Coffee anyone ?

[Alaskan]

Sounds wonderful!

As to manners...sheesh...I failed....

I just came back from almost 3 weeks down south with my mom and my youngest.

Turns out I haven't taught him anything manners wise. He holds his fork in a fist (I had never noticed. ..I guess spouse hadn't either ), and had never even heard of a place setting with more than 1 fork for one person. -sigh-

My mom spent the entire time correcting the way he holds his fork (I think he finally learned by the end of the trip), and telling him to sit it up, and properly use his napkin, and cut his food without using his fingers, and take small bites, and do not ever eat food off of your knife.

I have taught the kid patience, obedience, and respect. He never once blew his top at her.....just kept taking a deep breath and then did as told.

 

[Alaskan]

If there's any of the Memaw's Mighty Protein Bites left from this morning eat a couple of them which will get you through the night.
For my breakfast in the morning I'm going to fry me up some fresh BACON and some toast.

Could I gave scrabbled eggs with that bacon and toast?

 

[Mother Hen]

Nope, no scrambled eggs here. Thinking more along the lines of an omelette.
For some reason I'm wanting fresh cow milk even though it will turn my insides upside down along with other things.........
No longer agrees with me.
I HATE not being able to drink fresh moo-moo (milk). I was raised on that and now all of a sudden it's unhealthy and unsafe to drink unless it's gone through a process.
Back in the day there wasn't a single thing wrong with drinking fresh cow (milk) and as far as I know of there wasn't food allergies like there is today. Can we go back to that time period, PLEASE PRETTY PLEASE?

 

[Mother Hen]

Alaskan and young-ens, you all are forgetting one major manner- GET THOSE ELBOWS OFF THE TABLE!!! Elbows do not belong on the table.
Alaskan, you do the cooking for dinner or were you TOO busy to get taught how to cook when you were younger. I personally think every man should get taught some of the stuff they rely on us women folk to do- cook, laundry, clean so they won't be caught off guard in times like this. What do you think?

 

[Alaskan]

Now elbows off the table. ....one of the few things I have taught the kids.

As to cooking, absolutely!

I refuse to cook. ..but my 5 boys are learning. The eldest 3 can all make me eggs benedict. . My fave! (But with bacon, not ham)

I found out this week that the youngest 2 do NOT yet know how to make holindaise!! #4 is great at poached eggs (none this week though....they are just stuck on the grilled cheese )

I will try to get myself to teach them how...was gonna teach them this week...and didn't.

 

[Mother Hen]

Hot diggty! The boys know more than I seeing how I don't know how to make poached eggs or hollandaise sauce or even eggs benedict even though over last weekend I put my friend hard eggs on toast, with sausage patties on top and spooned some sausage gravy over it. Was it delish- oh boy it sure was!
Seeing how I'm way past my bedtime- it's going on 11:20pm here I'm calling it a night.

 

[Alaskan]

Good night!

Now sausage and gravy is excellent! !! Add a biscuit and even better.

I just love eggs Benedict, and it is an excellent way to use up extra eggs.

If you just Google "easy blender hollindaise" you will find the right recipe.

It is really just separate eggs...put egg whites away (not gunna use em). Put all yolks in a blender or food processor, turn on blend, look at it every so often....when the color changes to a lighter shade of yellow, then:

Add to taste:
Salt
Lime juice

Optional things to add to taste:
Mustard
Hot or mild pepper powder
Jalapeño juice
Black Pepper
Whatever fancy stuff
(We like plain. ..just salt and lime)

Then turn on blender (or whatever it is you are using), and while running add well melted, still super hot, butter. Add butter to taste.

Tada, done!

Yeah....we don't like to messure.

Poached eggs are way tricky.... we gave up after many failures and bought a poached egg pan. Does 4 at a time easy peasy.

 

[Baymule]

Spouse and older kids have been gone for over a week...the 2 youngest are NOT good cooks.

I keep being fed grilled cheese.....and then grilled cheese.

I got a bowl of cereal for one super.

I caved....I bought TV dinners for the 3 of us. My kids had never seen such things before, and never eaten such things. ....

P.s. They were so bad! That was not real food! A diet of grilled cheese and cereal is much better...just sayin'. So glad I only bought enough for one meal.

And you can't feed yourself?

 

[Mother Hen]

He must not be able to if he's only eating grilled cheese and TV dinners or cereal.

 

[Alaskan]

Grilled cheese is the staff of life.


Just sayin'