In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Quote:Thank you Lady Sun!
Originally posted by Brenda:
SIG, great on the rain for your area.
Got a stretch of dry weather coming my way. Which will be nice.
Glad to hear your weather is dry, for change!
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
You're notworried about it? At all?
Then why are you so touched by vapid chalk-written optimism?
In our neighborhood, when we chat with each other from a safe distance of ten feet with masks on we part with "stay safe!" Much more proactive, don't you think?
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No. I don't.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Thank you Lady Sun!
Originally posted by Brenda:
SIG, great on the rain for your area.
Got a stretch of dry weather coming my way. Which will be nice.
Glad to hear your weather is dry, for change!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
#STAYTHEFUCKHOME
Yup, suppose to last most of this week. News people joking with the weather lady that her Spring blouses are what is helping.
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Been out for my hour walk and brought back supper, a piece of pizza for lunch and a sandwich for something to nibble on later.
Eating out when I am out is getting hard. Trying to find something to keep my blood sugar levels level.
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I should probably put this is the recipes thread, but what the heck.
So, I've been doing somewhat large shopping trips, to minimize the number of my shopping trips overall. And, relative to what you've been going through, Brenda, since my favorite ma&pa diner is closed, and my alternatives are pizza delivery and ... uh ... pizza delivery ... I'm not eating out at all. So I've been doing more cooking in between my shopping.
I decided to nail down cream of mushroom soup, once and for all, to try and make mushroom soup as good as grandma used to make. I found a recipe that had over 300 reviews and nearly 5 stars, and made it to see how good could cream of mushroom soup be if I followed the recipe exactly. And, as they said in Jurassic Park, I spared no expense. Spared NO expense! I got the required 2 pounds of mushrooms (actually a bit more, to account for sorting, cleaning and trimming). There were enoki, cremini, button, baby bella, Chantrelle, shitake, boletus, paddy-straw mushrooms, (a lot of the variety came from a variety pack I found), plus I bought a fair bit of oyster mushrooms separately. And I was tasting as I was going, starting with gently browning mushrooms in 4T unsalted butter, Kerrygold to be specific. So far, so good. But when it was all done, I wasn't impressed. It wasn't nearly as mushroom-y as the soup I remember from home. And I think the problem was the onion and garlic the recipe called for. They sort of overwhelmed the mushroom flavor. And then the heavy cream was just too much. It puts a coating on the inside of your mouth that keeps you from tasting much.
So now I know for next time. Next time, I'll just put a small shallot (perhaps) in with the mushrooms, instead of a large onion and cloves of garlic, and instead of heavy cream I'll either use whole fat milk, or, if I want it to be richer, half-and-half.
Now on to the next part of the trial - seeing if it survives freezing!
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Kiki, don't tell me things like that.
One thing I used to loooove was cream of mushroom soup but since milk and cream is out of my diet, I haven't eaten it in years.
I picked up some ground pork and a small can of plain tomato sauce. Just added some extra salt and pepper to the sauce and of course seasoned the meat. Had some of that for supper.
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Oh ... dear.
I'm so sorry for stepping on your unhappy situation!
If it's any consolation, I think even after I make my adjustments, it still won't be very enjoyable. I think my grandma used a special kind of mushroom that seems unavailable. And then she was a fantastic cook. AT BEST I can make acceptable food.
So my foray will be brief. I tried. I really did. But it didn't work out.
Can you eat beef, potatoes, and bell peppers and serrano chilies? I have a pretty tasty recipe for a beef, pepper, and potato stew that's pretty spicy but SOOooo tasty! The original recipe was beef, potatoes, and long green chilies. But long green chilies are a pain to cook because you have to remove the skin, because the skin just gets tougher and tougher the longer it cooks. But I found a combination of green bell peppers and green serrano chilies (or green jalapeños) tastes the same to me.
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It's okay Kiki.
You just mentioned something that you wanted to try and I just happened to use to love. Not your fault.
I eat beef and potatoes. Don't like bell peppers of any colour and never eaten a chili pepper in my life.
I'm a fair cook but with so many things I can't eat anymore it can be a chore.
My dad was a good cook and baker. He used to bake bread when I was in elementary school. He'd start after I go to school and it would be finished by the time I and my brother got home. Oh, it smelled and tasted soooo good.
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Quote:Hey, tell the weather lady to keep on keeping on! Yanno, whatever it takes to keep the sun smiling down on you!
BRENDA:
SIG, great on the rain for your area.
Got a stretch of dry weather coming my way. Which will be nice.
SIGNY: Thank you Lady Sun!
Glad to hear your weather is dry, for change!
BRENDA: Yup, suppose to last most of this week. News people joking with the weather lady that her Spring blouses are what is helping.
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KIKI, was that a recipe from the Moosewood Inn restaurant?
I had mushroom soup back when I could taste, and I thought it was yummy. If you haven't tried it, I can post it online.
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