Good Morning – January 11, 2022

Good morning! Happy Tuesday. It’s supposedly cold out. 🌬

It must be cold out, because the news says it’s cold out. I mean it must be cold out compared to those 5-dozen or so 500 watt studio light bulbs making everything look bright and cheery while reporting on the latest murderer, said to be an African American, with no racism implied, who was arrested eating one of his corpses with mash potatoes and canned gravy from an “undisclosed by the police” supermarket. Now it’s time for a commercial break, Price Chopper has complete steak and potato frozen meals on sale for $8.55 — only this week — beat inflation before the news on inflation comes in on Wednesday !! πŸ₯© πŸ₯”

Partly sunny and 9 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a northwest breeze at 13 mph. πŸƒ. The current wind chill is -7. There is a dusting of snow on the ground. β˜ƒ Things will start to thaw out at Thursday around 11 am. 🌑️

After all, it must be cold, because the news media is reporting it. 🌬 But honestly I think I’ve heard one gust of wind this morning, and honestly I don’t think single digit weather is all that cold, when I can remember plenty of negative -5 and even -15 degree nights in the not that far away past. Maybe mostly before the panademic. The sidewalks have been salted and with yesterday’s sunlight and breeeze are pretty much clean although the driveway is still a bit icy.

I probably could have and should have gone for a walk last night, 🚢‍♀️ as it honestly wasn’t that cold but I didn’t. It’s supposed to be super windy out, but honestly the breeze is light. Maybe it will be colder later if the breeze picks up but what do I know. That said, I doubt I’ll be running out to the bus extra early, and taking the local, properly dressed, I probably will spend pretty minimal time outside. If it wasn’t a session day, I might walk laps in the Plaza, but I really loathe walking inside wearing the muzzle regardless. 😷

The Forgotten Nazi History of ‘One-Pot Meals’ – Gastro Obscura

The Forgotten Nazi History of ‘One-Pot Meals’ – Gastro Obscura

ON OCTOBER 1, 1933, GERMANS sat down to an unusually frugal Sunday lunch. For decades, even centuries, the norm had been a roast dinner, usually characterized by a great, bronzed hunk of animal, flanked by potatoes. This was the crowning glory of the week—a meal to be savored and celebrated. But that day, nine months after the Nazis first came to power, Germans ate simple, inexpensive food. Some ate Irish stew; others steaming pots of pea soup, made with Speck and dried beans. Another common dish was macaroni Milanese, a stodgy predecessor to mac and cheese flecked with a confetti of rosy ham. All these dishes had three important things in common: They were inexpensive; they were made in a single pot; and they had been officially sanctioned by the Nazis.