Surrounded by small mountains of brown and black frush, we took advantage of the clear sky and finished loading up half of our total earthly possessions, and headed down I-95 towards Atlanta. The youngest son, his wife and their 6-month old son, Asher, just moved there a couple of months ago. After that, it will be back to Nashville to reconnect with our wonderful friends there and do some music (me) and play some golf (John). Back to the stomping grounds!
In the meantime, here we are parked in Jellystone Park in Sturbridge, Mass, surrounded by piles of more "frush" and sitting in about 2 inches of rain water on top of the slush underneath it, pouring rain all around, and yet warm and cozy inside. So there you have it, you can take yourself out of Maine, but it is more than a day's drive to take yourself out of New England weather.We are spending today staying put because we will have another good window of clear weather beginning tomorrow. Maybe. I'm thinking that we should have held out for an RV with a fireplace after all. At the time we were looking, it seemed a little silly, but not so silly now.
This RV has a slide out which we are not sliding out, because when we will be getting any kind of ice, which we will be, we would not get it to slide back in. Just in case an explanation is needed, the wall all the way from behind the driver's seat back to the end of the kitchen actually slides out about two feet which makes the space inside feel palatial, compared to the tight configuration that we have when it is slid in. Not bad, but a little tight. This rig is 38 feet long and about seven and a half feet wide. This a big vehicle but only a small house.
We have a nice little three-burner gas range with oven and a microwave for our cooking. The refrigerator with wood paneled doors has a nice large freezer above it. In preparing for this trip, I cooked extra of a lot of dishes, and froze them. We have vegetarian white bean chili, fish chowder, and other things that I can't remember so will have to report on when they thaw and I can recognize them. Hopefully.
I had one meal ready to go and last night when we pulled into the spot, I pulled a dish of curried lentils and rice out of the fridge and it was ready in less than 10 minutes. Talk about fast food!
1 large onion, chopped
4 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 bunch of kale, chopped
some olive oil
a little red wine
juice of one small lemon
1 T good curry powder (I like Penzey's)
salt and pepper to taste
a handful of chopped cilantro
3 cups cooked lentils
Cook the onion in the oil until it is transparent, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and stir around for another minute and then put in the kale until it "melts down". Add the curry powder and stir then pour in the wine and let it cook until the liquid is mostly gone. Serve over brown short grain rice. Sprinkle the fresh cilantro on the top. Yum. And the best part is, it tastes fabulous the next day as well as right away!
