No beef stew tonight. We had an unscheduled vet visit that took too much time. Plan B is a herb infused dough stuffed with Olive Tapenade, Andouille Sausage and Mushrooms. This is an experiment, so who knows what it will taste like. I'll know in about 10 minutes.

All kinds of sausage, spaetzle, pretzel bread, potato leek soup.

The "why" is no carbs vs a gazillion. As for easier, yes, definitely. Cheaper, though? A third of a bag of pork rinds that cost 2 bucks, a couple eggs from a 2 dollar dozen, and stuff I had on hand. Pretty darn cheap.

But wrong. Very wrong.

I used the same goo to make yummy crab cakes tonight. Real crab, fake cake. Crab fakes! And a delicious curry remoulade.

We had meatloaf and fried potatoes.

Sign #23 that a cookbook will not end up on any list including the phrase "heart healthy". A recipe begins with "over medium heat, melt the butter in the oil" and ends with "stir in the sour cream".

Dinner was good.

We stopped by a place called The Oinkery, no, The Oinkmeister, no, The Oinkster. Remember that SNL skit that had Chris Farley pounding his heart while saying "Polish. Sausage."? Any moment now......

Boy and I took Mom In & Out last night.

Today we are doing a yard sale at BF's sister's house. Part of the deal was she would make Boy pisole(sp?), a Mexican soup that uses pork. I found out last night that there probably won't be lunch because she sold more than $500 in food stamps.

As a back up plan I made us sandwiches.

Tacos

I made Beef Bourguinon (read: fancy french beef stew) for the first time tonight.

Normally it can take 12 hours, but with a few choice tricks, it can be made in about 2 hours, and still taste like it cooked all day!

It was delish!

Killer fish.