Tuesday, May 23, 2017


Chapter 1, Part 2 (Home at Last continued)



How It Tasted


Creamed Tuna on Toast

Moske (DH):   This would be good in the summer—it’s nice and light.

Filip (son):      I don’t like tuna.

Susan (me):    Good, but tastes exactly like the tuna sandwiches I often eat for lunch. Why

struggle with a white sauce when mayonnaise is so much easier?




Canned Peas with Butter Sauce

Moske:            How long did you cook these?

Filip:               No comment but did clean his plate—alas no credit to Bettina as peas

are his favorite vegetable anyway.

Susan:             All I could taste was peas and butter—the parsley and seasonings seemed to have

vanished.




Rolls with Butter

Unfortunately these were every bit as overbrowned as I’d feared. We all ate the centers and left the shells on our plates.




Strawberry Preserves

These brought much praise from Moske, who’s always encouraged me to learn how to can—so it killed me to have to admit that these weren’t the same berries he’d seen me sweating over the previous day. I didn’t admit to the food coloring, though— a little kitchen slight-of-hand is the cook’s prerogative, I figure.




Hot Chocolate with Marshmallows

Filip:   This is good. It tastes like hot chocolate.

Definitely the highlight of the meal. The marshmallows were a nice touch, and we sucked down every drop.



Would I Make This Again?

This took much too long to prepare (way longer than it should have thanks to my struggle with the white sauce), but it tasted fine and didn’t leave too many dishes in the sink. This menu is a keeper although I’d be strongly tempted to replace the white sauce with mayo.

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