Stew 2, also on Saturday (fortunately) was beef daube from Joy of Cooking, which I made because I remember Anthony Bourdain going on and on about daube in Kitchen Confidential. I made it in a good dutch oven and it turned out fine.
I set the rest of the meat to marinate overnight Saturday in preparation for making Stew 3 from an Ina Garten recipe Sunday. I also decalcified an old espresso maker, did laundry, dropped and shattered a plate full of leftover Stew 2 on the kitchen floor, cleaned the kitchen, got a couple of hours of yard work out of DS and a minute or two out of DH, read, and did the Saturday NYT crossword.
Sunday I had some nice espresso and made Stew 3, which was fine. A little sweet (as was also the case with Stew 2). More salt?
On the sewing front, I didn't do any. In fact, I guess I defied Karen's Apronalong by stewing all weekend without an apron. Sorry about that. But I almost sewed. I traced Vogue 8618 and cut it out of a nice, soft, double-sided knit (grey/cream) but can't count that as sewing because I didn't take a single stitch.
So, all stewing no sewing.
Tracing sounds like sewing to me, it's just prep work. You'd still say you were cooking if all you did was wash and chop vegetables, no?
ReplyDeleteThat's a whole lot of stew. Sorry to hear about the pot failure, that's pretty frustrating. As is the shattered plate of leftovers.
Pot failure was bad, but the upside is I need to shop for new cookware!
DeleteI agree - tracing a pattern is an important part of sewing, so is pressing, and of course, shopping for fabric and day-dreaming about what the next sewing project is going to be :-). Oh and my favorite: on the couch with a stack of Burda Style magazines and a bowl of popcorn!
ReplyDeleteYes! And don't forget watching other people sew on YouTube!
DeleteYea when I saw all the I did such and such description up there I knew it was going to end with no sewing though (which is probably a good thing in terms of Getting Things Done. I spend a lot more time tracing than I do sewing, i.e. while tracing I realise the lines of the style aren't what I'd like to wear after all XD If you can cook Metric, I would strongly suggest Gourmet Traveller. Best recipies evah (everything is from top chefs and expensive restaurants)!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip! But you know, nobody in These United States of America can cook metric or, if they can, they won't admit it. :)
DeleteSo maybe stew 4 was really sewing ideas?
ReplyDeleteI've been drafting and not sewing too. And watching online sewing webcasts while I stew over a few new projects.
I know - I should keep my day job:))
Cooking was achieved? sounds like a highly productive weekend to me :) And I'm impressed that you trace off Vogue patterns!
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