Friday Night Chef: Georgia & Evan

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OOD-on

I made the last of the udon noodles and also I did my first ever pork stir fry. Thin boneless pork chops in vegetable oil, with soy sauce added toward the end. The udon was made in semame oil. Add in fresh snow peas and this meal went by too quickly - SO good!

Spicy

Spicy kimchi ramen with boneless porck chops and a cucumber. Plus iced tea.

Winter Storm Demi

We had a snowstorm overnight, beginning around 5:00 pm and ending after 1:00 am. We wound up with about 4 inches after the fall and the occurrence of settling.

I cleaned my car off today, when it was in the 20's and the sun was shining. The first two photos are 'before' (we've had negligible snow this winter!), and the bottom two are 'after', around 1:30 am.

Snowy Saturday

 A day of snow. Light powder, about an inch before settling.

Local Road Trip

Yesterday I had dinner with Sarah & Jon, and Jehn was there too. Before I got there, I made stops at the lake (which had UN-frozen due to all of the rain and warmer weather, though it was windy and 32 degrees when I got there), and Dad & Ma's, where I dropped off a case of Aquafina water, and left with bacon and a Hannaford gift card.

At Sarah & Jon's we had steak, baked mac & cheese, fresh bread and Wachusett Larry IPA beer (a decent, if unremarkable offering from a longtime favorite brewery). We played a dominos game called "Mexican something" that Jason & Stacie got them hooked on, and we got through all 13 rounds, plus the "Kenny's Rules" version I came up with (much faster, and far more satisfying - haha). I was there until 12:30 am or so. It was a fun day and night all around...

New Year's Eve

A lack of funds, enthusiasm and people who were free to hang out with all left me with spending New Year's Eve home alone, which was perfectly fine with me this year.

Dinner was 2 messy but amazing cheeseburgers from Omaha Steaks (a last-minute Christmas gift from Dad & Ma - I still have 18 patties left). I made them in the small frying pans, and then put them on a toasted slice of multigrain bread. One had: American cheese both above and below the beef, then tomatoes, and half of a sandwich roll with mustard on top. The other had: beef, cheddar cheese, pickles, and the other half of the sandwich roll with mustard. They were SO good! However, going forward I am going to learn how to cook them in the oven to avoid the extensive grease cleanup, post-cooking. 

I spent the late evening up to and beyond midnight with the last beer of the year, a mediocre one called "Slippery When Wet IPA" from Tripping Animals Brewery in Doral, FL. It had two hops I am not familiar with, Lotus and Trident. The beer wasn't good or bad, merely boring. The logo artwork is amazing though! It definitely made me choose it.

Also, I spent the time listening to the following music to end 2024:

• Beach House - "7"
• Lush - "Blind Spot" EP
• Tchami - "Revelations" EP
• TWICE - "With YOU*th" EP

All very good stuff! Especially the first and last on the list.