“Loafers” is the name for a style of slip on shoes.
And then you have a “loaf” of bread.
So…
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I didn’t even spot that you were punning. Quelle chagrin!
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And that is how ciabatta happened…
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Here is tonight’s chili, made with ground grass fed beef, kidney beans, onion, garlic, Anaheim chili peppers, red and green bell peppers, olive oil, and a few spices (no tomato, as it exacerbates my GERD):
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Not really a what are you cooking but still. Pretty tasty American pale ale. The weird things you do during lockdown.
Edit; Sorry for the rotation.
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What do you mean? It wassh fiiine. Nothing spilt, nobody sober;- )
@COMaestro had some wisdom teeth pulled, so soft foods! Didn’t get much softer them canned ravioli. I added cheese to make it taste like something.
To me it looks and smells like play doh. Couldn’t pay me to eat it.
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Is Play-Doh not intended for eating? 
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I recently discovered why it is that some parmesan smells like vomit to me: butyric acid, which in the cheese should off-gas during the fermentation process but if you rush it it doesn’t.
I also discovered that Lidl’s cheapest parmesan does not have this problem (though most restaurant parmesan I’ve met clearly does).
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Vegan meatballs and pasta for dinner. So followed it up with exceedingly buttery chocolate and walnut cookies.
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Funny enough Play Doh is not gluten free, which is why my kids can’t play with it, I don’t trust them not to secondary contact to their mouths. And my youngest eats everything not food.
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I used to love this on toast as a kid
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comfort food tonight. This is Königsberger Klopse. Poached meatballs traditionally made with veal (we used pork) and served with a bechamel sauce with capers. Normal families eat this with potatoes but mine has always made it with rice. this has been a favorite of mine since I can remember. I used to pick out the capers as a child. First time I made it myself I was so happy to be able to finally make it without capers and learned that I liked capers. Since then I’ve never made it without.
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When i did my German exchange almost 30 years ago, we had a meatballs in white sauce that I absolutely loathed. Would this likely have been similar? (I’m not saying I would loathe it now - teenage boys tastes can be picky!)
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Reasonably sure that this would be exactly the dish you had back then. There is nothing else comparable on the German menu. It’s not the most common of dishes and as it is named after Königsberg which is otherwise known as Kaliningrad, I guess it is more from the north-eastern direction and now I live in the south west… maybe it is more common “up north”
It’s probably an acquired taste with the capers, poached ground meat and white sauce.
I love it and it’s something very very mild that is perfect for eating when you are sick and the stomach cannot take anything complicated. It is also good after having a tooth pulled and being unable to chew properly 
and it is easy to make the sauce taste horrible.
In a way it is quintessential German cooking: some meat, some carbs and lots and lots of a thick sauce
Also it is extremely cheap. You need a bit of ground meat, some breadcrumbs, an egg, a bit of butter, a spoon of flour and some milk and either rice or potatoes. Some veg stock and a bay leaf. The capers are the most expensive ingredient and you can do with half a small glass if you forgot to go shopping for more.
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Apparently my stomach is telling me that I am German really. (The food is certainly something that I enjoy whenever I’m there. Yes, even currywurst.)
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Wait what do you mean “even”… are there people who do not love Currywurst?
What about Döner? (As we say: “Nur Döner macht schöner” ~ only Döner makes you prettier, we even renamed a whole week-day after this: Dönerstag formerly known as Donnerstag or Thursday)
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It’s fashionable here, among the few people who’ve heard of currywurst, to dismiss it as just more street food. As far as I’m concerned street food done right can be superb.
Doner has been part of English cuisine since the 1974 coup in Cyprus – we had a lot of immigration from there and kebab shops opened everywhere. Again, definitely regarded as cheap rubbish (after all re-formed meat is Nasty), but again it can be great. Typical frontage:
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I think street food is a very important part of every cuisine.
Sure it is often made from cheap ingredients. And it’s not like I eat any of these dishes every week. But I sure miss eating them in the last year. I did do take-out Döner a couple times but the closest shop is downtown and that’s a bit too far for just every day.
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Thats what I was thinking - I LURVE Currywurst
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