Night Sweats/Day Heat

     Still?  Really?  Yes.  I suppose an advantage of a flannel nightgown is that it's highly absorbent: I went to sleep chilly -- the house is set at 67 F -- and woke up four hours later, coughing, damp every place one usually perspires, flannel soaked clean through.  The sheets were almost dry, so I turned the covers back, changed into a fresh nightgown and read for a little while before climbing back in.  Woke only to cough after that, so call it progress.

     Both the infection and one of the drugs I'm on for it can cause this, as can stress; I figure they're all interacting.  Fight it out, damn you, and leave me alone.

     Hungry this morning, and not much in the house in the way of fresh vegetables.  Bread, we've got; I picked up a meter-long fresh baguette when I was out getting my medication a couple of days ago.  I had a slice and a half of bacon, a pound of sweet Italian sausage, eggs, and...h'mm.  Tasty Bites microwavable Bombay Potatoes: "Potatoes and chickpeas with fresh tomatoes, onions, and spices."  I've had it before and it's good stuff.  Some kinds of Indian food are kissin' cousins to Tex-Mex, and this dish is one of them.  Perhaps a little strong and too high a sauce to vegetable ratio for what I was thinking. I found a small can of house-brand whole peeled potatoes that needed used up.

     In a 12" non-stick skillet, I fried the bacon, set it aside and drained the grease.  Followed with half of the sausage, saving the rest for later.  While that was going, I drained the canned potatoes, and diced them coarsely, setting a few aside that seemed overly soft. (Cheap canned potatoes are a diceroll, perfectly fine to bulk up a soup or stew, but textures vary.)  When the sausage was mostly done, I pushed it to the sides of the pan and added the potatoes to the center, with a dollop of bacon grease for luck.

     We had fresh baby carrots; I chopped a handful and added them to the potatoes, stirring, and microwaved the Bombay Potatoes.  I kept an eye on the pan, watching for the potatoes to turn a little translucent.  Once they did, I added the contents of the microwave bag and mixed everything well.  After giving it a little while to get acquainted, I pushed it all to the sides and scrambled a couple of large eggs in the center.  Eggs done, I mixed it all back together and crumbled the bacon into it.

     The end result has more sauce to it than my usual breakfast skillet meals, but not excessively so; you can eat it with a fork.  And it's a good as anything I have made.  There's a recognizably "Indian"* edge to it, but the tomato, onion and spices in the sauce resonate well with breakfast expectations.
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* India is a huge place, with a huge population and vast sweep of cultures.  Most of what we enjoy as "Indian" food in the West are dishes heavily affected by palate of the British Raj.  Try whatever comes along; they cook a lot of excellent stuff, often in delightfully unexpected ways and combinations. And I don't get a dime for the links.