I decided today to make a tuna casserole, which I haven't made in ages. It's been so long that I think that's why I forgot one important ingredient. How I could forget it, I have no idea. Now, not everyone may add this but it's how our family made it and we've developed a taste for it that way. What I forgot was...peas. I kid you not. How could I forget that?
I cut up the onions and the celery, made the mushroom soup mixture, semi-cooked the noodles (they finish cooking in the soup mix) and mixed it up with the tuna, then poured it in the casserole dish. I had crushed the chips (but you don't put them on until near the end of the cook time) and I popped it in the oven. It was in the oven for about a half hour when it hit me....you forgot the peas, idiot! All I could do was hope that it still tasted decent. Oh, it did. It was filling and tasty but not as good as normal. At least, not to me. The Beast loved it but told me I should have put the crushed chips on more as a finish rather than cooking it (so they would still be crisp). I'll try it the next time. What I decided to do is take the leftovers, add the peas and a bit more soup, bake it for a bit and then garnish it with crisp chip crumbs...LOL. That should make the Beast happier to eat leftovers.
My day was otherwise quiet. I did run up to the store to pick up egg noodles and some more soup. I couldn't believe that we were down to just one can of Mushroom soup. I love it and I also use it in several different recipes. How this happened, I have no idea. Except the Beast has gotten kind of anal about both *Use by...(dates) or *Use before (dates)*. Even those *Best if used by...(dates)* on everything we have. He threw out a shitload of canned goods the other day. He said he just didn't want to take any chances. Okay, I can see that but he didn't think the Best if used by..really just meant the taste would start to deteriorate. I told him to please check with me before he empties our shelves again. Veggies show they are no good by starting to expand the cans. But, what do I know? In his mind....nothing.
Baron is still sleeping a lot but he's started dreaming more than I have known him to do. What's so upsetting is that he kind of cries in his sleep. I think it's pain that makes him cry and whimper. He's really sound asleep when he does that. The Beast needs to go get more pain meds for him from the vet. I can't stand to see how he hesitates when going down the garage ramp. He's not sure which back leg should go down first and he lifts one then the other and you can almost see him trying to decide how seriously he needs to go out (or not!). He's also started something new. He's been going INTO the bushes out front. I could hardly believe it when I heard rustling in them and then saw him coming out from among them. He's never done that before. I don't know if it's to pee or defecate or if he's just looking for a new place to hide from us. Weird.
I did, finally, get the Beast to give me some of the pictures he took of the Princess and Gunner but I haven't downloaded them yet. I'll do that tomorrow and post some of them on here then.
Time to go. Have a great week. Be happy. Love you all. ***Hugs***
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