Love Note
Bella asked me to show her a love doodle this week so Peaco and I worked together to share our little get well message for The Chef. AppleJack was sick for several days so Peaco and I made him some chicken noodle soup. We made it from scratch without a recipe and without going to the store for anything.
This may not seem like a big deal to those of you still in practice but it was a significant deal for me because I've gotten spoiled by The Chef. Unless he asks for one of my Sassy Classics AppleJack does all of the meal planning, all of the shopping, and just about all of the cooking these days. I haven't cooked on the fly in a long, long time. I made some pies at Christmas and a meatloaf for The Zombie during his holiday break but both of those were planned events. This was a spontaneous meal. I can't remember the last time I had to pull a soup out of thin air on a random Sunday.
Actually, it was not a random Sunday. It was the biggest Sunday of the year and I was determined NOT to go to the supermarket on Superbowl Sunday in a small town. Hell no. I might still be in line if I did! This meant that I to use whatever ingredients we already had in stock and therefore couldn't follow my classic tried-and-true recipe. I was forced to improvise in the kitchen and I haven't done that in probably five years. Plus he is a chef now. How do you cook better or at least as good as a chef when you only cook a few times a year?
But this post is not about the soup. This is about the love note on the onion; my little get well stink doodle. Who writes a love note on an onion? Sassy. Who would think a love note on an onion is romantic? A sick chef.
I know at least one Steeple is bound to ask , so yes, the soup turned out great. In the end I guess the combination of watching him in the kitchen or watching a gazillion cooking shows with him imparted some knowledge of what not to do. Soup is not that difficult anyway so how bad could it be even if it was bad? It wasn't bad though. I was proud of myself for making it and he went to work feeling better. Must have been the secret ingredient: love.
(c) 2012, ACG
This may not seem like a big deal to those of you still in practice but it was a significant deal for me because I've gotten spoiled by The Chef. Unless he asks for one of my Sassy Classics AppleJack does all of the meal planning, all of the shopping, and just about all of the cooking these days. I haven't cooked on the fly in a long, long time. I made some pies at Christmas and a meatloaf for The Zombie during his holiday break but both of those were planned events. This was a spontaneous meal. I can't remember the last time I had to pull a soup out of thin air on a random Sunday.
Actually, it was not a random Sunday. It was the biggest Sunday of the year and I was determined NOT to go to the supermarket on Superbowl Sunday in a small town. Hell no. I might still be in line if I did! This meant that I to use whatever ingredients we already had in stock and therefore couldn't follow my classic tried-and-true recipe. I was forced to improvise in the kitchen and I haven't done that in probably five years. Plus he is a chef now. How do you cook better or at least as good as a chef when you only cook a few times a year?
But this post is not about the soup. This is about the love note on the onion; my little get well stink doodle. Who writes a love note on an onion? Sassy. Who would think a love note on an onion is romantic? A sick chef.
I know at least one Steeple is bound to ask , so yes, the soup turned out great. In the end I guess the combination of watching him in the kitchen or watching a gazillion cooking shows with him imparted some knowledge of what not to do. Soup is not that difficult anyway so how bad could it be even if it was bad? It wasn't bad though. I was proud of myself for making it and he went to work feeling better. Must have been the secret ingredient: love.
(c) 2012, ACG
Wow! ~ Wonderful Sassy ~ we cook for those we love ~ Bravo ~ namaste, carol (A Creative Harbor)
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what fun...an onion-y love note! seems apt for you and the chef...
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Awww... I LOVE this love note.
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What a lovely gesture! So sweet. Love your note! xo
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love your onion love note! it makes me want to cry (get it?)
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