Day 114 Cooking for Last Day of English Classes

It was another rainy day.  I got up at six, just because I woke up, but soon decided a nap was in order.  When I got back up around 7:30 I did some cleaning, read some and did a little knitting.  Del has a small conference tomorrow, so he was busy getting all his slides, etc. ready.  When there was a break in the weather, I walked over to the little IKI to get the fixings for a little treat for my classes tomorrow.  I decided to make apple cinnamon buns , mint cream cheese dip, except made with marscapone because there was no cream cheese, and cheese onion garlic twirls.  It's sort of a take of on that Vidalia onion dip Del loves so much,except not so much mayonaise.  The dip calls for equal parts of mayo, grated Vidalia onion and swiss cheese, baked at 325 until it sets and browns and has a slick of grease on top from the mayo and cheese.  I blot that up with a paper towel.  These things I made today have a combination of the cheese I had, swiss, sharp cheddar and parmesan, chopped onion, garlic powder and enough mayo to moisten well but not  be sloppy.  I rolled out puff pastry, spread on the cheese mixture, rolled it up, cut into half inch slices and baked until golden.  The butter in the puff pastry is probably as bad as the fat from the mayonaise in the baked dish, but the potential to eat too much is limited by the small size and the fact that I only made two per person.

Fortunately the dishwasher heats its own water, because I seemed to mess up a lot of dishes.  Right now I'm trying to figure out some way to wash my hair by sticking my head in the dishwasher after it fills up but I can't seem to visualize it.  Enough whining from me.  There are too many people with lots of problems that are serious.  No hot water for 5 days is a small  thing.  And it has come at a time before the Auburns get here, so that is good.

We are so looking forward to seeing Mark and Sandy.  I hope they enjoy Klaipeda as much as we have.

Regarding use of Del's word "linner" for combined lunch and dinner.  He also says "lupper" sometimes.  In answer to Tom, the late lunch dinner combo is often followed by late night popcorn if I have a choice.  When I used to make Sunday dinner at lunch time I frequently served popcorn for supper.  It's a custom handed over by our friends the Faries back in Illinois.  So odd to me that people here don't eat much popcorn.