Plans for today (2024)

Very sorry to read that, SandwichShortOfAPicnic. Tea now, whiskey later. 🫂

Overcast, cooler, and rainy here. Just work, no other plans. Maybe think about when I’m making my next challenge recipe, because it’s a main and will require a little effort, but I’m on call this week, and as sure as the sun’ll come up tomorrow, as soon as I get into making it, something will require two hours of work to fix.
 
It's just before 9am and the temperature outside is 31C. It's going to be a scorcher today!
Today might be my last in Pto Ordaz; all depends on whether the Indian community decide they want to dine this week or next. Anyhow, have to get back home soon because I need to get the builders in to construct a drainage outlet in the front garden before the rainy season starts. I also need to meet a friend whose Head Chef just walked out, arrange some Cooking classes for June and mow all the lawns!
 
Plans today are the usual, work and laundry. Maybe I’ll work out my next cream cheese extravaganza, for the weekend.

We had tornadoes come through last night. Very unusual for us, we’d needed to make a late-night trip into town, so we found ourselves huddled in shelter area of our local Walmart, with about two dozen other shoppers and employees.

It was very strange, because I’d been watching the live coverage of the storms, slow-moving west-to-east, and they’d kicked off a couple of near-tornadoes between 10-50 miles from the house, so it looked a little alarming.

However, just 10 miles or so from our town, they’d lowered the threat down to severe storm warning, cancelling the tornado warning, and said while it was still going to be a rough storm (hail, lots of rain, windy), the threat of tornadoes was gone.

Just a few minutes later, they changed that, the weather service threw up a warning alert, sirens went off, and they said they had confirmed rotation including debris trails in three locations, converging on our location (and going right past our house).

Thankfully, they were very small tornadoes, probably barely F0, and did minimal damage - we didn’t even lose power.

More of the same tonight, unfortunately, but the risk is slightly lower than last night.
 
So it's 5pm here and the temperature is still at 34C. The kitchen crew this morning was a multiple pile-up on the M1. I don't think they got anything right. 9.15am: HERE are the assignments, I'll be back at 11.30. Got back at 11.30 and they hadn't even started. Went away for another hour. The Indian breads were dreadful, the chicken curry was, well, ok, but the girl who made the shrimp dish completely ignored the fact that shrimp need to be done at the last minute, otherwise they're rubbery. I could have played squash with them.
They got flustered because they were also working food for the restaurant, but cooks in restaurants are supposed to be able to multi-task, right? They were rushing about like Lance Corporal Jones in Dad's Army. " Don't panic! Don't panic!!"
I watched them for a while near the end of the shift and they were like dogs between 4 trees: not a single leg to stand on.
Never mind - it's all in a day's work and they're learning. Feedback produced some grim faces (the owner and I both do feedback) but we both said "DON'T take it personally, take it professionally. READ the recipe before you start and have everything ready in front of you. WATCH like a hawk. BE AWARE of everyone else around you, so the food all gets done at the same time. If you don't understand, ASK. (which would have been hard because I had purposely left the kitchen). Keep practising".
We'll get there. It's been a magnificent experience.
 
My sons FaceTimed this morning and requested a weekend at home with a BBQ one day (must have your potato salad) and Sunday Roast the next (with that gravy you make).

This has made me ridiculously happy. I’m beginning to think I might miss them a bit 😂

I’m not saying I made sure I cooked up a storm when they were growing up to ensure this happens, I also can’t honestly say it wasn’t a factor 😂

So supermarket slots are reserved and I’ll fritter the rest of the day on here and adding nice things to my basket
👏 👏 👏
 
Today is egg day. Every Thursday they have jumbo cage free brown eggs for $1.99 a dozen at this market about 15 miles away, so every 3-4 weeks i go buy 3-4 dozen eggs. They also often will have 20% off fresh produce or some other deals there. I managed to find some work to do in the same shopping plaza and there's a few other grocery stores in that area that have items on sale I want to buy, so...it's a shopping day! Unfortunately it's going to be raining all morning so I'll go this afternoon.
 
Current temperature, 31C (88F) and should hit 38C (100F) by lunchtime. Who was the twit who said "if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen"? No respite outside the kitchen today!
I'm now struck with uncertainty, because the kitchen crew have made all the dishes, once or twice, and there's no news on the Gala Dinner for the Indian community, so I'm feeling sort of out on a limb. We'll see what the morning brings.
 
JAS_OH1 said:
Today is egg day. Every Thursday they have jumbo cage free brown eggs for $1.99 a dozen at this market about 15 miles away, so every 3-4 weeks i go buy 3-4 dozen eggs. They also often will have 20% off fresh produce or some other deals there. I managed to find some work to do in the same shopping plaza and there's a few other grocery stores in that area that have items on sale I want to buy, so...it's a shopping day! Unfortunately it's going to be raining all morning so I'll go this afternoon.
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Well it's well after noon, but it's raining cats and dogs outside. I guess I will suck it up and get moving though.
 
karadekoolaid said:
We'll see what the morning brings.
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Well the morning brought solutions. Off back home tomorrow. Menú fixed, kitchen staff trained, boss happy. Me happy!
The special event we're going to do with the Indian community - still no date fixed, but that's pretty straightforward - call me the day before, hop on the plane, do the event, leave the following day. All resolved!
Current temperature ( for you cold-blooded creatures) 36C ...3.45pm.
 
No, got the work done, now I'm getting ready to grocery shop. I have been sitting in the parking lots waiting for breaks in the rain at each stop, been lucky thus far.
 
JAS_OH1 said:
Today is egg day. Every Thursday they have jumbo cage free brown eggs for $1.99 a dozen at this market about 15 miles away, so every 3-4 weeks i go buy 3-4 dozen eggs. They also often will have 20% off fresh produce or some other deals there. I managed to find some work to do in the same shopping plaza and there's a few other grocery stores in that area that have items on sale I want to buy, so...it's a shopping day! Unfortunately it's going to be raining all morning so I'll go this afternoon.
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Well bummer:
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But I found some discounted poblanos:
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Thankfully I still have a little more than a dozen eggs left in the frige.
And next stop:
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