Sunny Thursday

It was just a little warmer on Thursday, with lots of sun that made my morning walk much more bearable.

I stopped at Home Depot and bought the last item (I hope) that I need for the weekend projects. It’s supposed to rain “sometime” on Saturday and maybe Sunday, so I am not sure how much outside work I will be able to get done.

For lunch, I warmed up Vicky’s rice and beans. Here I must make a correction. I’ve been calling it “rice and beans” as you know, but while I was eating it I noticed they didn’t look like any “beans” I know. So, when I got back to work I asked her what kind of beans they were. She said they weren’t beans at all, but what they call “pigeon peas” in Puerto Rico.

I never heard of that, so I looked it up in Wikipedia. It seems they are cultivated throughout the Middle East and Africa. Since it was first encountered by Europeans in Africa, it obtained the name Congo Pea. By means of the slave trade it came to the American continent, probably in the 17th century. Today, pigeon peas are widely cultivated in all tropical and semitropical regions of both the Old and the New Worlds. So, I have been enjoying rice and pigeon peas. 

Back home after work, I emptied the dishwasher (I had run all the small stuff I used in making my mac & cheese through it the other night) and then folded the rest of the laundry (I just hung up the stuff that needed it last night).

I noticed I had a voicemail. It was from my Brother Carl, who had called last night when I was talking with Melissa. So, I called him back and we chatted for a while.

After the NBC Nightly News, I made a "leftovers" supper. I heated up three slices of that leftover beef roast and some of the leftover mac & cheese. I ate the roast beef with some horseradish on the side and it was excellent!

I watched a little TV, but went to sleep by 10:00 PM.