Daynotes On A Budget, V6.0

 Yeah, I know, the kids these day call it "fusion".  I do think that perhaps they forgot the "con" that should be there.  But yes, I admit I've seen TV shows with things like this, my wife has an air fryer, and I need to eat low-carb thanks to diabetes.   So I've been experimenting, and yes, I know, your mileage may vary.  But here goes. INGREDIENTS: 2-3 pounds ground beef - leaner is better* Sliced American Cheese (or pick your favorite)** Onions*** Egg Roll Wrappers I brown my ground beef, seasoning as needed.  I usually use salt, pepper, onion powder, and Worcestershire sauce.  I've also used bullion.  But I brown the ground beef, sometimes *** adding chopped onions for flavor.  Once the ground beef was done, I set up my "roll" station.  I am not a professional, I'm using skills I haven't used in forty years.  But here we go.  *This is why leaner is better - more liquid makes the wraps less, well, structurally sound....

Yeah, I know, like everywhere else.  Today we're dealing with heat indicies over 100 - that is, once you combine the dewpoint, near 80, with the temperature, in the low 90s, so yeah, it's brutal.   Not sure how long our luck is going to hold out.  I live in the south metro of Minneapolis, and we have been pretty lucky for years.  Once, back shortly after we had kids, a large thunderstorm came right over our apartment, and damaged one of the fake chimneys.  The buildings had been set up to put large water tanks in these things to use gravity to power the sprinkler system - and so the destroyed chimney let loose a flood.  Fortunately, our apartment was not damaged, a few down the hall were - but we got lucky.   We have had some close calls, certainly, since then, but we have been lucky in that we have not seen any direct damage of any places we've lived.  We've seen plenty, but we have been lucky.   We are also fortunate in the p...