Cold, still, but less so. Should clear up for the next few days. Never cleared completely yesterday. Never warmed up much either.
Spent the morning taking D2 to the Orthodontist. And today I have to take D1. They are at different points in their treatment, and the office does one type of visit per day, so there wasn’t a way to get them both in on the same day. I guess it’s what being the stay at home dad means, taking kids to appointments.
Spent the afternoon on auction stuff. Got a few sprinkles of rain. Nothing that stuck though.
Made a box meal for dinner and used the canned costco chicken. I do that all the time. You get shredded chicken instead of chunks, which alters the meal somewhat, but it still tastes great. This time I used a “Tasty” Chicken Tikka Masala kit. Subbed minute rice for the included rice as I didn’t want to wait. It was really tasty! Wife said she’d eat that again, so I went looking. It’s not at HEB anymore. Neither does the corporate website list it (or any food for that matter, only recipe books). Searching amazon or the web for “tasty chicken tikka masala kit” is painful. Folks, if you are going to start a company making food, don’t pick a name that is a common adjective for food. You get the search results you’d expect for a generic keyword search.
In any case, no more of the product is available, that I can find. One of the disadvantages of stacking and then not eating for a while is that the product might not be available to restock.
I have a lot of ‘box meals’ that use hamburger, and a lot that I can sub in canned chicken. Very convenient, and store well past their best by date. There are also a lot of quick side dishes that could be fortified with canned meat or sausage to make a main meal. Anything to save time, or effort, is a good thing in a disaster, and also in a normal busy life.
Commander Zero noted that his local store has Auguson Farms FD and dehydrated food on sale. That led me to look at some on the ‘zon and since it was on sale, I bought some more. FDs aren’t my primary stored food, but they do make a good long term storage solution. Just don’t expect to get the number of servings on the can. I treat the Auguson Farms FDs as a supplement to other food, not as complete meals.
Today I’ve got more auction stuff to sort and bin, and maybe deliver, after I get D1 back to school. I might do some pickups today too. I’m supposed to be meeting a friend, and I don’t know how long we’ll spend doing what he needs to do, so I might not get much done besides that. But you know, meatspace baby!
Get out in the world this week. Call up an old friend. Stack up some good times as well as good stuff.
nick