{"id":19328,"date":"2016-09-15T13:04:15","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T20:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=19328"},"modified":"2016-09-15T14:49:15","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T21:49:15","slug":"doxie-tikki-masala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=19328","title":{"rendered":"Doxie Tikki Masala"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"856661_10151436737222346_1483880795_o\"<\/a>I love getting things done first thing in the morning. Gym, car wash, root around in the garage looking for a pair of dog carriers I stowed away two years ago, pay the annual registration on the motorcycle. Hey, when you’re retired, you either learn to savor everyday tasks or you die of boredom, and I’m not ready to die.<\/p>\n

Donna went out to play bridge last night so I drove to the nearest Vietnamese restaurant for takeout. When I asked the dogs if they wanted to come along, they both scampered out to the garage. Schatzi’s always ready to go, but Maxie’s kind of meh about it. Sometimes she’s eager\u00a0to come along, sometimes she hides under the couch. Last night she was up for a ride. Normally both dogs call\u00a0shotgun, but this time I made them sit\u00a0on the back seat. They stayed put like good’uns, all the way to the restaurant and back.<\/p>\n

We had a pair of dog seats in the back of our old Trailblazer. I took them out one day to make room for human passengers and never reinstalled them. I went looking for them when I got home this morning and strapped them to the back seat of the truck. I think the pups will be happy to see their old seats again. The thing about dog seats is they’re high enough to see out the windows, and the\u00a0girls\u00a0do love to know what’s going on. I’m planning a lunch run later today, just so I can take them with me. Even though I just had the car washed and for once there\u00a0aren’t any dog nose slug trails on the inside of the windows.<\/p>\n

Tonight I’m making chicken tikki masala for the first time. Not doing anything fancy or creative, just following\u00a0the recipe printed on the back of a jar of Patak’s tikki masala paste, and cooking a cup of rice to go along with it. Oh, and yesterday I stopped by the Babylon Market and bought a bag of frozen garlic naan. Let’s hope this adventure ends well.<\/p>\n

By the way, I have a British friend who knows Indian cooking. I’m hoping he’ll read this post and send me some tips. Tony, you there?<\/p>\n

I couldn’t bear to watch the news last night or to check it this morning, so no current events or political commentary today. Aren’t you glad? You should be.<\/p>\n

Now it’s time to take the puppies for a ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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