{"id":60501,"date":"2022-02-18T09:38:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T16:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=60501"},"modified":"2022-02-20T08:43:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T15:43:44","slug":"hello-robin-whats-for-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=60501","title":{"rendered":"Hello Robin; What’s For Dinner?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fun Fact: Deipnophobia is the fear of dinner party conversations.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

We may be Sea Otters, or at least partially.\u00a0 Sea otters hold hands when they sleep, so they don’t drift apart.\u00a0 Mary and I hold hands!<\/p>\n

We were lazy bones most of the day with plans to do some serious cooking as Robin came over for the evening.\u00a0 I went to the market to shop for French onion soup supplies; Robin is doing the honors.<\/p>\n

The day was delightful, and we are getting anxious to have the twelve-foot-long screen installed in the next couple of weeks!<\/p>\n

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It was a glorious day!<\/p><\/div>\n

They sent me to the store for beef stock, and I came back with three kinds.\u00a0 The boxes helped hide their faces from the camera.<\/p>\n

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The girls were hiding.<\/p><\/div>\n

The work begins, and Robin and I take two large yellow onions.<\/p>\n

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Did You Know?\u00a0 <\/strong>World onion production is estimated at approximately 105 billion pounds each year.\u00a0 The average annual onion consumption calculates to around 13.67 pounds of onions per person worldwide.\u00a0 Libya has the highest consumption of onions, with an astounding average per capita consumption of 66.8 pounds.\u00a0 (National Onion Association)<\/p>\n

Yellow onions make up more than 75% of the world’s production of onions.<\/p>\n

Onions represent the third largest fresh vegetable industry in the United States, and the U.S. produces well over 2 million metric tons of onions annually.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Chopping onions, not for the faint of heart!<\/p><\/div>\n

Now that the onions have been reduced to a thousand pieces, it is time for drowning them in butter and garlic.\u00a0 Chef Robin steps up to the stove, says a few chants, and begins the process.\u00a0 I did see her reach in her pocket and add her “special ingredients.”\u00a0 It looked a lot like bat wings.<\/p>\n

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Brown those onions!<\/p><\/div>\n

We heard slight snoring, and it was Scout, The Wonder Dog, cutting logs and providing minimal supervision.<\/p>\n

We took turns siring the onions.<\/p>\n

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I took my turn stirring the onions.<\/p><\/div>\n

We determined that we packed them too tight.\u00a0 If you pack too many onions into your pan, they’ll steam and produce water.\u00a0 Eventually, they will caramelize\u2014but it will take much<\/em> longer to get them there.\u00a0 In a 12″ pan, you’ll ideally be able to cook two large onions (we like yellow or Spanish onions) without encountering any steaming problems.<\/p>\n

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Are we having fun or what?\u00a0 We changed pans, and that helped!<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s time for someone to “cut the cheese.”\u00a0 Why did the ladies look at me?<\/p>\n

This idiom references the foul smell emitted by some cheeses, many of which have a rind that keeps the odor in.\u00a0 Once the rind is pierced, as in the case of slicing it, the smell is released.<\/div>\n
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I cut the cheese (Please! No giggles!)<\/p><\/div>\n

Mary is just finishing up the angel hair pasta, technically known own as Capellini.\u00a0 Capellini is a skinny variety of Italian pasta, between 0.85 and 0.92 millimeters.\u00a0 Like spaghetti, it is rod-shaped, in the form of long strands.\u00a0 Capelli d’angelo is a thinner variant with a diameter between 0.78 and 0.88 millimeters.\u00a0 It is often sold in a nest-like shape.<\/p>\n

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The chefs’ hat has many purposes.<\/p><\/div>\n

I set the table and was getting ready to sit down, wine glass in hand.\u00a0 \u00a0I decided to go less than formal this evening.<\/p>\n

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Too much to remember!<\/p><\/div>\n

Mary gets the last piece of dinner and heads for the table.<\/p>\n

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Dinner is served!<\/p><\/div>\n

Ring!\u00a0 Ring!\u00a0 The bat-phone went off, and it was Colleen and MArk.\u00a0 We talked for a few minutes and then proceeded to have dinner.<\/p>\n

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We had a short conversation with Colleen and Mark!<\/p><\/div>\n

We did the pasta first, waited a while, and then had French onion soup for dessert.<\/p>\n

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Down the hatch!<\/p><\/div>\n

We watched three episodes of Space Force before retiring at 9;00 PM.\u00a0 We were all beat!<\/p>\n

I do remember well two years ago when the family joined together in the waiting room in the Intensive Care Unit where Sue was located.\u00a0 We were all surte things would be better in the<\/p>\n

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When family and friends come togetrher.<\/p><\/div>\n

morning.<\/p>\n

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