Lazy Saturday

[daemonluna]

Mmm, lazy Saturday. This is the first Saturday out of four where I haven't had to be at the library. Chronologically: Kids Book Club (my pet program), an afternoon-long orientation workshop for the library board in which I was there just to smile pretty and answer any questions, and a big to-do for Family Literacy Day in which we had to send maintenance out to get emergency back-up cake. (We had a sheet cake for fifty, and a hundred and seventy five people came. The trick... we had a school choir sing, which means that most parents HAD to come and lots stayed and some brought siblings and grandparents.)

So this weekend, there shall be much sprawling on the couch with a book. (I am way behind on my RMBA reading, and the next committee meeting is Tuesday. But still, time to read!) There will be running of errands (um. We are almost out of toilet paper. And bottles need to be recycled.) and I have good intentions of making a big batch of spaghetti sauce (commonly known as chilsketti, for being as thick as chili) and maybe cabbage rolls, all to restock the freezer. We'll see.

Also, queenzulu is an auntie! Yay!

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[ex-colorwhe.livejournal.com]

big batches of things to stock the freezer FTW! my freezer currently has stew and goulash.

[daemonluna.livejournal.com]

I now have large quantities of chilsketti, mapo tofu, and a reasonable amount of homemade applesauce. Mmm. I hope I have room for it in the freezer...

[joan-not-jaon.livejournal.com]

Is there a recipe for chilsketti? It sounds like something I might want to try.

Also, [info]queenzulu is an auntie! Yay!

Hey, that's great. I didn't even know she had a sibling or sibling-in-law expecting. Please pass along my congratulations.

[daemonluna.livejournal.com]

To make chilsketti: Make spaghetti sauce with meat. Simmer lots, so the ground beef is what some people would consider overcooked but at a texture where I actually like it, and it goes all thick and yummy.

More specifically: Brown a package of hamburger. Drain, and in the same pan, brown an onion and your choice of additional veggies. (I like lots of mushrooms, zucchini, and sometimes eggplant.) Smash a couple of cloves of garlic, and add. But hamburger back in apn. Then add a can or two of diced tomatoes, and spices of your choice. (I usually add oregano, salt and pepper, a bay leaf, and cayenne, and a tablespoon of plain, unsweetened cocoa. Strange but true.) Simmer for forty-five minutes or so. Then it will be thick and yummy. Fish out the bay leaf and the whole garlic clove. Add olives if you so desire.

Then, put on spaghetti! Yum!