The first thing I saw this morning at the top of my ISP's home page was this:
Regina, SK Updated: Fri Feb 17 07:55:00 CST 2006
Current Conditions: A few clouds
Temperature: -30°C, Barometric Pressure: 104.7kPa
Wind: 26 km/h W, Relative Humidity: 61%
Wind Chill/Humidex: -45°C, Dewpoint: -35°C
Note the large negative numbers for temperature and wind chill. Who was it who decided Saskatchewan was habitable year round?
Being a sensible person, and retired, I decided the most sensible response to that would be to stay in the house all day. So I did. But my wife and daughter, who are not retired (or sensible, if you ask me, but nobody ever does) had to go out in that horrible chill, so I thought a good thing to do would be to prepare a supper of comfort food. So I did that too.
When they got back home around 5:30 p.m., they were greeted by the smell of Greek style potatoes (quarter them, rub in a little lemon juice and oregano, bake at 325 in a covered pan until you like their texture), sirloin steak simmering on top of the stove in a mixture of Dexter's Special Marinade (to DIE for) and its own juices, and on the elegantly set table was a big bowl of everbody's favourite salad, which consists of romaine lettuce, diced tomato, red onion, red and green peppers, and cucumber, tossed with olive oil, oregano, and balsamic vinegar, and some crumbled Stilton blue cheese.
That seems to be the favourite thing to have for supper here at Chateau Sinister, except in the summer, when everything's the same except I do the steak and potatoes on the barbecue, which is even better.
What is it at your house?
Regina, SK Updated: Fri Feb 17 07:55:00 CST 2006
Current Conditions: A few clouds
Temperature: -30°C, Barometric Pressure: 104.7kPa
Wind: 26 km/h W, Relative Humidity: 61%
Wind Chill/Humidex: -45°C, Dewpoint: -35°C
Note the large negative numbers for temperature and wind chill. Who was it who decided Saskatchewan was habitable year round?
Being a sensible person, and retired, I decided the most sensible response to that would be to stay in the house all day. So I did. But my wife and daughter, who are not retired (or sensible, if you ask me, but nobody ever does) had to go out in that horrible chill, so I thought a good thing to do would be to prepare a supper of comfort food. So I did that too.
When they got back home around 5:30 p.m., they were greeted by the smell of Greek style potatoes (quarter them, rub in a little lemon juice and oregano, bake at 325 in a covered pan until you like their texture), sirloin steak simmering on top of the stove in a mixture of Dexter's Special Marinade (to DIE for) and its own juices, and on the elegantly set table was a big bowl of everbody's favourite salad, which consists of romaine lettuce, diced tomato, red onion, red and green peppers, and cucumber, tossed with olive oil, oregano, and balsamic vinegar, and some crumbled Stilton blue cheese.
That seems to be the favourite thing to have for supper here at Chateau Sinister, except in the summer, when everything's the same except I do the steak and potatoes on the barbecue, which is even better.
What is it at your house?