9 a.m.

Finally!

Good grief.

Rain, rain, rain.

Boy, 8, Saves Sister and Drunk Adults From Fire

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 9:42 p.m. ET

WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Police in Poland say an 8-year-old boy saved his sister and three drunk adults from a fire by calling police and fighting the flames before help arrived. The fire started outside the door of the boy's apartment in the western town of Miedzyrzecz late Monday.

Police said Tuesday that the boy was unable to wake up his mother or two men -- all of whom were intoxicated -- so called the emergency number himself.

He helped his 5-year-old sister get dressed and repeatedly poured water on the burning door as he waited for help.

Police spokesman Artur Chorazy said: ''If it wasn't for him, there might have been a tragedy.''

Police are investigating the cause of the fire. They say they are considering whether to charge the 26-year-old mother with endangering her children.

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So, nu?

For supper tonight I made mujadara. Delicious (except to Seconda) and very inexpensive.

First, make crispy onions. I used three or four onions.

Then take out two pots. In one, cook a bunch of rice, with a little chicken or veggie broth if you'd like.
In the other, cook some lentils with diced carrot and celery. When lentils are tender, drain excess liquid and season with cumin and s&p. Stir about 2/3 of the onions into the lentils.

To serve, put on plate in this order:
Rice, then lentils. Top with more onions and a drizzle of plain yogurt.
Then enjoy.

I've really had it with eggs, oil and butter. Also tuna salad.
We've gone through three dozen eggs in the last week. Typical recipes for Passover baked goods call for 3, 5 or more eggs. The Passover bagels I make call for 9.

For the record, here's what we've had for supper this week:

Wednesday and Thursday were seder nights.

Friday: Thursday night's leftovers: Chicken Marbella, potato kugel,, asparagus
Saturday: Matzah pizza for the kids. We had friends over and I made Moroccan meatball tagine with quinoa, served with collard greens with garlic and smoked salt.
Sunday: Leftovers from Saturday
Monday: Potato/cheese/veggie soup
Tuesday: Turkey hotdogs, roasted potatoes, salad
Wednesday: This was really good. Spinach and Matzah Pie
Tonight: Salmon with mashed potato crust and some kind of veg.

After the sun goes down tonight I will mix the dough for tomorrow's challah!