TDay 2022

 Well this is the morning after Thanksgiving. I survived. Yesterday was a continuation of the years that have passed. No visitors, I had a few invites but I didn't go. Not because I didn't care to be around them. It wasn't from the people I wanted to hear from. Confirming what's in my mind, this is time I continue to move on. 

I wasn't going to cook but some friends on Facebook commented on a post and I began to feel this presence tell me to do what I feel. So I went to the store. Figured I get a ham, not really a turkey guy. The 3 hams that were left were high priced. I have to consider money since I'm in the crunch I'm in now. So I went to look at the pork loins. Good size, nice price, I bought one. Already have everything at home for Mac n Cheese. I saw the Pepperidge Farm 12 oz back of cornbread stuffing and got that over the, ugh, stove top stuffing. 

So I got what I needed, went home and mustard crusted the pork loin and put it in the oven. I figured I would take care of that Thanksgiving eve than get up in the morning and do it. Finished that let it cool, cut a couple of pieces to make sandwich, delicious. The best pork loin I even fixed, tender and juicy, perfectly cooked. 

The next morning I woke up took my mustard green I fixed the week before bagged in quart freezer bags so I can take them out when i wanted them thaw them and heat them up on a pot. Next I made my gravy, I didn't have chicken broth but of course I had water and bullion power. So I made the gravy with a slurry (water and cornstarch) and Worcestershire sauce. At first I put too much chicken bullion in the water so it was salty. I had to pour some off and add more water but I got it working. At the end after I put the slurry in and added some butter the smooth it out. My gravy was done for now. 

Now its time for the stuffing. I cut up my celery and onion put it int the pot with butter. Got that going then added chicken broth. Now its time to add the stuffing. Well when I added it the water just seem to suck up in the bottom and the stuffing on the top was still dry. So I had a kettle with hot water and put enough in the moisten the top. Then i looked at it and said to myself this isn't enough. Grabbed a glass pan out of the cabinet put the stuffing in after buttering the bottom and put it in the oven. I put the greens in a small cast iron put and put it in the oven with the stuffing. 

next the pork I fixed yesterday. I sliced half of it yesterday before I put it in the fridge so I took those pieces out put them in a small glass pan, put some gravy in it and put it in the oven also. 

Lastly is my Mac and Cheese. Now I grab the box of Mac and Cheese from the shelf with no intention of using the pasta in the box. I had my own. I started my pot with water and salt. got my pasta going. Took the starter pack out of the box and put it on the table. Got my milk in order. When the pasta was done I put it together with some other cheeses I had. Looking good, but of course that voice said to me again. Get another glass pan and put that in the oven also. I did and that is that. 

When I finished cooking it was about the 30 minutes before the first game. So I set up my place in the living room. Turned on the TV and prepared my plate. It was about the middle of the first quarter. 

As I sat down with my plate I looked to my right, the picture here shows what I saw. So you know Adora got some cause there is no way I eat and she doesn't. 

I watched the game until it watched me. I at least caught the good ending of the first game. Detroit came to play they aren't quite there yet but I see them becoming a team to beat. 

I got seconds by the Dallas/NYG game. We went to sleep around the 3rd quarter and I woke up with 3 mins left in the game. 

With the Vikings/Pats game starting I went into the back room. Surprisingly Adora didn't immediately follow me. I guess she was comfortable with the soothing Christmas lights I set up during the first game. 

I got a few calls and chatted quite a bit. Some thing I needed and really wanted. 

In the end, game over leftovers put up, I went to bed. A nice day.