I've Been Waking Up Hungry!

    I have been waking up the last few days with a gnawing, aching hunger. And the way it feels you'd think I hadn't eaten for a week or something! I'm familiar with this feeling...and I know what it means...Grrrr!....It's hormone time again!!!
    Usually, the days come and go and I sometimes have to remind myself to eat! I know...it sounds like a lie, but no!...it's the absolute truth! But when it's "that time of the month" (ladies, you get my drift) my stomach becomes a bottomless...seriously....a BOTTOMLESS pit!!
   Yesterday was day 2 of me waking up STARVING! My girlfriend and I humored ourselves, talking back and forth on the phone, about food! I wasn't able to go out and get all of the crunchy, gooey, salty, chewy, "bad for me" things I was craving. And she's a care-giver of a relative who cannot be left alone, so she couldn't either! So...we talked our way through it.
   During the conversation she mentioned that a restaurant that makes a daily feast of wonderful homemade type foods here in Holyoke, called "Pat's", was having their daily Tuesday lunch special...Cheeseburger Chowder. I had never heard of Cheeseburger Chowder. Just the name though, sent my mind reeling over what that was, and how good it would taste!! But...alas...we couldn't get out...UNTIL...
   A reprieve!! A relative stopped by her house to give her a break for a while, to run errands or what not. Little did she know that the real errand that needed running was to "Pat's" for some Cheeseburger Chowder!!! LOL She called me and said: "You want some?!" I was like "You can't get out!!" After going back and forth about it...while she was on her way out the door...*Teehee*...we decided to be "bad girls" today and GET IT!!! {Don't you love girlfriends who can share your good...and your bad...with you! ^_^}
    Now, if I was sitting here eating leftover Cheeseburger Chowder while I was typing this blog, that would make for a good story! But I'm not! I ate the whole bowl of it yesterday. It was D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S!!!! And I ate it so fast that I didn't even think about taking a picture of it!! Sorry. :-] And I didn't take a picture of the Sour cream and chocolate brownie that we shared either!! :-] But I DID get a picture of something else she got me from there...a homemade chicken pot pie!!

     She bought one from them that was frozen. I figured that since hubby wasn't going to be party to the "Party" of Cheeseburger Chowder I needed to have something for him to share...for dinner. And since I had never eaten their Chicken Pot pies...and I love to try something new....Okay, so I was still hungry!! :-] Sad, isn't it?!...So, at dinnertime, into the oven it went. The header picture is what it looked like about half way through.  The picture above is when it was almost done, except for a little more browning of the crust that had to take place. {I don't like pale looking crust...on anything!}
        It was all hot and bubbly,

       ...and the house smelled SO good!!! All that was left...after hubby came home, of course...was to cut into this 'bad boy' and, as they say in the South, "Greaze"! {I think it's a take-off on the word "graze"...like cows do. WHATEVER!} LOL With the white meat chicken, peas, carrots, potatoes, creamy sauce, and crunchy delicious crust dispersed all through it...

     ....it really hit the spot...that now 'hungry AGAIN' spot!

    I even had the nerve to have a sweet potato on the side...for fiber! ^_^

     And a little ginger ale to wash it all down.

     Awwwwww! Good!!....But now it's morning...And I am starving again!! UGH! Hormones!!...So, what will this day bring?! Or, rather, what will we go and get?!! Ha! Ha! Does this kind of hunger ever happen to you?!
      Since I'm thinking of food already, it only follows that cooking is on my mind. So, a repeat of this poem is in order! :-) Have a good day everybody!
     {By the way, I also woke up to 3 sales in my shop!!! YAY!!! I'm going to have to figure out how to get them ready to ship while I hunt for food!! Ha! Ha! }

Cooking

Flipping, Frying,
Flambeing, Filleting,
Burning, Browning,
Paring, Pureeing.

Boiling, Baking,
Mixing, Making,
Simmering, Scaling,
Sifting, Shaking.

Cooking, Crackling,
Cutting, Coring,
Sprinkling, Spattering,
Patting, Pouring,

Broiling, Battering,
Steeping, Steaming,
Timing, Tossing,
Cubing, Creaming,

Slicing, Scrambling,
Turning, Toasting,
Melting, Measuring,
Rinsing, Roasting.

Dipping, Dicing,
Skimming, Sauteing,
Poaching, Peeling,
Mincing, Microwaving.

Gathering, Grilling
Basting, Barbecuing,
Hacking, Heating,
Scoring, Skewering.

Standing, Stirring,
Rough, Tough,
Kitchen, Ditching,
Had Enough!