Chinese Food on Sunday

I think I've mentioned that I like to have Chinese food on Saturday night, and during the day on Sunday.

I used to buy it every week, just enough for one weekend, but now I order it just once a month, and get enough for four or five weeks. 

On the week I order the food, the leftovers, and there are always plenty, get divided up and put into the freezer.  And then, on Thursday, I take out what I plan to eat that weekend and move it to the refrigerator.  

One of the things I'm having this weekend is a particular favorite of mine that came free with my last order, General Tso's Chicken.

(I keep imagining General Tso saying, "I am not!")

The Last Bit of Peanut Butter in The Jar

Yesterday, I had just a little bit of peanut butter in a jar. I decided to try an experiment.  I fixed some ramen noodles... without the flavor packet... and then I put the noodles in jar and stirred them up.

Next, they went into a bowl.

Well... it was surprisingly good, and I plan to make it again, only next time I'll spoon the peanut butter onto the noodles.

And I won't wait for the jar to be almost empty.

Stretching a Drink; Free Online Books, "Coffee Soup"

I recently discovered this raspberry-flavored drink.  The flavor is strong enough for me to be able to add water to it TWICE when

it gets down to the words "with vitamins," and still have a nice raspberry drink.  This is great for me, because, being on a limited income, I have to save money where I can.

That's also why I get, or read, books for free online whenever possible.  That's another way to save money.  In fact, if the money I save this way could somehow be automatically added to my bank account, I'd probably be wealthy by now.

A third way in which I save money is this:  After I've had my morning coffee, I don't throw the grounds away.   I leave them in my electric coffee-maker and, later in the morning, I break either bread, crackers, or half of a package of ramen noodles into a plastic bowl which originally contained a pint of won-ton soup from the local Chinese restaurant.  I then place that bowl where the cup usually goes, and add water to the reservoir, as if I were making a second cup of coffee. This gives me a pleasant dish that I've named "coffee soup."

Special Sunday Foods (Post Expanded)

One of the ways in which I enhance my Sundays is to have certain special foods.  On Saturday night, I like to have a few

spareribs.  I love spareribs.  In order to save money, I like to order two combination platters early in the month; spareribs,
pork fried rice, egg roll.  (One platter goes into the freezer.)
I usually order other things as well, enough so that I can get a free order of General Tso's chicken. That way, I'm sure to have my spareribs every Saturday evening, plus food well into the week.

Red Sour Balls

I loved red sour balls when I was a little girl, and yet,
I never bought one. Never once.
I remember walking on Brighton Beach Avenue with my Grandpa, and stopping in a store that
sold appetizers. Even now, I can almost smell the pickles; I can see the olives.
But I was a little girl. Pickles and olives didn't really interest me.
What interested me? The candy. The bins and bins of cellophane-wrapped candy. Round, flat peppermints. Lemon-drops. Caramels. And sour balls of various colors: orange, yellow, green, purple, and, of course, red!
And other candies, too many for me to remember.
And always, there were several candies in the wrong bins. And always, I would put them
back where they belonged. And always, the owner of the store would let me have a piece of
candy for "helping out".
And always, I chose a red sour ball.
It's been years since I've had a red sour ball. From time to time I've thought about buying some.
But would they taste the same?

When Using An Electric Coffee-Maker

I've learned some, but not ALL, of this by experience.
1: Be sure to add water; otherwise there will be a stench! (or worse)
2: Make sure that the pot or cup is in position, OR make sure you have plenty of paper towels
on hand.
3: Make sure coffee-maker is plugged in.
4: Make sure coffee-maker is turned on. Omitting these two steps will mean a long
wait for nothing!
5: VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!
Be sure to add the coffee! To paraphrase L.M. Montgomery's "Anne Of Green Gables,"
Coffee is so essential to coffee!