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Over-egging the carbonel
Apr. 25th, 2020 01:51 pmPat WINOLJ and I have started (as of Thursday) walking around Lake Nokomis again. In normal times, we exercised together three times a week, and I have missed it mightily. Before the lockdown, there was a several-week hiatus because of my sprained ankle and sore knee. My ankle is still not 100% and we stopped to rest it once, but it really does feel good to get some sunshine and a bit of exercise.
After that, I went to Target on the way home. I was actually there to pick up prescriptions. They've managed to combine three of them to come due at the same time, but that leaves two others that need separate pickups. And while my doctor has prescribed 90 pills at a time, the insurance company will only pay for 30 at a time. So my shopping expeditions are timed to coincide with prescription refills.
Anyway, this particular Target is a "SuperTarget," which means it has a grocery as well as a pharmacy and all the other stuff. The selection is somewhat limited, but the prices are generally excellent, and it has become my primary grocery. I didn't have any specific needs, but I took a wander through. I came home with sushi (mediocre, eaten as lunch) and a few other things. Including eggs.
In the middle of an aisle, in a refrigerated object that normally holds chicken, there were containers of 18 large eggs for $1 (marked down from $1.99). This is about half of what eggs would normally cost. I know there have been a number of issues in diverting commercial restaurant and such eggs into where the direct consumer can get at them. So I bought 18 eggs as my civic duty. Which, for someone like me who lives alone, is a fuckton of eggs, especially since I already had an untouched dozen eggs from a previous trip. That's 30 eggs I need to deal with.
Unfortunately, I don't like angel food cake, or that would make a considerable dent -- in the whites, at least. Maybe I could make a pound cake. I never have, but I think I have all the ingredients. Doesn't the classic version call for a pound of eggs?
But I'm mostly thinking of eggs for meals and coming up blanker than I should. I'm willing to eat a bunch of egg-heavy stuff for the next week or so to bring the strategic egg reserve down to something reasonable. So -- if you have any cooking suggestions for using up eggs (cooking for one, but I'm okay with a reasonable amount of leftovers), I'd appreciate it. I'm pretty well-set up for the baking end of things, but when it comes to cooking, I do better with recipes than freestyle.
After that, I went to Target on the way home. I was actually there to pick up prescriptions. They've managed to combine three of them to come due at the same time, but that leaves two others that need separate pickups. And while my doctor has prescribed 90 pills at a time, the insurance company will only pay for 30 at a time. So my shopping expeditions are timed to coincide with prescription refills.
Anyway, this particular Target is a "SuperTarget," which means it has a grocery as well as a pharmacy and all the other stuff. The selection is somewhat limited, but the prices are generally excellent, and it has become my primary grocery. I didn't have any specific needs, but I took a wander through. I came home with sushi (mediocre, eaten as lunch) and a few other things. Including eggs.
In the middle of an aisle, in a refrigerated object that normally holds chicken, there were containers of 18 large eggs for $1 (marked down from $1.99). This is about half of what eggs would normally cost. I know there have been a number of issues in diverting commercial restaurant and such eggs into where the direct consumer can get at them. So I bought 18 eggs as my civic duty. Which, for someone like me who lives alone, is a fuckton of eggs, especially since I already had an untouched dozen eggs from a previous trip. That's 30 eggs I need to deal with.
Unfortunately, I don't like angel food cake, or that would make a considerable dent -- in the whites, at least. Maybe I could make a pound cake. I never have, but I think I have all the ingredients. Doesn't the classic version call for a pound of eggs?
But I'm mostly thinking of eggs for meals and coming up blanker than I should. I'm willing to eat a bunch of egg-heavy stuff for the next week or so to bring the strategic egg reserve down to something reasonable. So -- if you have any cooking suggestions for using up eggs (cooking for one, but I'm okay with a reasonable amount of leftovers), I'd appreciate it. I'm pretty well-set up for the baking end of things, but when it comes to cooking, I do better with recipes than freestyle.
