A few uneventful dinners after arriving home from vacation. But the more interesting one was an uninteresting bratwurst. My cousin gave me some homemade brats and breakfast sausages about a month ago. He's a deer hunter, and my wife doesn't like venison. But he mixes the venison with pork and beef. The brats were interesting and uninteresting simply because they tasted like brats and not venison. We tried the breakfast sausage links as well and it's a new favorite. None of the sweetness you often get in store-bought brands, just a real good savory flavor. Both were hits with my venison-hating spouse as well. And they were free .

Tonight's dinner - pork tenderloin. I'm not in charge of the menu, but there's talk of pounding it into cutlets. Fingers crossed.