The highlight of the day was actually not the food, which wasn't very good. We did however splurge and buy a $9 slip 'n' slide. And it was sooo much fun. For everyone. It was a really hot and humid day and I was particularly ready to play in the cold water after having run an errand in the car with no a/c. So here are a few pictures of our fun time outside trying to cool off.
After our fun, Jason was reading the instructions for our new purchase and we found out that none of us were technically supposed to be using the slip 'n' slide. "Not intended for adult use or for anyone under the age of 5." We still enjoyed it. We did use it again a few days later and it broke while no one was even on it. Oh, well. We got some good use out of it.
We tried to recreate a Texas Roadhouse meal that Jason likes. The rolls and cinnamon-butter were pretty good even though the butter was too sweet despite having put in only half of the honey and sugar that the recipe called for.
Country Fried Steak and Mashed potatoes. The only thing on this plate that was even worth eating was the mashed potatoes and that recipe was actually a copy of Applebees Garlic Mashed Potatoes. The gravy was OK. I had found a recipe for a cream gravy and it was so bland, that we ended up making a peppered gravy mix we happened to have. Like I said, it was OK; the taste was better than the other one I made, but the packet was a 'just add water' type thing and all I could taste was our nasty water (for some reason it tastes worse sometimes than others). And the steak was just not good. Which is alright because this was the most unhealthy of our vacation meals and now we'll never be tempted to make it again.
After our fun, Jason was reading the instructions for our new purchase and we found out that none of us were technically supposed to be using the slip 'n' slide. "Not intended for adult use or for anyone under the age of 5." We still enjoyed it. We did use it again a few days later and it broke while no one was even on it. Oh, well. We got some good use out of it.
We tried to recreate a Texas Roadhouse meal that Jason likes. The rolls and cinnamon-butter were pretty good even though the butter was too sweet despite having put in only half of the honey and sugar that the recipe called for.
Country Fried Steak and Mashed potatoes. The only thing on this plate that was even worth eating was the mashed potatoes and that recipe was actually a copy of Applebees Garlic Mashed Potatoes. The gravy was OK. I had found a recipe for a cream gravy and it was so bland, that we ended up making a peppered gravy mix we happened to have. Like I said, it was OK; the taste was better than the other one I made, but the packet was a 'just add water' type thing and all I could taste was our nasty water (for some reason it tastes worse sometimes than others). And the steak was just not good. Which is alright because this was the most unhealthy of our vacation meals and now we'll never be tempted to make it again.
3 comments:
That butter looks good.
That slip-n-slide looks awesome!
The slip and slide looks way fun! I am jealous, we don't have a hose at our apartment so we can't play with fun water toys.
We have horrible water here too, but we actually have a water filter/tank that uses brita filters that makes our water so good. It is nice because it plugs in and makes the water hot or cold. Dustin got ours at Kmart, but I know they have them at Home Depot.
I love the slip-n-slide. What a great invention, even for grown-ups. A perfect summer activity for the family.
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