October 18, 2020 Brunch – Beef Burritos. Dinner – PPI Duck Ragout with Penne.

 October 18, 2020 Brunch – Beef Burritos. Dinner – PPI Duck Ragout with Penne. 

Today was a day of shopping and Leftovers.

At 9:30 we heated the PPI Beef, onion, oregano, and green chili mixture that was not used in the Enchiladas last night and added egg to it to make a stuffing and lay it on toasted flour tortillas to make breakfast burritos.

Shortly after the news shows ended at 10:00 we drove toCostco for a combined shopping trip for our home and Suzette’s Center. We replenished cheeses with French brie, Dubliner Irish cheddar, American fresh Mozzarella and goat cheese.  We also bought white and portobello mushrooms, heavy cream, spinach, peanuts, Halloween candy for the book club, flour tortillas, French crackers, and a few other items plus a basket full of items for the Center. It seems like Suzette pays for Costco items and I buy the wine and supermarket groceries.

When we returned home at noon we sent out an invitation for a family zoom meeting at 2:00.

I then lay down and read the study guide for Educated, the book club selection for October.  

At 2:00 we zoomed with Billy, Elaine,Rebecca, Mickie, and Luke for about an hour.

I then lay down again until 4:00 while Suzette primed the concrete basement floor for painting.

At 4:00 I rode south and back five miles.

When I returned we started cooking dinner.  Suzette heated the PPI Duck Ragout.  I fetched a sprig of tarragon and minced about 3 oz. of yellow onion and sliced five white onions and added about 2 T. of Amontillado sherry and added those ingredients to the ragout.  We drank the last of the PPI Chianti and Saint Cosme Cotes Du Rhone. We spent the evening during and after dinner watching TV starting with the news, then 60 Minutes, and finally three episodes of British dramas until 9:45.  The sautéed mushrooms and onions cooked in butter and olive oil and doused with sherry softened the intensity of the brown sauce and the heaviness of the root vegetables, which I believe improved the dish. 

 After dinner I drank tea, sipped some cognac and ate a pumpkin and chocolate chip cookie and a bowl of vanilla ice cream garnished with Maraschino cherries and Hershey’s chocolate syrup.

The English programs seemed somewhat nihilistic, which seems particularly appropriate for the times we are experiencing.

At 10:00 I made a third cup of chai and blogged this blog.

Bon Appetit