Last night Gary made a chicken pot pie. He started with a recipe but then tossed in some water chestnuts for texture, and of course it was inspired. He added sun dried tomatoes to the pot roast and those are the best bits, of course. I have no idea how he knows what to add.
Of course, that meant I had to make meringue cookies today. Delectable, especially since I bothered to check the humidity before I started.
Gary had sent a photo of the pot pie to his mom last night. Today he sent a photo of the cookies with the subject, “Ellen returns fire.”
He’s been thumbing through recipes this afternoon to find something that will up his game. Casseroles are too pedestrian for him now. He did find a recipe for turkey roasted in champagne.
I suggested bread, but he dismissed it. (PERHAPS HE WILL LET ME KEEP BREAD.)
4 responses to “It Has Escalated”
I was very pleased when I met Santa and learned he could cook. I can cook too although he is a fancier cook than I am. We are each pleased with the other’s efforts and offer criticisms that are well accepted.
We save our competativeness for cards and board games which gets fierce and ugly. M
Gary: Slow cooked turkey (325) with one cup butter and one cup rum. put in pan & seal with foil. Cook for hours and hours. Best turkey ever.
Cool. My husband doesn’t cook a lot, but every once in a while he produces something striking. I can see this kind of thing happening when he retires.
Zayrina – he’s begun swapping recipes with his Mom, so they can laugh about what bad cook I am. It’s a competition if I like it or not.
Hattie – I was telling him about this at dinner, but I couldn’t remember the butter. He still is enamored of the champagne.
Allison -I’m so happy he’s taken to it. If he could take up cleaning as a hobby, I’d be over the moon.