Rockin' Reuben

Wednesday was Reuben Sandwich day at the Senior Center! Despite his efforts to (unsuccessfully) thaw out the frozen water line at the Beauty Shop half of the Double Hovel, Hick found time to order us Reubens to carry out for supper. He has to call ahead that morning to reserve them. It's one of the most popular meals. Hick rocks! AND, he paid for them out of his own pocket, not our household money! Of course he also went there to eat one for lunch, too. 

The menu described the meal as:

Grilled Reuben

Potato Soup OR Beef Vegetable

Slaw

Crackers

Brownie or Fruit

They were mostly accurate this time. Only the dessert was different.

Hick told me first thing that "The soup was delicious!" Indeed! It was more than just orange liquid this time. Look at those noodles! And there is actually MEAT in there. If anything, it was light on the "vegetable" part. The slaw is the creamy kind. The Reuben was on the good marble rye bread.

Hick was not happy with the desserts. Would you be? He said he should have told his buddy to make sure it was two slices of pie. Hick HATES applesauce. I am neutral on it, but didn't want this version. That looks like it would be four or five individual cups of applesauce. I don't need half a jar! Besides, I always give my dessert to Hick. So this applesauce was wasted. I threw it out. As for the pecan pie... have you ever seen a sadder slice? I'm sure the taste was fine. Hick ate it, anyway.

I had asked Hick if he was bringing the Reubens home at noon. He said no, that he would store them in the refrigerator at the Beauty Shop like usual, then pick them up on his way home. I reminded him that Realtor was showing the property at 3:00. And the Beauty Shop probably shouldn't smell like kraut when they walked in! [No word back so far from Realtor, but at least I know a kraut smell won't be to blame if the viewers were not interested.]

Hick said he'd keep them in the bed of SilverRedO. For once, this made sense to me. They were in the white foam containers, inside white plastic bags, not soaking up the sun, at 35 degrees. 

Yes, a Wednesday night Reuben has so far been the high point of my week. I stayed home Sunday/Monday/Tuesday because of single-digit daytime temperatures. I went to town Wednesday and Thursday, in the 30s.

Here's the state of our gravel road down alongside the creek, on the way to Mailbox Row.

That's from Thursday. At least four inches of solid ice. Very slippery. As long as you creep along, you won't go into a spin. T-Hoe's 4WD is a comfort to me, knowing that I turned it on, even though it is no better than a regular 2WD car on the ice. IF I would slide off the road, at least T-Hoe would get traction on the rough parts where some melting has occurred.

MAYBE a thaw will start today. It's been since January 4, people, when that storm dumped this on us! And maybe Reubens will be on the Senior Center menu again next month.