yrmencyn | My doings today...

My camera's sick :( The most annoying thing is that I honestly don't know why. It worked fine in Columbus, and then today I tried to take some pictures of Phoebs and general outdoorsy stuff, and... the LCD screen is wacked. It just displays pure white, no matter what I do. Luckily it's still under warranty, so I just have to pay to ship it to (of all places) Laredo, but it's still annoying. Bah.

Anyway, I've been moderately productive today. Made some frijoles a la charra, which really could have been better... the pintos have been languishing in their container for multiple years now, so they're a little less than wonderful. I mean, yes, dried beans will keep for ever, and will stay edible. They won't however, be at their prime. In addition, these beans were a little darker than I like for frijoles a la charra; I like the nice, light, pink beans. They have a more appropriate flavor and color for the dish. And I should probably have used salt pork or ham, not bacon (or maybe in addition to bacon, in the case of ham). I dunno, I'll keep experimenting. The current batch is still quite tasty, just not perfect. [Sorry, no food porn today, thanks to sad panda camera.] Also cleaned my room, which has been pretty much a shambles since I finished up my committee draft, like, 3 weeks ago.