So, there was no dinner experiment this week. There was going to be, but then when I thawed the chicken for the new recipe, it looked fatty and gross. And then S expressed his extreme dislike of anything at all approximating chicken parmesan. So I chucked that idea in the garbage and ate a bagel for dinner. Then, later in the week, I tried to recoup and figure out another recipe to cook (Hamburger and Fries casserole, and no I am not kidding, I will try anything that remotely looks like S will eat it) but didn't have the ingredients, and felt it wasn't worth it to go the store just so I could do a damn dinner experiment. I'll do one next week, after I go to the grocery store tomorrow.
I will have you know that S and I tried a new restaurant tonight, that we enjoyed very much. It's literally two minutes from our house and literally $30 or so outside of our budget, but I have a little extra cash right now, and anyway, it was a first paycheck celebration. S had prime rib, which he seemed to enjoy. Prime rib is a rather new addition to S's menu, acquired on our second Disney trip in '05. My mom ordered it at one of our restaurants, S tried it (he has a history of ordering the wrong thing the first time at any restaurant, but also, he really liked the ravioli at said Disney restaurant), and decided he liked it. He's never had it at a non-Disney restaurant, but it was the "special" at our restaurant tonight. Regardless, my meal wasn't as exciting, but it was very good nonetheless, and we even splurged on dessert. Again, no new recipe, but a new restaurant. I'm gonna bend the rules and say this counts.
Anyway, then we came home and watched (what other Penguin movie is there?) "March of the Penguins" which yes, made me cry. Who can handle seeing a dead frozen baby penguin? I most definitely cannot. Though, the scene with the pile of baby penguins almost made up for it. Frankly, besides the cuteness, I don't see what the fuss was about. I'm not saying it was a good movie, but I am saying that I've seen very similar movies (albeit without Morgan Freeman's dulcet tones) in biology classes. It is, after all, a National Geographic film. Not that there's anything wrong with that; a good documentary about animals is always fun. Still, why this one? In fact, I don't think that the baby penguin is even the cutest baby animal there is. Still, it was enjoyable.
(Small addendum that has nothing to do with these aforementioned subjects: I saw this over at Electrolicious, and now I think S is planning on buying one. He says that it is the perfect "lazy man thing". Why did I send him that link?)
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