Can I clear out some of the stash of canned goods that I\’ve amassed? Sure I can; but it might take a while! After work yesterday, I got busy.

My stash includes quite a stock of chicken, and I decided to use up some of it. Naturally, I thought of chicken tikka masala. I used two cans of the chicken: a 5-oz one, and a 10-oz one; and I used a can of condensed tomato soup. That got rid of another \”tin\”.

I put cauliflower, red onion, and red bell pepper in this dish; and of course that meant that I had to do a lot of time-consuming chopping. It took a good 45 minutes to get the concoction ready for the stove. Now I\’m down three tins, but that hardly makes a — well — dent in my supply. What can I do to use up some more?

Of course I don\’t want to use up everything! Hurricane season is upon us, and it\’s important to have at least a few days\’ supply of non-perishable foods on hand. I probably don\’t need to be too worried any more about a COVID-19 shut-down; but you never know. Even leaving hurricanes and the pandemic out of the picture, emergencies happen.

The cooking done, I began to think: Can I get out for a ride tomorrow morning? At 6 pm yesterday, the wind was 18 mph; and gusts up to 30 mph. There was still a 70% chance of T-storms, too; and I decided not to try going for an evening ride. The forecast predicted some pretty stiff wind for today as well. Can I ride against that? None too fast, for sure.

Wet Ride

This morning I rode the hybrid. It was raining; and the hybrid has fenders. I wanted a few things from Whole Foods, too; and using the hybrid meant I could have the trunk. Bringing only the trunk meant, How much can I fit in there? Fortunately I bought only five items.

I thought of riding over to the drug store during my lunch break, but about 10 am I heard the wind pick up; and by noon it was up to 25 mph. The wind advisory is still in effect; and now that I\’m off work, I don\’t feel like going anywhere, anyhow.

The weekend weather is looking pretty good; and in fact, all of next week looks pretty good. So it\’s salvage store tomorrow; and a long ride Sunday. But can I resist bringing home another big haul of, er, cans?