Possibility of rain today, with moderately warm temps.\u00a0 Yesterday was fairly nice.\u00a0\u00a0 Sun, moderate temps, and not too humid.\u00a0 Not many of those days left before summer really hits.<\/p>\n
Slept in, didn’t get a whole lot done before I had to put my chef’s hat on.\u00a0\u00a0 Dinner was a success with the birthday girl, her friends were a\u00a0 lot less enthusiastic about the lamb.\u00a0 Which is a shame because it was pretty good.\u00a0 I tried something different with the bread, and it worked out.\u00a0 When I was in college, we’d sometimes eat at a steak restaurant attached to a wholesale butcher.\u00a0 It was great food and cheap, and the meal came with “Roman Bread”.\u00a0\u00a0 I’ve been thinking of that bread for a while, and finally decided to try finding a recipe<\/a> and making it.\u00a0\u00a0 The actual recipe from the restaurant was online, and it was straightforward.<\/p>\n It was as good as I remember, a hit with my wife, and the kids liked it.\u00a0 The yeast I used wasn’t very vigorous (the packet was one year past best by date) but it’s a pretty flat bread anyway, and it rose enough.\u00a0 The onions make it sweet, the rosemary makes it savory, and it has a great texture.\u00a0 It’s not as simple as true flatbread or tortilla, and uses more energy and ingredients, but it’s about half way there between a loaf and flat…\u00a0\u00a0 I’ll be making it again, that’s for sure.\u00a0\u00a0 Variations might be great too, like grated cheese instead of onion, or chopped chives, or any number of other things.<\/p>\n The Roman Bread is a lot like fruit cobbler, in that little can go wrong, you can do variations, and prep time is minimal.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Someone mentioned it in comments, but I’ll repeat that the Texas preparedness tax holiday continues until Monday midnight.\u00a0 As long as you order and pay before then, you get the tax back, or don’t pay it.\u00a0\u00a0 The list and limits are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The problem with my truck not starting may not have been the battery failing.\u00a0\u00a0 There was no juice, and the battery read 12.8v while connected, but a new battery failed to solve the problem.\u00a0\u00a0 Still no start, still not enough juice to run any accessories.\u00a0\u00a0 I will be troubleshooting that further today, I didn’t have time to look at it before, once I knew there was still an issue I just closed the hood and walked away.\u00a0 Very weird though.<\/p>\n The rest of today will be me working the list.\u00a0\u00a0 And it gets bigger every day.<\/p>\n I encourage you, in the strongest possible way, to build up your food supplies.\u00a0 Stack it high.<\/p>\n nick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Possibility of rain today, with moderately warm temps.\u00a0 Yesterday was fairly nice.\u00a0\u00a0 Sun, moderate temps, and not too humid.\u00a0 Not many of those days left before summer really hits.<\/p>\n Slept in, didn’t get a whole lot done before I had to put my chef’s hat on.\u00a0\u00a0 Dinner was a success with the birthday girl, her friends were a\u00a0 lot less enthusiastic about the lamb.\u00a0 Which is a shame because it was pretty good.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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