Well, it’s the last day of my vacation – back to work tomorrow – I work from home so it’s no big deal. Mind you, it’s been a little strange, one week in Mazatlan and one week in self-isolation. However, I’ve got a lot done in the last seven days – lots of cooking, 3 hours a day studying my languages, and catching up on Netflix. I planned on making some Italian tomato sauce today to go along with meatballs for later on in the week – but again ran out of the necessary ingredients. Well, not quite – we do have cans of diced tomatoes to add to the sauce, but … I just can’t make sauce with canned tomatoes … I only use fresh plum and reduce them with a vegetable mill. Now, our supply train renewed my flour and egg shortage, so that got me thinking. I can make fresh pasta from scratch. And, I still have some ground veal and ground pork, so I can still make meatballs … and if you can’t go Italian with meatballs, then go Swedish!! Just as easy to make and with a mushroom, sour cream and dill sauce it makes for a great meal. So Swedish Meatballs it is. I’ve finished seasons 1 and 2 of ‘Ultraviolet’, a polish procedural crime series and quite enjoyed it. (… and it inspired me to make fresh perogies yesterday 
) We watched seasons 1 and 2 of ‘Wanted’, an Australian crime series – season 1 was excellent, season 2 not so much, haven’t bothered with season 3. Season 3 of ‘Ozark’ started on Friday – we had to watch the last episode of season 2 in order to catch up. Season 3 … even more trouble for Marty and his family, but great to watch. Season 4 of ‘Money Heist’ – the great Spanish crime series from a couple of years ago – starts next Friday – can hardly wait for that. There’s a new crime series that just started on Netflix – ‘Valhalla’ – it’s in Icelandic so I’ll have to brush up on that. I’m going to try to do a couple travel stories through the week … so many to choose from, though Have a great and safe week … keep smiling
Great job on the Swedish Meatballs!!!!