My affect is unchanged; the only thing your typo (or autocorrect sabotage) has effected in me is to recall that both of these words have more than one meaning which don’t necessarily line up.
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Well, so much for trying some small plates I hadn’t had before, or even sharing a main with my PIC post-show. My “dinner” consisted of 4 glasses of their lovely, tart & refreshing Queen Li with black currant. https://titanhollow.com/mad-mcintosh-cidery/
A member of one of my local food groups had shown up by herself & was promptly invited to the big table where our friends were seated, and she was so sweet for putting together a tiny plate with a taste of her chimichurri steak, fried B shproutz & mashed for me, but it was literally 3 or 4 bites I munched on during our set break. Why my PIC never ordered any food - even for himself - remains a mystery 
And so, our aMAZing dinner last night consisted of the last of the white bean & nduja soup, plus a bit of the leftover roast chicken with Herdez avo salsa (my PIC’s choice… don’t ask 
) & pilaf at 10pm.
We’re having our pesca buddy over for takeout sushi dinner tonight.
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I’m blaming Google voice to text. Get with context, AI! 
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Air-fryer pork shoulder “country rib” over ramen noodles left over from lunch. For some reason, the pork took a long time just to get to the medium-rare you see, and didn’t crisp up.
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Snacky dinner tonight of mostly chaat.
I had made the pani (water) for pani puri a few days ago because mom loves it but is not eating from even trusted outside sources at the moment (the water can be boiled at home to eliminate any risk, but rock salt which is a key flavoring agent can cause digestive distress if used in excess, which it often is outside — at home we use more herbs for flavor, and just a touch of the salt).
Anyway, we totally forgot about it in yesterday’s anxiety and excitement — until I was running errands today and saw a pani puri guy on the street 
So, pani puri and dahi batata puri for dinner tonight — same shells, different fillings: sprouted moong beans, potatoes, and herb/spice water for the former, seasoned mashed potato topped with sweet chutney, spiced yogurt, and spices for the latter.
The original plan had included a second course for everyone — garlic bread that I picked up on our excursion yesterday (another mom fave) and tomato salad for mom, and potato chops (ie mashed potato-coated baby lamb chops) for us. But mom just filled up on chaat because she was enjoying it after so long.
We remembered dad again (always): chief pani puri lover of the family and dahi batata puri chef extraordinaire. (Also the inventor of my much beloved potato chops!)
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Homemade bolognese. It is a recipe that my recently deceased dad always used to make on snow days. It is snowing so I’m wearing one of his shirts and making the bolognese. I will have it over pappardelle.
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What a nice way to honor the memory of your dad, and what a comforting meal for a snow day.
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Hope the shirt, the meal, and the remembrance of him doing something he enjoyed bring you comfort.
So much of our familial love is often tied up in food and taste memory, but it can be bittersweet in loss even when it’s a reminder of happy times.
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I turned two different leftovers into a beef and mushroom stew with (newly added) barley. I think this is one of those instances where it was less than the sum of its parts - fine but meh. In my attempt to be thrifty I probably just made more waste.
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Happens.
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This is and will be a lovely memory for you. I still talk to my late Mom when I make a favorite dinner of hers, telling her I wish she could join me. 
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For me, a little chili crisp swirled in can lift up any meh meal. A sprinkle of MSG or dashida (powdered soup base) couldn’t hurt, either.
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It’s been a month and a half since my last Friday night steak tip dinner, so I was overdue!
A Market Basket steak tip with Ballymaloe steak sauce, half a baked tater with TPSTOB&SC, and roasted garlic Brussels sprouts. Went heavier on the veg tonight.
Wine. Happy Friday, all.
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Yay!
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That chowder looks yum. 
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Thank you! I used jarred Alessia brand clams for the first time. I like them better to than the ones in metal cans!
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Tonight’s dinner was Mayo Cheddar Cheese chicken thighs. Chicken flavored rice and carrots were the sides. Nothing spectacular… just a hot meal on a Friday night.
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That’s pretty much my goal every night.
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