Still no ice at the Mansion. We'll get to the rest (hopefully!) of that story another day.
Farmer H had three days of the mostaccioli. That's three days for him. It would be six servings for "normal" people, but I don't begrudge Farmer H his appetite. Since he went to bed (in a fit of pique) without supper on Saturday, that left Sunday and Monday to finish out his mostaccioli. However... Farmer H declared that he was going to the auction on Monday, and then reminded me that he had election duty on Tuesday. So there were two meals I didn't have to prepare for him.
I fed Farmer H the mostaccioli on Sunday evening, then put the rest in two smaller containers in the (non-ice-cube-making) freezer of FRIG II. Oh, the freedom! Such anticipation. Two evenings without Farmer H!
But no. The rains came, and flooded out our bridges, and Farmer H could not get to the auction on Monday evening! WHYYYYYY?????? That meant I had to make supper for Farmer H. Oh, how simple it would have been to warm up that mostaccioli, which was now rock-solid in FRIG II.
Almost as simple was the fried SPAM sandwich (make that two) Farmer H was provided instead.
Anyhoo... here's a look at that mostaccioli, in the container straight out of FRIG II, before freezing.
If I was eating this, I would add more sauce! Even if it was poured directly from a can or jar. Enough sauce to make it red, and moist, to be eaten with a spoon. Farmer H prefers his pasta on the dry side, like this. He eats it with a fork. I did sprinkle in some shredded cheddar to melt. And gave him a couple slices of garlic toast from a box in the little freezer in the laundry room.
It looked more appetizing in a bowl, heated up with the cheese, than it does cold in this container! After all, Farmer H declared it was the best I ever made. Which perhaps says more about my cooking than it should.
4 comments:
It looks very much like my goulash. I don't use elbow macaroni. I use penne, which as you have already said is similar to the mostaccioli. Unfortunately, when using penne in goulash, when I warm up leftovers, the pasta tends to fall apart when stirred, somewhat. Still tastes good, though. Always eaten with a slice of bread with butter. Why? I really don't know. Just have always done and feels like something is missing if we don't. Weird, huh? Ranee
Rae,
Farmer H won't care if it falls apart! I only give it one stir with my big plastic spoon anyway, when warming in a saucepan on the LOW setting. It takes a long time, but I don't care. I go back to my scratchers once I turn on the stove.
If I was eating pasta, and didn't have frozen garlic bread, and wasn't trying to cut back... I would certainly have bread and butter with it! Those things go together.
It does look yummy and I don't like too much sauce, but that would need a bit more if I was eating it. I don't usually have bread with meals unless there is garlic bread available.
River,
I agree about the sauce. You can't really see the mushrooms in the picture, but this mostaccioli was full of hamburger and mushrooms. I can do without either kind of bread. A little cheese is good when added, though.
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