The rest of the day

[ksmith]

Snow totals: about 2" of the wet stuff. I call it "curl snow"--when you push the shovel through it, it curls and breaks away like chocolate. Very dense. After 4-5', it's too heavy for me to push.

Lunch proved an interesting experiment. One pound ground lamb, to which I added 6 diced Kalamata olives, six diced sun-dried tomatoes, half a teaspoon of a garlic/sun-dried tomato mash-up, some rosemary and thyme. Pat into burgers. Fry in olive oil. Very good with a slice of white cheddar melted on top.

Comments

[hoosier-red.livejournal.com]

Oooh! That sounds yummy -- I need to start getting more adventurous in the kitchen.

[slave2tehtink.livejournal.com]

Snow like that is why I got out of Illinois and refused to go back (I come from DeKalb, originally).

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I think DeKalb got more today. Areas inland apparently did get that 5-6". We're still due for a Nasty at some point--12" or more of the heavy stuff. That's when I kinda wish I lived somewhere that didn't get it.

I wonder if I wasted my time shoveling. It's 34F now, the stuff was dripping off the roof and tree branches.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

It was a riff off the lamb stew I made a few days ago. That contained regular diced tomatoes. The recipe called for green olives, but I don't care for them so I used kalamatas instead.

A nice change from hamburgers or turkey burgers.

I'd advise against additional salt. There was enough in the olives.