The meal, however, was just meh. But before I get to the meal, I want to bitch.
Sunday was a seriously shitty day. First, I thought I was going to get to my favorite spin class, but at 8 am I suddenly remembered I had a tutoring appointment. In Bucktown. In a blizzard. Luckily, by 8:15 I had a message that they wanted to postpone until 10. (Not cancel. Postpone. In a blizzard.) Okay - fine. I get to my car, dig it out, and make to Bucktown with time to spare.
After tutoring, I head back to my car. It's stuck. (I mentioned the blizzard, right?) I try rocking it, I get out my shovel and dig. Nothing. I'm screwed, so I call Rob.
He doesn't answer.
Long story story - he never answers. I go to the Metra station and wait for the (delayed) train, and head home.
Wait - not home. To the store. Because I've decided to make a pot roast.
I made a New England Pot Roast with Washington Apples and Onions, mainly stealing from a recipe on Can You Stay for Dinner. Why this recipe? I had almost everything on hand. I also looked up pot roasts with apples and was surprised to find a couple of recipes. Taste of Home came up first, so I used it as a reference.
Very pretty, right?
This is the thing - I don't really like pot roast. Everything kind just ends up tasting the same. And with this one, there was just too much liquid. My guess is I used too many apples, but a real cook would know better.
See? So much liquid Rob put it in the oven at about 500° for maybe 20 minutes. And you know what? I'm still eating it today, and there is still too much liquid.
One more thing. I really wanted to taste apple, but I didn't. That's totally my bad because I meant to use supplement some of the beef broth with apple cider vinegar. Wouldn't that have been good?
Still - it wasn't horrible, as far as pot roasts go. The end product was colorful and tasty. But the game was more interesting.
That's the last post for this season. Thanks to everyone read this blog or sent suggestions. Enjoy hockey season!
