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So for years I didn't see the inside of a kitchen. I had a high stress job with mandatory overtime and my commute was an hour one way. I also had a daughter that either didn't work or only had a part-time job, so she got the kitchen duties.
Well, I traded in the high stress job for part-time work 5 minutes away. So she and I are on equal footing now, so equal in the homefront, including the kitchen duties. Blech.
Today I just didn't get hungry so when I got nibbly, I looked at the clock. It's that time??? Um, what do I have that's quick to cook for dinner? Haven't been shopping in a while, so there was a package of stew meat, a single chicken breast, a package of sweet Italian sausage and a quarter cut spiral sliced ham. The husband doesn't like the sausage and if I grill him any more chicken he's going to revolt and stew takes too long, so ham it is.
Decided on mashed potatoes for a side, that's quick, right? Haven't been shopping in a while, out of the instant stuff. Hmmm, I've got three bags of red skin potatoes (meant for crock pot recipes) in the cabinet I store the liquor. Let's try the old fashioned way.
Red skin potatoes never need peeling, so they went in the pot with the skin still on. I remembered once again that the ex got the mixer in the divorce....20 years ago....and I've never replaced it. So dig out the hand masher. But that leaves lumps. Slice up half a stick of butter and put in a splash of milk and the consistency seems off, so probably too much butter. Put in some pepper and Mrs. Dash, there's no taste. Put in a lot of Mrs. Dash, still no taste. Give in and pull out the salt shaker and shake it over the pot 3-4 times, finally there's taste. (I don't avoid salt for health reasons, I just normally don't like the taste of food with added salt.)
So lumpy mashed potatoes with peel mixed in and guesstimates of butter, milk and seasonings that are clearly wrong. And the husband raves about how they are the best mashed potatoes ever. Uh, what???
Well, I traded in the high stress job for part-time work 5 minutes away. So she and I are on equal footing now, so equal in the homefront, including the kitchen duties. Blech.
Today I just didn't get hungry so when I got nibbly, I looked at the clock. It's that time??? Um, what do I have that's quick to cook for dinner? Haven't been shopping in a while, so there was a package of stew meat, a single chicken breast, a package of sweet Italian sausage and a quarter cut spiral sliced ham. The husband doesn't like the sausage and if I grill him any more chicken he's going to revolt and stew takes too long, so ham it is.
Decided on mashed potatoes for a side, that's quick, right? Haven't been shopping in a while, out of the instant stuff. Hmmm, I've got three bags of red skin potatoes (meant for crock pot recipes) in the cabinet I store the liquor. Let's try the old fashioned way.
Red skin potatoes never need peeling, so they went in the pot with the skin still on. I remembered once again that the ex got the mixer in the divorce....20 years ago....and I've never replaced it. So dig out the hand masher. But that leaves lumps. Slice up half a stick of butter and put in a splash of milk and the consistency seems off, so probably too much butter. Put in some pepper and Mrs. Dash, there's no taste. Put in a lot of Mrs. Dash, still no taste. Give in and pull out the salt shaker and shake it over the pot 3-4 times, finally there's taste. (I don't avoid salt for health reasons, I just normally don't like the taste of food with added salt.)
So lumpy mashed potatoes with peel mixed in and guesstimates of butter, milk and seasonings that are clearly wrong. And the husband raves about how they are the best mashed potatoes ever. Uh, what???
