Dinner I took some care with. A few days ago I brined the pork chops, and then because there were other things to eat, didn’t get around to cooking them till tonight. I browned, then simmered them in a garlic broth, which I later reduced. Then I sauteed some zucchini with curry powder. Reheated some small white beans. Added sliced mushrooms to the meat pan juices. Thank goodness we ate during the first part of the movie.

Netflix should have a special notation on films like this. Something along the lines of ‘long, lingering closeups of torture with accompanying prolonged screaming’. Because they should. Would I have watched had there been such a warning? No. I left the room at the line, ‘Give them five minutes, then shoot him in the knee.’ And this wasn’t the one being tortured.

But I came back to watch the end. Most of it is very, very good.

Then there was apple pie, also very good for a sugarless pie.