It was a happy Father’s Day for me – we had a Zoom call with Jeff, and got to see part of his new residence (he tried carrying his laptop around to give us a full tour, but technology did not cooperate).

Dinner was another attempt at Crispy Frico Chicken Breasts With Mushrooms and Thyme – I used my Lodge Logic cast-iron skillet because it’s oven-safe, but I am pretty sure it heated up too much on the stove. There was much smoke, but no smoke alarms sounded, and it tasted pretty good, even though the mushrooms were seriously charred.

Next time, though, we’re not going to make it in one pot – we’ll use Anolon on the stove and transfer it to something else for the oven. And I’ll try putting some oil on the chicken before putting on the cheese in hopes that more cheese will stick to the chicken. Maybe I’ll even get real Parmesan cheese instead of the stuff in a green plastic container!

Shabbat is supposed to be a day of rest, and today filled the bill. We “went” to Torah Study and Shabbat Morning services and took a few walks. Diane had a Zoom session on photos, and I curated photos from January, 2005 – and that was about it. Lunch was leftover chicken, and dinner was the chickpea recipe I’ve made a few times in the last couple of months – the only novelty was a slightly different cocktail with dinner (note to self: don’t have cocktails AND wine with dinner – space them out next time).

There was a tiny bit of excitement on the tech front – we used the Amcrest webcam for the first time on our Zoom sessions today; I kinda wish I’d bought one with only a 70 degree field of view instead of 90 degrees, but even at 90 degrees, there’s much less of the room visible and more of us than there was with the WyzeCam. And some app on my iPhone decided to run hot and drain the phone’s battery – a hard reboot seems to have cured that problem.

I hope you had a restful Saturday, too!