Misfitmorgan's Journal - That Summer Dust

[Bruce]

@Bruce I'm starting to wonder if your DW eats anything at all
Try it with cream of potato instead.

She won't eat white potatoes, other than French Fries (AKA Belgian Fries in France because that is where they originated) occasionally. With plenty of ketchup. She doesn't eat tomatoes either so it is kinda weird that she will eat 2 foods she doesn't like when they are combined.

She likes beef and fish. Right, the EXPENSIVE stuff!

DD1 wouldn't eat it because it contains meat, DD2 likely wouldn't eat is because she's never had it before so she knows she won't like it.

I'm not a fan of cream of mushroom soup either. My mother used to make scalloped potatoes with it. I'm not really a "Cream of" soup person but @CntryBoy777's recipe with all the ingredients separate is likely better since you don't have all the "preprocessed" stuff in it. That certainly changes the flavor and texture. If I were to make it with the specified ingredients, I think I'd slice up fresh mushrooms rather than use canned. And add another garlic clove or two, I LOVE garlic.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

You can make your own cream soup. There’s numerous recipes for it on Pinterest. I also like their option of being able to see who made it, if it turned out, what the did/would change. Just a thought.

 

[misfitmorgan]

She won't eat white potatoes, other than French Fries (AKA Belgian Fries in France because that is where they originated) occasionally. With plenty of ketchup. She doesn't eat tomatoes either so it is kinda weird that she will eat 2 foods she doesn't like when they are combined.

She likes beef and fish. Right, the EXPENSIVE stuff!

DD1 wouldn't eat it because it contains meat, DD2 likely wouldn't eat is because she's never had it before so she knows she won't like it.

I'm not a fan of cream of mushroom soup either. My mother used to make scalloped potatoes with it. I'm not really a "Cream of" soup person but @CntryBoy777's recipe with all the ingredients separate is likely better since you don't have all the "preprocessed" stuff in it. That certainly changes the flavor and texture. If I were to make it with the specified ingredients, I think I'd slice up fresh mushrooms rather than use canned. And add another garlic clove or two, I LOVE garlic.

I know you have a tough situation with everyone likes and dislikes and medical needs. My mom raised us in the here is dinner eat it or go hungry style so i think i will always have part of that but i do try to make things for people that they like and leave out stuff they dont like.

Dinner last night is a good example
My bowl on the left, DH on the right

DH likes his stroganoff with thicker sauce and no peas, i like mine with slightly thinner and frozen peas. So i make it thick serve his then add milk and peas, reheat for a minute and serve mine. If he wants seconds he just lives with thinner sauce and peas

I also make chili "dryer" then i would have it on my own and hotter, keep all bread out of liquids for DH, make gravy thicker for DH, etc.....so i do make adjustments, just only so many

I also love garlic....and onions. Every so often i make fresh rolls, roast a head of garlic, and devour it.

 

[misfitmorgan]

Since i forgo to take pics when i left for work yesterday....here are pics when i got home.

If you look at the large size of this picture you can maybe see about 9 different oyster clusters growing.

Hopefully in those pictures you can see the tiny pins coming up all over the "log/brick"

These are picture from this morning...so approximately 12hrs later.

You can see some/most of the pins have turned into spikey little growths or gotten grey heads.

 

[misfitmorgan]

The agar jar yesterday after work

Then this morning

The agar may have stalled out.

As you may notice the bin they are living in has changed. They now live in a tub with gas exchange holes(mushrooms make co2 and need oxygen, so need air exchange) they are closer to the window, in a cooler area and now are on a bed of perlite to hole moisture and keep the relative humidity stable.

Basically thats a fancy way of saying, i drilled some holes in a plastic tub, dumped in perlite and water, then moved the bin over on the table.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Fortunately DH and I have mostly the same likes and dislikes. So far, the kids each have their own tastes. The older two will try anything that we encourage them to. DD1 is my least picky eater but she’s more of a grazer so that has its own issues. DS prefers meat, then carbs and dairy. Veggies are a daily guess and forgot most fruits except apples. He can eat three whole apples at a time at the age of 4! DD2 is a nightmare to feed. She’s the “picky by meal” type. What she will eat at one meal, she won’t eat the next time you offer that. Also, she has a strict diet due to her digestive issues so most things she would eat aren’t allowed! Her plate still looks like everyone else’s just very small servings until I know what she’s going to decide to eat. This gives her the option of trying everything the rest of us are eating. Either way, we try to make the best of it and meet their nutritional needs as best we can.

 

[CntryBoy777]

I grew up in a very similar situation....Mom's saying was, when ya get hungry enough you'll eat it. Well, that is what inspired me to learn how to cook, so I could have options. I always take the other's limitations into consideration, because I want others to enjoy my food....it doesn't do me any good if what is fixed is not eaten. We have a GD that is allergic to many things and when she visits we eat her diet so she doesn't have to be concerned about this or that. Joyce has more restrictions than I do, so I fix things that she can and will eat, and leave the things I like out or in the past....it is not a big issue for me. Your stroganoff looks Good....it doesn't take very long to fix mine either only 3 pans and whatever dishes are used....leftovers store well and are great reheated....

 

[Bruce]

What she will eat at one meal, she won’t eat the next time you offer that.

I have the same problem with DD1. I'm not a restaurant, I don't have a dozen entrees to choose from every night. She often has to deal for herself because I'm SURE not going to make something she likes only to find out she doesn't want it "today". Unfortunately she doesn't eat much and dinner might be a glass of milk and some veg I cooked (if she feels like it that day). DD2 won't eat most any cooked veg and only some raw. She does like fruit.

i like mine with slightly thinner and frozen peas

DW would definitely want the peas.

 

[Baymule]

I hate bananas and ketchup. Blech. I eat most everything else.

 

[misfitmorgan]

Yesterday Helga had 11 piglets, 8 were live. Sara should be having piglets any day now as well.

Almost all the snow here is melted, which leaves us with a lot of standing water on top of frozen ground but i am loving the warmer temps and so is the livestock.