Same Guests as last time I screwed up the potato salad... Think I can get it right this time?
Honestly, I was a bit surprised when the trucker asked if I was making my salad. He doesn't even eat it! I guess they really missed it when I messed it up last time.
I will try again today, even though I don't have as wide a variety of veggies to throw in. Really, it only 'needs' eggs and potatoes, right?
I'm making a bbq pulled pork for dinner. Last night I said "remind me to take the roast out of the freezer when we get downstairs" about a million times. After a brief argument this morning, I think the trucker and I agree that I should know better than to ask him to remember something for ME, and he will work on NOT answering me if he didn't hear what I asked!
Remember my meal planning story? Yeah, I've known for a week that I was making this today. I completely forgot to take it out of the freezer last night so it was frozen solid this morning.
First Mistake.
Not having it out of the freezer means I definitely need to get it in the slow cooker early in the morning in order to be cooked well enough to pull apart easily.
Second Mistake.
Darling Trucker calls me at 10:30 and says "Have you got the roast cooking?"
"What? Oh, Yes, Of COURSE I do!"
CRAP....
Haul out the slow cooker, get the roast from the stinkin freezer... it DOESN'T FIT in my crockpot!! It's frozen solid so I can't manipulate it, I know it will shrink as it cooks and fit fine! Can I put, like, tin foil over the top of the crockpot since I can't use the lid? No, really, I don't know! I decided today was probably not the day to test it out, since I've ripped off these friends before with dinner.... I think they actually want to eat what I said I was making!!
Grabbed the roaster and turned on the oven, deciding that I would just get it started in there (or maybe finish it that way too). After it thaws out a bit and starts to cook, it will be easier and I can fit it in the slow cooker.
I had lunch with my son, dropped him off at school and started to think about where I'd like to go for the afternoon.... "NO!!!" I did realize before I got too far that I had a freakin' roast in the oven at home... close call, could have been yet another mistake!
Now the toddler is napping, I've got things in order again (finally) and the roast is in the crock as it should have been a while ago...
OH.... no, I am NOT in order... I was heading out to pick up the buns, wasn't I? I was going to get buns after I dropped off the boy. But thinking I'd forget the meat, I turned around and came home...oh, man!
Now, having such a bad experience with my potato salad before, and such a rough morning with the roast.... I'm afraid to even start it!! Hahaaaaa......ugh...
I'm sure it will be fine....right? I'll send out an update once it's eaten (providing it all turns out edible!).
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