fact like it. And it started off slippery but ... well here let me tell you how it happened. I have never made potato soup so I peeled 12 med small potato's. Its a good number and seemed like enough. I cubed them and pitched them in the pot. I cut up a large onion and half., after I launched about a quarter of it across the kitchen floor it ended up being about one huge onion. I sautéed them in unsalted butter. Salt will separate the fat from the cream and milk and that's not good .I then lightly sautéed a pound of sliced mushrooms. All this in said pot with 33/4 cups water equal amount whole milk and one and half cup cream. add to this some chopped fresh cilantro, tarragon, teaspoon of Worchester shire sauce the juice of a whole lime and a half a cup of vodka. Oh and then I added a whole polish kielbasa sausage cut up. On serving sprinkle shredded parmesan cheese over the top then add kosher salt. It was killer good!! I ate one bowl and was instantly in heaven. It isn't your usual potato soup and for me that's a good thing. Especially since there is a ton of it! The problem I kept running into as I went was that it was tasting a lot like potato soup there for a while. So I kept thinking of what might help the flavor or lack there of. And its really friggin awesome now! Does anyone truly like potato soup? I cant get past the wall paper paste taste. But I have proved you throw enough stuff at it and it will turn into something grand!!

Friday, September 5, 2014

Men-O-stop

Men o pause. Nope, Im now in Men o stop.  And it does follow menopause for sure. I have officially decided that single is the way to go. I have had moments of fleeting longings for a companion, but they are soon followed by memories of bargaining and compromise. In my world right now there is none of that business. I do what I want when I want, or even nothing at all. I am captain of my own ship and it is wonderful.  I have yarn stored all over the place and no one asks if I  really need that new skein I'm contemplating purchasing. I know deep down on some level I don't need it, but I don't care, want is important to satisfy too sometimes. I no longer have to be sexy for anyone. That is tremendous. I don't have to try and look like Im 21 or even 30 anymore, huge relief. I have gotten use to the new invisible me. In the old days as a young women you always get noticed. You get help in a store ,you get men rushing to fix things for you. Now when I walk in a store nobody sees me. I am invisible. At first that hit me with great sadness I didn't know how to take that. But its really so freeing. And I am totally ok with it. As Far as attracting the opposite sex I no longer even think about it. At my age the older men that would look to my age group are just about in need of a walker and a diaper change. Not going there, they are really only looking for a caregiver. The last few good years I have left are mine! And I deserve them! So that's it for today, be kind !