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Morbius

(1,109 posts)
Thu May 14, 2026, 07:22 PM 17 hrs ago

I'm so excited.

On January 2nd, I turned the key on my Mazda 5 minivan and the engine made a peculiar noise. It turned out that peculiar sound was the engine blowing its seals, and basically dying. I owed two years plus of payments. The next day, January 3rd, I bought a Ford Focus and three days later, I got rear-ended in a hit-and-run and as it happens, enough damage happened that it was totaled. I had to refinance my house to get out of the financial burden I was under, and it turns out that refinancing your house takes a LONG time.

What's this about? When I refinanced my plan was to buy a new oven. My old one had a gas leak, and i wasn't able to actually get one until today. I finally, after well over a year, have a working oven. Tonight I made baked potatoes au gratin with sage pork sausage, and it was yummy.

So now I can bake again, and there are dozens of things I want to make which I finally can make, but I can't make them all at once. I want to make cookies, breaded pork tenderloin, crustless quiche, pork potato pie and biscuits & gravy. And so many more.

I am almost giddy!

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I'm so excited. (Original Post) Morbius 17 hrs ago OP
What an awesome feeling! Drum 16 hrs ago #1
Have fun being a chef once again. Should we get gou one of those big tall puffy white hats ? magicarpet 16 hrs ago #2
Never a chef. Morbius 15 hrs ago #4
Well that sounds good,.. won't walk away hungry. magicarpet 15 hrs ago #5
Your dinner sounds amazing! SheltieLover 16 hrs ago #3
Sounds like you're gonna make some masterpieces, calimary 14 hrs ago #6
Man! That dinner sounds sooo good! Trueblue Texan 14 hrs ago #7

magicarpet

(19,396 posts)
2. Have fun being a chef once again. Should we get gou one of those big tall puffy white hats ?
Thu May 14, 2026, 07:30 PM
16 hrs ago

Morbius

(1,109 posts)
4. Never a chef.
Thu May 14, 2026, 08:24 PM
15 hrs ago

I'm a cook. Chefs are fancy. Chefs are as much managers as cooks. I will never win an award. I will never boss other cooks around.

But I'll feed ya, and you'll push yourself away from the table with satisfaction.

magicarpet

(19,396 posts)
5. Well that sounds good,.. won't walk away hungry.
Thu May 14, 2026, 08:34 PM
15 hrs ago

The whole crew at DU would like to stop by your place to chow down.

Do you have enough parking in your yard for 7,800 cars ?

What did you say your address was again ? Would 5-ish pm on Sunday be a good time/day for you ?

calimary

(90,717 posts)
6. Sounds like you're gonna make some masterpieces,
Thu May 14, 2026, 09:27 PM
14 hrs ago

now that your oven is back among the living.

Have fun!

And please fill us in, if possible. Thanks!!!

Trueblue Texan

(4,599 posts)
7. Man! That dinner sounds sooo good!
Thu May 14, 2026, 09:36 PM
14 hrs ago

I love pork sausage with sage! Sorry you’ve had such a rough time, but congratulations on things aligning for you again!

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