DInner at 43 Unicorn

Nell had started a batch of bread earlier and now she sliced up a dozen pieces of bacon and set them to sizzle slowly in her cast iron frying pan along with the hot peppers and her bean-herb mix. While that cooked she did a quick clean of the house, set the table, and fed the cats.

When the bacon was done she poured the spicy drippings into the beans that had been slow cooking all day, chopped up the bacon and added that into the beans as well, before setting it on the back burner to stay hot. She worked the dough again and started the rice so it would be ready to go when the rest of dinner was ready. The salad was set, just needing to be dressed and tossed at the last minute.

As she got the bread ready to go in the oven she started to second guess herself. Should it have been cornbread instead? Maybe that would have been better. Well, either bread would keep, so she tossed one set in the oven and prepared a quick cornbread that could go in just before dinner. Dessert would be fresh peaches with ice cream and her own homemade syrup for on top.

It didn't take long to finish up the last bits and pieces.

Now all she had to do was wait for her guest.