A full weekend in the ROR household. We cut, stained, and replaced the 20 cedar planks in the side-yard gate; participated in a Zoom piano recital with a bunch of kids and one other adult; had my daughter, SIL, and grandson start a week-long visit; and had the water heater die. Oh yeah, and it there was Mother's Day in there, too.
Richard
Afternoon folks!
BroadwayLionLIONS do not go for wierd and unnatural vegitables
Ah.... Lion, All vegetables that I know of are, ah, natural..... Vegetables are plants and plants are, ah.... Vegetables last time I checked. LOL Now there are lots of STUFF out there that people eat that may not be natural or at least have lots of non vegitable "STUFF" in it that humans should likely not be consuming. But.................... Today there is a lot of non edible poisons that are sprayed on vegetables that are there to , ah..... Well make $$$ for some people but...... I prefer Organic listed vegatables personally as that has less toxic STUFF in and on them. But to each their own.
Just got back home from the Apple Store. Got an adapter that will allow me to use my Pro line Sennheiser headphones with my iPhone. Have a Doctors appointment coming up next week and it will done via FaceTime on the iPhone. Likely as he may want to use the camera to check stuff. This will allow me to be able to communicate with him. The little speakers on the phone are useless to talk with out using the t-loop on my hearing aids.... Hopefully that will allow me to also use the phone better in a few other instances. Only cost me $10 and a few electrons to drive to the store for it.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
It was heart touching
Judy reminded me of something of 10 years ago
I had put a toilet in the building out of the goodness of my heart and a check was on the front door that said Big John
How could I not mistake this I'm John and I'm kind of big and I took the check
The beautiful old Irish women across the street laughed when I met her at the front door to give the check back
She asked me what she owed me for installing the toilet in the building and I said absolutely nothing
I said it was my pleasure thank you for taking care of Judy and my Jeremy all those years
She gave me a big smile a hug and a peck on the cheek
Her son is Big John that did work in the building the day before
I love that old Irish woman
TF
Garry - thanks for putting us back on track! Talking about Italian food and recipes made me so hungry, but I need to reduce! Being locked up and a wee bit frustrated certainly has added to my girth!
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Howdy .... More photos from a year ago.
The day after the celebration in Promontory Point, UT, we were in Ogdan. The Big Boy was on dispaly with its train which included # 8444 which is the UP 4-8-4. UP has a museum there at the station with some interesting lcomotives and other equipement. .... Too many peope to get a good photo of 4014.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Water Level RouteIf you aren't a fan of ricotta (but don't mind a little messiness), try using a good thick Ragu (no, not the brand but the style of sauce) and a bechamel sauce in place of the ricotta. Excellent!
Hi Mike,
My bolognese is pretty thick and meaty so I don't think that is the problem with my lasagne, other than I have probably been putting it in layers that are too thick. I've probably done the same thing with the ricotta.
I looked up the recipe for ragu sauce and it isn't much different from how I make my bolognese, except I tend to add more vegetables like diced roasted red peppers and onions. Sometimes we will add chopped celery but I find that that dilutes the flavour a bit so the sauce has to be simmered for a longer period of time.
We are going to make one change to our bolognese recipe in that we are going to try using San Marano tomatoes instead of the usual diced tomatoes. We shall see how much of a difference that makes, if any.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Water Level Routeand a bechamel sauce
That´s what Petra uses! No ricotta or cottage cheese, please!
Tinplate ToddlerHeaven is, where the policemen English the lovers Italian the cooks French and the bankman Swiss are. Hell is, where the cooks English the organizer French the lovers Swiss the policemen German and the bankmen Italian are.
Thanks for the laugh Ulrich!!!
Cheers!!
hon30critterI will also use cottage cheese instead of the ricota
Mike
Dave,
Thanks for the pics and story about the La Cloche Mountains. You're reports are giving me many new vacation ideas. You should be getting a commission from the Canadian Tourism Board.
Tim
Late to the model railroad party but playing catch-up.....
Heaven is, where
are.
Hell is, where
Tinplate Toddler I think that the Italian cuisine is the best in the world, much more than just pizza and spaghetti!
Tinplate ToddlerDave, the trick is to use as little sauce as possible and than add sauce when serving the lasagne. That´s what Italian restaurants do. In any case, always use noodles you don´t have to pre-cook.
Thanks Ulrich, you have confirmed our suspicions! Less sauce now, more sauce later!
We will have to make some lasagne soon to see if we can get it right this time.
Tinplate Toddleralways use noodles you don´t have to pre-cook. Add Quote to your Post
I do that now but the first time I made and called my mother. She said just follow the recipe on the box.
The box says "Cook all the noodles" I did and I had noodles up the wazoo.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Dave, the trick is to use as little sauce as possible and than add sauce when serving the lasagne. That´s what Italian restaurants do. In any case, always use noodles you don´t have to pre-cook.
Tinplate Toddlerwhenever Petra raises the question of what we´d like to eat in the next days and there is no immediate answer, in 9 out of 10 cases it´ll be spaghetti bolognese Petra´s own style for us! I can eat that any time. Petra makes always an extra amount of sauce, which we use to make lasagne later.
The last few times that I have attempted to make lasagne with my bolognese sauce have not turned out as I had hoped. The flavour was fantastic but the lasagne never firmed up enough that you could serve a decent square. There was always too much liquid. The next time I make it I will use the lasagne noodles that don't have to be pre-cooked, and I will use much thinner layers of the sauce. I will also use cottage cheese instead of the ricota that Dianne prefers. Hopefully I will be able to make a lasagne that can be served in proper squares that don't flow in all directions over the plate!
Now I'm hungry too!!
I worked with a Thai nurse and she said fish eyes were a snack over there. The only thing I will eat with eyes on it are crabs and lobster. I don't even want to see a suckling pig head.
Great pictures Dave. When Capt John Smith sailed up the Chesapeake Bay, he said the water was so clear and the fish so plentiful, he could scoop them up in a frying pan.
In the middle of winter at the end our pier, I can see the bottom in 5' of water, but now visibility is not more than 2' at best and sometime only a few inches. Far fewer oysters and ducks than there used to be. Rockfish population peaked in the 1970's and have declined since because of polution. Menhaden, a small fish used for fertilizer, animal feed and cosmetic products have been overfished and more so on the Virginia end of the bay.
Tile in the garage, unless it's a showroom, doesn't sound like a good idea to me with grease and road salt and general grime that is going to come off a car.
My son put down a speckled epoxy in his garage and after 5 years is still holding up.
BroadwayLionSaurbratten
Brother Lion, your spelling is priceless!
It´s Sauerbraten. The name derives from it´s rather sour taste. Originally made from horse meat, which was marinaded in a vinegar-based marinad to get rid of the "horsey" sweet taste, it is now made with a nice chunk of beef. Quite expensive these days!
DAve - whenever Petra raises the question of what we´d like to eat in the next days and there is no immediate answer, in 9 out of 10 cases it´ll be spaghetti bolognese Petra´s own style for us! I can eat that any time. Petra makes always an extra amount of sauce, which we use to make lasagne later.
Here is my list of favorite Italian dishes:
This list makes me hungry!
Tinplate ToddlerI think that the Italian cuisine is the best in the world, much more than just pizza and spaghetti!
I have to say that pasta with Bolognese is my favourite meal. We make a huge pot of it every couple of months and freeze it in meal size portions. I love it with rigatoni because you can get lots of sauce on your fork with the noodle.
BroadwayLionLIONS do not go for wierd and unnatural vegitables, and much the less so when they are mixed up with other stuff.
Then the Lion is missing out on some good grub!
Tinplate ToddlerI just love what Petra´s cooking up for me, which is not always typical Gerrman food, but quite often Italian inspired dishes! I think that the Italian cuisine is the best in the world, much more than just pizza and spaghetti!
LIONS do not go for wierd and unnatural vegitables, and much the less so when they are mixed up with other stuff.
This monastery was established by "Germans from Russia", they call themselves German but their food tends to be more Russian. They do not even know what Saurbratten is.
I have not had good Saurbratten since I was in the Navy.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
My business travels took me to far out places with food even further out. In my younger days, I was quite curious and would give even rather revolting looking food a try, with certain limitations, though. Today, I am quite done with that and would not even go to a place serving "strange" food. I don´t mind Japanese food, I like the European interpretation of Chinese dishes, I just love Greek or Italian food, can go without French dishes ( a variety of meat usually drowned in a variety of sauces), dislike English food, enjoy a good steak or a burger now and then, but foremost I just love what Petra´s cooking up for me, which is not always typical Gerrman food, but quite often Italian inspired dishes! I think that the Italian cuisine is the best in the world, much more than just pizza and spaghetti!
SeeYou190Thanks for the Thai food, it looks yummy.
Hi Kevin,
I used to be really turned off by the concept of being served a whole fish, eyeballs included! I have mellowed a bit but I still haven't had the opportunity to try one. I'm sure it would be very tasty.
Thanks for the Thai food, it looks yummy.
It has been quite a while since I enjoyed Thai for dinner. The last time was in Seattle, so that was more than a year ago.
I think I need to find a local Thai restaurant.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190I had my Chinese Take-Out feast yesterday, so I guess I celebrated one day too early.
Dianne and I will celebrate both of our birthdays this week. Mine is on the 14th and Dianne's is on the 15th. I get to brag about being five years older than her for 24 hours each year. She used to be upset about my claim. Now she is quite happy to stay a year younger for as long as she can!
We are thinking of ordering either Thai or Chinese. I would prefer Chinese but the local Chinese restaurants are not particularly good at what they are supposed to do any more so it will probably be Thai. I can live with that.
Cheers everybody!!
Edit! Top of the page! Thai food for everybody and you can have it as spicey as you want!!
There, that should fill you up!
Dave: Those are some beautiful mountain views from Ontario. Thank you for sharing them.
The local news broadcast just announced that today is "Eat Whatever You Want Day", I had no idea this was a thing.
Oh well... I had my Chinese Take-Out feast yesterday, so I guess I celebrated one day too early.
Good Morning!
We are back to trhe usual (bad) weather at this time of the year. The short downturn of the week is called the Ice Saints, a regular (yearly) occurence in Spring at my end of the Big Pond.
Just learned that Denmark keeps its border closed until June 1st. I think we better drop the idea of going house hunting in Denmark this year. We may have to drop the idea at all.
Dave, Ontario is about three times the size of Germany, but has less than a fifth of the population. Lots of open spaces and wilderness, which is much too my liking, as I turn more and more into misanthropist, avoiding social life wherever possible. The great philosopher Arthur I Schopenhauer once said "Since I know humans, I learned to love animals".
Somebody said the Ontario doesn't have any mountains. That is not true! Ontario has the La Cloche mountains that run west from Sudbury to the western end of the Manitoulin Island. These mountains are old and today they are only a shadow of their former selves. At one point they were higher than the Rocky Mountains! What makes these mountains unique is that they are made of quartz, and most of the rock in the La Cloche mountains is white.
There are numerous lakes and bays, and the north shore of Georgian Bay is a very popular cruising destination for both yachters and canoeists. Here are some views of the area:
This is the bay that our family cottage is on:
This is Crater Lake which is a 30 minute hike up from our cottage. The maps and the tourists call it 'Topaz' lake but the locals (including us) refuse to acknowledge the new names assigned by the map makers back in the 1960s who couldn't be bothered asking the locals for the traditional names:
It is incredibly deep and clear. There is very little life in the lake which, like many others in the area, was polluted by fallout from the Sudbury smelters for many years. The fallout killed everything in the lakes south west of Sudbury leaving them crystal clear but lifeless. The area is where the term 'acid rain' was coined. In 1970 the Inco nickel mine at Sudbury finished building the so-called 'Superstack' which was designed to push the smelting pollution higher into the air, thus reducing the fallout in the local area. Before then the Sudbury area had become moon like with almost no vegetation left alive. The Superstack allieviated the problem (or more accurately, spread it out enough) that the area vegetation began to recover, but the lakes have barely changed in the 50 years since the stack was built. The tourists think that the clear lakes are incredible. Little do they know the truth of the situation.
BigDaddyJohn Astin was a Baltimoron
I don't know the man, but I hope you really meant to say "Balti-morean", not "Balti-moron".
SeeYou190I decided on a 24 by 24 gray porcelain tile for the garage floor. This stuff is HEAVY, each tile weighs a tad over 17 pounds. 50 pounds of mortar will only set ten of these tiles!
Kevin! Please stop!! My back is hurting just thinking about your project!!
Seriously, that will be one very nice looking garage floor!!
I hadn't even thought of tiling my garage floor. I'll have to think about that. I was considering an easily removable cushioned floor for where the layout will be.
Hummmmm?!?