I enjoyed it, and yeah it does make the spaghetti sweet, along with some sugar. It probably won’t be replacing Bolognese in the pasta sauce rotation though 
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Wow! Saw the Who a few times……one time in Boston at The Tea Party, a probably long gone venue near Kenmore Square. Hope you had a great time - and thanks for the very welcome memories!
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I do not think I have met anyone not from the US that likes Root beer 
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My PIC is mystified that I enjoy Dr. Pepper (on the extremely rare occasion), but despise RB.
I don’t think they’re similar to one another at all. One is delicious, the other one vile 
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I can’t say that I’ve ever had a DP, but I know for a fact that RB is disgusting 
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How un-American of you! 
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Thanks!! 
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Popeyes fried chicken craving quelled…
I ordered a 3 piece with a breast upgrade($1,75) online, when I got there they told me the were out of breasts, how does a chicken joint run outta breasts?!?!? Any who, she threw in an extra thigh as compensation. Ate 2 1/2 pieces, saving the rest for tomorrow. mashed with spicy gravy and a orange soda pop to cut the grease
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Apparently, our local KFC runs out of chicken all TF time. I wouldn’t know bc the last time I had it, it made me want to die.
They had plenty of chicken, just not breast meat.
I haven’t eaten KFC in years, Popeyes is my go to now.
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I had a lovely first day of my 6-day weekend. My all-day musing thought as I explored areas of my state I’d not been in before was that I really do live in a beautiful state. Highways to get you to the byways and backroads; quaint New England towns; nice people everywhere.
Didn’t find anything in my antiquing exploration, but I had a relaxing day seeing parts of central MA I’d not seen before. Although I will admit that not being able to connect to the Internet in Uxbridge was a bit disconcerting. But two ladies in an antique store got me as far as I needed to get back to the highway the old-fashioned way: verbally. 
“Go out of our parking lot, make a right; follow Rte 16W through two mini rotaries … make sure you keep going straight on 16 through the rotaries! … until you reach 146N. Then that’ll bring you up to Worcester.”
So my suggestion to you is:
Get out and explore your own state.
Be a tourist in your own cities.
Go to places you have no reason to go to.
Meet people you wouldn’t normally meet.
You just might enjoy it.
Dinner was simple: a BISO chicken thigh seasoned with a smidge of olive oil and s/p, and pan-seared until the skin was crispy. Into the convection oven at 350° until done, brushed in the last 10 minutes with a mango jam (probably got at Home Goods) blended with white wine to thin and drops of sriracha to cut the sweetness.
Sautéed sugar snap peas, red bell pepper and onions in olive oil and butter with Hubba Hubba Foods’ Dip Me Daddio sprinkled over everything at the end.
There was a glass of wine.
And Elvis has definitely NOT left the building! 
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I was excited like a kid on xmas day about my first ever shrimp & corn chowdah with hatch green chilies, and started the cooking process after lunch. I steeped the entire bag of shrimp shells I’d been collecting in my freezer in the corn stock I’d made and froze a few weeks ago, which made for a richly flavored soup base (after straining the liquid, of course).
I rendered a few strips of bacon, then removed the crispy bits for a kronchy topping. Added a nub of butter to the pot and sautéed chopped leeks that had been ignored in the crisper forever plus a finely diced onion, then deglazed the pot with a random Portuguese white we had in the fridge.
Added the diced potatoes & the corn/shrimp stock and simmered until the potatoes were tender, blitzed a bunch of them with my immersion blender, added 2 cups of local corn, finely chopped hatch green chilies, a splash of heavy cream, and finally the shrimp. Topped with a smoked pepper mix a friend gifted me, and scattered a few chopped scallions & the crunchy bacon on top.
Came out really well for a first. So happy it all worked out and tasted great
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Turkish meat and rice stuffed tomatoes with cinnamon and allspice
cacik with mint and dill
and a Turkish cabbage salad.
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I made Thai shrimp with black pepper and garlic, seared mushrooms and Napa cabbage, brown jasmine rice, and a WaPo salad from Ellie Kiefer with baked tofu, edamame, lots of veg in a a gingery apricot dressing.
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Among the trinkets I brought back from our most recent trip was a little jar of lobster souffle from The Oyster Shed on the Isle of Skye. To prepare it, you take the lid off and heat it at 425 for 20:00, and then eat it out of the jar. I’ve never seen such a thing. Seems like witchcraft. Anyway, it was pretty good. With sauteed okra and a salad with blue cheese dressing that I made with dehydrated heavy cream. At some point, I think the cream must’ve been alright? It’s gross now. I’m gonna pitch it.
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Leftover pot roast on a toasted brioche bun with mustard, thinly sliced red onion, and iceberg. Side of potato salad made with leftover steamed gold spuds.
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Woks of Life string bean and chicken breast stir-fry. A good way to use up a lot of summer green beans, and the breasts stay moist and tender. Jasmine rice on the side. Homemade chile crisp for fun.
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Today is a soup day, never got above 60, overcast and windy. I turned a carton of leftover roasted chicken thighs and veg from the freezer into a creamy soup. Chopped the chicken and sauteed in butter, added flour and chicken stock, when hot added the veg and some cooked haricots verts and a splash of cream. Of course there was a salad, little gem, red onion, celery, grape and Gold Nugget tomatoes, green goddess dressing.
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Yum!
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