Sunday was actually Day 2 for this meal. Hick ain't playin' when he fills a plate. This time he required me to break out the picnic/school lunch tray, so he'd have room for all his selections. In fact, he even turned down a home-grown tomato from a buddy, because "I think this is probably plenty." No need to take up valuable stomach real estate with a vegetable, heh, heh! Yes, I gave Hick a fork, but I think he was licking it after forking his pork chop onto the tray.
You can't tell from this photo, but the pork chops were thick, and quite juicy. Even Hick agreed that they turned out better with Shake N Bake than when he grilled the others on GassyG Jr. Hick loves Stove Top Stuffing. The biscuits are the store-brand peel-apart flaky layers kind. The green beans and potatoes were from a can, but I simmered them for two hours with bacon and a diced onion.
I have never pretended to be a gourmet chef. I dish up reasonably tasty food, and I can make it healthier if the eater is receptive to such a concept. We are simple people. Much like Hick can turn an old shack into a safe, livable house with no frills, I can plate a meal that will satisfy hunger and not make you sick. We are simple, basic people, living a simple, basic life.
I preferred a fresh tomato to the stuffing. And I don't like my food juices running all over the place. I don't mind if they mix, or the foods touch each other. That's not my pecadillo. I just don't like sloppy food.
Thursday, we're having a cookout with The Pony. Not sure what I'll feed Hick between now and then. He has leftover green beans and stuffing and biscuits. I think he'll get Buffalo chicken chunks for his main course. Too spicy for me. I'll rummage through the pantry and freezer. I think I have some sardines in mustard sauce hiding there. Hick is not a fan. I need to start saving room for the cookout. And I don't mean in the pantry or freezer.
Those meals look really good and at first I thought your tomato was watermelon but then I put my glasses on. I need to buy more green beans, but not canned or frozen, I buy fresh then blanch and freeze them, they taste better than those bought already frozen. I'm not a big fan of chops, but I do also need to buy meats this week, I've been emptying the freezer by eating the meals and now I'm down to my last tub of frozen spaghetti sauce which I will eat tonight.
ReplyDeleteThat was a really good tomato! My grandma used to pick green beans from her garden, and sit out under the shade tree snapping them. No AC in her house. Her green beans were FANTASTIC! Of course she added "new potatoes" that we helped her dig out of the garden.
DeleteWe almost got our freezer cleaned out. The last thing I used was a ham bone, and some cubed ham that Hick had cut up when slicing the last off the bone. That was our big pot of beans. Now the freezer is filling up again.