Oct 06 2014
I was glad our son was able to take my wife to the dentist early
today to start a long process of getting two tooth implants. They pulled a
tooth and put in two screws today. She came through it well.
I am still limping around on my bad leg. I wanted something
for my supper tonight and had an excess of flank steak I had rolled and smoked
in the freezer. I was hungry for some Chicago style Italian beef. I usually use
a good all meat beef roast like eye of round or sirloin tip cap. The flank
steak has very little fat so sliced thin it would work. I used about two
pounds.
I can’t stand up very long prepping food so I put a tray and
cutting board on the table and sat down to slice up the meat. I got it all in
my Crockpot at noon and set it on high for the first two hours and then turned
down to low the last 3 to 4 hours. After the first hour I added a couple of
pats of butter and some sea salt. My beef broth was fat free so I added the
butter to get some fat in it.
I had some take home and bake hard crust dinner rolls for my
bread so I baked it at 4:00. At 5:00 I stirred in a tablespoon of porcini
mushroom powder to enrich the beef broth some. I had some store bought real
mashed potatoes for a side. A few years back I would make my own mashed
potatoes but as I get older I look for a lot of short cuts. I drained a can of
yellow corn and heated with some butter for a side.
We ate about 6:00. I had my sandwich open face; the mashed
potatoes on the side, corn on top with gravy over all. My wife’s numbness was
gone and was hungry so she had mashed potatoes and some bread with gravy over
it. She has to eat all soft food for five days now.
Half the beef sliced
Onions in the pot
Peppers in
Beef and seasoning in
All in
Ready to serve
My supper
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