The Chateau Diaries #302 Stay home and renovate the damn chito

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Tuna and cheese wrap up from my childhood: (Nothing else to write about until the next vlog!)
  • Grilled cheese was always made with Bandon or Tillamook extra sharp cheese - both from the Oregon coast - Bandon cheese is no longer , white bread with butter on the outside and fried in a pan on the stove
  • Tuna casserole for Friday nights - we were Catholic so no meat - consisted of canned Chicken of the Sea tuna, domestically produced elbow macaroni (no imported stuff back them) and Campbell's cream of mushroom soup - nothing else.
  • First night out on one of our adventurous camping trips which were always Friday night in the trailer was sandwiches made from grated extra sharp cheddar, tuna, Best Foods sandwich spread and hard boiled chopped eggs served between a hamburger bun and wrapped in foil. All Mom had to do was heat them in the propane powered oven.
  • I don't remember my mother ever making macaroni and cheese.
  • Dad's specialty was a fried egg sandwich with green pepper and extra sharp cheddar between toasted bread.
  • We never had onion and cheese sandwiches but they sound good.
  • Another Friday night staple was Welsh Rarebit - cheese sauce on toast.
  • The best Friday night dinner was my mother's exceptional cheese souffle!
I actually looked forward to Friday night meals because there was no way were having liver or tongue!
 
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I do put tuna in macaroni cheese, my son always wants bacon in it as well! So I'll do some on the side but.... :sick:
I recall back in the 80s there was a tuna/noodle casserole that was popular with a canned cream soup.. gross.. the stuff we used to eat..reminds me of green bean casserole another yuk.. lots of casseroles. My Mom was not of the casserole era and her meals were meat and potatoes/fresh vegetables from the garden, everything made from scratch.
 
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That’s Amadeus from Le Demi Chateau, he was visiting Selling Up & Buying a Chateau. I’ve mentioned him here before. He’s a very friendly vegan German guy trying to fix up & Airbnb his half chateau. He talks about his boyfriend a lot, but I’ve never seen him…
 
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Did the near death chatelaine recover enough to get a Patreon vlog out today?
 
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Just realized my post sounds as if I've never had a grilled cheese sandwich lol. Tonight I think I'll make grilled cheese with caramelized onions.
You know what I never thought of grilling a supermarket sandwich this is a great idea 😀
 
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That’s Amadeus from Le Demi Chateau, he was visiting Selling Up & Buying a Chateau. I’ve mentioned him here before. He’s a very friendly vegan German guy trying to fix up & Airbnb his half chateau. He talks about his boyfriend a lot, but I’ve never seen him…
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You talked about him before? When you talk about cute men, you ALWAYS need to include a pic, to get my attention.
 
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I'm also a vegetarian, when I see lambs in the fields, it breaks my heart that they are killed as young as 10 weeks old so that humans can eat them. 💔
I refused to eat meat as a kid when I was old enough to understand where it came from. I was about 12 when I started eating meat but even now I can be squeamish about it. I used to be horrified when I was first in Japan and went to a yaki niku place and asked what all the meat was - had to look it all up as I had idea; the dictionary came back with horrifying things like: fallopian tube or ovaries. :sick:
 
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Did the near death chatelaine recover enough to get a Patreon vlog out today?
As fast as they fill up the annex, it will never be fast enough to stay ahead of Fanny & Snorty's shopping addiction.
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A New Brocante and Cafe open in our Tiny French Village!
 
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Damn shopaholics are shopping again. Are they not able to go a single day without shopping and spending online or in person?

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Hugh did have one thing in common with Stephanie....he too was a bleep-der

Bad bad joke I know🤪, I couldnt help myself....maybe I've been possessed by Henny Youngman😀
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We call that tuna casserole. Made with boxed Kraft Mac & cheese and Campbell's cream of mushroom soup. I actually crave that every once in awhile. My mother used to make it when I was a child, that's what she considered cooking😀
He insists I made it for them as kids... there's no way in hell I'd mix tuna with bacon, and cheese sauce and pasta... (((shudders)))
 
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Damn shopaholics are shopping again. Are they not able to go a single day without shopping and spending online or in person?

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Well. 10 outta 10 with both of them.
 
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My mother was not an adventurous cook until Emeril Lagasse / food network, mostly Italian American or meat & potato so I never had any fish lamb nor organ meat! For my wedding in Amman Jordan an entire lamb was bought and prepared including brains et. I ate salads in the garden for a week after!!
Marhaba! I lived in Irbid for 3 years ! It’s a small world!!
 
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