Baby, it's DAMN COLD outside!

Usually on Monday mornings, I'm out the door and at the food pantry around 8-ish. Not today! The thought of getting out of my fairly cozy bed was vetoed at 7:45...I didn't get up til 9 and headed over to the Island. I reckon I got there about 9:30, and since they close at 10:30 and there wasn't that much traffic, I got *two* packages of cherry tomatoes, and was told to help myself to as much bread as I wanted. I grabbed a loaf of onion rye, but I haven't room to store more, so that was that. They sometimes have "expired" soda---I was given THREE two-liter bottles of diet Pepsi (Best by JUN09)---which will help me avoid decaffination for a little longer.

I'm now trying to figure out what to DO with my largesse. That's a lot of cherry tomatoes, for one thing. I'm thinking soup. I have a mega-crockpot, and am toying with the idea of throwing a bunch of stuff into that. The tomatoes, the rest of those green onions, maybe a can of corn for some contrast...I have a whole bag of Great Northern beans...I could probably eat soup for a week, if I was so inclined...or freeze it for later consumption. (I WILL get the hang of this "home cooking" thing, I will, I will!)

To give you an idea of how cold it is, there was ice in some standing water at 10AM this morning. Yes, we've had an actual freeze! Wtf, Florida?!
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Baby, it's DAMN COLD outside!

Usually on Monday mornings, I'm out the door and at the food pantry around 8-ish. Not today! The thought of getting out of my fairly cozy bed was vetoed at 7:45...I didn't get up til 9 and headed over to the Island. I reckon I got there about 9:30, and since they close at 10:30 and there wasn't that much traffic, I got *two* packages of cherry tomatoes, and was told to help myself to as much bread as I wanted. I grabbed a loaf of onion rye, but I haven't room to store more, so that was that. They sometimes have "expired" soda---I was given THREE two-liter bottles of diet Pepsi (Best by JUN09)---which will help me avoid decaffination for a little longer.

I'm now trying to figure out what to DO with my largesse. That's a lot of cherry tomatoes, for one thing. I'm thinking soup. I have a mega-crockpot, and am toying with the idea of throwing a bunch of stuff into that. The tomatoes, the rest of those green onions, maybe a can of corn for some contrast...I have a whole bag of Great Northern beans...I could probably eat soup for a week, if I was so inclined...or freeze it for later consumption. (I WILL get the hang of this "home cooking" thing, I will, I will!)

To give you an idea of how cold it is, there was ice in some standing water at 10AM this morning. Yes, we've had an actual freeze! Wtf, Florida?!
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