Dinner with The Grandson - October 24, 2025

I'd promised The Grandson that we'd have meatloaf and creamed potatoes for dinner.  He wanted green beans, too.  

I'd planned to go to the grocery store for fresh ground beef, but I didn't really want to go to the grocery store, so I went to the freezer.  The first package I picked up said, "Use or freeze" by some date in 2022.  If the meatloaf had been just for The Husband and me for dinner, I'd have used that 2022 package, but since it was for The Grandson, I dug around and found some from 2024.  Good enough.  I thawed two pounds of meat because Carl would be coming to dinner, too.

Mid-afternoon, I checked the potato situation.  I'd picked up a bag of russet potatoes last week.  They were green - like, lime green.  The internet frowned on eating green potatoes - they could give you a stomach ache - but I've eaten green potatoes before and did not die.  I peeled one; the green was just skin deep. I peeled and cubed enough for dinner and left them to soak until time to cook them.  Rinsed them again and boiled them.  They were fine.  I wasn't particularly thrilled with the texture, but I think that it was the TYPE of potato that made the difference.  I like red potatoes for creaming.  

My family likes green beans cooked down low in an iron skillet.  I opened two cans, since I'd be feeding two big boys.  About 5:00, The Grandson texted me that he'd be here around 6:30, and that Carl wasn't coming.

The Grandson arrived right on time, and dinner was ready.  We sat down at the kitchen table and had an enjoyable visit.  The Grandson had seconds, so I guess the food tasted okay.  And my stomach isn't rumbly today, so I guess the green potatoes weren't lethal.

I don't know what I'm going to do today.  It's cold, too cold to be comfortable on the porch, so I'll have to find something to do inside.  It's time for me to start moving my workstation indoors.