This past Sunday morning Pasta Pete was at work in the kitchen. I even bought a name tag so when I go to the Grief Group Sessions people know who I am. Should mention that so far, 80 to 90% of the GG attendees are older YL's and the rest are guys like me.
(I had thought about a 2nd Line: I can cook!)
Back to Sunday mornings in western Pennsylvania. It was a ritual starting with the family going to 8 AM mass at St. Margaret Mary's Catholic Church followed by breakfast at home and then the magic. Everyone out of the kitchen as my mom whipped up Sunday Dinner served promptly at noon.
There was the homebrew spaghetti sauce with meatballs, breaded eggplant, with a side of zucchini, a tossed green salad with tomatoes and cucumbers and for dessert something out of this world. Supper was usually just a snack as the Sunday Dinner was enough food for a week with the calories to match.
It was not unusual to have midafternoon family visitors where mom would hit the freezer for a previously made dessert to serve to family.
I liked the summer Sunday feasts as the meal was usually served outdoors, and the dessert often was cannoli or an ice cream sandwich made from waffle cookies and a slab of vanilla ice cream. If you check pastapete.com the recipe for the waffle cookies can be found along with a how to do it you tube video. Also on the website is the magic spaghetti sauce recipe.
Those were funny times as the Sunday ritual was watched by others. If you were not at 8AM mass with the whole family, it was like the Spanish inquisition. One Sunday I was on a trip, and my mom got a call from a "Nosey Nellie" wanting to know if I had stopped going to church.
As my sauce came together, and the rich aroma of the simmering onions and garlic permeated the house it was a stark reminder of some really great past times and the impact of a simple family meal.
This past Sunday it was just me eating spaghetti and vegetables and the cannoli has given way to 70 calorie Non-Fat, Low-Fat, No-Taste, Small Portion and Strange Appearing Danon Yogurt. [Sunday Mass from our local Catholic Church is live streamed on YouTube. Times do change!]
Potent: Olive Oil, Onion and Garlic, Hot Pepper
On Sunday I did write a CNC program for the panel meter cutout, and I bought a DC power supply for the Hybrid Wireless. This supply will provide 6.3 Volts at 5 amps and 300 VDC at 300ma. It should be enough juice to provide 20 or so Watts of RF output from the 12GE5 Final. The price is less than $30.
This supply will be used along with a 12 VDC 5.6 Amp power supply board that will source the SS circuits and handle the filaments. The 6.3 Volts will be used to reverse feed a 110VAC to 12VAC filament transformer which then will produce about a -60VDC for the bias. This will make for a much smaller footprint and perfect for this rig.
Hide your digital footprint.
Them that know can make things go
73's
Pete N6QW