Loaves and Fishes

Saturday was opening day of trout season. The weather was beautiful, the fish were biting AND nobody fell in the creek. (crick or creek, no matter how you say it.)

These are the two winners of the day.

24 inches and 21 inches. Chain Saw Johnny and Russel.  (I don't have a name for Russell.)

You can see the size comparison of the fillets of the other fish caught. 

The weather was so nice all day we were able to do the clean up outside. Even though I spent part of the morning prepping the kitchen for the fishes, I was glad the process was moved outside.  We turned it into an evening by the campfire. 

It's going to be a great fish fry this summer. 

The bread man cometh!

Actually, the original bread man died.  It was sad. But his son took over his route.  Walt Kowalski's friend at work gets the "old" bread from the bread man.  Technically, there is nothing old about the bread. It has neared or has passed it's "sell by" date and is pulled from the shelves. There is nothing wrong with it. 

Except for buns bought specifically for hotdogs and burgers and sandwiches, we rarely eat store bought bread soft on sandwiches. We are toasters.  I love me a sandwich on toasted bread. Even a lettuce sandwich is better when the bread is warm and toasty.  Yum.

So bread near the sell by date is fine by us.  It goes directly into the freezer and is toasted before tasted. 

There have been times when the freezer was so full of bread I had no room for vegetables.  You can't squish a loaf of bread into a crevice in the freezer like you can a bag of peas.  

We get all kinds. This batch is mostly the swirl flavors. Cinnamon, strawberry, and chocolately chip, Sunday morning I'm going to make a french toast bake with the cinnamon swirl. The strawberry isn't my favorite, but I'm going to look for a dessert recipe. 

Other times Walt Kowalski has brought home pumpernickel, rye, round flats, oatmeal, whole wheat, honey wheat, and very thins.  The flats made nice toasted sandwiches, but the very thins toast into crackers. They were good with soup, but you had to watch them close.  

1 minute not toasted. 1 minute 30 seconds burnt.  ARGH!

In search of butter and a knife....