Last nights dinner:

Two grilled strip steaks covered with one marinated onion, green pepper, and 1 1/2 cup of mushrooms.

I have some stinky farts today.

That is all.

From steak, onion, green peppers and mushrooms? That's odd.

I normally don't eat that much food.

Last night I had little Queso Dip and chips. For my main course: A chili relleno with pico de gallo, rice and beans. A giant frozen Margarita.

Something about bean's spices in Texas that I don't like though. All weekend. Yuck!

I see. Try some dry red wine with that kind of meal to help break it down perhaps.

Thank you, sir.

However, I no longer imbibe.

I watched one of her videos before making my gumbo too.

One of my recipes called for 2 hours for a really rich roux. I did it for about an hour iirc. And I think a chicken gumbo is easier as in less steps because you don't have to make a stock. Chicken broth that tastes decent is pretty available in stores.

The gumbos I have had in Nawlins has always been a brownish color.

2 hours for just the roux?

I made mine around 20 minutes and it was ****ing fantastic.

Okay, cool. Red wine is healthy for ya' tho.'

Do you have a gas stove?

Mine did not take that long— cause I didn't have that kind of time. Mine was shorter. IIRC about 45 mins or something. It came out great. But it was more brick and caramel color and not dark. But not blond either.

No electric

Hmmmm. Me too. Anyhow, that's what some recipes called for in terms of time for a dark roux. I didn't even like the idea of it that dark anyway. So I didn't go there with it.

Making what I would call Mediterranean Chicken tonight...

Brown both sides of 5 chicken breasts dusted with Cavenders in olive oil.

Add in,

2 fresh tomato
1 large red bell pepper
1 can crushed tomato with basil, garlic, oregano
1 small yellow zuchini
1 small green zuchini
1 large can sliced mushroom
1/2 large white onion
tablespoon minced garlic
pinch of red pepper flake

Stew that for atleast 1 hour and serving that with 5 cheese garlic bread and salad... but first, a serious appetizer of beer and vodka.