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By Martha DeMeo October 9, 2016 in In The Kitchen, My Writing Sites

No Power at Home So Went Out for Dinner

No Power at Home So Went Out for Dinner

Well, I am a bit off schedule on the Ultimate Blog Challenge due to a visit from Hurricane Matthew. So since I’m a few days late I wanted to get one up quick.  The Hurricane left us without power and the food in both our freezers may not fare too well.  Our shop is about 5 miles from our home and early afternoon he residents and business owners were allowed back in.  Were we surprised to see we have power!

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There was no damage in our little plaza that we share with 4 other businesses but there were lots of pine needles and palm fronds. Hubby cleared the parking lot while I went in to charge my phone.  All stores and restaurants are still closed in town and the owners are working to get things cleaned up.

We went back home but still no power so we decided to go out to eat.  Yes, we’re eating out but nothing is open!  I packed up by induction burner, frying pan and utensils to take to our shop to cook dinner. I quickly opened the freezer and grabbed a package of pork chops that were still frozen so I knew they were good along with a few potatoes.

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I cooked a delicious dinner of fried potatoes and pork chops.   As I was cooking, I realized I forgot to bring a lid for the frying pan.  So me being the ingenious person, I came up with my own lid invention.

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I took two sections of a wide curtain rod from our stock and used that as a lid! I hope when we hang a valance, they don’t smell like pork chops.  LOL

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Hubby and I had a romantic dinner, complete with flowers on the table and a view of the bustling traffic heading back to their homes to check out if any damage.

Do you come up with out of the ordinary ways to do things under circumstances beyond your control? I love to think outside of the box and our dinner was delicious!

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Martha DeMeo

I started my blog on Christmas Day 2014 mainly to review products I received. Since then it has evolved into many other categories of lifestyles, family, money saving ideas, low cost, delicious and healthy meals plus other surprise posts. My granddaughter has her own category, Alex's Articles and the latest addition to my blog is my great granddaughter now has her category, Lia's Likings The Baby Blogger! Lia started blogger at 8 months old and she now has a Friday Story Time blog you won't want to miss! I welcome you to join the conversation, ask a question, give a suggestion or leave a comment on any blog post. I hope you enjoy Lia's Likings, she has some great posts that will make you smile!

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10 Discussion to this post

  1. Jennifer Bay says:
    October 9, 2016 at 7:07 pm

    So glad you are well. What a great story! Those little impromptu dinners are the best 🙂

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    • Martha says:
      October 10, 2016 at 7:25 pm

      We are even better now, the power came back! But not until I made breakfast and dinner again today at our shop. I’m gonna miss those. LOL But just goes to show we can make the best out of not so good times. Thanks for visiting Jennifer.

      Reply
  2. Maribeth says:
    October 9, 2016 at 11:14 pm

    I think your idea of using the curtain rods as a lid was ingenious! And it worked! What a wonderful testimony of making a meal in a situation that was difficult.

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    • Martha says:
      October 10, 2016 at 7:33 pm

      I love thinking outside of the box but I think the curtain rod lid was definitely a first! But it worked and that’s the mean thing. I made breakfast and dinner today but I remembered to bring my silicone lid! Thanks for stopping by Maribeth.

      Reply
  3. Alexandra says:
    October 9, 2016 at 11:48 pm

    that’s too cute! lol

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    • Martha says:
      October 10, 2016 at 8:01 pm

      It was so romantic Alexandra, dinner with a view of the fabrics. LOL I made breakfast and dinner today, I’m gonna miss it now that the power is back on. Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  4. Terry Hoover says:
    October 10, 2016 at 12:40 am

    you do what you gotta do!!

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    • Martha says:
      October 10, 2016 at 7:39 pm

      Power is back on and I’m gonna miss my Tiki Square dinners! Thanks to my review items, that made things a lot easier. Thanks for stopping by Terry.

      Reply
  5. bushra says:
    October 10, 2016 at 10:15 am

    good idea to overcome will power shut down 🙂

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    • Martha says:
      October 10, 2016 at 7:41 pm

      Thanks Bushra, we made the best of a bad situation and it turned out great. There was only one restaurant open in our area and there was over a two hour wait. My idea was fun and romantic! LOL

      Reply

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