Last Tuesday night, after a couple of days of very light eating, I brought home the only decent salmon fillet from the seafood counter at my no-longer-enjoyable Cloverdale Harris Teeter. It roasted up just exactly right and was well-matched with garlicky asparagus spears for a filling and renewing dinner.
The heat wave of mid-June was very much in full force, with high 90s and RealFeels over 100°F. It was pretty miserable outside.
Ah, but it was also pretty miserable inside from Sunday afternoon until Wednesday night, at least on the first floor of the Roediger House. After only two years of service, the air handler's blower motor blew, filling the downstairs Sunday afternoon with a low fog of acrid smoke and shutting down the system. Sumner and I retreated to the third floor and did all our sleeping up there in the nook in the meantime.
It was not the better part of wisdom to fire up the oven to 425°F that Tuesday, but I was starving for a good meal. I did not attempt any other cooking in the meantime, though.
By late Wednesday afternoon, when John from Webb Heating & Air Conditioning finished reparing the system, the kitchen was a toasty 87°F.
Things were pretty much back to normal when we got up Thursday morning, and life proceeded swimmingly from there. It made me happy to engage in the small kitchen joy of baking a fresh loaf of banana bread, which turned out quite delicious. And it was terrific as well when we got a break in the weather over the Juneteenth weekend!
"Carolyn's Banana Bread," a recipe shared by former neighbor Lori Pilon.
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