Life of a Crazy Person!

I've been absent for some time, but that's cuz I've been busy...  My last post was about the purchase of my new pressure cooker, which I'm playing with multiple times each week, cranking out all sorts of "experiments" day after day!  How fun is that?  I'm definitely still "learning" how to use this new appliance, but must admit that I can prepare an entire meal, without heating up the kitchen too much, which is a major thing here in AZ this time of year.  We're used to it, but I fear that there are many of you in the mid country who aren't!  That's according to the weather news I'm seeing on the tv. 

Meantime, I'm checking in on a friend's kitty a day or three each day.  She was called away to CA to help her older sister, so when her younger sis can't make it over, I am filling in as surrogate "mom" for Patches.  She's a hateful kitty, but is beginning to come around.

My most recent claim to fame, is this evening's dinner.  A friend had brought over some fresh produce that he didn't think he'd be able to use, which included "apple bananas."  I'd never heard of such a beast, but low and behold, here I have two - which I certainly didn't want to go to waste.  Having absolutely no idea what to do with these, I put on my thinking cap.  Tonight, we had a pancake dinner...  I made "banana" pancakes (for the first time ever) accompanied by bacon and scrambled eggs.  The apple bananas are friggin' awesome!  I could have cared less about the other items on the menu... and just filled up on pancakes!

So... despite the heat, I think I need to fire up the smoker again, for a second time around, and smoke a ham, or whole chicken, or some such - or both?

Till next time, be well!