In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
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We had ham, bean, and veggie soup again today.
It's kind of a gumbo but without the roux. Celery, green pepper, red pepper, onion, paprika, a little cumin, black pepper, bay leaves, okra, boxed chicken broth, ham and beans. The truck is to cook them in the right order: celery and onions go in first with a little olive oil bc they take the longest to cook. Saute 10 minutes, add crushed tomatoes, broth and peppers, ground black pepper and bay keavrs, and simmer 10 minutes. Then add okra and simmer 15 minutes. Then add ham and precooked beans and simmer 15 minutes.by then celery has cooked about 45 minutes but the game only 15.
The reason not to cook the ham too long is that if you cook it too long it tastes like a used teabag, which is flavorless.
Some meats, like beef chuck, benefit from long cooking bc they have a robust flavor that stands up over time, and plenty of fat and connective tissue that keeps the meat moist and tenderizes as it cooks. Tri tip makes an OK pot roast, if a bit flavorless, but us much MUCH better oven-roasted. Cross rib is somewhere in the middle.
Lean meat, like chicken breast,turkey breast,and pork loin chops, just get dry and cardboard like if you cook them just a smidgen past done. Liver, BTW, gets tough as leather, literally, if overcooked. So I'm finally learning to cook meat.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Nice, pleasant Sunday here.
Happy Sunday,BRENDA.
Oh BTW, I had to look up the Paul McCartney song too. Then, when it didn't ring any bells I played a little bit.
Im sure I've never ever heard it in my life. From what I heard, I'm glad for that!
But unlike you and SIX, I actually like (most) Xmas songs. They bring up so many happy memories. When we were little, mom and dad actually put up the Xmas tree when we were alseep. It was a wonder to sneak out in the early AM with my sisters and find the tree, all decorated with gifts underneath, and turn on the tree lights and try and find which presents were for who and guess what they might be without opening them. To this day I remember us getting a giant greenish flop-eared stuffed dog with a tag on it: "My name is Jupiter. Please love me"
And we did. We used to worry that he couldn't sleep bc his eyes were open all the time, so every night we put him to bed by covering his eyes with his ears.
And then there were the carols, in Polish and English. When we were old enough to stay up, midnight mass. The moon high in the sky, shining thru bare tree limbs and making the snow shine. The little baby Jesus in the manger and the star on top of the tree. The parties. Making cookies with mom. Taking our late evening stroll with dad, Christmas lights glowing thru the snow. It was a kind, magical season, where people cared enough to put up lights and make the neighborhood beautiful for others... not the big ostentatious 50,000 bulb displays that you have to pay someone for, just what people put up by themselves.
That kind of Christmas should be in every child's memories. Not the shopping horror that it is now.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
Thanks SIG.
Well, my thing with Christmas goes back to my dad's death and it was never the same after that.
Also one Christmas and I'm not sure how old I was, I heard and saw my dad moving the presents from the hiding spot to under the tree. *L* I did tell my parents this but I sworn to secrecy for my brother's sake.
In my mum's later years she loved Christmas with the music in the stores and at home. She had lots of decorations that I always seemed to get dragged into helping her with. Ah, the curse of being the oldest. She loved looking at light displays when she could get to them.
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Okay stupid people have to be more careful around the electrical in the building. At 5pm, the kitchen light flickered then the HD box for the tv went off. The computer was turned off but the tv was on waiting for the news.
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Got a call last night from my boss at 9:30pm, so I am off to work in the morning.
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HOW HAVE BOTH OF YOU NEVER HEARD THAT SONG!!!!!!
Oh my god. I think I've heard Wonderful Christmas Time more than I've heard Stairway to Heaven.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
HOW HAVE BOTH OF YOU NEVER HEARD THAT SONG!!!!!!
Oh my god. I think I've heard Wonderful Christmas Time more than I've heard Stairway to Heaven.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
When was it aired??
I generally DON'T listen to music. I knew people at work, it was their passion. They went to Coachella every year and it was like a competition almost to find the newest most under- appreciated group/singer before anyone else did.
I think the only time I listen is when somebody brings something tomy attention. I heard "some of us" on Bones and "Hallelujah" in Shrek. When I was reviewing data somebody brought me a thumb drive of compiled videogame music, so that started me on PrimeCronus. Or I would hear something that somebody was playing at work that was interesting. One of the posters here (I forget who) put me on to Two Cellos, and that popped up the Pentatonix. And if course there's Favorite Songs that exposes me to music I might not have heard otherwise. I bunny trailed my way to the call to prayer (it's quite beautiful), church bells, and other liturgical music.
But mostly, I don't listen. Lots of music passes me by. I actually listen to geopolitical podcasts when I'm working in the kitchen, it keeps me from getting bored but it's what I call "bubblegum for the mind"- I chew on it while it's there but when it's gone, it's gone.
I should probably find a more productive use fro my ears. Stock picks, or something.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Back from work at around 4:30pm. Just tired now.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
HOW HAVE BOTH OF YOU NEVER HEARD THAT SONG!!!!!!
Oh my god. I think I've heard Wonderful Christmas Time more than I've heard Stairway to Heaven.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
I love music but Christmas music isn't my thing. I've cassette tapes, CDs and LPs and the only thing remotely Christmassy among all of that is Bob and Doug McKenzie from SCTV. Oh, and my Doug and the Slugs CD has "White Christmas" on it. I have no idea why they put that on the "Slugology 101" CD but its there.
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So SIX, how's the weather? Not too bad, I hope?
I can't believe you set your thermostat to 55F!
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Back from work at around 4:30pm. Just tired now.
I hope you sleep well tonight, then.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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