Late Night Reading

Although its still fall by the calendar, it was another winter day here in Redford. It was snowing at lunch time, not hard and not sticking, but definitely snow.

I didn't change clothes upon arriving home. First, there are things to do outside. When I go shopping, whatever's left of the old loaf of bread gets dried out and fed to the birds and squirrels. So, I gathered up the bread I've had spread out on top of the dryer to dry (ironic isn't it?), got a suet cake and went out to refill bird and squirrel feeders, the suet cage and break up and scatter the old bread.

Then, I dragged out the grille. I bought 2 pounds of ground chuck last Saturday and I either have to use it or freeze it. So, while the coals were burning down, I made the ground beef into 6 patties. Why not use the peanut butter jar lid and make 8 perfect quarter-pounders? That worked great during the kitchen remodel when I was just eating on the go, but you and I both know I don't really like to eat leftovers two days in a row. So, these days, I always seem to throw out the last two burgers, fearing they've gone bad before me getting to them. So, making 6 instead or 8 seemed a reasonable alternative.

As usual, I hit them on both sides with the house seasoning and then let them come up to room temperature. Then I grilled them for four minutes a side, pulled them off to rest and ended up with perfect, medium-rare burgers. Two buns, some mayo and yellow mustard, two kosher dill spears and dinner was done.

I didn't sleep well the night before, so I decided to take a nap. I set the alarm for 7:30 PM and went to sleep. Waking up, I decided that was enough lying down for a while. So, I got my book and went into the living room, turned on the radio and the floor lamp and read in my recliner. I finally quit at 11:30 PM and went to bed.