Mr. P takes a turn in the kitchen

Thursday night, Mr. P needed to make a potluck dish for work the next day. I suggested that he make dinner too, which he willingly did. I went shopping on Tuesday and when i got home latish on Thursday, he was busy making one of my favorite dishes -- ma po tofu. He uses Chinese pepper and beans in black chili sauce and he usually adds some random vegetables (like corn). Then we top the whole thing with more black pepper and chopped scallions. Frankly, I've nearly lost my taste for the dish in restaurants because Mr. P's version is so good.

The reason he didn't just double the potluck recipe is because I haven't much liked the dish he was making to share with coworkers. But last night, after the last urchin had come by to treat (hopefully no tricks this year), we were pooped and there was extra potluck food. So we had that for dinner. It was really good and I figured out how we can make it so that I like it. The dish is similar to dosas -- except that instead of white potatoes, you curry sweet potatoes and wrap it in lavash bread (not homemade Indian bread). And I finally figured out that the dish calls for too much clove. We'll cut back on it or eliminate it next time and perhaps put curried sweet potatoes on the rotation.

I expect that the kitchen will be closed at least tonight and possibly tomorrow night, when we'll be in Boston for a performance.

And perhaps a trip to the grocery store is in order. After 20 weeks of getting most groceries at the farm, I need to get back into the habit of actually shopping for our meals. Fortunately, there are a few places I can stop off on the way home from work if the larder gets especially empty.