Too Darn Hot

it is 8:00 p.m. in the holy ciy of safed.  i just got back from my daily/nightly walk.  it was actually pleasant outside.  it is way too hot inside my house.  it was 98 degrees today and it is supposed to get into the hundreds.  i am not a heat person.  i stayed in the pool for a couple of hours today because i dreaded getting out into the sun and heat.  usually the winds are so cold that we really suffer after leaving the pool.  that was not the case today.  i felt the heat in the pool but being wet; felt great.  i got a vicarious kick out of everyone entering the pool and getting the initial shock of cold water.  by then, the water no longer felt cold for me.  i was tired and hungry around 3:00 p.m.  i had only eaten a few cherries and a few dates to break my nightly fast.

last night i cooked a pot of chicken soup using wings.  i added carrots, celery and onion.  after a few hours i tasted it.  it lacked depth of taste and it was watery.  i added tumeric, basil, garlic and a bit of ginger.  i decided to add a couple cups of split peas and continued to cook it for another couple of hours.  i removed the wings as best as i could.  i removed the bones and skins to give to the cats outside. i saved the bits of chicken for my dogs.  i cooked some white rice.  i then pureed the soup.  i never made a split pea soup with chicken broth before.  i froze about 4 pints of the soup.  i think it will go well with deli meat sandwiches. i might be having guests in august.

i am having trouble remembering to turn off the gas.  last night i could have sworn that i turned off the gass but i left it on.  luckily, the soup didn't cook out.  today i did the same thing with my chick peas.  i got them off the flame just a split second before they burnt.  i am planning on making chumus for shabbat.  i haven't decided what to make for shabbat dinner. i have some chicken fillets in the freezer so i might make those.  i am fullly stocked up with kale,  the guy from the veggie section of the supermarket ordered them for me.  i am a kaleaholic, you might say.  i am nuts for this stuff.  you must chew it very carefully and slowly.  i love it with any type of pasta.  i love it in my green salads.  i love it in my chicken.  i love it in my stews.

i have been in the house lately until the sun goes down.  after the pool, i find that i nod out.  my cable co. was streaming the rocky movies.  they are pretty short and really badly done but quite entertaining. i watched rocky 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 and i even saw john rambo; also entertaining.  i love blood and guts movies.  last night i noticed that they were streaming all 3 godfather movies.  i watched the first godfather movie last night until 2:30 a.m.  these films are pretty long and epic.  i think they are all over 3 hours.   i watched the second one this morning before i went to the pool.  they are both sensational with incredible actors and great film writing. i am planning on watching the third one after i finish my blog tonight. it is not a great film and doesn't come close to the first two. never, the less, i must watch it.

i may have binged watched all three of the godfather films twice in my life. i do not think i was totally sober while doing this.  anyway ; the rocky movies and the godfather movies stand up to today. they are good movies.  there is so few good movies these days.  everything is a franchise.  everything is a remake.  everything is truly vacuous.  i hopefully, will not fall asleep while i am watching the godfather 3 tonight.  i didn't have my nap today.

i baked a half dozen banana blueberry corn muffins so i will have something for shabbat.  it was too hot to put on the large oven so i made these in the tiny toaster oven.  i had two for supper with 2 boiled eggs.  i had some semi frozen chunks of melon with greek yogurt as a treat.  it is getting hot again.  i will sign off.