15 Minutes of Writing
Jul. 2nd, 2008 04:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dampscribblerBecause I said I would. I made a commitment. Because even though I don't really know what to say right now, I'm about out of chances for the day, and I'm going to feel better about myself if I meet my commitment, even halfway, than if I don't.
I'm starting the dinner routine right now, putting the chicken in the oven, thinking about sides, and I was thinking about dinner and supper. I don't really know the particulars, but I'm under the impression that in some parts of the country, at some time in history, dinner was the midday meal, the big meal, the hot meal, and supper came in the evening and consisted mainly of leftovers. This makes a lot of sense for several reasons. A bigger meal midday will get you through the afternoon, the part of the day that requires calories. A smaller meal in the evening means not going to bed with an over-full stomach, it means not so many calories to turn into fat overnight (not that the farmers were too worried about that, I suppose), and of course, eating the leftovers the same day meant that they didn't need to be stored someplace for hours or more. I love the idea of the big meal at midday for several other reasons -- I'm not a big fan of the cold meal, which lunch usually is. I also have more energy for preparing a meal earlier in the day. By dinner time the thought of preparing a salad (washing lettuce AND chopping vegetables? too much!!) just a little more than I care to do, especially if the rest of the dinner is covered (frozen green beans? check. sliced bread? check). So, the greens often suffer. If I can start thinking about it early enough in the day, I'll start preparing the salad earlier, so all I have to do at dinner time is scoop it.
Wonder why I never thought of that before?
On another note, I was at Costco today buying supplies for our neighborhood picnic on the Fourth (it is appropriate to capitalize that, as far as I can tell), and I noticed something that will excite the cane-sugar lovers out there: Costco has glass-bottled, "hecho en Mexico" Coca-Cola! The shelf tag even reads "Cane Sugar Coca-Cola," and then the price. Which seemed like a lot, but since I have never really cared for Coke, I didn't pay that much attention, just made a mental note that it's cool to have Mexican Coke in Costco, if you like that kind of thing.
Okay, I've got about two minutes left to go. I'm obviously not working on my novel today, but it was fun to spend the day thinking about food. I failed to get proper desserts for the picnic, so far, so I'll be making brownies from a mix, and also I'd like to make some rhubarb muffins to share, as we have about 6 pounds of rhubarb from our CSA right now and I can't imagine how on Earth the three of us will use that much rhubarb. So -- share!!
What are your plans for the Fourth?
Time's up. 528 words! W00t!
I'm starting the dinner routine right now, putting the chicken in the oven, thinking about sides, and I was thinking about dinner and supper. I don't really know the particulars, but I'm under the impression that in some parts of the country, at some time in history, dinner was the midday meal, the big meal, the hot meal, and supper came in the evening and consisted mainly of leftovers. This makes a lot of sense for several reasons. A bigger meal midday will get you through the afternoon, the part of the day that requires calories. A smaller meal in the evening means not going to bed with an over-full stomach, it means not so many calories to turn into fat overnight (not that the farmers were too worried about that, I suppose), and of course, eating the leftovers the same day meant that they didn't need to be stored someplace for hours or more. I love the idea of the big meal at midday for several other reasons -- I'm not a big fan of the cold meal, which lunch usually is. I also have more energy for preparing a meal earlier in the day. By dinner time the thought of preparing a salad (washing lettuce AND chopping vegetables? too much!!) just a little more than I care to do, especially if the rest of the dinner is covered (frozen green beans? check. sliced bread? check). So, the greens often suffer. If I can start thinking about it early enough in the day, I'll start preparing the salad earlier, so all I have to do at dinner time is scoop it.
Wonder why I never thought of that before?
On another note, I was at Costco today buying supplies for our neighborhood picnic on the Fourth (it is appropriate to capitalize that, as far as I can tell), and I noticed something that will excite the cane-sugar lovers out there: Costco has glass-bottled, "hecho en Mexico" Coca-Cola! The shelf tag even reads "Cane Sugar Coca-Cola," and then the price. Which seemed like a lot, but since I have never really cared for Coke, I didn't pay that much attention, just made a mental note that it's cool to have Mexican Coke in Costco, if you like that kind of thing.
Okay, I've got about two minutes left to go. I'm obviously not working on my novel today, but it was fun to spend the day thinking about food. I failed to get proper desserts for the picnic, so far, so I'll be making brownies from a mix, and also I'd like to make some rhubarb muffins to share, as we have about 6 pounds of rhubarb from our CSA right now and I can't imagine how on Earth the three of us will use that much rhubarb. So -- share!!
What are your plans for the Fourth?
Time's up. 528 words! W00t!
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Date: 2008-07-03 03:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-03 04:04 am (UTC)Although, come to think of it, when Maggie was just about the twins' age, we didn't have any plans either. And we're still waiting for her to be old enough to appreciate fireworks. Probably a couple more years, in her case. But we have several daytime parties to attend. One is, in fact, a first birthday party!
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Date: 2008-07-03 05:25 am (UTC)The fireworks themselves aren't something we can do with the beebs this year, of course, and they are a bit of a concern with me as our neighbors always do a big show for the neighborhood right in front of our house (and right outside the beebs bedroom). This year the beebs go to bed at 7:30 and I just got an email that they are doing fireworks starting at 8 pm. I replied asking them to consider moving the fireworks towards the end of the cul de sac so we don't have crying beebs. I probably sound like a jerky neighbor. *hmpf*
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Date: 2008-07-03 02:40 pm (UTC)I'm sorry your neighbors are starting their fireworks so early, in my experience once the babies get to sleep, they'll sleep through all kinds of noise (Maggie slept through the thunderstorm last night, hope the beebs did too), it's getting them to sleep while it's noisy that's excruciating.
I wish I could invite you to some of our parties, but they're all dedicated groups, you know?
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Date: 2008-07-03 04:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-03 05:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-03 07:46 pm (UTC)