Menu Plan: December 13 - December 19

Almost 200 pounds!  That's how much meat was stuffed into the freezer this past week.  In the long saga of the meat co-op, the last possible pick-up time until next spring was last Wednesday.  My order included a quarter of a cow and a half of a hog.

In reorganizing the freezer, there was a treasure trove of some of the richest homemade stocks you've ever laid eyes on.  They lay forgotten underneath more recent additions of puppy pops (doggie ice cream), frozen yogurt, and Phish Food.  Part of the reorganization included making a detailed list of everything in the freezer and the numbers of same items. 

With the discovery of liquid gold, this week will see more soups on the menu.  Even though stock freezes well, it should not sit at the bottom of the freezer never to see the bottom of a soup pot.  And with that, I give you this week's menus.

• Monday
• Breakfast:  bagels, cream cheese
• Supper:  peanut soup, millet bread
• Tuesday
• Breakfast:  cereal
• Supper:  pinto beans, corn pudding, fried okra, cornbread
• Wednesday
• Breakfast:  cereal (again since Mr. Gaelic is catching an early flight to Chicago for business)
• Supper:  butternut squash soup with bleu cheese, fresh baked bread
• Thursday
• Breakfast:  cream of wheat
• Supper:  potluck
• Friday
• Breakfast:  grapefruit, toast
• Supper:  date night (both girls are babysitting)
• Saturday
• Breakfast:  bacon, eggs, grits, toast
• Supper:  pizza for girls, Winter Solstice Party with Boat Burning for Mr. G and I (yes, a real Viking tradition)
• Sunday
• Breakfast:  pancakes, sausage links
• Dinner:  pork chops, mashed potatoes, green beans

Our friends, who are Jewish, are having their annual Winter Solstice Party where they burn a boat, just like the husband's ancestors.  Jewish Vikings???  No.  He converted to Judaism for his wife.