Weekend of Laziness

A pre-theater "everyone bring whatever you want" meal at my place left me with ten bottles of beer, half a bottle of gin, several two liter bottles of soda, eleven cans of root beer, three pounds of ground beef, and a marinated flank steak. Not being a person who usually consumes any of those things in large quantities, I'm going to be in for an interesting month, foodwise. We forgot to take pictures during our feeding frenzy of burgers and flank steak wrapped in lettuce. Suffice it to say everything was delicious.

First, a salute to the German Soldier:

A German Soldier is a drink my better half's German friend introduced him to in Hong Kong. Basically, it's a way to get rid of cheap beer: mix it with Sprite. Guys call it a waste of beer, but I found it refreshing. And for those of you who haven't had Erdinger, it's a stellar beer to try when you can find it. Who knows if it's a real drink; it might just have been some German guy yanking some Chinese guy's chain.

One of my friends left me some yummy Spam musubi. She's really turning into a domestic wonder, that one! They were cold when I took them out again, but a few minutes on a cast iron warmed the rice right up and brought out the terriyaki flavor. Thanks, N!


The toughest decision was what to do with all the beef. Laziness prevailed and spaghetti sauce was made and frozen. I was overdue for a round of freezer food making anyway.