Chey’s Lounge

Okay, I really have no excuse for the short post, but actually, I kinda do. I cooked a lot today. I fulfilled my snow day fantasies. I made hot chocolate and also had orange juice and chocolate milk. I made some scrambled eggs with a little American cheese, pancakes, French toast, sausage, and bacon for breakfast. I used the carcass of the chicken I posted last night and some chicken feet to make some chicken stock. Last night, I cut up veggies for soup. I made latkes. I didn’t use the same recipe that I did last time. I actually didn’t use any recipe… that’s nice, I can make latkes now. Okay, so I guess you’re all wondering what I did. I peeled and grated russet potatoes. Well, I actually grated 1 1/4 onions first and let it sit in a mesh sieve for a while to see what kind of juice I could get out before the cheesecloth. Speaking of, someone remind me to buy more cheesecloth. It worked like okay. Grated onion is a very bizarre thing. So slimy and wet. Not in the good way, really! Okay, so I mixed the grated and squeezed potato and onion. I added some salt, pepper, onion powder, some fresh dill, and a little garlic powder. Also, matzo meal. And I mixed that up. In a separate bowl, I whisked 4 eggs and a little bit of my precious Duvel beer together and then poured it in with the rest of the stuff. I used 4 potatoes, by the way. I think I do agree with the 1 egg per potato general rule. I wonder if I forgot anything important!! I cooked the latkes in schmaltz, as usual. 

The apple butter freezes well! It thawed nicely! I made chicken soup. I’m gonna have more tomorrow and add some egg noodles to it. I think I’m gonna make cheeseburgers for lunch or dinner tomorrow. I don’t usually have 3 meals a day, but I’ll often have 2. Definitely at least 1 a majority of the time. I’m planning on making… pretzel buns… I don’t have lettuce or tomato, but I have pickles and onion. And bacon. I’m wondering what sauce to make exactly. Someone suggested bourbon burger sauce to me on Friday, so I’ve been thinking about that ever since…. I wonder how the roads will be tomorrow. I’m the luckiest gal on the block early this week. Snow! Okay that’s not even like that short considering… I find myself most excited to write about cooking. I wonder if I should take anything from that. I need to be the cook and leader of a group…