Yesterday was a rather lackluster day. We missed church, getting home rather late on Saturday from our outing in Springfield. A few days ago, we received our 1/2 hog that we had purchased. There was plenty of ground pork so I felt compelled to make meatloaf. There are lots of meatloaf recipes out there, but my favorite by far is one that has been tested thoroughly by the folks at Cooks Illustrated. It is essentially a blend of ground pork and ground beef with a few spices, milk, egg, Worcestershire sauce, a dab of hot sauce and a dab of mustard. Add some cracker crumbs, and the loaf is nearly complete. A glaze on top consists of a combination of ketchup, brown sugar, and vinegar. Anyway, that was lunch along with a bit of macaroni and cheese.
We finally ventured out of the house late in the afternoon when we took a drive down to the Talberts in Armington. Julie stayed inside, visiting the girls while I hung around with Brad and Zack. Upon arrival, Brad was welding a deer stand. Apparently the stand had broken last year and needed a bit of maintenance. Later, we ventured down to the timber for a short "walk in the woods". Their stream was up quite a bit, as evidenced by "Reggie", their black lab mix, having to swim through the stream to fetch a stick. Zach was really wanting us to take him to Ming's for supper, offering not only to buy his own supper but ours as well. We were tired from the previous night's venture so we offered a rain check. Apparently, his baseball season begins next week with a game in Atlanta on Sunday. We suggested that, possibly, we could go to Ming's Sunday evening.
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