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.
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
ReplyDeleteRae,
DeleteFarmer 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.
ReplyDeleteRiver,
DeleteI 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.