I had fallen asleep with my glasses on so, sure enough, when I woke up I had snapped the bow off. If you remember, these were my next oldest spare pair since my real glasses are lost.
So, I got out my third spare pair (about five or six years old) and could see well enough to get ready and drive to work (albeit a bit late). However, the prescription has changed just enough to give me a dull headache all day.
At lunchtime, I dropped my broken glasses off at my eye doctor’s. They said they might not be available (glass frames come and go) but if not, they’d get me something close. Then I swung by CVS and picked up this month’s prescription refills.
I had to go to Building 73 (one of my projects) so I dropped off that zucchini loaf to Jake. In fact, we exchanged food. He gave me a container of the black bean soup they’d made over the weekend.
I had to run another errand after work so I didn’t get home until almost 6:00 PM. I had two messages: one from my daughter Melissa and the other from the eye doctor (they still make that style of frames and they should be ready in about a week).
Melissa called back and we talked for a while. When we finally hung up, I warmed up that soup. It was thick and delicious.
I watched some TV but went to bed early (after carefully putting my glasses on the nightstand).
@Jake
ReplyDeleteso...what's in the soup?
Seasoned a rump roast with adobo and then marinated it overnight with olive oil, sofrito and white vinegar. I seared it off the next morning and then braised it for ten hours with garlic, onions, serrano peppers, sofrito and beef stock. Separately, I simmered a pot of chicken stock with a ham hock, alcaparrado, sofrito, tomato sauce and black beans. When the roast was done, I shredded it, added it to stock pot with a bit of the braising liquid, removed the ham hock and let it reduce.
ReplyDeleteLOL! Oh, one of those simple, hearty soups...
ReplyDelete(All kidding aside, it was great!)
What can I say? I'm fueled by the arduous.
ReplyDeleteWhat the hell is sofrito?
ReplyDeleteOr alcaparrado?
ReplyDeleteSofrito is a processed (as in food processor) mixture of cilantro, garlic, onions, peppers and tomatoes. Alcaparrado comes in a jar and contains capers, olives and pimentos in a brine.
ReplyDeleteAh, I see. Well, thank God the cilantro is incorporated into the sofrito. I hate that crap!
ReplyDeleteThe zucchini bread was very good! It was a bit sweeter than say Mom used to make but works great with coffee in the morning. Similar to how you'd have a bit of course sugar on scones. Almost gone. In fact, it will be tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteAs I said, it was too sweet for me, but glad you liked it.
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