Mmmm....

We're having cow butt for dinner. Yep, I was wandering through the nasty Foods Co yesterday to get some lettuce and a few other things and right in the middle of the aisle was a display of big packs of big hunks of cow meat. I was looking at the big packs of cow meat and saw that they had a pack of two rump roasts for $8.65 and I was doing the math in my head and thinking that $4.00 and some change for each big hunk of cow meat to put in the crock pot was not a bad price. Then I got to thinking about how they call it rump roast when rump really means butt. So we are eating cow butt tonight. How appetizing.

Tomorrow we'll probably have some chicken boobs.

I went to run some errands on the bike this morning, first going to walmart to get some more shelf liner. Something about January and fresh starts and new years and all that makes me want to organize and clean stuff. Weird, I know. My cupboards have had the same shelf liner in them since we moved into this house, what, 6 or 7 years ago, so it was time for fresh new liner. And also time to get into the dark corners of the cupboards and see what kind of mismatched tupperware and stupid appliances that you buy and use once were hiding back there. I did throw a lot of stuff out, a rusty wok that was fun to use a few times but kind of a pain and I'd rather just use a regular skillet, the aforementioned mismatched tupperware, and a blender that was kind of crusty looking and hadn't been used since the last time I had a margarita which was a long time ago since I don't drink anymore. Not because I'm a recovering alcoholic or anything, mostly because I like not feeling all fuzzy and shouldn't drink anyway because it's not good for diabetics and people who aren't supposed to have carbs or sugar and all that.

Anyway, I thought I was all done with the new shelf lining project but then realized that I missed the little skinny useless cupboard that we keep the cooking oil and tea bags in and also the wider but awkward to get to cupboard that the coffee lives in. So, after a few weeks I finally remembered to get another roll of shelf liner. We'll see how long it takes me to get it in the cupboard now. Because my lets clean things out phase is kind of over with.

Then, after bringing the walmart stuff home it was over to Target for the cat food and the other stuff I didn't have enough room in the bike basket for on the trip to walmart. Now I'm tired.

But, I don't have to cook later today because the cow butt is cooking away in the crock pot. I don't know if I've mentioned these yet, but they make crock pot plastic liner bag things that are AWESOME! Just toss the mess away and no scrubbing involved.

Four Cat Pile Up

We are having our winter fog season where pile ups are a frequent occurence.



My house stinks this morning. Not because of the cats, because I just turned on the self cleaner on the oven and whatever happens during self cleaning stinks up the house. I have the vent fan above the stove going full blast and the kitchen window open but it still stinks. I haven't run the self cleaner since I can't even remember because cleaning the oven is one of those things you don't ever think about doing except when your oven starts to smoke because of all the spilled food in the bottom burning away. Which is what happened the other day and made me remember that the oven hasn't been cleaned in years, probably.

We stunk up the house a different way yesterday. We got a new fancy crock pot for Christmas so have been experimenting with it. Yesterday I put some pork rib things in it with a sauce made out of ketchup and soy sauce and vinegar and brown sugar and stuff and the all day cooking permeated the house with weird soy sauce and vinegar smells. The pork ribs were just okay, nothing to write home about and the recipe was not a keeper, but edible. Keith was trying to sleep in the bedroom last night and had to get up and spray air freshener around because all he could smell was pork and vinegar and soy sauce. Cooking smells really permeate our bedroom and bathroom for some reason.

Speaking of crock pots, I am liking the whole throw the food in and let it cook all day thing, but the part I'm enjoying the best is the plastic crock pot liner bags that we found at Winco. They're made by Reynolds (makers of fine aluminum foil) and are AMAZING! Put the liner in, throw the food in, let it cook all day, and then just throw the liner and all the mess away. NO SCRUBBING!

Well, short break there as all the smoke alarms went off because of the smoke from my self cleaning oven. The cats were all running around in a panic OMG! WHAT'S HAPPENING!?! and I'm running around in a panic opening windows and doors and how the hell do I turn these things off? I had to call Keith at work to find out how to turn them off and find the big ladder out in the garage to get to the smoke alarm in the living room because the ceiling is so high, and I was just barely able to reach it to yank that thing down. I guess we know that our smoke alarms work now.

Well, that was enough excitement for one day and since the smoke alarms are disabled I'll turn the self cleaner back on now.