Boom Boom, Pass the Mushroom – Patent Pending (a band)

Towards the end of yesterday’s post, I said I’d write more tomorrow. I’m kinda tired and not entirely in the mood to write about my pasta pie, so we’ll see what comes of this post. I can’t believe reality arrives at my doorstep once again tomorrow. I’ve been enjoying having no responsibilities besides cooking what I’m in the mood to cook. I want to make bread. I may make pizza dough instead; we’ll see. I think the only bad thing about cooking is dirty dishes, but it’s not the worst thing.

I’m in the running for first again in my football pool this week. The person currently in first for the season only has 2 wins so far this week. If only I had one or two fewer weeks where I totally sucked. Rats! Tbh, I haven’t even been trying to pick strategically the past few weeks (where I’ve been doing well). I’ve just kinda gone with my heart and had the discipline to not make any changes lol. It’s definitely possible I don’t win this week, but it’s nice to be in the running. Makes you realize why gambling is such a good way to make money. As the house. Not as the gambler LOL. I’m trying to gauge whether or not I actually do have the strength to write about my pasta pie. Idk why I just don’t. I really didn’t do that much today. Boiled some pasta, reheated the sauce, made some béchamel, and then put that ziti pie together. I topped it with mozzarella and cooked it. It came out okay. It tasted very good, but I still haven’t perfected removing it in a solid slice. I did a borderline adequate job with 1 out of 3. Okay, one last thing. I think I vaguely mentioned the spices used. For fresh herbs, I used a tiny bit of parsley, sage, thyme, rosemary, and marjoram. I used some dried oregano and added two bay leaves. I used a cinnamon stick and Ceylon cinnamon, nutmeg, and all spice (sound familiar? Ode to our apple butter). I also had a parmigiana cheese rind in there. There’s also salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, garlic powder, and onion powder. There’s also the béchamel. For that, I used butter, flour, milk, nutmeg, fresh ground white pepper, and some parm. I ended up speaking on the cooking enough, I’d say!
Here’s my bundle of fun.