Happy Halloween

It's Halloween. A saturday night. I had the day off (the whole weekend, actually!) And it's 9pm and I'm at home on the computer.

I avoided the trick-or-treaters by taking my grandmother out to dinner and a movie. I'd simply go out, but I'm broke. So . . . Another boring saturday night at home, alone with my daschaund.

The picture in the profile, is by the way, my daschaund when he was about 8 to 10 weeks old. He looks so innocent, doesn't he?

At dinner, my grandmother ordered a bowl of chili, and I thought, that sounds really good. And I thought about making it tomorrow, but it's like 70 degrees right now! Way too hot for chili! But it got me thinking about the things I usually cook only in the winter - chili is one of them. Soups. Et cetera.

And it made me think about mashed potatoes (I don't usually make that in the summer) and twice baked potatoes (all year) and then pierogies! One of these days, I'll get the guts to try and make my own pierogies, instead of store bought. Handmade gnocchi is extremely simple, though the only time I tried spaetzle, it was a complete flop.

In any case . . . there will be more recipes to come. Thanksgiving is coming up, and that means (at the very least) stuffing from scratch. Super simple. I promise.

Slainte . . .

Mulu :>}