That is it for the evening...
Off to the DaveCave(tm)
Celebrating the Winter's Solstice with a bonfire and some nice soups.
We had informally invited people to come by for the fire and the meal but nobody showed up on this rainy cold blustery Monday night -- oh well... We now have two weeks of food in the fridge.
I made Beef Stew and also some multi-bean with ham hocks. Still loving the new Cuisinart Pressure Cooker -- one of the better $60 spent at Costco. I can go from a bag of dried beans to a completed soup in about twenty minutes. It takes a little longer as I have to wait for the hock to cool down so I can pick the meat off and add it back to the soup but still...
UPDATE: Jen also cooked her awesome tomato soup. She starts with the stuff that she got from the Andy Warhol store (the cans look just like his pictures so I know this is true), opens the can (how is that for mad cooking skillz) and puts it in a pot on the stove.
(ducking thrown ramekin) Her tomato soup seriously rocks -- sorry for forgetting to mention it!
Same thing with the Beef Stew -- I use V8 Spicy juice for the stock and it makes a lot of difference. Twenty minutes in the pressure cooker and the meat is fork tender and the spuds and vegetables are just right. The unit sits on the countertop and just, simply, works. Cleanup is a snap too as the internal cooking surfaces slide out and can be run through the dishwasher.
I am stuffed and happy. See what the email faeries have brought in.
It will be nice to have the days getting longer again -- living in the country, you really notice the difference.
Posted by DaveH at December 21, 2009 8:14 PM