Total Mish Mash

Today I'm offering what I call a wish mash

mish·mash

  (mĭsh′măsh′, -mäsh′)

n.

A collection or mixture of unrelated things; a hodgepodge.

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[Middle English misse-masche, probably reduplication of mash, soft mixture; see mash.]

I took down the Xmas tree, I know, I know!

The ornements are waiting in Pyrex bowls to be stored until last year...

 This year these are my favorite ornements. I got them a couple of years ago

in my go to church basement when I lived in the burbs.

I paid a big old quarter for them. I think they we ment to be hung from a chandelier....

But not sure. They are all handmade.

Next up a plumbing issue....

When it is very cold in winter, the bathtub drain freezes....

The first time I freaked out but thank God, Dad was around to explain

that this situation didn't cause damage, that it would thaw as soon as the weather

is milder and that he had tried to correct this but nothing fixed the problem

and this had been happening for 30 years....

I was very surprised to notice that the shower drain was super duper

lazy.....And when I noticed it Dan was in the hospital and it

never occurred to me that it might be clogged by a wig!

Ew! Problem fixed!

 I was so glad I had this nifty tool on hand!

 Since Dan wasn't mobile and at one point I couldn't stand cooking anymore...

So we had some really amazing salmon tartare Japanese style delivered.If you like sushi there is a 

very good chance you will like tartare.....

I marinated and cooked lean pork cutlets on my

new Le Creuset grill pan....

It was free , the grill pan not the pork.....

Grilled pork, with celeriac salad and collards

I need to revise the collard recipe....It needed something
I don't know what but I will figure it out!

Have a great evening

I'll be watching the X-Files!

Super good deal

Last week, I spied a pork loin at $1.99 a pound (Canadian).

When I asked the butcher about it, I hadn't realized that it was an entire pork loin.

 As you can see it was quite largest 

I was surprised at the quality for the price.

Meat was really nice, fresh and not too fatty.

So in total I got 5 packages for stir fry  and 16 chops.

Here, for $12.86 it is definitely a GOOD deal!

Woot!

25 on 31 is not that bad!

I'n sure you remember that back at the beginning of the month I undertook the 1:365 picture challenge.

Well I'm happy to say that I posted 25 times in January and that is AMAZING to me!

Here's today's picture taken in December in Massena NY .....

Joy and cheer the McRib is here! And I don't care! Molded processed pork with pretend bones and god knows what in it don't float my boat!

But the sign sure cracked me up!

Do you watch 'The Taste' ? I hope to see my friend Anthony freak out, but he can't totally be himself  because he is on network tv! Oh well.

'night night faithful readers....

Home

We wanted to go on a mini roadtrip, but let's face it folks we had to TCB on the homefront!

I'm ashamed to tell you that the tree wasn't down....yet

So now I can proudly tell you that all the ornements are put away and that the tree itself will be put in its box tomorrow and on its way to the basement.

Of course when you put away Xmas stuff; you cannot help but reminisce...

  

I got this cutie patootie from a flea in Massena NY in December.It is made in Japan

It set me back $1.

 

Now this is my yearly ornements in Pyrex pic.

 

 

 

I had a lot more but they were unbreakables and they got packed earlier

 

Most of the glass ornements are heirlooms from my parents and some are even from my grandparents, and even my great-grandparents.

 

  We had snow so Dan shovelled evrything, I shoved a blade roast in the new crockpot with spices, onion,garlic and red wine , changed the beds, tidied the kitchen and started the beans for the cassoulet.

The Montreal Gazette published  an easier and simpler cassoulet recipe so Dan  wanted me to try it.

 

I was really surprised because last time we had it we had a really hard time digesting it even if it was made by a famous Montreal chef; I swear I burped it for 2 days.

Dan keeps making faces everytime someone mentions cassoulet!

 

in case you're wondering...Cassoulet is an old french dish with beans, duck, sausages and pork.

 

It is of course a cold weather dish....

 

I can't wait to taste it! 

 

I hope mine goes down easier...lol