Rationing pays off
I had a nice big late lunch/early dinner today, just as I was hoping to, and it was all made possible by eating less of what I had than I could have during the rest of the week. That seems like an accomplishment.
Today was not only Sunday but Palm Sunday, and Mass was later than usual, so I had some time to eat a bit at 6 in the morning. I had some fancy tomato-laced bread, a few slices of which I had yesterday, but which had a much better showing this morning since I wasn't overwhelmed with buckwheat problems. It got a proper buttery toasting this morning, and a delicious drizzle of honey.
I still had time, and I was imagining the ceremonies today would be super long (they were! Almost three hours!), so I kept cooking, and made some more potatoes. These were butter-free, as I was saving all my butter for later. Instead of frying in butter first, I put them straight in a little water, and seasoned them in the water (turmeric and cinnamon, again), and eventually milk, all of which cooked down and made a nice thick flavory coating, but not before I covered it all for some time and let it steam until soft.
I forgot to vinegarize them this time, which I think they suffered from, and I learned that a lot of the pleasure of previous dishes came from the sour cream they all got tossed it. I still had a dollop of sour cream, but less than last time relative to the quantity of potatoes. That really makes everything about ten times as good. Without, it's a little dry and repetitive.
Back home from Palm Sunday festivities (at almost 2pm), I toasted up my "Portuguese" roll I had been saving for days. It was delicious.
I ate it, and it was late enough already, so I kept cooking.
Linner/Dunch was a very safe but delicious rice/drumsticks with onions and pan sauce. So much rice. So many onions. So much chicken. So happy.
I'm travelling for much of this coming week so it will give me the opportunity to work with new circumstances.