Mimi wrote:
> <snip> Got up to 53F this morning, may be time for either chili or
> soup, I'm voting for chili. <snip>
>
> Chicken soup or Chicken Gumbo weather for me...
>
> : - )
>
Red beans for supper last night, made with diced andouille sausage,
fried to render the grease, then added to simmering beans. Also put in
half a dozen chopped green onions, and a couple of small sweet chiles,
diced. Looked in the freezer and there was a small package of ham bits,
chopped them a bit more and added to the pot. Had a pot of brown rice
cooking.

DW came home from work and walked in the house and started slobbering
all over the place, between she and the dog I thought I might have to
mop the floors. It was right tasty, will freeze the leftovers for
another time.

I have four lbs of ground chuck thawing to make a pot of chili and now
it's starting to warm up again. Oh well, another cold front is on the
way so it will be just about cool enough when I make the chili.

Also thawing a lb of thick cut bacon, will fry it up, drain well, put
the slices between sheets of wax paper and then freeze it again for DW
to have for her breakfast as wanted. Also made a dozen whole berry
cranberry sauce muffins with walnuts for her morning delight.

She stopped by the thrift store yesterday and found three of those
little round half pint canning jars for 25 cents a piece, they're in the
dishwasher now.