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...than cleaning out your oven? Especially if said cleaning involves a metric ton of carbonized gunk you have to scratch off?
I thought not.
So, yes, I did have a lovely morning, why do you ask?
I had friends over for dinner last night, and I made an absolutely gorgeous, traditional Viennese dish; it's best if you prepare it in the oven (as opposed to on the stove), but I ought to have been a little more careful when covering it with tin foil: when I realized that gravy and condensed steam were dripping onto the bottom of the oven, it was already too late. Still, it's clean and sparkly now, and the dinner was very good indeed. Not least because I decided to splurge on top-quality beef, which does have its price but is exponentially better, both taste- and consistency-wise, than anything you buy at a supermarket.
Fortunately the weather is warm and lovely, and so it was/is possible to air the flat properly; a lot of onions are involved, which you have first to stew and then put in a dish with the beef and stew in the oven for at least two hours, so you can imagine the smell. Really yummy before you eat, but quite unpleasant once you've finished.
I'm really too tired to write much, so here's the latest news in a few words:
- My friend Elena from Skopje is coming tomorrow, to stay the weekend
- My parents will be moving into the flat they viewed last week. The renovation work will take about four months, starting after Easter (barring any unforeseen disasters), so the actual moving will probably take place around the middle of September
- Considering how much work will be involved for myself, I decided not to participate in the SSHG promptfest, because I might have to drop out.
- Lola has been living with her new Mother Goddess for almost two weeks and is settling in very well. Everybody's happy, including Ze Boyz -- Rambo, a true household pest if ever there was one, has stopped being skittish and jumpy, too.
Going back to sleep now, because I'm at work, so I can.
I thought not.
So, yes, I did have a lovely morning, why do you ask?
I had friends over for dinner last night, and I made an absolutely gorgeous, traditional Viennese dish; it's best if you prepare it in the oven (as opposed to on the stove), but I ought to have been a little more careful when covering it with tin foil: when I realized that gravy and condensed steam were dripping onto the bottom of the oven, it was already too late. Still, it's clean and sparkly now, and the dinner was very good indeed. Not least because I decided to splurge on top-quality beef, which does have its price but is exponentially better, both taste- and consistency-wise, than anything you buy at a supermarket.
Fortunately the weather is warm and lovely, and so it was/is possible to air the flat properly; a lot of onions are involved, which you have first to stew and then put in a dish with the beef and stew in the oven for at least two hours, so you can imagine the smell. Really yummy before you eat, but quite unpleasant once you've finished.
I'm really too tired to write much, so here's the latest news in a few words:
- My friend Elena from Skopje is coming tomorrow, to stay the weekend
- My parents will be moving into the flat they viewed last week. The renovation work will take about four months, starting after Easter (barring any unforeseen disasters), so the actual moving will probably take place around the middle of September
- Considering how much work will be involved for myself, I decided not to participate in the SSHG promptfest, because I might have to drop out.
- Lola has been living with her new Mother Goddess for almost two weeks and is settling in very well. Everybody's happy, including Ze Boyz -- Rambo, a true household pest if ever there was one, has stopped being skittish and jumpy, too.
Going back to sleep now, because I'm at work, so I can.
