On the First Day

[stoutfellow]

Five hours proved to be a reasonable cook time. I won't say that the stew was delicious, but it was quite good, and I expect it to be better in the days to come.

Unfortunately, I didn't make pie. I forgot that I would need shortening and didn't buy any; the shortening I had in the fridge was two years past its best-if-used-by date. I'll pick some up tomorrow.

So, no pie a la mode; but the a la mode part was still possible. There's a small bowl of vanilla ice cream at my elbow as I type these words.

:rubs belly:

Comments

[mmegaera]

It does get better as it ages. It also freezes well without the rice. How did the okra come out?

[stoutfellow]

Well, seeing as this is the first time (to my knowledge) that I've eaten anything containing okra, I'm not sure how meaningful my answer is, but it hadn't gone gloppy or anything. Seems all right.

[mmegaera]

Good.