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SEASONING

The cool weather season is here and that brings out my inner cook.

I can feel the old roasting and basting instinct come to the surface as the temperature drops.

That doesn't mean that I don't work in the summer kitchen but I think of it more as preparing food.

Salads, light fare, cool chicken and fish. Poached not broiled.

I try not to turn the oven on at all during the hot time.

But that is over now.

In the last week, I have worked up a batch of chili, baked corn bread, concocted several servings of stew, concocted a meatloaf. All that.

Yesterday I roasted a whole turkey breast.

We don't eat much in the way of carbos during the summer.

Now, the rice machine is back in business.

I have made spaghetti bolognese and will add pasta to the mix—with sausages and chicken. The potatoes are going back into the shopping basket.

We hardly have any seasons but hot and cool. 8 months of cool and 4 of hot.

A nice little vacation from the hearty menu then back again.

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