Turkey Problem, Solved

Yeah, it’s finally Friday. It seems that ever since I got here that I’ve been counting the days until the weekend. I guess it’s just the classes and all that. Funny, though; at Western, I never thought of it that way; it seemed that there was always something to do and time was never quite enough. Hopefully when I pass the prelims next summer, I can get back to do what I like to do, such as participating in student organizations, networking, learning stuff.

So, back to the turkey thing.

I was thinking about throwing it away, but then I thought about all the people around the world living in poverty, who don’t even have anything to eat, I felt bad, real bad. So with that enormous guilt trip, I decided to keep it. But keeping it doesn’t solve the problem; I have to find a way to eat it.

So I gave it some thought, “what would oily turkey leftovers be good with?” The keyword was oily. I thought of all the meat that were usually oily, like ground beef, and how I would dispose of, I mean, cook it. And then it came to me, I could cook it in tomato/spaghetti sauce. I even went a step further, I would make turkey lasagna.

I first removed all the meat from the bones, and made sure all the meat was bone-free, or at least, as bone-free as I could make it. I cooked it in spaghetti sauce with also a can of stewed tomatoes. All the while, I boiled a pot to cook the lasagna. After everything was prepared, I went through the process of layering the lasagna and meat, also with macaroni noodles leftover from the day before. Then I preheated the oven to 350F and put both casserole dishes in. (Yeah, it required two dishes to finish it.) After a bake time of an hour or so, I checked to see if it was done; it was bubbling, so I would guess it was okay. However, I didn’t taste it until I picked up Kevin from campus.

I went to pick him up around 19:30. After we arrived home, I took the dishes out of the oven and gave it a try. Hmm, not half bad; actually quite okay. Haha, me and my cooking genius!!!

After that, I wanted to show Kevin Homeworld 2, but the computers were undergoing routine virus checks. I have the scans scheduled for Friday nights, thinking that I wouldn’t be home (more like outside partying) using the computer during that time. See how that thinking turned out.

During the wait for the scans to finish, we fiddled around with the portable DVD player, using our Firefly DVDs. It’s quite a nifty device. And the series is excellent as always, even through multiple viewings.

When the virus scans were completed, I then proceeded to show Kevin what Homeworld 2 looked like, how it controlled, and how epic the battles were. I had the urge to shout out, “CONTACT! CONTACT! Multiple enemy contacts sighted!” Which then I would say, “Battle stations! Identify contacts!” And then I would reply, “Contacts identified as three interceptor squadrons, two bomber squads, two gunship and two pulsar gunship squadrons. There are also two torpedo and ion beam frigates. Wait! There is a hyperspace signature! Sir! It’s a carrier!

“It’s a damn invasion. All hands to battle stations, ready weapons! Contact fleetcom and tell them to send in the reserves ASAP! Helmsmen, set course, 220, inclination 25 degrees, full speed ahead!

“Release weapons safety, target nearest frigate, fire on my mark… FIRE!”

And then a glorious battle would ensue.

After the space cleared of plasma and debris, it was time to… install the new hard drive that we bought last Friday. Kevin did the whole installation thing; he removed the side panel, installed it, checked and formatted it, then installed it inside the external enclosure. Plus he installed the other hard drive originally in the enclousure into the computer. It seems that he has a gift towards many things electronic. He changed (and is still in the process of) the switches in the house, fixed broken circuits, fiddled with the garage light, and has done quite an excellent job on all of them. I told him that if we ever find ourselves without a job, we could go into the house restoration business. Him being the electrician, me the carpenter, and the two of us together would be plumbers as well as many other things.

But that's if things don't go as planned.