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Happy Monday y'all! I'm so glad the internet is back up. Not working Thursday and Friday threw off my routine, and I was feeling out of sorts all weekend. I guess because I felt like I *should* be working.
After a busy Saturday, I slept in a little while and dragged out of bed at 8:30. Not quite sure why I didn't sleep later, but oh well. After some whining that I regret, I went to see Dad. He was pretty calm today, until they came in to suction him out. He's back on Eliquis, so he's bleeding a bit from the mouth where the tube is irritating his tongue. Hopefully, they can get that out soon.
I sat for a while and chatted with his nurse, who was very nice. They seem to think he's improving, though he's still really swollen with fluid. I was holding his hand and it felt like holding a rubber glove that's been made into a water balloon. A little disconcerting.
Then, we came home and I relaxed for an hour and Jess cooked a couple of chicken breasts for a quick lunch before we had to leave for the farm to get our meat.
The farm was a long and somewhat terrifying drive. Most of it was no big deal. We got up to Frederick easily. Then, we got on Rt 40, and it's a long, somewhat winding road. Then, you turn off the long winding road onto a narrow twisting road. We're in rural MD, so *everyone* has giant trucks, and most of them with trailers of some sort. I cannot count how many times I had to nearly drive off the road to avoid getting hit by these things. I was white knuckling most of the way.
Finally, we got to the farm, and it was all good. We got to meat the farm dog, Barrell, who was a gorgeous blue tick coonhound mix. All puppy, wanting to jump and nibble on fingers. He was adorable. The owner of the farm, Julie was very gracious and kind. She got our meat, and offered us each a lemonade that was left over from her morning farmer's markets. Shiso orange mint lemonade. SO fucking good. It's almost worth haunting the DC farmers market for this shit. Should anyone in MD want to check it out, they're at Evensong Farm. It's a woman owned business, and they do these beef shares once a year, and the lemonade year round. (The lemonade they do ship, so I'll probably be putting in an order soon.
The drive home was a little bit easier, as we came out a different way that wasn't so insane, but then we did hit traffic, which was kind of annoying. We stopped for dinner, trusting that the amount of ice we put in this cooler was going to take care of the steaks (spoiler, it did) and then came home and flopped over.
Today, work, and Jess will go see Dad. Then, I shall make two of those steaks and see what we're working with. All in all, we got a 5lb brisket, a 3lb chuck roast, a beef shoulder roast, 2lbs of beef shank, two pounds of minute steaks, two big rib steaks, and two NY strip steaks. It totalled about 25lbs, and ended up being about $13/lb, but I chose one of the more expensive cuts. The smaller ones were about $10/lb. Also, this is beef that was dry aged for about 25 days, which definitely drives up the price a bit.
Tonight, we shall cook the rib steak and the NY strips and see how they are. Looking forward to it! For now, I shall go forth and put on pants. Everyone have an excellent Monday!
After a busy Saturday, I slept in a little while and dragged out of bed at 8:30. Not quite sure why I didn't sleep later, but oh well. After some whining that I regret, I went to see Dad. He was pretty calm today, until they came in to suction him out. He's back on Eliquis, so he's bleeding a bit from the mouth where the tube is irritating his tongue. Hopefully, they can get that out soon.
I sat for a while and chatted with his nurse, who was very nice. They seem to think he's improving, though he's still really swollen with fluid. I was holding his hand and it felt like holding a rubber glove that's been made into a water balloon. A little disconcerting.
Then, we came home and I relaxed for an hour and Jess cooked a couple of chicken breasts for a quick lunch before we had to leave for the farm to get our meat.
The farm was a long and somewhat terrifying drive. Most of it was no big deal. We got up to Frederick easily. Then, we got on Rt 40, and it's a long, somewhat winding road. Then, you turn off the long winding road onto a narrow twisting road. We're in rural MD, so *everyone* has giant trucks, and most of them with trailers of some sort. I cannot count how many times I had to nearly drive off the road to avoid getting hit by these things. I was white knuckling most of the way.
Finally, we got to the farm, and it was all good. We got to meat the farm dog, Barrell, who was a gorgeous blue tick coonhound mix. All puppy, wanting to jump and nibble on fingers. He was adorable. The owner of the farm, Julie was very gracious and kind. She got our meat, and offered us each a lemonade that was left over from her morning farmer's markets. Shiso orange mint lemonade. SO fucking good. It's almost worth haunting the DC farmers market for this shit. Should anyone in MD want to check it out, they're at Evensong Farm. It's a woman owned business, and they do these beef shares once a year, and the lemonade year round. (The lemonade they do ship, so I'll probably be putting in an order soon.
The drive home was a little bit easier, as we came out a different way that wasn't so insane, but then we did hit traffic, which was kind of annoying. We stopped for dinner, trusting that the amount of ice we put in this cooler was going to take care of the steaks (spoiler, it did) and then came home and flopped over.
Today, work, and Jess will go see Dad. Then, I shall make two of those steaks and see what we're working with. All in all, we got a 5lb brisket, a 3lb chuck roast, a beef shoulder roast, 2lbs of beef shank, two pounds of minute steaks, two big rib steaks, and two NY strip steaks. It totalled about 25lbs, and ended up being about $13/lb, but I chose one of the more expensive cuts. The smaller ones were about $10/lb. Also, this is beef that was dry aged for about 25 days, which definitely drives up the price a bit.
Tonight, we shall cook the rib steak and the NY strips and see how they are. Looking forward to it! For now, I shall go forth and put on pants. Everyone have an excellent Monday!
