He was surprised that I thought the exclusion was odd. Every family is different. He wasn’t thrilled about the whole 2 weeks thing, but felt he needed to do it for his mother. I totally understand that.
On the food front, I’m cheating a little tonight. I bought a jar of vindaloo simmer sauce, and I’m going to put beans in it. I’ll make rice and a salad to go with it.
I think it would have been better if I used my blender instead of the immersion blender but I was so thrilled I didn’t burn anything on the stovetop I didn’t care (Viramix is in storage so improvising these days)