What not to do when cooking!

Kay here and this is a picture of my left hand which I burned badly last Wednesday night while frying shrimp in my Fry Daddy!

I was tired and dropped the last six shrimp and the oil splashed back and "Voila", hurt like heck, and throbbed until about three in the morning.  I immediately grabbed ice and iced it down for hours while Kim finished dinner.  Three glasses of wine and two Aleve and I was able to get to sleep.  I went up to Kim's so She could doctor me and also to get her out of Bed so she could leave town by nine A.M. on Thursday morning.   She made it out by 9:09 so I did a good job, even while injured!

Of course, said hand blistered terribly, but I have been ever vigilant in not using it and it is drying up.  Wow what a dummy!

It is now Monday the 4th of November, and I am up at Kim's creating havoc in her kitchen and trying not to do damage to myself.  

We have been craving Meatloaf and Sissy and I stumbled onto an 80/20 ground beef sale for 2.50 per pound and I bought six pounds and made four meatloaves which will feed Daniel and I and Kim for at least six meals.  Love a cold meatloaf sandwich with a thin slice of onion and mustard.

This will freeze beautifully, and I only cooked meatloaf halfway so I can pop it back in the oven to finish off.  It is now cooled and wrapped and in the freezer.

As there is no rest for the wicked, I proceeded to make....

Four pans of stuffed cabbage rolls (three pictured, fourth still in oven) which will feed Daniel and I for eight meals with sides of rice pilaf or a buttered parsley noodle of some sort. These are cooling and I will wrap and freeze.

More below!

The last pan of stuffed cabbage on top and my mother's recipe for porcupine meatballs on the bottom.  Those two pans of meatballs are at least four meals.  I am filling Kim's freezer as I had purchased 10 pounds of 73/27 ground beef for 1.99 per pound. Greasy but the fat is what makes it so delicious.

I am now very tired and must clean up Kim's kitchen and it is a disaster.

Still have five pounds of ground meat in the fridge and another head of steamed cabbage, but as I said I am tired and when I am tired, I do stupid things, like injure myself.

Our Cousin that we have not seen since before Covid is coming to town this weekend and both Kim and Lil Sister will be gone, and I will be taking care of Lil Sisters neurotic Dog and Daniel will have Roscoe so Cousin and Husband will be staying with me ay Lil Sisters house.  I will take them on a tour of all homes.

My Cousin requested my French Dip sandwiches (which are a tradition, as I have perfected the technique).  Dan helped me (due to being injured) to get down my large Le Creuset and we cooked two eye of rounds (yes got them on sale) and then chilled them and sliced the roast (cooked very rare) with our Krups slicer, which is a pain in the butt to clean but Husband did that for me.  We were able to get at least 24 good sandwiches from the process, again, cooled and wrapped individually with small wax paper rounds and frozen to be dropped into boiling Aus jus at the last minute.  I will serve with broiled ciabatta rolls and chips, small side salad.  One meal out of the way.

Breakfast/brunch will be eggs benedict and hashbrowns.  We may go out the second night, but I am going to thaw three New Yorks Steaks just in case and cook those if we want to stay in.  So, my Menu is planned, and I love that.  I do not want to stress with guests, I want to enjoy them.

It is now 3:32 and I must go and clean up Kim's kitchen...

Kim is having a grand time with her eldest daughter, and they will be leaving for Florida on Wednesday to visit Joels youngest sister.  I want Sissy to have a great time and just take a break and relax.  She needs it.

Now off to the salt mines....I mean the dishes!

Hugs;

Kay